# Shanique Speight

Shanique Speight is a Democratic member of the New Jersey House for district 29.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey House, district 29
- Serving since: 2018-01-09
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/304c7552-b833-4b9c-b125-39030b8376ff

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/304c7552-b833-4b9c-b125-39030b8376ff (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

37% of Speight’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Jersey, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.62 (standard error 0.04), from 59 donors and 983 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 51% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 451 bills: 450 reached committee, 18 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 268. 4.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey House 7.2%; rank 51 of 80).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 5669: Requires DHS to contract with State Medicaid pharmacy benefits manager to manage pharmacy benefits under Medicaid. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5669/
- A 5668: Requires Department of Treasury to contract with pharmacy benefits manager to manage pharmacy benefits for certain State-sponsored health benefits plans. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5668/
- A 5640: Requires four-year institutions of higher education to provide training on affirmative consent and certain federal Title IX requirements to first-year and… (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5640/
- A 5578: Establishes and requires use of Medicaid preferred drug list. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5578/
- A 5583: Establishes New Jersey Maternal Stroke Prevention and Preeclampsia Protection Initiative in DOH. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5583/
- A 5577: Establishes and requires use of preferred drug list for State health benefit plans. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5577/
- A 5582: Strengthens detection of, and support measures for individuals diagnosed with, pancreatic cancer. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5582/
- A 5476: Requires training for employees in certain settings to recognize and respond to indications of intoxication in children from consumption of cannabis item. (in committee, 2026-09-14) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5476/
- A 5477: Requires school districts to include instruction on dangers of consuming unknown food and beverages. (in committee, 2026-09-14) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5477/
- A 5473: Establishes "Commission on People with Disabilities." (in committee, 2026-09-14) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5473/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $67.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 37% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/403/assemblywoman-speight
- X: https://x.com/Speight4NJ
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shaniquespeight4nj
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ladyapeight/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shanique_speight/p/DC6uifMMNNb/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanique-speight-53b9521a2

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/304c7552-b833-4b9c-b125-39030b8376ff