ALEXANDRIA, VA (March 11, 2024) — CPAC Foundation’s analysis reveals New Jersey’s legislators garner extremely low scores across both parties. For example, New Jersey’s Republicans average a failing 52.5%, a rare result among all 50 State’s scored by CPAC Foundation’s Center for Legislative Accountability.

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“New Jersey imposes one of the highest tax burdens in the nation onto its citizens and is consistently losing residents due to it,” said CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp. “Like other blue states, New Jersey has become a hotbed for the worst excesses of the Left’s radical agenda.”

CPAC recognizes several New Jersey state legislators for their conservative voting records. The following members of the New Jersey State Legislature earned CPAC’s Award for Conservative Excellence for voting with the conservative position at least 90% of the time during the 2023 session:

Erik Peterson (94%)

Robert Auth (93%)

Parker Space (93%)

Additionally, some lawmakers in the New Jersey State Legislature earned CPAC’s Award for Conservative Achievement for voting with the conservative position at least 80% of the time during the 2023 session.

The bills featured in CPAC’s 2023 Ratings of New Jersey address government spending, DEI initiatives, and the welfare state. These issues, coupled with our mission to protect life, liberty, property and uphold the American family, created the basis by which the CPAC Foundation rated the New Jersey legislature.

The Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA), an initiative of the CPAC Foundation, is the premier organization for holding lawmakers accountable. The CLA produces the longest-running conservative congressional scorecard and our state program is the only one in the nation that scores all 8,000 lawmakers in the 50 states across every policy area.