# Brian Stack

Brian Stack is a Democratic member of the New Jersey Senate for district 33.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey Senate, district 33
- Serving since: 2008-01-08
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6f616307-dafe-44ca-a6b3-5f9516d21f89

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6f616307-dafe-44ca-a6b3-5f9516d21f89 (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

56% of Stack’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Jersey, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Democrats.

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

19 classified statements: 19 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Stack | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 21.1% | 42.9% | 284 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 15.8% | 16.1% | 153 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Emergency Management 100% (State Senate Democrats 3.7%); Transportation and Public Works 75% (State Senate Democrats 5.4%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.82 (standard error 0.04), from 489 donors and 815 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 26% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 180 bills: 180 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 86. 5.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey Senate 6.3%; rank 19 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 4850: Requires municipalities to specify in ordinance implementing eminent domain particular use intended for property. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4850/
- S 4842: "Voter Protection and Law Enforcement Neutrality Act." (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4842/
- S 4845: Establishes Social Housing Program; establishes Workforce Housing Investment Program; establishes Human Infrastructure Bank Fund in NJ Infrastructure Bank. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4845/
- S 4833: Concerns exemptions to municipal rent control and rent leveling ordinances. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4833/
- S 4832: Establishes certain manufacturing requirements and penalties concerning wearable recording devices. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4832/
- S 4797: Clarifies applicability of "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act" to public work projects. (in committee, 2026-10-08) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4797/
- S 4796: Requires early voting for each election held in certain counties. (in committee, 2026-10-08) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4796/
- S 4783: Eliminates statute of limitations for certain forgery and fraud crimes when parties involved have history of domestic violence. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4783/
- S 4779: Requires health claims utilization data to be shared with public entity plan sponsors. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4779/
- S 4780: Requires county prosecutor to initiate municipal, county, and higher education law enforcement internal affairs investigations. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4780/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $51.7K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 56% 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.

- 2026-03-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/brianstacknj/status/2038774569742315803
- 2026-03-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/brianstacknj/status/2039072462336311472
- 2026-03-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/brianstacknj/status/2037701906139656428
- 2026-03-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/brianstacknj/status/2032859445038862429
- 2026-03-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/brianstacknj/status/2031441384612254148
- 2026-03-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/brianstacknj/status/2028503563693920400
- 2026-02-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/brianstacknj/status/2026472142498357549
- 2026-02-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/brianstacknj/status/2026297352047284367
- 2026-02-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/brianstacknj/status/2025930199120888144
- 2026-02-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/brianstacknj/status/2026035405531885696

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/306/senator-stack
- Campaign site: https://senatorbrianstack.com/
- X: https://x.com/brianstacknj
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mayorbrianstack/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6f616307-dafe-44ca-a6b3-5f9516d21f89