# Al Barlas

Al Barlas is a Republican member of the New Jersey House for district 40.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Jersey House, district 40
- Serving since: 2024-01-09
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/525b3307-b007-4cfa-8166-efb0810fcda7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/525b3307-b007-4cfa-8166-efb0810fcda7 (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

Barlas sits at +0.04 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 93% of State House Republicans.

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

28 classified statements: 28 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Barlas | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 17.9% | 2.9% | 13 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 39.3% | 9.3% | 13 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 67.9% | 31.9% | 25 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 14.3% | 12.7% | 299 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 53% (State House Republicans 18%); Economics and Public Finance 47% (State House Republicans 12%); Law 21% (State House Republicans 3.1%); Education 11% (State House Republicans 15%); Energy 11% (State House Republicans 4.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.04 (standard error 0.01), from 212 donors and 352 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 7.0% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 89 bills: 88 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 97. 4.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey House 7.2%; rank 49 of 80).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 5632: "Protecting New Jersey from Predatory Drug Pricing Act." (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5632/
- A 5633: Establishes standards for timely payment of clean claims by pharmacy benefits managers. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5633/
- A 5521: Requires contracted actuary for SHBP and SEHBP to present annual rate projections and analyses by certain dates. (in committee, 2026-09-17) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5521/
- A 5290: Requires primary and general election candidates to use nominating petition forms made available by Secretary of State, county clerk, or municipal clerk. (in committee, 2026-06-18) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5290/
- A 5267: Requires school district to suspend without pay school employees accused of criminal offenses or unbecoming conduct involving child. (in committee, 2026-06-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5267/
- SCR 137: Recognizes centennial of Township of Wyckoff. (passed both chambers, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/SCR137/
- ACR 152: Recognizes centennial of Township of Wyckoff. (introduced, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/ACR152/
- A 5011: Establishes "Fiscal Integrity for Future Attractions (FIFA) Act"; establishes commission to review and approve agreements to host certain major events in this… (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5011/
- A 4976: Mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters. (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4976/
- 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 $232.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 81% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

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

- 2026-09-04 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/AlBarlas1/status/2095988933423255713
- 2026-09-04 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/AlBarlas1/status/2095989309593538625
- 2026-09-04 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/AlBarlas1/status/2095995808365637985
- 2026-09-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/AlBarlas1/status/2094820880396210312
- 2026-09-01 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/AlBarlas1/status/2094821052559790546
- 2026-07-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/AlBarlas1/status/2080784465417126179
- 2026-07-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/AlBarlas1/status/2080784558740340996
- 2026-07-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AlBarlas1/status/2080131086135263629
- 2026-07-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/AlBarlas1/status/2080032145792262267
- 2026-07-21 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/AlBarlas1/status/2079627607453184267

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/494/assemblyman-barlas
- Campaign site: https://www.albarlas.com
- X: https://x.com/AlBarlas1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/assemblymanbarlas
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/al-b-50449a7a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/525b3307-b007-4cfa-8166-efb0810fcda7