# Joe Lagana

Joe Lagana is a Democratic member of the New Jersey Senate for district 38.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey Senate, district 38
- Serving since: 2018-04-12
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/90a0a109-2ce3-4a55-8761-1e07ff875703

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/90a0a109-2ce3-4a55-8761-1e07ff875703 (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

Lagana reported $477.1K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State Senate Democrats (median $55.5K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.53 (standard error 0.03), from 447 donors and 772 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 69% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 120 bills: 120 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 24. 8.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey Senate 6.3%; rank 10 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 4847: Clarifies circumstances when future medical treatment expenses are "collectible" personal injury protection benefits in civil actions for recovery of damages… (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4847/
- S 4799: Establishes electronic delivery as default method for health insurance communications. (in committee, 2026-10-08) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4799/
- S 4587: Requires certain State contractors to provide members of public with option to submit certain information electronically. (in committee, 2026-09-28) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4587/
- S 4516: Makes various changes to SHBP governance and administration. (in committee, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4516/
- S 4453: Requires owner of transient accommodation to be present at transient accommodation during short-term rental; establishes short-term rental agreement limit. (in committee, 2026-06-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4453/
- S 4452: Allows liquor stores to sell low dose THC beverages. (in committee, 2026-06-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4452/
- S 4393: Provides for monthly salary for certain members of State Board of Medical Examiners; appropriates funds. (in committee, 2026-06-08) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4393/
- S 4380: Requires automobile insurers to provide notice that Medicare and Medicaid may not be used as primary coverage for PIP benefits. (in committee, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4380/
- S 4360: Prohibits credit and debit card interchange fees from being applied to sales tax and gratuity. (in committee, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4360/
- SJR 145: Commemorates 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001. (in committee, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/SJR145/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $477.1K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 88% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/411/senator-lagana
- Campaign site: https://www.ld38democrats.com/
- X: https://x.com/JoeLaganaNJ
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JosephALagana
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-lagana-77b9552b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/90a0a109-2ce3-4a55-8761-1e07ff875703