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The legislative map for New Jersey is complete, and the story behind the redistricting can be read here. This is a political ritual looked forward to with the return of each census. Democratic and Republican loyalists meet to negotiate, compromise, and haggle over how to carve up New Jersey’s 566 municipalities for the election of state assembly representatives.
The 40th district which previously contained Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Wyckoff – no more – as Oakland moves into the 39th district and the 40th gets some new faces.
Below are the old districts and the new districts side by side: An excel sheet of district breakdown is available here.district_excel
The 39th Legislative District
| The Old 39th District
Allendale Alpine Closter Cresskill Demarest Dumont Emerson Harrington Park Haworth Hillsdale Ho-Ho-Kus Montvale New Milford Northvale Norwood Old Tappan Oradell Park Ridge Ramsey River Edge River Vale Rockleigh Saddle River Upper Saddle River Waldwick Washington(Bergen) Westwood Woodcliff Lake |
The New 39th District
Bloomingdale Boro Closter Boro Demarest Boro Dumont Boro Emerson Boro Harrington Park Boro Haworth Boro Hillsdale Boro Mahwah Twp Montvale Boro Norwood Boro Oakland Boro Old Tappan Boro Park Ridge Boro Ramsey Boro Ringwood Boro River Vale Twp Saddle River Boro Upper Saddle River Boro Wanaque Boro Washington Twp Westwood Boro Woodcliff Lake Boro |
The 40th Legislative District
| The Old 40th District
Cedar Grove Franklin Lakes Little Falls Mahwah Midland Park Oakland Ridgewood Ringwood Verona Wanaque Wayne Wyckoff |
The New 40th District
Allendale Boro Cedar Grove Twp Franklin Lakes Boro Ho-Ho-Kus Boro Little Falls Twp Midland Park Boro Pequannock Twp Pompton Lakes Boro Ridgewood Vil Riverdale Boro Totowa Boro Waldwick Boro Wayne Twp Woodland Park Boro Wyckoff Twp |