# Gary Schaer

Gary Schaer is a Democratic member of the New Jersey House for district 36.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey House, district 36
- Serving since: 2006-01-10
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/93a1a3ce-eb52-4e71-b01c-346f41b6bde4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/93a1a3ce-eb52-4e71-b01c-346f41b6bde4 (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

Schaer reported $281.3K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.69 (standard error 0.04), from 302 donors and 904 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 40% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 86 bills: 86 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 31. 3.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey House 7.2%; rank 56 of 80).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 5704: Concerns listing name of minor child on residential lease agreements and related court documents. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5704/
- A 5554: Authorizes supplemental appropriation of up to $2 million to provide aid to certain nonpublic schools. (in committee, 2026-09-24) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5554/
- A 5153: Requires unexpended State aid for nonpublic school nursing services and nonpublic school security services to be used to support nonpublic school… (passed one chamber, 2026-09-28) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5153/
- A 5152: Permits unexpended nonpublic school textbook aid or aid for Nonpublic Technology Initiative to be used to support other program. (in committee, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5152/
- A 4906: Permits use of unexpended State aid for specific nonpublic school programs may be used to support certain other nonpublic school programs rather than being… (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4906/
- A 4897: Establishes "New Jersey Holistic Representation Model" in Office of Public Defender. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4897/
- A 4907: Provides that unexpended nonpublic textbook aid or aid for Nonpublic Technology Initiative may be used to support services provided under other program. (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4907/
- A 4840: Permits school districts to utilize on-demand micro transit programs for provision of pupil transportation services; establishes grant program to incentivize… (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4840/
- A 4522: Establishes presumption of knowledge that display of noose or Nazi or Confederate symbol would cause bias intimidation; enhances penalties. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4522/
- A 4492: "Immigrant Tenant Protection Act"; provides certain protections to residential tenants and codifies certain warranty of habitability protections. (in committee, 2026-06-08) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4492/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $281.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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/258/assemblyman-schaer
- X: https://x.com/asmgaryschaer
- X: https://x.com/GarySchaerNJ
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asmgaryschaer/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asmgaryschaer/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/93a1a3ce-eb52-4e71-b01c-346f41b6bde4