# Joe Vitale

Joe Vitale is a Democratic member of the New Jersey Senate for district 19.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey Senate, district 19
- Serving since: 1998-01-13
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/97fba3ff-adc8-4323-bf77-37acfe18b735

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/97fba3ff-adc8-4323-bf77-37acfe18b735 (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

74% of Vitale’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Jersey, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.68 (standard error 0.04), from 160 donors and 770 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 44% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 149 bills: 149 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 21. 6.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey Senate 6.3%; rank 13 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 4857: Expands responsibilities of Newborn Screening Advisory Review Committee. (in committee, 2026-10-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4857/
- S 4820: Permits licensed hospitals to establish micro-hospitals under certain conditions. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4820/
- S 4793: Establishes and requires use of Medicaid preferred drug list. (in committee, 2026-10-08) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4793/
- S 4684: Requires youth serving organization to adopt and implement "Air Quality Participation Policy" established by Commissioner of Health. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4684/
- S 4687: Establishes Basic Health Program for low-income individuals who are ineligible for Medicaid. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4687/
- S 4688: Requires DOBI to develop pilot program to automatically assess NJ FamilyCare eligibility on existing State-based exchange. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4688/
- S 4683: Requires volunteers, employees, and organizers of youth serving organizations obtain annual criminal history record background checks and certain training;… (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4683/
- S 4645: Prohibits private use and regulates government use of automated license plate readers. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4645/
- S 4682: Requires DOH to establish database to record provision of newborn vitamin K injection. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4682/
- S 4607: Expands role and reach of Regional Hub Program. (in committee, 2026-09-28) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4607/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $80.1K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 74% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/175/senator-vitale
- Campaign site: https://www.senatorjoevitale.org/
- X: https://x.com/SenJoeVitale

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/97fba3ff-adc8-4323-bf77-37acfe18b735