Jean Stanfield

Jean Stanfield is an American politician who was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent the 8th Legislative District on November 5, 2019.[3] Stanfield previously served as Sheriff of Burlington County from 2002 to 2019.

Jean Stanfield
Member of the New Jersey Assembly from the 8th Legislative District
Assumed office
January 14, 2020
Serving with Ryan Peters
Preceded byJoe Howarth
Burlington County Sheriff
In office
January 1, 2002 – May 1, 2019
Preceded byGary L. Daniels [1]
Succeeded byDiane Jassmann (Acting)
Burlington County Undersheriff [2]
In office
1996–2002
Burlington County Assistant Prosecutor[2]
In office
1993–1996
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceWestampton, New Jersey
Alma materThe College of New Jersey (B.A.)
Rutgers University (J.D.)

Burlington County Sheriff

First elected Sheriff in 2001, Stanfield was re-elected five times as Sheriff.[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]

New Jersey Assembly

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 allegedly 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 1,000 votes.[8]

Committees
  • Education
  • Human Services
  • Law and Public Safety

Electoral history

Assembly
New Jersey General Assembly election for the 8th Legislative District, 2019 [8]
Party Candidate Votes %
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'

Sheriff
Burlington County Sheriff Election Results, 2016 [9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jean Stanfield 103,877 52.52
Democratic James H. Kostopolis 93,830 47.44
Total votes 197,707 '100.0'
Burlington County Sheriff Election Results, 2013 [9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jean Stanfield 67,744 57.51
Democratic James H. Kostopolis 50,025 42.46
Total votes 117,769 '100.0'

References
  1. "Services & Units". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 2000-09-19.
  2. "Jean Stanfield(R)". NJ State Legislature.
  3. "GOP picks up one Senate seat, two Assembly seats in mid-term elections". New Jersey Globe.
  4. "Burlington County Sheriff - History". Our Campaigns.
  5. "GOP picks up one Senate seat, two Assembly seats in mid-term elections". New Jersey Globe.
  6. "Peters, Stanfield win Burlington County line". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  7. "'MAGA Republican' Howarth loses in South Jersey Assembly primary line". Politico. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  8. "Candidates for General Assembly" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  9. "Burlington County Election Results". Burlington County Clerk. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
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