# Andrew Zwicker

Andrew Zwicker is a Democratic member of the New Jersey Senate for district 16.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey Senate, district 16
- Serving since: 2022-01-11
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7782ffcd-73df-41b5-9857-fd7b10953bf3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7782ffcd-73df-41b5-9857-fd7b10953bf3 (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

The policy areas Zwicker talks about and legislates on agree at 0.68 on a 0–1 scale, in the top tenth of State Senate Democrats.

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

159 classified statements: 159 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 | Zwicker | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 4.4% | 2.4% | 59 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 6.3% | 10.3% | 186 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 72.3% | 42.9% | 12 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.6% | 3.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 30.2% | 16.1% | 42 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 3.1% | 0.8% | 30 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Science, Technology, Communications 25% (State Senate Democrats 2.7%); Health 22% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Commerce 17% (State Senate Democrats 3.6%); Government Operations and Politics 15% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Labor and Employment 14% (State Senate Democrats 5.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.50 (standard error 0.02), from 483 donors and 804 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 72% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 192 bills: 192 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 113. 6.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey Senate 6.3%; rank 12 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 4827: Establishes EMT Workforce Development Partnership in DOH, appropriates $1.5 million. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4827/
- S 4825: Requires DOH to collect, analyze, and report information concerning active volunteer emergency medical services workforce and capacity and reliability of… (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4825/
- S 4828: Extends eligibility for sales and use tax exemption certificate program administered by EDA to include certain projects undertaken by clean energy product… (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4828/
- S 4824: Modifies advanced nuclear energy procurement program in BPU to include fusion energy projects. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4824/
- S 4822: Modifies certain requirements of corporation business tax benefit certificate transfer program. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4822/
- S 4809: Prohibits defendant from asserting autonomous behavior of artificial intelligence as defense in certain civil actions and criminal prosecutions. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4809/
- S 4823: "Connected Consumer Product End of Life Disclosure Act." (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4823/
- S 4826: Authorizes county and municipal discretion to fund first aid and emergency or volunteer ambulance or rescue squad associations; directs Division of Local… (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4826/
- 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 4772: Makes FY2027 supplemental appropriation of $455,000 to DOH for NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome and Associated Disorders. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4772/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $164.7K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 89% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/andrewzwicker/status/2114787418020700330
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/andrewzwicker/status/2113283467094216835
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/andrewzwicker/status/2112554952035905955
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/andrewzwicker/status/2112554954791731620
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/andrewzwicker/status/2112554956633026567
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/andrewzwicker/status/2112554959447441676
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/andrewzwicker/status/2112554961854972234
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/andrewzwicker/status/2111100592386982360
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/andrewzwicker/status/2110448880567423199
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/andrewzwicker/status/2110009155226411012

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/436/senator-zwicker
- Campaign site: https://andrewzwicker.com/
- X: https://x.com/andrewzwicker
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrewzwickernj/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7782ffcd-73df-41b5-9857-fd7b10953bf3