# Tony Bucco

Tony Bucco is a Republican member of the New Jersey Senate for district 25.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Jersey Senate, district 25
- Serving since: 2019-10-24
- Current term: NJ 2026–27 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f321f20f-b8af-4d0b-85ba-e7b8dcf9ae03

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f321f20f-b8af-4d0b-85ba-e7b8dcf9ae03 (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

73% of Bucco’s statements discuss policy, 1.9 times the State Senate Republican average of 37%.

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

291 classified statements: 291 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Bucco | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.3% | 2.3% | 169 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 15.1% | 9.5% | 80 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 72.5% | 37.3% | 10 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.5% | 2.3% | 57 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 21.3% | 15.4% | 99 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.3% | 1.3% | 150 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 22% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Government Operations and Politics 21% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Economics and Public Finance 16% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Crime and Law Enforcement 12% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Health 11% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.13 (standard error 0.02), from 372 donors and 426 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (NJ 2026–27 session)

Sponsored 359 bills: 359 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 124. 3.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Jersey Senate 6.3%; rank 28 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 4805: Establishes annual sales tax holiday during week of Thanksgiving. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4805/
- S 4808: Requires school vehicles transporting students with disabilities to display certain information. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4808/
- S 4835: Requires consideration of student transportation needs in individualized education program and inclusion of certain transportation personnel on individualized… (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4835/
- S 4815: "Sales Tax Holiday Weekend Act"; establishes annual sales tax holiday every third weekend in August for certain retail sales. (in committee, 2026-10-15) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4815/
- SCR 141: Constitutes special committee of Senate and General Assembly entitled "New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Legislative Investigatory Committee." (in committee, 2026-10-08) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/SCR141/
- S 4792: Authorizes creation of childhood cancer awareness license plates. (in committee, 2026-10-08) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4792/
- S 4740: Authorizes volunteer emergency medical technician reimbursement for criminal background checks from Emergency Medical Technician Training Fund. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4740/
- S 4747: Requires health insurers to provide reason for denial of coverage for private duty nursing. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4747/
- S 4758: Requires artificial intelligence companion operators to provide notifications that users are not communicating with human. (in committee, 2026-10-05) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4758/
- S 4626: Establishes Office of Small Business Advisory Services and Small Business Advisory Accountability Fund; appropriates $2.5 million. (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://openstates.org/nj/bills/222/S4626/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $466.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 97% 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/tonybucco/status/2114721608770130081
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/tonybucco/status/2113993919373717592
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/tonybucco/status/2113427803072794742
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/tonybucco/status/2113442976638877910
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/tonybucco/status/2113632472873554244
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/tonybucco/status/2113775700650213643
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/tonybucco/status/2113334912615145907
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/tonybucco/status/2112681533874004402
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/tonybucco/status/2112200693935423682
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/tonybucco/status/2112255715473768629

## Links

- Official site: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/419/senator-bucco
- Campaign site: https://www.anthonybucco.com/
- X: https://x.com/tonybucco
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tonybucco/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonybuccoforsenate/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f321f20f-b8af-4d0b-85ba-e7b8dcf9ae03