# Lou Greenwald

Lou Greenwald is a Democratic member of the New Jersey House for district 6.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Jersey House, district 6
- Serving since: 1996-01-09
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a27823aa-f5a9-4d6c-8089-1d8ceee6f8e0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a27823aa-f5a9-4d6c-8089-1d8ceee6f8e0 (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

Greenwald reported $616.1K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## What Greenwald says (NJ 2026–27 session)

54 classified statements: 54 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Greenwald | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 38.9% | 39.2% | 402 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 20.4% | 14.4% | 228 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Housing and Community Development 33% (State House Democrats 6.2%); Economics and Public Finance 24% (State House Democrats 11%); Education 24% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 24% (State House Democrats 15%); Labor and Employment 24% (State House Democrats 5.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.65 (standard error 0.04), from 213 donors and 991 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 46% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 141 bills: 141 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 9. 7.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey House 7.2%; rank 38 of 80).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 5602: Authorizes local authority that provides sewer service to reduce sewer connection fees for projects within certain distressed municipalities. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5602/
- A 5437: Amends FY2027 appropriations act to reassign appropriation for Virtua Health College of Medicine and Life Sciences to Virtua Health College for hospital… (in committee, 2026-09-10) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5437/
- A 5349: Clarifies investigatory powers and duties of SCI. (in committee, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5349/
- A 5317: Allows clinical laboratory and laboratory services providers with opportunity to participate as preferred or contracting provider and allows clinical… (in committee, 2026-09-17) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5317/
- A 5286: Allows plastic recyclable material derived from renewable biomass to meet postconsumer recycled content requirements for containers and packaging products. (in committee, 2026-06-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5286/
- A 5232: Authorizes regional rehabilitation and reentry center authority to determine county proportional share assessment for budget purposes. (in committee, 2026-06-30) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5232/
- 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/
- A 5186: Establishes School Security Pilot Program in DOE; appropriates $15 million.* (in committee, 2026-09-14) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5186/
- A 5053: Permits retired municipal code officials to return to part-time employment after bona fide severance period without reenrollment in PERS.* (in committee, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5053/
- S 4162: "Affordable Power Purchase Agreements Extension Act"; concerns extension of certain public entity contracts related to energy conservation and renewable… (passed both chambers, 2026-08-06) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4162/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $616.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 73% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-07-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/LouGreenwald/status/2080669333202899261
- 2026-06-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/LouGreenwald/status/2072082284589518912
- 2026-06-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/LouGreenwald/status/2072082287286419752
- 2026-06-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/LouGreenwald/status/2068704273186103410
- 2026-06-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/LouGreenwald/status/2064473400945373642
- 2026-05-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/LouGreenwald/status/2058909607079170411
- 2026-05-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/LouGreenwald/status/2058909610036138365
- 2026-05-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/LouGreenwald/status/2058968210804727987
- 2026-04-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/LouGreenwald/status/2049868726648910121
- 2026-04-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/LouGreenwald/status/2049868731308711973

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/155/assemblyman-greenwald
- X: https://x.com/LouGreenwald
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lougreenwald
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lougreenwald/?hl=en
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS-8c0DcXBd46tLLFbhYd1A
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-d-greenwald-1a5a2039/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a27823aa-f5a9-4d6c-8089-1d8ceee6f8e0