# Gordon Johnson

Gordon Johnson is a Democratic member of the New Jersey Senate for district 37.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey Senate, district 37
- Serving since: 2022-01-11
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/53fe6716-2bdb-4926-993f-4a2cf002ad51

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/53fe6716-2bdb-4926-993f-4a2cf002ad51 (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

8.9% of the 112 bills Johnson sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the New Jersey Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.57 (standard error 0.04), from 111 donors and 553 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 63% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 112 bills: 112 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 128. 8.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey Senate 6.3%; rank 8 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 4860: "School District Health Procurement Efficiency Act." (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4860/
- S 4859: Concerns definition of veteran for purpose of affordable housing preference. (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4859/
- S 4795: Requires public school employee to be natural person. (in committee, 2026-10-08) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4795/
- S 4715: Clarifies independent contractor status for certain creative professionals. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4715/
- S 4709: Provides drivers in transportation network industry right to collectively bargain on labor terms and conditions; establishes oversight authority in Division… (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4709/
- S 4631: Amends FY2027 appropriations act to reassign a portion of appropriation for Eid Committee of New Jersey to Cultural Society of Bergen County to support Mom's… (passed one chamber, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4631/
- S 4629: Amends telehealth and telemedicine law concerning prescription of Schedule II drugs to certain patients. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4629/
- S 4678: Concerns investigative genetic genealogy; appropriates $500,000. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4678/
- S 4630: Makes FY2027 supplemental appropriation of $400,000 to DHS for NJ 2-1-1 Partnership Operating Aid. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4630/
- S 4526: Eliminates certain requirements for employers following separations from employment. (in committee, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4526/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $111.7K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 86% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/434/senator-johnson
- Campaign site: https://www.johnsonfornewjersey.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gmjnj/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/53fe6716-2bdb-4926-993f-4a2cf002ad51