Peterpaul’s path to Trenton: A lifetime of lessons

By: Gianna Puglisi

Outlets: NJ State House News Service

Published: October 15, 2026

Words: 1,499

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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TINTON FALLS, N.J. – Before Assembly Member Luanne Peterpaul, a Democrat from Long Branch, became the first openly gay woman to serve in the New Jersey State Assembly, she lived as a child on both sides of Newark’s Weequahic Park and observed socioeconomic shifts in her community before she could name them.

Before Peterpaul championed reproductive and gender-affirming rights beside Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill at a historic Montclair bill signing this summer, she was a …

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