# Jim Holzapfel

Jim Holzapfel is a Republican member of the New Jersey Senate for district 10.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Jersey Senate, district 10
- Serving since: 2012-01-10
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/32e625c0-5e22-40b4-a6a3-4040d10e6ff0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/32e625c0-5e22-40b4-a6a3-4040d10e6ff0 (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

1.4% of the 139 bills Holzapfel sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the New Jersey Senate.

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

37 classified statements: 37 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Holzapfel | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 24.3% | 9.5% | 31 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 64.9% | 37.3% | 19 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.7% | 2.3% | 112 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 2.7% | 15.4% | 302 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 2.7% | 1.3% | 52 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Transportation and Public Works 29% (State Senate Republicans 6.0%); Immigration 21% (State Senate Republicans 4.1%); Crime and Law Enforcement 17% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Armed Forces and National Security 13% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Education 8.3% (State Senate Republicans 14%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.27 (standard error 0.02), from 41 donors and 620 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 35% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 139 bills: 139 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 114. 1.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey Senate 6.3%; rank 38 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 4805: Establishes annual sales tax holiday during week of Thanksgiving. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4805/
- S 4803: Provides gross income tax deduction for homeowner's payments of certain homeowners association assessments. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4803/
- S 4804: "Jackson's Law"; requires mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for leaving scene of accident resulting in death and makes certain juveniles eligible for… (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4804/
- S 4628: Permits protective order to be issued against unemancipated minor. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4628/
- S 4638: Prohibits modification of mufflers and exhaust systems to produce audible sounds; increases penalties for violations. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4638/
- S 4585: Provides for driver's license suspension for any crime or offense occurring at pop-up party. (in committee, 2026-09-28) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4585/
- S 4479: Expands crime of human trafficking to include individuals who benefit financially. (in committee, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4479/
- S 4336: Requires principals and teachers of public schools to conduct two sentence oral recitation from Declaration of Independence before opening of school each day… (in committee, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4336/
- S 4349: Concerns enrollment of twins or higher order multiples in public preschool programs. (passed one chamber, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4349/
- S 4356: Prohibits application of State aid growth limit to State school aid provided in 2026-2027 school year; appropriates $332.6 million. (in committee, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4356/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

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

- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jimholzapfel/status/2110106276806246459
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/jimholzapfel/status/2109622617347129749
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jimholzapfel/status/2106006292582338734
- 2026-09-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jimholzapfel/status/2100925309369360679
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jimholzapfel/status/2098381038280204744
- 2026-09-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/jimholzapfel/status/2096931491083108575
- 2026-08-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/jimholzapfel/status/2085794507300200622
- 2026-07-22 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/jimholzapfel/status/2080029703784566893
- 2026-07-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jimholzapfel/status/2080029705265176629
- 2026-07-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/jimholzapfel/status/2076337776895602964

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/334/senator-holzapfel
- X: https://x.com/jimholzapfel
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswholzapfel

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/32e625c0-5e22-40b4-a6a3-4040d10e6ff0