The 24th district had 172,764 registered voters as of December 1, 2021, of whom 59,069 (34.2%) were registered as
unaffiliated, 70,648 (40.9%) were registered as
Republicans, 40,518 (23.5%) were registered as
Democrats, and 2,529 (1.5%) were registered to other parties.[6]
As of 2000, the district had the fourth-smallest population of any in the state and the third highest land area, making it one of the least densely populated districts in the state. The district has an extremely small minority population, with comparatively few African American (at 1.3%, the state's second lowest), Asian and Hispanic residents, and has the smallest percentage of residents age 65 and over (8.9%). Registered Republicans outnumber Democrats by a better than 3-1 margin and the district has the highest percentage of registered Republicans and the lowest percentage of Democrats.[7][8]
In the face of difficulties recovering from a stroke he had suffered in October 1988,
Wayne Dumont had been in deteriorating health and stepped down from the Senate in July 1990.[15] Assemblyman
Robert Littell was chosen by a special convention of Republican committee members from Sussex and Warren Counties to fill Dumont's vacancy in the Senate.[16] In turn,
Scott Garrett was chosen to fill Littell's vacant seat in the Assembly.[17]
Robert Littell chose not to run for re-election in 2007 and by the time he had left office in 2008 had become the longest-serving legislator in New Jersey history, having served a total of 40 years in office. When his daughter
Alison Littell McHose took office in the Assembly in 2004, they became the legislature's first father-daughter combination to serve simultaneously in the legislature.[18]
Parker Space took office in March 2013, filling the seat vacated by
Gary R. Chiusano, who had been chosen to fill a vacancy as Sussex County Surrogate.[19] On October 17, 2015, Littell McHose resigned her seat to work full-time at her position as Franklin Borough's administrator.[20] Sussex County
FreeholderGail Phoebus who had been chosen in the June 2015
primary election to run and was elected in the November general election was appointed to the seat and sworn in late in the legislative term on December 3.[21]
^
abMiller, Jennifer Jean.
"George Graham Chosen as Freeholder at Sussex County Republican Convention"Archived 2013-06-07 at the
Wayback Machine, TheAlternativePress.com, April 13, 2013. Accessed February 11, 2014. "Graham will fill the freeholder seat that New Jersey Assemblyman Parker Space left to take his new position. Space recently took the seat, which formerly belonged to Gary Chiusano, who in turn, was appointed to the spot of Sussex County Surrogate, following the retirement of Surrogate Nancy Fitzgibbons."
The 24th district had 172,764 registered voters as of December 1, 2021, of whom 59,069 (34.2%) were registered as
unaffiliated, 70,648 (40.9%) were registered as
Republicans, 40,518 (23.5%) were registered as
Democrats, and 2,529 (1.5%) were registered to other parties.[6]
As of 2000, the district had the fourth-smallest population of any in the state and the third highest land area, making it one of the least densely populated districts in the state. The district has an extremely small minority population, with comparatively few African American (at 1.3%, the state's second lowest), Asian and Hispanic residents, and has the smallest percentage of residents age 65 and over (8.9%). Registered Republicans outnumber Democrats by a better than 3-1 margin and the district has the highest percentage of registered Republicans and the lowest percentage of Democrats.[7][8]
In the face of difficulties recovering from a stroke he had suffered in October 1988,
Wayne Dumont had been in deteriorating health and stepped down from the Senate in July 1990.[15] Assemblyman
Robert Littell was chosen by a special convention of Republican committee members from Sussex and Warren Counties to fill Dumont's vacancy in the Senate.[16] In turn,
Scott Garrett was chosen to fill Littell's vacant seat in the Assembly.[17]
Robert Littell chose not to run for re-election in 2007 and by the time he had left office in 2008 had become the longest-serving legislator in New Jersey history, having served a total of 40 years in office. When his daughter
Alison Littell McHose took office in the Assembly in 2004, they became the legislature's first father-daughter combination to serve simultaneously in the legislature.[18]
Parker Space took office in March 2013, filling the seat vacated by
Gary R. Chiusano, who had been chosen to fill a vacancy as Sussex County Surrogate.[19] On October 17, 2015, Littell McHose resigned her seat to work full-time at her position as Franklin Borough's administrator.[20] Sussex County
FreeholderGail Phoebus who had been chosen in the June 2015
primary election to run and was elected in the November general election was appointed to the seat and sworn in late in the legislative term on December 3.[21]
^
abMiller, Jennifer Jean.
"George Graham Chosen as Freeholder at Sussex County Republican Convention"Archived 2013-06-07 at the
Wayback Machine, TheAlternativePress.com, April 13, 2013. Accessed February 11, 2014. "Graham will fill the freeholder seat that New Jersey Assemblyman Parker Space left to take his new position. Space recently took the seat, which formerly belonged to Gary Chiusano, who in turn, was appointed to the spot of Sussex County Surrogate, following the retirement of Surrogate Nancy Fitzgibbons."