# Larry Wainstein

Larry Wainstein is a Democratic member of the New Jersey House for district 33.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey House, district 33
- Serving since: 2026-01-13
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/036d00b8-5e0b-4bc0-ae46-f0bf5e1b9a73

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/036d00b8-5e0b-4bc0-ae46-f0bf5e1b9a73 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

100% of Wainstein’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Jersey, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.62 (standard error 0.11), from 17 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 52% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 22 bills: 22 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 25. 9.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey House 7.2%; rank 30 of 80).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 5653: Requires municipalities to provide for certain number of basic life support ambulances based on population. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5653/
- A 5651: Requires certain municipalities to offer early voting. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5651/
- A 5657: Allows local contracting unit to accept bid up to 10 percent more than lowest responsible bid in awarding public contracts under certain circumstances. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5657/
- A 5659: Requires labor harmony agreement in public works projects. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5659/
- A 5652: Requires local construction official sit on municipal planning board, zoning board, and redevelopment agency board. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5652/
- A 5655: Moves primary election to Tuesday after second Monday in June. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5655/
- A 5661: Requires elevators be equipped with standardized fire service keys; concerns fire service key lock boxes. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5661/
- A 5660: Eliminates statute of limitations for certain forgery and fraud crimes when parties involved have history of domestic violence. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5660/
- A 5648: Limits use of certain New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority development fees to certain transportation-related projects. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5648/
- A 5656: Provides sales and use tax exemption for certain purchases made by certain common interest communities in UEZ. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5656/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $52.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/036d00b8-5e0b-4bc0-ae46-f0bf5e1b9a73