# Linda Greenstein

Linda Greenstein is a Democratic member of the New Jersey Senate for district 14.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey Senate, district 14
- Serving since: 2010-12-06
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/27646653-40e2-4c79-b608-0f2edcaa0322

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/27646653-40e2-4c79-b608-0f2edcaa0322 (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

81% of Greenstein’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Jersey, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.79 (standard error 0.03), from 347 donors and 828 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 30% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 314 bills: 314 reached committee, 21 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 148. 6.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey Senate 6.3%; rank 14 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 4836: "Protecting Against Microplastics Act"; appropriates $3 million. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4836/
- S 4714: Requires law enforcement, prosecutorial, and judicial training on impact of trauma. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4714/
- S 4789: Establishes and requires use of preferred drug list for State health benefit plans. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4789/
- 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 4658: Requires data centers to submit annual report to DEP; requires DEP to establish Data Center Transparency Dashboard. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4658/
- 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 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 4601: Requires pharmacist or pharmacist's designee to notify consumer of substituted drug or biological product. (passed one chamber, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4601/
- S 4595: Revises certain provisions of "Isolated Confinement Restriction Act." (in committee, 2026-09-28) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4595/
- S 2027: Appropriates $60,743,569,000 in State funds and $30,495,124,195 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2027. (in committee, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S2027/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $110.7K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 81% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/329/senator-greenstein
- X: https://x.com/SenGreenstein
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorLindaGreenstein/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-greenstein-15749330/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/27646653-40e2-4c79-b608-0f2edcaa0322