Jean Stanfield
Member of the New Jersey Senate
from the 8th district
In office
January 11, 2022 – January 9, 2024
Preceded byDawn Addiego
Succeeded byLatham Tiver
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
from the 8th district
In office
January 14, 2020 – January 11, 2022
Serving with Ryan Peters
Preceded byJoe Howarth
Succeeded byBrandon Umba
Michael Torrissi
Sheriff of Burlington County
In office
January 1, 2002 – May 1, 2019
Preceded byGary L. Daniels
Succeeded byAnthony Basantis
Burlington County Undersheriff[1]
In office
1996–2002
Burlington County Assistant Prosecutor[1]
In office
1993–1996
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceWestampton, New Jersey
Alma materThe College of New Jersey (BA)
Rutgers University (JD)
WebsiteLegislative webpage

Jean Stanfield is an American politician who served in the New Jersey Senate, representing the 8th Legislative District from 2022 to 2024. She previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly, representing the 8th Legislative District from 2020 to 2022.[2] Stanfield served as Sheriff of Burlington County from 2002 to 2019.[1]

Burlington County Sheriff

First elected Sheriff in 2001, Stanfield was re-elected five times as Sheriff.[3][4] On February 22, 2019, she announced she would not run for a seventh term in 2019 and would resign as Sheriff on May 1 of that year.[5]

New Jersey Assembly

After the 8th District's Senator Dawn Addiego switched her party from Republican to Democrat in early 2019, one of the district's sitting Assemblyman Joe Howarth reportedly attempted to do the same. The Burlington County Republican Party dropped support for Howarth, choosing to instead support former Burlington County Sheriff Stanfield to run with incumbent Ryan Peters.[6] In the primary election Howarth heavily tied himself to President Donald Trump,[7] however Stanfield and Peters beat Howarth.

Stanfield, a resident of Westampton Township, and Peters faced off against Democrats Mark Natale and Gina LaPlaca in the general election. Peters and Stanfield won by a little over 1,100 votes.[8]

New Jersey Senate

In the 2021 general election, Stanfield ran for the New Jersey State Senate against incumbent Democrat Dawn Addiego, who had long served in public office as a Republican but switched to the Democratic Party in January 2019. With two weeks left before election day, the race for the three seats in the legislature had already attracted $3 million in spending by the candidates and outside groups.[9] Stanfield narrowly defeated Addiego despite the latter’s 12-1 fundraising margin. [10] [11]

On January 11, 2023, Stanfield announced that she would not be a candidate for reelection.[12]

Committees

Committee assignments for the 2022—23 Legislative Session are:[1]

Electoral history

Assembly

New Jersey General Assembly election for the 8th Legislative District, 2019 [8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jean Stanfield 25,050 25.58
Republican Ryan Peters (Incumbent) 24,906 25.43
Democratic Gina LaPlaca 23,895 24.21
Democratic Mark Natale 23,092 23.58
MAGA Conservative Tom Giangiulio 1,777 1.80
Total votes 97,916 '100.0'

Sheriff

Burlington County Sheriff Election Results, 2016 [13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jean Stanfield 103,877 52.52
Democratic James H. Kostopolis 93,830 47.44
Total votes 197,707 '100.0'
Burlington County Sheriff Election Results, 2013 [13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jean Stanfield 67,744 57.51
Democratic James H. Kostopolis 50,025 42.46
Total votes 117,769 '100.0'

References

  1. ^ a b c d Senator Jean Stanfield (R), New Jersey Legislature. Accessed May 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "GOP picks up one Senate seat, two Assembly seats in mid-term elections". New Jersey Globe.
  3. ^ "Burlington County Sheriff - History". Our Campaigns.
  4. ^ "Services & Units". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 2000-09-19.
  5. ^ "GOP picks up one Senate seat, two Assembly seats in mid-term elections". New Jersey Globe.
  6. ^ "Peters, Stanfield win Burlington County line". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  7. ^ "'MAGA Republican' Howarth loses in South Jersey Assembly primary line". Politico. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Candidates for General Assembly" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  9. ^ Crist, Katie. "Money, turnout key in close races in 8th Legislative District", NJ Spotlight News, October 22, 2021.Accessed October 24, 2021. "The 8th legislative district sprawls over 20 towns in Atlantic, Burlington and Camden counties and has grown increasingly politically competitive over the last several years. Now the races for Senate and Assembly seats here are among the few competitive legislative races statewide. This year’s election features the incumbent Sen. Dawn Marie Addiego in her first campaign as a Democrat versus Republican Assemblywoman Jean Stanfield.... Close to $3 million has been spent by candidates and independent spending committees on the election in the 8th district so far."
  10. ^ Wildstein, David. "Addiego outspending Stanfield in competitive 8th district Senate race", New Jersey Globe. October 12, 2021. Accessed October 24, 2021. "Democrats are outspending Republicans by a wide margin in New Jersey’s 8th legislative district, where party-switching State Sen. Dawn Addiego (D-Evesham) enjoys a 12-1 cash advantage over Assemblywoman Jean Stanfield (R-Westampton) heading into the final weeks of the 2021 campaign."
  11. ^ "Addiego officially loses Senate seat to assemblywoman in state Senate race". Courier-Post. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  12. ^ Wildstein, David. "Stanfield won’t seek re-election to State Senate seat; Freshman Republican retiring after one term", New Jersey Globe, January 11, 2023. "State Sen. Jean Stanfield (R-Westampton) will not seek re-election to a second term this year, setting up a race for an open seat in one of the state’s most competitive legislative districts."
  13. ^ a b "Burlington County Election Results". Burlington County Clerk. Retrieved January 31, 2020.

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