Redistricting to Move Fort Lee to 37th Legislative District

In November Fort Lee voters will no longer be casting their ballots for representatives in the 38th state legislative district. Instead, Fort Lee will be joining the 37th legislative district after new districting was announced Sunday by a bipartisan committee. 

Petitions are due to the New Jersey Secretary of State on Monday, April 11 for those who are interested in running for office in the June primary.

Fort Lee will officially be represented by elected officials from the 37th district on the second Tuesday in January 2012, when all officials are sworn in.

The newly revised District 37 also includes the following towns:

• Alpine
• Bogota
• Cresskill
• Englewood
• Englewood Cliffs
• Hackensack
• Leonia
• Northvale
• Palisades Park
• Rockleigh
• Teaneck
• Tenafly

The 37th District is currently represented by State Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D) and Assembly Members Gordon M. Johnson (D) and Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D).

Assemblywoman Joan Voss (D) of Fort Lee, who currently represents the 38th District, will now have to run in the 37th District if she chooses to run. Weinberg, Johnson and Huttle can all run again in the 37th District since they are all Teaneck or Englewood residents.