# Don Guardian

Don Guardian is a Republican member of the New Jersey House for district 2.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Jersey House, district 2
- Serving since: 2022-01-11
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/df880b40-1e96-49d0-92bc-70732a1cce32

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/df880b40-1e96-49d0-92bc-70732a1cce32 (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

Guardian sits at −0.11 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 97% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.11 (standard error 0.01), from 64 donors and 380 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 2.5% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 102 bills: 102 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 66. 1.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey House 7.2%; rank 66 of 80).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 5306: Modifies capital reserve funding requirement for associations of planned real estate developments. (in committee, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A5306/
- A 4787: "Atlantic City Urban Enterprise Zone and Property Tax Relief Act"; creates urban enterprise zone in Atlantic City for 10 years. (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4787/
- A 4674: Revises criteria to establish base year for homestead property tax reimbursement after relocation. (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A4674/
- A 3650: Creates behavioral health court pilot program. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A3650/
- A 1223: Provides that person who impersonates law enforcement officer and commits crime is guilty of third degree crime. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A1223/
- A 3625: Exempts certain motor vehicles that are owned by certain nutrition programs and certain nonprofit organizations that offer social services from motor vehicle… (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A3625/
- A 3660: Requires criminal history record background checks on certain volunteer sports personnel. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A3660/
- A 3684: Establishes Military Funeral Honors Grant Program to provide grants to certain veteran organizations that provide military funeral honors. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A3684/
- A 3685: Requires AG to defend challenges to certain municipal ordinances that establish residency requirements for convicted sex offenders. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A3685/
- A 3646: Establishes Nuclear Energy Apprenticeship, Training, and Employment Resources Pilot Program in DOLWD; appropriates $1 million. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/A3646/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $50.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/437/assemblyman-guardian
- X: https://x.com/don4ac
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donguardiannj/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/df880b40-1e96-49d0-92bc-70732a1cce32