# Dave Bailey

Dave Bailey is a Democratic member of the New Jersey House for district 3.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey House, district 3
- Serving since: 2024-01-09
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/64a8c09d-24a2-4d4c-a071-d09f0a30c79f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/64a8c09d-24a2-4d4c-a071-d09f0a30c79f (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

Bailey sits at −0.30 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 92% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.30 (standard error 0.02), from 63 donors and 339 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 92% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 88 bills: 88 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 41. 12.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey House 7.2%; rank 19 of 80).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 5621: Requires electric public utilities to notify customers of Residential Universal Bill Credit. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5621/
- A 5483: Prohibits private use and regulates government use of automated license plate readers. (in committee, 2026-09-14) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5483/
- A 5484: Establishes biochar processing permit. (in committee, 2026-09-14) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5484/
- A 5485: Provides gross income tax exclusion for attorney's fees and costs received in connection with certain unlawful discrimination, unlawful retaliation, and qui… (in committee, 2026-09-14) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5485/
- A 5486: "Sales Tax Holiday Weekend Act"; establishes annual sales tax holiday every third weekend in August for certain retail sales. (in committee, 2026-09-14) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5486/
- A 5190: Requires benefits under certain State property tax relief programs to be provided as credits and requires tabulation of credits and deductions be included on… (in committee, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5190/
- A 5083: Concerns skilled and trained workforce requirements at certain high-hazard industrial facilities. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5083/
- A 4881: "Power NJ Act"; establishes advanced nuclear energy procurement program in BPU. (passed both chambers, 2026-07-13) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4881/
- A 5038: "Utility Rate Recovery Fairness Act"; prohibits electric public utilities and gas public utilities from recovering certain costs. (in committee, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5038/
- A 5037: Permits county sheriffs to appoint special law enforcement officers. (in committee, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5037/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $289.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 75% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/459/assemblyman-bailey
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asmdavebailey/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/assemblyman_bailey/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/64a8c09d-24a2-4d4c-a071-d09f0a30c79f