Senator Nia Gill (D) Voting-age population 156,070 | Population 205,421 | |
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Assembly members Sheila Oliver (D)
Thomas P. Giblin (D) Registration 52.0% Democratic
8.3% Republican
39.5% unaffiliated Demographics 49.1% White
35.1% Black/African American
0.4% Native American
5.0% Asian
0.0% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
7.1% Other race
3.3% Two or more races
18.3% Hispanic | ||
New Jersey's 34th Legislative District is one of 40 districts that make up the map for the New Jersey Legislature. It encompasses the Essex County municipalities of East Orange, Montclair, and Orange and the Passaic County city of Clifton.
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Demographic information
As of the 2010 United States Census, the district had a population of 205,421, of whom 156,070 (76.0%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 100,880 (49.1%) White, 72,133 (35.1%) African American, 748 (0.4%) Native American, 10,233 (5.0%) Asian, 81 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 14,490 (7.1%) from some other race, and 6,856 (3.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 37,578 (18.3%) of the population.
The district had 145,605 registered voters as of December 31, 2016, of whom 57,490 (39.5%) were registered as unaffiliated, 75,706 (52.0%) were registered as Democrats, 12,040 (8.3%) were registered as Republicans and 369 (0.3%) were registered to other parties.
Political representation
The district is represented for the 2016–2017 Legislative Session (Senate, General Assembly) in the State Senate by Nia Gill (D, Montclair) and in the General Assembly by Sheila Oliver (D, East Orange) and Thomas P. Giblin (D, Montclair).
District and election history
When the 40-district legislative map was created in 1973, the 34th District was originally located in southern Passaic County containing the municipalities of Passaic, Clifton, Little Falls, West Paterson, Totowa, and Haledon. After the 1981 redistricting, the 34th lost Passaic and Haledon picked up the large township of Wayne and Essex County municipalities of North Caldwell, West Caldwell, and Fairfield. Following the 1991 redistricting, West Paterson was removed and the western Essex County municipalities were swapped with Glen Ridge and Bloomfield.
In 2001, as a result of that year's redistricting, Bloomfield and almost all of Passaic County was removed from the district, leaving Clifton and West Paterson (renamed Woodland Park in 2007), and picking up East Orange and Montclair, municipalities formerly in the 27th District.
The 34th had previously been Republican-leaning but after this redistricting, with the addition of large minority populations in East Orange and Montclair, the 34th became Democratic-leaning. 27th District Assemblywoman, Democrat Nia Gill defeated incumbent Republican State Senator Norman M. Robertson in 2001.