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For the [[220th New Jersey Legislature|2022–2023 session]], the district is represented in the [[New Jersey Senate|State Senate]] by [[Richard Codey]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]], [[Roseland, New Jersey|Roseland]]) and in the [[New Jersey General Assembly|General Assembly]] by [[Mila Jasey]] (D, [[South Orange, New Jersey|South Orange]]) and [[John F. McKeon]] (D, [[West Orange, New Jersey|West Orange]]).<ref>[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster?district=27 Legislative Roster for District 27], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 11, 2022.</ref>
For the [[220th New Jersey Legislature|2022–2023 session]], the district is represented in the [[New Jersey Senate|State Senate]] by [[Richard Codey]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]], [[Roseland, New Jersey|Roseland]]) and in the [[New Jersey General Assembly|General Assembly]] by [[Mila Jasey]] (D, [[South Orange, New Jersey|South Orange]]) and [[John F. McKeon]] (D, [[West Orange, New Jersey|West Orange]]).<ref>[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster?district=27 Legislative Roster for District 27], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 11, 2022.</ref>
The legislative district overlaps with [[New Jersey's 7th congressional district|New Jersey's 7th]], [[New Jersey's 10th congressional district|10th]] and [[New Jersey's 11th congressional district|11th]] congressional districts.
The legislative district overlaps with [[New Jersey's 10th congressional district|10th]] and [[New Jersey's 11th congressional district|11th]] congressional districts.
==Apportionment history==
==Apportionment history==
American legislative district
New Jersey's 27th Legislative District is one of 40 in the New Jersey Legislature . As of the 2011 apportionment , the district includes the Essex municipalities of Caldwell , Essex Fells , Livingston , Maplewood , Millburn , Roseland , South Orange , and West Orange , and the Morris County municipalities of Chatham Township , East Hanover , Florham Park , Hanover , Harding Township and Madison .[ 1] [ 2]
Demographic characteristics
As of the 2020 United States census , the district had a population of 233,779, of whom 180,070 (77.0%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 144,266 (61.7%) White , 30,118 (12.9%) African American , 521 (0.2%) Native American , 30,448 (13.0%) Asian , 76 (0.0%) Pacific Islander , 9,681 (4.1%) from some other race , and 18,669 (8.0%) from two or more races.[ 3] [ 4] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23,424 (10.0%) of the population.[ 5]
The 27th District had 189,871 registered voters as of December 1, 2021, of whom 67,129 (35.4%) were registered as unaffiliated , 82,983 (43.7%) were registered as Democrats , 38,706 (20.4%) were registered as Republicans , and 1,053 (0.6%) were registered to other parties.[ 6]
The district includes a number of comparatively wealthy communities in Western Essex County, as well as a number of relatively poor areas close to Newark . The 27th district had one of the lowest percentages in the state of registered Republicans, with Democrats outnumbering Republicans by a more than 2–1 margin.[ 7] [ 8]
Political representation
For the 2022–2023 session , the district is represented in the State Senate by Richard Codey (D , Roseland ) and in the General Assembly by Mila Jasey (D, South Orange ) and John F. McKeon (D, West Orange ).[ 9]
The legislative district overlaps with 10th and 11th congressional districts.
Apportionment history
In the original creation of the 40-district legislative map in 1973, the 27th District consisted of the northern Essex County municipalities of Nutley , Bloomfield , Glen Ridge , Montclair , Cedar Grove , Verona , Caldwell, and Essex Fells.[ 10] For the 1981 redistricting, the 27th consisted of the four municipalities of The Oranges : South Orange, West Orange, Orange , and East Orange and a small sliver of the North Ward of Newark .[ 11] In the next redistricting in 1991, Montclair was added to the district and some Newark wards were removed.[ 12] With declining population through western Essex County, most of that side of the county made up the 27th District following the 2001 redistricting including Maplewood, Livingston, Fairfield Township , and The Caldwells . East Orange and the portions of the North Ward of Newark were removed but a small portion of Upper Vailsburg, Newark was included in the district this decade.[ 13]
Changes to the district made as part of the New Jersey Legislative reapportionment in 2011 removed the district's share of Newark while adding Millburn in Essex County, and the Republican-leaning Morris County municipalities of Chatham Township, East Hanover, Florham Park, Hanover Township, Harding Township and Madison. This made the district slightly more Republican than its predecessor.[ 14] Shifted out of the district were Fairfield Township, North Caldwell and West Caldwell (to District 26 ) and Orange (to District 34 ).
Election history
^ Resigned September 21, 1992 to become a Department of Community Affairs commissioner
^ Appointed to the Assembly on October 15, 1992
^ Resigned September 10, 2007
^ Appointed to the Assembly on November 8, 2007
Election results
Senate
General Assembly
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^ "RACE FOR THE POPULATION 18 YEARS AND OVER" . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved October 23, 2021 .
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Districts are co-terminous for both
Senate and
General Assembly (each district elects
one Senator and
two members of the General Assembly)
Districts Apportionments