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{{USState
|name=New Jersey
|flag=New_Jersey_State_FlagFlag of New Jersey.gifpng
|motto="Liberty and Prosperity"
|nick=The Garden State
|capital=Trenton
|language=None
|governor=Christopher ChristiePhil Murphy|gparty=RepublicanDemocrat|senator1=Frank LautenbergCory Booker
|s1party=Democrat
|s1phone=(202) 224-3224
|s1email=http://lautenbergwww.booker.senate.gov/?p=contact/ Contact
|senator2=Bob Menendez
|s2party=Democrat
|s2phone=(202) 224-4744
|s2email=http://menendez.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm Contact
|population=8,900,000 (2020)
|date=December 18, 1787 (3rd)
}}
'''New Jersey''' is one of the thirteen original colonies that formed the [[United States]]. It was the third state to enter into the Union. Its population has the highest overall density of any State, featuring 566 municipalities.<ref>http://www.nj.gov/nj/govinfo/county/localgov.html (list of municipalities, which links to each one).</ref> New Jersey also has "the lowest net federal funding per resident," at -$2,368 per resident.<ref>https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/federal-aid-by-state</ref>
New Jersey is nicknamed "the Garden State.," It although a patch oil refineries along the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] is what many travelers remember most. New Jersey has 127 miles of coastline, including resort areas such as [[Atlantic City]], Asbury Park, and Cape May, some with beautiful and historic [[Victorian]] [[architecture]]. Its capital city is [[Trenton]].
It is home to two famous old universities: Politically, New Jersey once benefited from [[Princeton University|Princetonconservative]] leadership, but [[RINOs]] and [[Rutgers University|Rutgersliberals]]took over beginning in the 1960s and have driven it into decline since. They are both High union membership, a very liberal primary newspaper (the ''colonial colleges,Newark Star-Ledger'' the nine colleges chartered in the colonies before the ), government-promoted [[American Revolutionabortion]]. Princeton traditionally claims 1740 as its year of founding<!--have to put , and a small evangelical population result in this qualification because a lack of a longstanding dispute between Princeton and Penn-->conservative politicians. However, making it New Jersey remains one of the fourth oldest university in the United States; Rutgers, founded in 1766, is the eighth oldest. Princeton is a member small number of the states having completely unregulated [[Ivy Leaguehomeschooling]]. There are numerous other colleges and universities New Jersey also has the lowest divorce rate in the statenation.
New Jersey legalized is home to two famous old universities: [[domestic partnershipPrinceton University|Princeton]]s (for same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples over 62 years of age) in 2004<ref>http://www[[Rutgers University|Rutgers]].answers.com/topic/domestic-partnership-They are both ''colonial colleges,'' the nine colleges chartered in-the-united-states</ref> and colonies before the [[civil unionAmerican Revolution]]s for same. Princeton traditionally claims 1740 as its year of founding<!-sex couples, which are similiar -have to put in this qualification because of a longstanding dispute between Princeton and Penn-->, making it the fourth oldest university in the United States; Rutgers, founded in 1766, is the eighth oldest. Princeton is a member of the [[same sex marriageIvy League]], . There are numerous other colleges and universities in 2007the state.<ref>http://data.lambdalegal.org/pdf/772.pdf</ref>
Same-sex marriage was legalized in New Jersey by a Superior Court decision on September 27, 2013.<ref>http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/09/nj_superior_court_gay_marriage_ruling.html</ref> The current Governor state Constitution of New Jersey is [[Chris Christie]], like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''. It says::''We, the people of the State of New Jersey, grateful to Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a [[Republican]] elected in 2009blessing upon our endeavors to secure and transmit the same unimpaired to succeeding generations, do ordain and establish this Constitution.''
==History==
==Politics==
New Jersey is a mostly [[liberal]] state. It has consistently favored [[Democrats]] in presidential elections since 1992. It was last won by a [[Republican]] presidential candidate in 1988 when it favored [[George Herbert Walker Bush]]. It currently has For eight years before January 16, 2018, the state had a Republican governor, [[Chris Christie, as mentioned above]]; the last Republican governor before him was [[Christine Todd Whitman]], who left the office to serve as head of the U.S. [[Environmental Protection Agency]] under President [[George W. Bush]].
==Elected Officials==
===Federal===
*Sen. [[Frank LautenbergCory Booker]] (D)
*Sen. [[Bob Menendez]] (D)
*Rep. [[Robert AndrewsDonald Norcross]] [D, NJ-01NJ–01]*Rep. [[Frank LoBiondoJeff Van Drew]] [R, NJ-02NJ–02]*Rep. [[Jon RunyanAndy Kim]] [RD, NJ-03NJ–03]*Rep. [[Chris Smith]] [R, NJ-04NJ–04]*Rep. [[Scott GarrettJosh Gottheimer]] [RD, NJ-05NJ–05]*Rep. [[Frank Pallone]] [D, NJ-06NJ–06]*Rep. [[Leonard LanceTom Malinowski]] [RD, NJ-07NJ–07]*Rep. [[William J. Pascrell, JrAlbio Sires]] [D, NJ-08NJ–08]*Rep. [[Steven R. RothmanBill Pascrell]] [D, NJ-09NJ–09]<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/democrat-congressman-calls-for-prosecution-of-president-trump-after-color-revolution-coup/</ref>*Rep. [[Donald M. Payne]] [D, NJ-10]*RepJr. [[Rodney Frelinghuysen]] [RD, NJ-11NJ–10]*Rep. [[Rush Holt, Jr.Mikie Sherrill]] [D, NJ-12NJ–11]*Rep. [[Albio SiresBonnie Watson Coleman]] [D, NJ-13NJ–12]
===Statewide===
*Governor [[Chris ChristiePhil Murphy]] (RD)*Lt. Governor [[Kim Guadagno]] Sheila Oliver (RD)
==ReferencesVoter fraud==
A ''[[New York Post]]'' article written with co-operation from an anonymous source revealed that a massive voter fraud scandal has been taking place in New Jersey over past decades, and the source revealed, "There is no race in New Jersey — from city council to United States Senate — that we haven’t worked on."<Referencesref>https://nypost.com/2020/08/29/political-insider-explains-voter-fraud-with-mail-in-ballots/</ref>
{{USstates}}==Notable New Jersey natives==[[File:Frederick T. Frelinghuysen 1861 LOC picture.png|thumb|right|250px|New Jersey Republican [[Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen]] in 1861.]]* [[Buzz Aldrin]], astronaut, born in Glen Ridge* [[Samuel Alito]], U.S. Supreme Court justice, born in [[Trenton]]* [[Count Basie]], jazz musician, born in Red Bank* Jon Bon Jovi, rock musician, born in Perth Amboy* [[William Brennan]], U.S. Supreme Court justice, born in [[Newark]]* [[Aaron Burr]], third vice president of the United States, born in Newark* [[Grover Cleveland]], 22nd and 24th president of the United States, born in Caldwell* [[James Fenimore Cooper]], author, born in Burlington* [[Frederick T. Frelinghuysen]], U.S. senator and [[Secretary of State]]* [[Stephen Crane]], author, born in Newark* Danny DeVito, actor, born in Neptune Township* [[Michael Douglas]], actor, born in New Brunswick* [[Steve Forbes]], publishing executive, born in Morristown* [[Barney Frank]], former member of U.S. House of Representatives (for [[Massachusetts]]), born in Bayonne* [[Whitney Houston]], singer and actress, born in Newark* [[Alfred Kinsey]], zoologist and sex researcher, born in Hoboken* [[Larry Kudlow]], financial analyst, television personality, and current director of the U.S. [[National Economic Council]], born in Englewood* [[Jared Kushner]], real estate developer and senior advisor to President [[Donald Trump]], born in Livingston* [[Jerry Lewis]], actor and philanthropist, born in Newark* [[Norman Mailer]], author, born in Long Branch* Ozzie Nelson, actor and band leader, born in Jersey City* Jack Nicholson, actor, born in Neptune City* [[Shaquille O'Neal]], [[NBA]] player, born in Newark* [[Paul Robeson]], actor, singer, and activist, born in [[Princeton]]* [[Philip Roth]], author, born in Newark* [[Antonin Scalia]], U.S. Supreme Court justice, born in Trenton* [[Norman Schwarzkopf]], U.S. Army general, commander of coalition forces in the [[Persian Gulf War]], born in Trenton* [[Paul Simon]], singer and songwriter, born in Newark* [[Frank Sinatra]], singer and actor, born in Hoboken* [[Bruce Springsteen]], singer and songwriter, born in Long Branch* Martha Stewart, entrepreneur, writer, and TV personality, born in Jersey City* [[Meryl Streep]], actress, born in Summit* [[John Travolta]], actor, born in Englewood* Sarah Vaughan, singer, born in Newark* [[Paul Volcker]], economist and former chairman of the [[Federal Reserve]], born in Cape May* William Carlos Williams, poet, born in Rutherford
==References==
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[[Category:Blue States]]
[[Category:Eastern United States]]
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