Senator Kevin J. O'Toole (R) Voting-age population 165,952 | Population 216,232 | |
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Assembly members David C. Russo (R)
Kevin J. Rooney (R) Registration 31.2% Republican
25.0% Democratic
43.5% unaffiliated Demographics 87.9% White
2.0% Black/African American
0.2% Native American
6.8% Asian
0.0% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
1.4% Other race
1.7% Two or more races
6.7% Hispanic | ||
New Jersey's 40th Legislative District is one of 40 districts that make up the map for the New Jersey Legislature. It covers the Bergen County municipalities of Allendale, Franklin Lakes, Ho-Ho-Kus, Midland Park, Ridgewood, Waldwick, and Wyckoff, the Essex County township of Cedar Grove, the Morris County municipalities of Riverdale and Pequannock Township, and the Passaic County municipalities of Little Falls, Pompton Lakes, Totowa, Wayne, and Woodland Park.
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Demographic information
As of the 2010 United States Census, the district had a population of 216,232, of whom 165,952 (76.7%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 190,019 (87.9%) White, 4,407 (2.0%) African American, 486 (0.2%) Native American, 14,683 (6.8%) Asian, 24 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 2,968 (1.4%) from some other race, and 3,645 (1.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14,422 (6.7%) of the population.
The district had 157,159 registered voters as of December 31, 2016, of whom 68,415 (43.5%) were registered as unaffiliated, 49,036 (31.2%) were registered as Republicans, 39,352 (25.0%) were registered as Democrats, and 356 (0.2%) 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 Kevin J. O'Toole (R, Cedar Grove) and in the General Assembly by David C. Russo (R, Ridgewood) and Kevin J. Rooney (R, Wyckoff).
Senator O'Toole has served since 2008, having been elected in 2007 to replace retiring Senator Henry McNamara. He has won re-election twice, once in 2011 and again in 2013. He previously served as a District 40 Assemblyman from 2002 until his swearing in as Senator and held both Senate and Assembly positions in District 21 from 1995 until 2001's state redistricting.
Assemblyman Russo is the longest serving of the three men representing District 40. First elected in 1989, Russo has been re-elected in every subsequent contest and is currently serving his fourteenth term.
Assemblyman Rooney has served the district since December 2016. The former mayor of Wyckoff, New Jersey was appointed to replace multi-term incumbent Scott Rumana of Wayne after his appointment to the bench of the Superior Court of New Jersey.
District and election history
Upon the creation of the 40-district legislative map in 1973, the 40th District consisted of western Bergen County running from Elmwood Park north along the county line to Ridgewood, then in addition to Ho-Ho-Kus and Midland Park, consisted of the larger municipalities in the northwest corner of the county. Following the 1981 redistricting, the 40th lost Elmwood Park, Ho-Ho-Kus, and Allendale, but picked up Upper Saddle River and the Passaic County boroughs of North Haledon, Pompton Lakes, Bloomingdale, and Wanaque. In the 1991 redistricting, Ramsey, Upper Saddle River, North Haledon, Pompton Lakes, and Bloomingdale were shifted to other districts, but Washington Township, Waldwick, Ringwood, and West Milford became a part of the district. Under the 2001 redistricting, the Bergen County portion of the 40th District became smaller only running along the county border from Ridgewood to Mahwah (plus Midland Park), but in addition to Ringwood and Wanaque, passed through the center of the county picking up Wayne and Little Falls and for the first time included Essex County by encompassing Cedar Grove and Verona. Mahwah and Oakland were eliminated from the Bergen County portion in the 2011 redistricting but Allendale, Ho-Ho-Kus, and Waldwick were added, more of central Passaic County was added including Totowa and Woodland Park, and Morris County's Pequannock were included within the district.
Since 1973, the district has always leaned Republican. It is one of only nine state legislative districts statewide that has never elected more than one political party to Trenton, and with the election of a Democrat to the 16th in 2015, the only district to have elected only Republicans.