Heather Simmons (New Jersey politician) explained

Heather Simmons
State Assembly:New Jersey
District:3rd
Term Start:January 9, 2024
Alongside:David Bailey
Education:Saint Joseph's University
Party:Democratic

Heather Simmons (born) is an American public relations professional and Democratic Party politician serving as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly for the 3rd legislative district, since taking office on January 9, 2024.

Biography

A resident of Glassboro, New Jersey, Simmons serves is a public relations professional who serves as an assistant vice president at Rowan University. She graduated in 1991 from Saint Joseph's University.[1]

Elective office

Together with running mate Robert Zimmerman, she narrowly lost election in 2010 to the Gloucester County Board of Chosen Freeholders, despite the Democratic ticket outspending the Republicans by a 5–1 margin,[2] but was chosen unanimously by the Gloucester County Democratic Committee and appointed to fill the one-year balance of the seat that had been held by Stephen Sweeney until he stepped down from office.[3] She won full three-year teams of office as a freeholder (since renamed as commissioner) in 2011, 2014, 2017 and 2020.[4]

In the 2023 New Jersey General Assembly election, Simmons and her Democratic running mate Dave Bailey, defeated Republican incumbent Bethanne McCarthy Patrick and her running mate Thomas J. Tedesco.[5] [6]

District 3

Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly.[7] Representatives from the 3rd District for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are:[8]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.southjerseymagazine.com/article/456/Super-Women "Super Women"
  2. Carroll, Timothy. "Sweeney target of GOP revival in Gloucester", The Observer, November 3, 2010. Accessed December 23, 2023. "The Democrats outspent Republicans nearly 5-to-1 in the race, according to Republican candidate Larry Wallace, and had a better GOTV ground game, and had a registration advantage thrice that of the GOP. And yet Wallace (38,975) and Vince Nestore (38,177) defeated Democrats Heather Simmons (37,951) and Robert Zimmerman (37,895), according to unofficial reports."
  3. Simmons, Heather. "Simmons: I'll serve to achieve top goals", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, January 24, 2011. Accessed December 23, 2023. "This past Wednesday evening (Jan. 19) I had the honor of being sworn in as an appointed member of the Gloucester County freeholder board and was granted the privilege of serving out the one-year unexpired board term Stephen M. Sweeney, the former freeholder director, who resigned."
  4. [David Wildstein|Wildstein, David]
  5. Connolly, John. "NJ election results 2023: State Senate, Assembly seats decided", The Record, November 9, 2023. Accessed December 23, 2023.
  6. https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2023/2023-official-general-results-general-assembly.pdf Official List Candidates for General Assembly for General Election November 7, 2023
  7. https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/constitution New Jersey State Constitution 1947 (Updated Through Amendments Adopted in November, 2020): Article IV, Section II
  8. https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster?district=3 Legislative Roster for District 3

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