# Carmen Morales

Carmen Morales is a Democratic member of the New Jersey House for district 34.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey House, district 34
- Serving since: 2024-01-09
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/38f2061a-a83f-45bc-92a2-817f44d6b377

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/38f2061a-a83f-45bc-92a2-817f44d6b377 (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

33% of Morales’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Jersey, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.71 (standard error 0.06), from 98 donors and 366 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 37% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 141 bills: 141 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 194. 5.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey House 7.2%; rank 44 of 80).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 5702: "Efficient Income Verification Act." (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5702/
- A 5641: "Election Integrity and Voter Protection Act"; restricts presence of active duty military and certain law enforcement near polling places and ballot drop boxes. (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5641/
- A 5610: Concerns reasonable assurance standard for unemployment insurance benefit eligibility of adjunct faculty members; establishes certain reporting requirements… (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5610/
- A 5608: Establishes tuition reimbursement program for students enrolled in certain private postsecondary educational schools. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5608/
- A 5609: Prohibits preparation, advertisement, sale, or distribution of assignment to be submitted as learner's own work. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5609/
- AJR 196: Designates August of each year as "Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase Deficiency Awareness Month" in New Jersey. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/AJR196/
- A 5597: Requires use of uniform campus climate survey by institutions of higher education. (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5597/
- A 5552: Requires academic credits awarded by public institutions of higher education to remain valid and transferable for certain time periods. (in committee, 2026-09-24) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5552/
- A 5493: "Student-Parent Protection Act"; ensures equal rights and opportunities for parenting students enrolled in institutions of higher education. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5493/
- A 5458: Establishes "Higher Education Deferred Maintenance Fund" to provide funding for deferred maintenance needs at public institutions of higher education. (in committee, 2026-09-14) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5458/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $111.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 33% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/491/assemblywoman-morales
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AssemblywomanCarmenMorales
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asw_carmenmorales/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmenlta/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carmen-t-morales-ed-s-0293939

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/38f2061a-a83f-45bc-92a2-817f44d6b377