# Teresa Ruiz

Teresa Ruiz is a Democratic member of the New Jersey Senate for district 29.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey Senate, district 29
- Serving since: 2008-01-08
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/907aae0b-1026-405a-9429-cadd01efd79d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/907aae0b-1026-405a-9429-cadd01efd79d (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

68% of Ruiz’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Jersey, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.81 (standard error 0.04), from 190 donors and 820 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 27% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 235 bills: 234 reached committee, 24 passed one chamber, 16 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 81. 10.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey Senate 6.3%; rank 7 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 4865: Establishes "Teacher Certification Reform Act of 2025." (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4865/
- S 4862: Establishes Teacher Residency Program. (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4862/
- S 4864: Requires retailers to lock up or place bath salts behind counter. (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4864/
- S 4841: Increases income and resource threshold limit for certain Medicaid eligibility groups. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4841/
- S 4846: Prohibits landlords from using certain living situations as cause for eviction of residential tenants. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4846/
- S 4863: "Election Integrity and Voter Protection Act"; restricts presence of active duty military and certain law enforcement near polling places and ballot drop boxes. (introduced, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4863/
- 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 4831: Establishes Youth Well-Being and Digital Accountability Act and Fund; creates independent authority to administer funds from social media settlements once… (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4831/
- S 4834: Permits establishment of street medicine programs. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4834/
- S 4801: Permits alternative student transportation providers to transport certain students in certain vehicles; regulates alternative student transportation… (in committee, 2026-10-08) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4801/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $163.9K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 68% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/287/senator-ruiz
- X: https://x.com/SenMTeresaRuiz
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mteresaruiznj/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senmteresaruiz/?hl=en

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/907aae0b-1026-405a-9429-cadd01efd79d