New Jersey's 14th legislative district is one of 40 in the New Jersey Legislature, covering the Mercer County municipalities of East Windsor Township, Hamilton Township, Hightstown Borough and Robbinsville Township; and the Middlesex County municipalities of Cranbury Township, Jamesburg Borough, Monroe Township, and Plainsboro Township.Districts by Number, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 28, 2014.

Demographic characteristics As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 234,184, of whom 187,321 (80.0%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 133,182 (56.9%) White, 20,057 (8.6%) African American, 891 (0.4%) Native American, 43,737 (18.7%) Asian, 71 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 18,792 (8.0%) from some other race, and 17,454 (7.5%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 36,123 (15.4%) of the population.

The district had 177,324 registered voters as of December 1, 2021, of whom 69,493 (39.2%) were registered as unaffiliated, 67,738 (38.2%) were registered as Democrats, 37,866 (21.4%) were registered as Republicans, and 2,227 (1.3%) were registered to other parties.Statewide Voter Registration Summary, New Jersey Department of State, December 1, 2021. Accessed December 31, 2021.

Political representation

The legislative district overlaps with the New Jersey's 3rd and 12th congressional districts.

1965–1973 In the interim period between the 1964 Supreme Court decision Reynolds v. Sims which required the creation of state legislature districts to be made as equal in population as possible and the 1973 creation of the 40-district map, the 14th district consisted of all of Passaic County. For the Senate, two members were elected at-large in the 1965 election for a two-year term, while three members were elected in 1967 for a four-year term and 1971 for a two-year term.

The members elected to the Senate from this district are as follows: Session Senatorselected 1966–1967 2 Anthony J. Grossi (D)Resigned on June 26, 1967, to join Board of Public Utilities Joseph M. Keegan (D) 1968–1969 3 Ira Schoem (R) Frank J. Sciro (R) Edward Sisco (R)Died March 6, 1971 1970–1971 1972–1973 3 Joseph Hirkala (D) Joseph A. Lazzara (D) William J. Bate (D)

For the members of the Assembly elected from Passaic County, the election method changed in every general election during this interim period. In 1967, two members were elected at-large from the entire county, while the county was split into three Assembly districts with one member elected from each district. Then in the 1969 election, one member was elected at-large and two Assembly districts in the county each elected two members. The election of 1971 reverted to the original 1967 method of electing Assembly members.

The members elected to the Assembly from each district are as follows: Session District 14 at-large District 14A District 14B District 14C 1968–1969 Joseph F. Scancarella (R) Joseph Hirkala (D) Augustus T. Capers (D) John F. Evers (R) Alfred Fontanella (R) 1970–1971 John F. Evers (R) Alfred Fontanella (R) Joseph Hirkala (D) Seat eliminated James White (R) Joseph F. Scancarella (R) 1972–1973 Vincent O. Pellecchia (D) Herb Klein (D) William H. Hicks (D) John F. Evers (R)Resigned September 13, 1972 to join staff of Gov. William T. Cahill John J. Sinsimer (D) Michael M. Horn (R)Elected in November 7, 1972 special election, sworn into the Assembly on November 16, 1972

District composition since 1973 When the 40-district legislative map was created in 1973, the 14th district originally included municipalities in western Morris County, all of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, save for Readington Township, in Mercer County Ewing Township, Hopewell and Princeton townships and their enclosed boroughs, and Plainsboro and Cranbury townships in Middlesex. It took on a shape similar to its current configuration in 1981 when the 14th stretched from Hamilton, up eastern Mercer County, southwestern Middlesex, and Rocky Hill, Millstone, Manville, and Franklin Township in Somerset County. In the 1991 redistricting, the Somerset County portions of the district were removed but Monroe Township, Jamesburg, and Helmetta were added to the district. Washington Township, East Windsor, Hightstown, and Helmetta were removed from the district in the 2001 redistricting; the Hamilton Township-Middlesex County connection was made through West Windsor Township. East Windsor, Hightstown, and Robbinsville (renamed in 2007 from Washington Township) were restored to the district in the 2011 redistricting, West Windsor and South Brunswick were shifted to other districts, and Spotswood was added to the 14th for the first time. Spotswood was then removed from the district in the 2021 reapportionment, the only map change to the district that year.

Election history Session Senate General Assembly 1974–1975 Anne Clark Martindell (D)Resigned May 17, 1977 to accept a federal appointmentWalter E. Foran (R)Karl Weidel (R)1976–1977 Walter E. Foran (R)Karl Weidel (R)Walter E. Foran (R)Elected to the Senate in a November 1977 special election, sworn in on November 21, 1977 Seat vacant 1978–1979 Walter E. Foran (R)Barbara McConnell (D)Karl Weidel (R) 1980–1981 Barbara McConnell (D)Karl Weidel (R) 1982–1983 Francis J. McManimon (D)Joseph D. Patero (D)Joseph L. Bocchini Jr. (D) 1984–1985 Francis J. McManimon (D)Joseph D. Patero (D)Joseph L. Bocchini Jr. (D) 1986–1987 John K. Rafferty (R)Joseph L. Bocchini Jr. (D) 1988–1989 Francis J. McManimon (D)Joseph D. Patero (D)Anthony J. Cimino (D)1990–1991 Joseph D. Patero (D)Resigned August 22, 1991, to join staff of the Department of LaborAnthony J. Cimino (D)Peter A. Cantu (D)Appointed to the Assembly in 1991 to complete unexpired term of Joseph Patero 1992–1993 Peter Inverso (R)Paul Kramer (R)Barbara Wright (R) 1994–1995 Peter Inverso (R)Paul Kramer (R)Barbara Wright (R) 1996–1997 Paul Kramer (R)Barbara Wright (R) 1998–1999 Peter Inverso (R)Paul Kramer (R)Barbara Wright (R) 2000–2001 Linda R. Greenstein (D)Gary Guear (D) 2002–2003 Peter Inverso (R)Linda R. Greenstein (D)Gary Guear (D) 2004–2005 Peter Inverso (R)Linda R. Greenstein (D)Bill Baroni (R) 2006–2007 Linda R. Greenstein (D)Bill Baroni (R) 2008–2009 Bill Baroni (R)Resigned March 1, 2010, to become Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey  Linda R. Greenstein (D)Wayne DeAngelo (D)2010–2011 Linda R. Greenstein (D)Wayne DeAngelo (D)Tom Goodwin (R)Appointed to the Senate on March 11, 2010 to temporarily fill the seat of Bill Baroni, defeated in November 2010 special electionLinda R. Greenstein (D)Elected to the Senate in November 2010 special election, sworn into the Senate on December 6, 2010Daniel R. Benson (D)Appointed to the Assembly on January 10, 2011 2012–2013 Linda R. Greenstein (D)Daniel R. Benson (D)Wayne DeAngelo (D) 2014–2015 Linda R. Greenstein (D)Daniel R. Benson (D)Wayne DeAngelo (D) 2016–2017 Daniel R. Benson (D)Wayne DeAngelo (D) 2018–2019 Linda R. Greenstein (D)Daniel R. Benson (D)Wayne DeAngelo (D) 2020–2021 Daniel R. Benson (D)Wayne DeAngelo (D) 2022–2023 Linda R. Greenstein (D)Daniel R. Benson (D)Resigned December 31, 2023 to become Mercer County ExecutiveWayne DeAngelo (D)Tennille McCoy (D)Appointed to the Assembly on January 6, 2024, sworn in on January 8. 2024–2025 Linda R. Greenstein (D)Tennille McCoy (D)Wayne DeAngelo (D) 2026–2027 Tennille McCoy (D)Wayne DeAngelo (D)

Election results, 1973–present Senate

General Assembly

Election results, 1965–1973 Senate

General Assembly District 14 at-large

District 14A

District 14B

District 14C

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