# Vinnie Kearney

Vinnie Kearney is a Democratic member of the New Jersey House for district 21.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey House, district 21
- Serving since: 2026-01-13
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3d57728e-0da2-4df4-891e-9cc8e0e9b219

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3d57728e-0da2-4df4-891e-9cc8e0e9b219 (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

Kearney reported $761.8K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.67 (standard error 0.08), from 43 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 43% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 38 bills: 38 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 148. 13.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey House 7.2%; rank 17 of 80).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 5696: Establishes requirements for electric public utility power restoration practices after major events. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5696/
- A 5694: Extends eligibility for sales and use tax exemption certificate program administered by EDA to include certain projects undertaken by clean energy product… (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5694/
- A 5695: Revises "Structured Settlement Protection Act" and adds additional consumer protections. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5695/
- A 5584: Requires school districts to provide instruction on anaphylaxis as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5584/
- 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 5585: Concerns senior housing rental property exemption from municipal rent control ordinance. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5585/
- A 5586: Requires data center developers to provide certain notice to public before preliminary site plan consideration and hearing under MLUL; requires DCA to… (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5586/
- A 5568: Expands public notification requirements for contaminated site remediation activities. (in committee, 2026-09-24) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5568/
- 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 5315: Establishes "Combat Veteran Pension Credit Act"; provides eligible combat veterans up to four years of pension credit at no cost. (in committee, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5315/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $761.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3d57728e-0da2-4df4-891e-9cc8e0e9b219