# Vince Polistina

Vince Polistina is a Republican member of the New Jersey Senate for district 2.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Jersey Senate, district 2
- Serving since: 2021-11-08
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5a6bf64a-7731-4e80-8208-e1a18f09762b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5a6bf64a-7731-4e80-8208-e1a18f09762b (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

Polistina sits at −0.05 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 95% of State Senate Republicans.

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

25 classified statements: 25 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 | Polistina | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 8.0% | 9.5% | 151 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 76.0% | 37.3% | 5 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 20.0% | 15.4% | 113 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Emergency Management 26% (State Senate Republicans 3.1%); Transportation and Public Works 26% (State Senate Republicans 6.0%); Labor and Employment 21% (State Senate Republicans 3.2%); Economics and Public Finance 16% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Armed Forces and National Security 11% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.05 (standard error 0.02), from 279 donors and 194 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 4.9% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 103 bills: 103 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 63. 1.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey Senate 6.3%; rank 36 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJR 162: Permanently designates November 8 of each year as "First-Generation College Student Day" in NJ. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/SJR162/
- S 4525: Upgrades trespass in or upon casino gaming property to fourth degree crime. (in committee, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4525/
- S 4508: Modifies capital reserve funding requirement for associations of planned real estate developments. (in committee, 2026-06-24) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4508/
- S 4449: Expands child tax credit eligibility to resident taxpayers with children ages six to 11. (in committee, 2026-06-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4449/
- S 4338: Requires CRDA board membership to include at least three voting members who are Atlantic County residents. (in committee, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4338/
- S 4339: Allows gross income taxpayers to claim deduction for certain losses for which federal theft loss deduction is allowed. (in committee, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4339/
- S 3942: Restricts purchase of single-family homes by certain institutional investors. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S3942/
- S 3732: Prohibits certain businesses from using dynamic, surveillance, or personalized algorithmic pricing when selling groceries to consumers. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S3732/
- S 3571: Provides certain volunteer and other workers with maximum compensation benefit for workers' compensation claim regardless of outside employment. (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S3571/
- S 2056: Requires Cannabis Regulatory Commission to establish procedure for persons to voluntarily prohibit self from entering dispensary. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S2056/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $80.8K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 80% 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.

- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenPolistina/status/2107850225750851755
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenPolistina/status/2107866263443882305
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenPolistina/status/2107866265503347109
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenPolistina/status/2105729604640198663
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenPolistina/status/2105033498327384263
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenPolistina/status/2105033501754155326
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenPolistina/status/2105033503653941581
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenPolistina/status/2105033505042252080
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenPolistina/status/2105033507148099728
- 2026-07-22 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/SenPolistina/status/2080017991647764757

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/432/senator-polistina
- Campaign site: https://polistinaforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenPolistina
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorpolistina/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5a6bf64a-7731-4e80-8208-e1a18f09762b