# Bob Smith

Bob Smith is a Democratic member of the New Jersey Senate for district 17.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey Senate, district 17
- Serving since: 2002-01-08
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/177d44ba-0c93-4e26-b245-84aa2239f7b4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/177d44ba-0c93-4e26-b245-84aa2239f7b4 (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

Smith sits at −0.83 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 75% of State Senate Democrats.

## What Smith says (NJ 2026–27 session)

8 classified statements: 8 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Smith | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 249 of 330 |
| Policy criticism | 12.5% | 10.3% | 107 of 330 |
| Policy discussion | 12.5% | 42.9% | 308 of 330 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 330 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 16.1% | 322 of 330 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 |

Most discussed policy areas: Energy 100% (State Senate Democrats 4.1%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Commerce 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.83 (standard error 0.04), from 265 donors and 827 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 126 bills: 126 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 26. 7.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey Senate 6.3%; rank 11 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 4821: Aligns criteria for designating endangered and threatened wildlife and plant species with federal standards. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4821/
- S 4656: "Protect our Health from Plastics Act." (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4656/
- S 4602: Authorizes long-term public contracts of up to 25 years for provision of electricity and related products for energy storage systems. (in committee, 2026-09-28) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4602/
- S 4603: "Clean Water and Safe Communities Bond Act," authorizes bonds for $5 billion; appropriates $5,000. (in committee, 2026-09-28) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4603/
- S 4424: Appropriates $15,546,575 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for… (passed both chambers, 2026-07-30) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4424/
- S 4364: Establishes program and investment fund in DEP to support implementation of Wildlife Corridor Action Plan; authorizes creation of special Wildlife Corridor… (in committee, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4364/
- S 4296: "Power NJ Act"; establishes advanced nuclear energy procurement program in BPU. (in committee, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4296/
- A 4881: "Power NJ Act"; establishes advanced nuclear energy procurement program in BPU. (passed both chambers, 2026-07-13) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4881/
- S 4061: Allows value of SREC-IIs to be included in cost-benefit calculations under energy savings improvement programs. (in committee, 2026-05-18) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4061/
- S 4062: Establishes certain protections against demand by large-load addition customers in State. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4062/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $162.4K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 83% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/d17senator/status/2073428513391083843
- 2026-06-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/d17senator/status/2067997395061772752
- 2026-05-28 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/d17senator/status/2060101294308692332
- 2026-05-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/d17senator/status/2058953433445527729
- 2026-04-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/d17senator/status/2043017125195903027
- 2026-02-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/d17senator/status/2024504798003814487
- 2026-01-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/d17senator/status/2013300570056970676
- 2026-01-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/d17senator/status/2006765849559142771

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/53/senator-smith
- X: https://x.com/d17senator
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Senator-Bob-Smith-100057950234913/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/177d44ba-0c93-4e26-b245-84aa2239f7b4