# Jim Beach

Jim Beach is a Democratic member of the New Jersey Senate for district 6.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey Senate, district 6
- Serving since: 2009-01-03
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/87714b2b-1868-4d3f-aa3f-a3d25db0fbc6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/87714b2b-1868-4d3f-aa3f-a3d25db0fbc6 (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

83% of Beach’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Jersey, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.59 (standard error 0.04), from 81 donors and 746 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 59% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 323 bills: 323 reached committee, 18 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 83. 5.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey Senate 6.3%; rank 18 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 4680: Requires Director of the Division of Local Government Services in DCA to establish pilot program for acquiring abandoned properties in certain municipalities… (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4680/
- S 4681: Requires health care professionals to inform certain pregnant patients that their children and family members should undergo lead screening. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4681/
- SJR 153: Commemorates 100th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin Bridge. (in committee, 2026-09-28) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/SJR153/
- S 4490: Establishes certification program for zoning officers and land use board administrators. (in committee, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4490/
- S 4491: Requires inspection for pest infestation prior to certain demolitions. (in committee, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4491/
- S 4477: Authorizes provision of residential mental health services in residential substance use disorders treatment facility or program under specified hospital… (passed both chambers, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4477/
- S 4418: Revises Commission on Women Veterans. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4418/
- S 4430: Prohibits local government agency from employing person on paid leave from local government agency of another county or municipality. (in committee, 2026-06-08) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4430/
- S 4419: "Everyone Counts in New Jersey Act"; establishes "New Jersey Census Complete Count Commission," "New Jersey Office of Census," and "New Jersey Census Complete… (in committee, 2026-06-11) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4419/
- S 4420: Authorizes regional rehabilitation and reentry center authority to determine county proportional share assessment for budget purposes. (passed both chambers, 2026-09-28) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4420/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $177.5K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 83% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/310/senator-beach
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorJimBeach/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/87714b2b-1868-4d3f-aa3f-a3d25db0fbc6