New Jersey Senate · District 35

Benjie Wimberly

Democratic

Where they sit

Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Wimberly
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Benjie Wimberly's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

New Jersey Senate10thpercentile
More liberal than 89% of the New Jersey Senate.
Most liberalMost conservative
5th most liberal of 40
Votes with the Senate President
100%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Benjie Wimberly.

On 74 contested votes where both voted100% on all 214 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
100%
Democrats Republicans 55%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Benjie Wimberly.

On 57 party-line votesPartisan rank: 1 of 40 in the Senate (tied with 21 others)No one in the Senate votes with their party more often

Bills

The bills Benjie Wimberly sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Benjie Wimberly
Bills
Sponsored183
Passed both chambers8
Became law8
Vetoed by the Governor0
Of those, passed as the other house's identical bill6

Rank by bills passed: Rank 10 of 40 in the Senate · 10 of 25 Democrats

A bill's sponsors are its prime sponsors, as the Legislature lists them; co-sponsors aren't counted.

Bills that passed both chambers

Bills that passed both chambers: Benjie Wimberly
BillResultFinal action
S3405
Establishes minimum qualifications for persons employed on public works contract.
Became law
passed as A4072
Sept. 9, 2026
S3116
Extends deadline for submission of temporary certificate of occupancy for certain qualified residential projects or mixed-use parking projects under Economic…
Became law
passed as A4525
Sept. 9, 2026
S3738
Establishes alternative compliance standards for development of electric vehicle supply equipment and Make-Ready parking spaces based on charging capacity.
Became law
passed as A4531
Aug. 27, 2026
S4010
Authorizes funding for on-demand micro transit service under Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Assistance Program.
Became law
passed as A4761
Aug. 6, 2026
S4331
Authorizes HMFA to make certain reimbursements to support pre-purchase homebuyer counseling under Foreclosure Mediation Assistance Program.
Became law
passed as A5169
July 22, 2026
S4221
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2027.
Became law July 8, 2026
S4007
Permits Paterson and Newark police who were promoted following February 2019 police sergeant exam to have those promotions deemed regular appointments.
Became law
passed as A4543
June 30, 2026
S3114
Requires law enforcement officer to reveal facial identity during certain public interactions and to present sufficient identification prior to arresting or…
Became law March 25, 2026

Budget projects

New Jersey's budget, the annual Appropriations Act, doesn't say which legislator asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for New Jersey legislators.

Contested votes where they split

No contested vote against the leader of the chamber or most of their party.

Every roll call

How Benjie Wimberly voted on each of the 214 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Benjie Wimberly
DateVoteTheir vote Most of their partySenate PresidentYeas–nays
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page
www.njleg.state.nj.us
Email
senwimberly@njleg.org
Capitol office
P.O. Box 068 State House, 145 W. State St., Trenton, NJ 08625
609-847-3905
District office
301 Main St. Suite 360, Paterson, NJ 07505
973-925-7061

Committees

  • Community and Urban Affairs
  • Military and Veterans' Affairs

Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the New Jersey Legislature, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 17, 2026.

Source: the New Jersey Legislature's floor vote records, Feb. 5, 2026 to Sept. 24, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections