# Jay Webber

Jay Webber is a Republican member of the New Jersey House for district 26.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Jersey House, district 26
- Serving since: 2008-01-08
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/dbe67894-e4cd-46ea-bb59-877a8b4f26d0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dbe67894-e4cd-46ea-bb59-877a8b4f26d0 (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

22% of Webber’s statements criticize a policy, 2.4 times the State House Republican average of 9.3%.

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

202 classified statements: 202 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 | Webber | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.5% | 2.9% | 454 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 22.3% | 9.3% | 82 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 49.5% | 31.9% | 139 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.5% | 1.8% | 208 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 7.4% | 12.7% | 466 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 2.5% | 1.4% | 156 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 33% (State House Republicans 18%); Economics and Public Finance 24% (State House Republicans 12%); Taxation 21% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Commerce 13% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Crime and Law Enforcement 13% (State House Republicans 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.30 (standard error 0.01), from 1,077 donors and 911 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 41% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 176 bills: 176 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 103. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey House 7.2%; rank 74 of 80).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 4692: Requires volunteers, employees, and organizers of certain youth and sports organizations to receive criminal history record background checks. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4692/
- A 4407: Provides for early termination of terms of office for certain appointed municipal court positions when two or more municipalities enter into agreements to… (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4407/
- A 4405: Authorizes installation of automatic standby generators in certain residences without zoning or planning board approval. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4405/
- A 4418: "Education Investment Act"; establishes an equity financing for education program at certain public institutions of higher education. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4418/
- A 4423: Allows Governor to remove executive county superintendent of schools at will. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4423/
- A 4416: Allows resident school districts to provide payments in-lieu-of transportation to parents of county vocational school district pupils. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4416/
- A 4412: Allows gross income tax deduction for firearms training expenses paid by law enforcement officers. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4412/
- A 4397: Requires MVC to accept death certificate as proof of name change. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4397/
- A 4421: Requires public institution of higher education to annually submit capital projects report to Secretary of Higher Education; requires secretary to post… (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4421/
- A 4399: Requires municipalities comprised within regional school districts to share certain payments received in lieu of taxes with counties and regional school… (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4399/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $131.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 81% 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 · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JayWebberNJ/status/2114713303981109379
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JayWebberNJ/status/2114792090257555699
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/JayWebberNJ/status/2112226341525303340
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/JayWebberNJ/status/2112226344184807716
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/JayWebberNJ/status/2111171486660903180
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JayWebberNJ/status/2110406794300289048
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/JayWebberNJ/status/2110508329416224821
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JayWebberNJ/status/2109630285499293842
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/JayWebberNJ/status/2109785763260891540
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/JayWebberNJ/status/2108263033529413641

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/283/assemblyman-webber
- Campaign site: https://www.jaywebber.org/
- X: https://x.com/JayWebberNJ
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JayWebberNJ/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-webber-614b3989/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dbe67894-e4cd-46ea-bb59-877a8b4f26d0