# Bob Auth

Bob Auth is a Republican member of the New Jersey House for district 39.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Jersey House, district 39
- Serving since: 2014-01-14
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/acff039b-0a83-4184-8b6b-7b051cfcdc77

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/acff039b-0a83-4184-8b6b-7b051cfcdc77 (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

7.5% of Auth’s statements discuss policy, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans (average 32%).

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

465 classified statements: 465 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Auth | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.4% | 2.9% | 461 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 1.1% | 9.3% | 651 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 7.5% | 31.9% | 722 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.2% | 1.8% | 541 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 1.1% | 12.7% | 706 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.4% | 1.4% | 393 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 46% (State House Republicans 18%); Crime and Law Enforcement 11% (State House Republicans 11%); Immigration 11% (State House Republicans 4.7%); International Affairs 11% (State House Republicans 1.8%); Economics and Public Finance 8.6% (State House Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.27 (standard error 0.01), from 171 donors and 855 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 36% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 116 bills: 116 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 164. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey House 7.2%; rank 74 of 80).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 5627: Requires certain practices for maintenance of Statewide voter registration system. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5627/
- AR 149: Supports all law enforcement officers and urges each county and municipality to similarly express support for all law enforcement. (in committee, 2026-09-10) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/AR149/
- A 5124: Requires NJTA and SJTA to provide toll discount to veterans. (in committee, 2026-05-18) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5124/
- A 5123: Requires principals and teachers of public schools to conduct two sentence oral recitation from Declaration of Independence before opening of school each day… (in committee, 2026-05-18) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5123/
- A 4684: Establishes "Affordable Housing Obligation Study Commission" to assist municipalities in addressing affordable housing obligations. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4684/
- A 4393: Requires life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of murder committed in course of commission of certain sex offenses regardless of victim's age. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4393/
- A 554: Establishes "New Jersey Pandemic Bill of Rights for the Welfare of the People." (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A554/
- A 222: Requires Attorney General to compile and publicly report certain statistics pertaining to permits to carry for handguns and firearm purchaser identification… (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A222/
- A 555: "Senior Citizens Property Tax Deferral Act"; allows certain seniors to defer property tax payments. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A555/
- A 530: "Stop Social Media Censorship Act"; creates private right of action for users of social media websites whose political or religious speech has been deleted or… (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A530/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $175.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 90% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/Robert_Auth/status/2114509341030035759
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/Robert_Auth/status/2112567633446912179
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Robert_Auth/status/2110902700963443016
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/Robert_Auth/status/2111157785631039826
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/Robert_Auth/status/2110202723685834969
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/Robert_Auth/status/2109806962623885625
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/Robert_Auth/status/2109649534032753118
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/Robert_Auth/status/2109652085906235509
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/Robert_Auth/status/2109764558466289833
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/Robert_Auth/status/2108767001954947266

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/366/assemblyman-auth
- X: https://x.com/Robert_Auth
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AssemblymanAuth
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RobertAuth
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robertauthassembly/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/assemblymanrobertauth/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@assemblymanrobertauth7889
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-auth-0774a496/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/acff039b-0a83-4184-8b6b-7b051cfcdc77