NJ Assembly starts new term with vows of bipartisan civility

The Assembly members sworn in Tuesday included 68 incumbents and 12 first-termers, including five Democrats who flipped GOP seats.

By: Dana DiFilippo

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: January 14, 2026

Words: 1,013

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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The New Jersey Assembly’s 80 members kicked off a new two-year session Tuesday with 12 newcomers, a wider Democratic majority, and calls from legislative leaders of both parties for more bipartisan cooperation as politics becomes increasingly divisive.

Assemblyman Louis Greenwald (D-Camden), the lower chamber’s majority leader since 2012, told those gathered at the Patriots Theater at the Trenton War Memorial that the public’s growing disillusionment with government should spur politicians to find common …

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