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NJ Legislative District 30
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| District 30 Profile |
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District 30 includes the following municipalities:
Allentown Borough
Bordentown City
Bordentown Township
Chesterfield Township
Farmingdale Borough
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Fieldsboro Borough
Howell Township
Jackson Township
Lakewood Township
New Hanover Township |
North Hanover Township
Plumsted Township
Roosevelt Borough
Upper Freehold Township
Washington Township |
Party Affiliation
Registered Voters: 117,026
% Republican: 23.2%
% Democrat: 14.3%
2009 Election returns
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Ocean County Park, once part of the Lakewood estate of John D. Rockefeller Image Source: Lakewood Township |
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2010-11 Legislative Delegation |
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Assembly:l Assembly: |
GenerAssembly:al Assembly: |
| Robert W. Singer (Republican) |
Joseph Malone (Republican) |
Ronald Dancer (Republican) |
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- Republican Conference Leader
- Economic Growth
- Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
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- Republican Budget Officer
- Bipartisan Leadership Committee
- Budget
- Joint Budget Oversight
- Education
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- Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Labor
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District Description
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| Located nearly in the geographic center of the state, the 30th district has experienced in recent years some of the most rapid development of all districts, ranking second of all districts in the percentage population growth between the 1990 and 2000 federal censuses. Since the 2000 census, it is estimated the district has gone from the 12th largest by population to the highest population in the state, although the economic recession has slowed growth and construction over the past few years. The 30th is a relatively average district as far as concentrations of minorities, foreign-born, elderly and the poor are concerned. Lakewood, however, has become both a state and national center of Jewish affairs, and is the site of the Beth Medrash Govoha, the world’s largest school for Talmudic studies with an enrollment of more than 3,000 students on a 15-acre campus.
A ten point margin in Republican over Democratic voter registration has helped Republicans maintain all three seats of the legislative delegation. Senator Robert W. Singer has been a Senator since 1993 after serving 1986-93 in the Assembly. Senator Singer has also been a member of the Lakewood Township Committee since 1980 and former Township mayor (2009, 1994, 1985-86, 1983).
Assemblyman Joseph R. Malone, a member of the Assembly since 1993, is a former mayor of Bordentown Township who is employed as Director of Post Secondary and Adult Education/Apprentice Coordinator for the Somerset County Technical Institute. Assemblyman Ronald S. Dancer was appointed in 2002 to the Assembly after selection by a special district Republican convention to serve the unexpired term of the late Assemblyman Melvin Cottrell. Assemblyman Dancer was elected to his first full term in November 2003 and re-elected in the three subsequent elections. He also has been the mayor of Plumsted since 1990, and is employed as an interviewer in the Ocean County Adjuster's office. |
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