Jean Stanfield is an American politician who served in the New Jersey Senate, representing the 8th Legislative District from 2022 to 2024. She previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly, representing the 8th Legislative District from 2020 to 2022.[2] Stanfield served as Sheriff of Burlington County from 2002 to 2019.[1]
Jean Stanfield | |
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Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 8th district | |
In office January 11, 2022 – January 9, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Dawn Addiego |
Succeeded by | Latham Tiver |
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 8th district | |
In office January 14, 2020 – January 11, 2022 Serving with Ryan Peters | |
Preceded by | Joe Howarth |
Succeeded by | Brandon Umba Michael Torrissi |
Sheriff of Burlington County | |
In office January 1, 2002 – May 1, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Gary L. Daniels |
Succeeded by | Anthony Basantis |
Burlington County Undersheriff[1] | |
In office 1996–2002 | |
Burlington County Assistant Prosecutor[1] | |
In office 1993–1996 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Republican |
Residence | Westampton, New Jersey |
Alma mater | The College of New Jersey (BA) Rutgers University (JD) |
Website | Legislative webpage |
First elected Sheriff in 2001, Stanfield was re-elected five times as Sheriff.[3][4] On February 22, 2019, she announced she would not run for a seventh term in 2019 and would resign as Sheriff on May 1 of that year.[5]
After the 8th District's Senator Dawn Addiego switched her party from Republican to Democrat in early 2019, one of the district's sitting Assemblyman Joe Howarth reportedly attempted to do the same. The Burlington County Republican Party dropped support for Howarth, choosing to instead support former Burlington County Sheriff Stanfield to run with incumbent Ryan Peters.[6] In the primary election Howarth heavily tied himself to President Donald Trump,[7] however Stanfield and Peters beat Howarth.
Stanfield, a resident of Westampton Township, and Peters faced off against Democrats Mark Natale and Gina LaPlaca in the general election. Peters and Stanfield won by a little over 1,100 votes.[8]
In the 2021 general election, Stanfield ran for the New Jersey State Senate against incumbent Democrat Dawn Addiego, who had long served in public office as a Republican but switched to the Democratic Party in January 2019. With two weeks left before election day, the race for the three seats in the legislature had already attracted $3 million in spending by the candidates and outside groups.[9] Stanfield narrowly defeated Addiego despite the latter’s 12-1 fundraising margin.[10][11]
On January 11, 2023, Stanfield announced that she would not be a candidate for reelection.[12]
Committee assignments for the 2022—23 Legislative Session are:[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Jean Stanfield | 25,050 | 25.58 | ||
Republican | Ryan Peters (Incumbent) | 24,906 | 25.43 | ||
Democratic | Gina LaPlaca | 23,895 | 24.21 | ||
Democratic | Mark Natale | 23,092 | 23.58 | ||
MAGA Conservative | Tom Giangiulio | 1,777 | 1.80 | ||
Total votes | 97,916 | '100.0' |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Jean Stanfield | 103,877 | 52.52 | ||
Democratic | James H. Kostopolis | 93,830 | 47.44 | ||
Total votes | 197,707 | '100.0' |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Jean Stanfield | 67,744 | 57.51 | ||
Democratic | James H. Kostopolis | 50,025 | 42.46 | ||
Total votes | 117,769 | '100.0' |