Gabe Rodriguez

Gabe Rodriguez
Gabe Rodriguez
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly; from the 33rd district
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 9, 2024 Serving with Julio Marenco
Preceded by	Annette Chaparro; Raj Mukherji
Mayor of West New York
	In office; May 22, 2019 – May 16, 2023
Preceded by	Felix Roque
Succeeded by	Albio Sires
Personal details
Political party	Democratic
Website	Legislative webpage

Gabe Rodriguez is an American Democratic Party politician serving as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly for the 33rd legislative district, having taken office on January 9, 2024.

Biography

A resident of West New York, New Jersey, Rodriguez is employed by the West New York School District as an accounting manager.^[1]

Elective office

Rodriguez served for four years as a West New York town commissioner and was elected as mayor in 2019.^[2]

In the wake of the 2021 apportionment, the reconfiguration of municipalities in the 32nd and 33rd districts and the incumbent Assembly members in those districts choosing to retire or run for other elective office, the Hudson County Democratic Organization chose newcomers Rodriguez and Julio Marenco to run for the two Assembly seats.^[3] Marenco and Rodriguez defeated independent candidate Lea Sherman, the only other candidate running in the 2023 New Jersey General Assembly election.^[4]^[5] Rodriguez was one of 27 members elected for the first time in 2023 to serve in the General Assembly, more than one-third of the seats.^[6]

Committees

Committee assignments for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are:^[7]

Budget
Public Safety and Preparedness

District 33

Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly.^[8] The representatives from the 33rd District for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are:^[9]

Senator Brian P. Stack (D)
Assemblyman Julio Marenco (D)
Assemblywoman Gabe Rodriguez (D)

Electoral history

33rd Legislative District General Election, 2023^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gabe Rodriguez	25,384	49.3
	Democratic	Julio Marenco	24,956	48.5
	Socialist Workers	Lea Sherman	1,121	2.2
Total votes			51,461	100.0
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

References

^ Zeitlinger, Ron. "New mayor Gabriel Rodriguez sets a course for West New York", The Jersey Journal, May 26, 2019. Accessed January 10, 2024. "Rodriguez, an accounting manager for the West New York school district, said he learned during the campaign that parking and the cleanliness of the town appear to be the residents’ top two priorities."
^ Adasme, Martina. "LD-33 In Focus: Gabe Rodriguez, the InsiderNJ Interview", Insider NJ, February 10, 2023. Accessed January 10, 2024. "Elected mayor of West New York on May 14, 2019, Rodriguez has seen the city through upsides and downfalls: the arrival of COVID-19, a pseudo post-pandemic life and just this week, fires that affected rows of business and apartments in West New York and Union City.... Before becoming a Mayor, Rodríguez served for four years as Town Commissioner."
^ Fox, Joey. "Mejia at last confirms he won’t run for re-election", New Jersey Globe, January 17, 2023. Accessed January 10, 2024. "Mejia added that he intends on “fully supporting” the Hudson Democratic slate in the new 33rd district, which consists of State Sen. Brian Stack (D-Union City), West New York Mayor Gabe Rodriguez, and North Bergen Commissioner Julio Marenco; Marenco will take what is essentially Mejia’s current seat..... The neighboring 33rd district will also send two new faces to the Assembly, with Assemblyman Raj Mukherji (D-Jersey City) running for the Senate and Assemblywoman Annette Chaparro (D-Hoboken) stepping down after losing party support."
^ Connolly, Julio. "NJ election results 2023: State Senate, Assembly seats decided", The Record, November 9, 2023. Accessed December 23, 2023.
^ Official List Candidates for General Assembly for General Election November 7, 2023, New Jersey Department of State, December 6, 2023. Accessed December 23, 2023.
^ Wildstein, David. "37 new lawmakers take office at noon", New Jersey Globe, January 9, 2024. Accessed January 9, 2024. "The 221st New Jersey Legislature begins today, with 37 new lawmakers – nearly one-third of the legislature – being sworn in at noon. That number includes ten new Senators and 27 new members of the General Assembly."
^ Assemblyman Gabriel Rodriguez (D), New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 26, 2024.
^ New Jersey State Constitution 1947 (Updated Through Amendments Adopted in November, 2020): Article IV, Section II, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 28, 2022.
^ Legislative Roster for District 33, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 26, 2024.
^ "Candidates for General Assembly - For GENERAL ELECTION 11/07/2023 Election" (PDF). New Jersey Department of State. Retrieved December 6, 2023.

[1] Zeitlinger, Ron. "New mayor Gabriel Rodriguez sets a course for West New York", The Jersey Journal, May 26, 2019. Accessed January 10, 2024. "Rodriguez, an accounting manager for the West New York school district, said he learned during the campaign that parking and the cleanliness of the town appear to be the residents’ top two priorities."

[2] Adasme, Martina. "LD-33 In Focus: Gabe Rodriguez, the InsiderNJ Interview", Insider NJ, February 10, 2023. Accessed January 10, 2024. "Elected mayor of West New York on May 14, 2019, Rodriguez has seen the city through upsides and downfalls: the arrival of COVID-19, a pseudo post-pandemic life and just this week, fires that affected rows of business and apartments in West New York and Union City.... Before becoming a Mayor, Rodríguez served for four years as Town Commissioner."

[3] Fox, Joey. "Mejia at last confirms he won’t run for re-election", New Jersey Globe, January 17, 2023. Accessed January 10, 2024. "Mejia added that he intends on “fully supporting” the Hudson Democratic slate in the new 33rd district, which consists of State Sen. Brian Stack (D-Union City), West New York Mayor Gabe Rodriguez, and North Bergen Commissioner Julio Marenco; Marenco will take what is essentially Mejia’s current seat..... The neighboring 33rd district will also send two new faces to the Assembly, with Assemblyman Raj Mukherji (D-Jersey City) running for the Senate and Assemblywoman Annette Chaparro (D-Hoboken) stepping down after losing party support."

[4] Connolly, Julio. "NJ election results 2023: State Senate, Assembly seats decided", The Record, November 9, 2023. Accessed December 23, 2023.

[5] Official List Candidates for General Assembly for General Election November 7, 2023, New Jersey Department of State, December 6, 2023. Accessed December 23, 2023.

[6] Wildstein, David. "37 new lawmakers take office at noon", New Jersey Globe, January 9, 2024. Accessed January 9, 2024. "The 221st New Jersey Legislature begins today, with 37 new lawmakers – nearly one-third of the legislature – being sworn in at noon. That number includes ten new Senators and 27 new members of the General Assembly."

[NJLEG-7] Assemblyman Gabriel Rodriguez (D), New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 26, 2024.

[8] New Jersey State Constitution 1947 (Updated Through Amendments Adopted in November, 2020): Article IV, Section II, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 28, 2022.

[9] Legislative Roster for District 33, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 26, 2024.

[GeneralResults-10] "Candidates for General Assembly - For GENERAL ELECTION 11/07/2023 Election" (PDF). New Jersey Department of State. Retrieved December 6, 2023.

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