# Lisa Swain

Lisa Swain is a Democratic member of the New Jersey House for district 38.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey House, district 38
- Serving since: 2018-05-24
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/28b4c7d2-d1c3-4735-b321-0f348ec27299

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/28b4c7d2-d1c3-4735-b321-0f348ec27299 (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

Swain reported $325.4K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.42 (standard error 0.02), from 134 donors and 902 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 78% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 96 bills: 96 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 111. 7.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey House 7.2%; rank 37 of 80).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 5671: Provides for monthly salary for certain members of State Board of Medical Examiners; appropriates funds. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5671/
- A 5191: Makes various changes to New Jersey Infrastructure Bank's enabling act. (in committee, 2026-06-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5191/
- A 5140: Establishes Task Force on Development and Implementation of Multi-Sector Plan on Aging. (in committee, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5140/
- S 4162: "Affordable Power Purchase Agreements Extension Act"; concerns extension of certain public entity contracts related to energy conservation and renewable… (passed both chambers, 2026-08-06) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4162/
- A 4959: "Affordable Power Purchase Agreements Extension Act"; concerns extension of certain public entity contracts related to energy conservation and renewable… (in committee, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4959/
- A 4956: Prohibits contracts for procurement and licensing of electronic literary materials from including certain provisions. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4956/
- A 4954: Modifies certain provisions of law concerning speech-language specialists. (in committee, 2026-09-10) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4954/
- A 4908: Prohibits expenditure of Green Acres funds for purchase, use, installation, or replacement of artificial turf fields. (in committee, 2026-09-17) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4908/
- A 4958: Revises statutory law to change title of "physician assistant" to "physician associate." (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4958/
- A 5016: Establishes program in EDA to encourage employee ownership awareness and provide funding and advisory support. (passed both chambers, 2026-09-04) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5016/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $325.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 88% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/413/assemblywoman-swain
- X: https://x.com/SwainTully38
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LisaSwainNJ
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thereallisaswain/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-swain-155433a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/28b4c7d2-d1c3-4735-b321-0f348ec27299