# Shirley Turner

Shirley Turner is a Democratic member of the New Jersey Senate for district 15.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey Senate, district 15
- Serving since: 2024-01-09
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/26eb8b3c-59a5-49ca-841c-13a569444994

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/26eb8b3c-59a5-49ca-841c-13a569444994 (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 Turner’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Jersey, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.50 (standard error 0.03), from 120 donors and 770 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 72% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 349 bills: 349 reached committee, 23 passed one chamber, 15 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 166. 6.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey Senate 6.3%; rank 15 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 4757: Concerns speech rights of student journalists at nonpublic schools and independent institutions of higher education; prohibits prior administrative review of… (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4757/
- S 4788: Provides law enforcement officer benefits to certain public employees enrolled in PERS; prohibits appointment by State or county of public employees after age… (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4788/
- S 4648: Codifies requirements for cottage food operators and increases scope of permitted sales by cottage food operators. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4648/
- S 4650: Establishes farm pesticide, herbicide, and fertilizer collection and disposal program. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4650/
- S 4674: Amends FY2027 Appropriations Act to revise language concerning Family and Internal Medicine Residency Expansion Program. (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4674/
- S 4652: Requires transparency, standards, and discontinuance of certain Statewide assessments; eliminates high school graduation proficiency test. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4652/
- S 4636: Establishes NJ Native Seed Commission to develop plan to increase production and use of native seeds in State. (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4636/
- S 4647: Requires televisions in places of public accommodation display closed captioning for programming. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4647/
- S 4653: Directs Commissioner of Education to develop and implement Statewide framework for high school graduation. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4653/
- S 4654: Requires school districts to provide support services to certain students prior to grade 12; requires reporting on support services provided. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4654/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $5,674 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/47/senator-turner
- Campaign site: https://anthonywilliams25.weebly.com/about-shirley-turner.html
- X: https://x.com/NJSenTurner
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/njsenturner/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/26eb8b3c-59a5-49ca-841c-13a569444994