“Because New Jersey is Worth Fighting For”
New Jersey State Senator 2002-2022
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This post about 2025 New Jersey candidate for governor Steve Sweeney is part of Garden State Growth’s blog series exploring the Democratic candidates running in the June 10 gubernatorial primary election.
Candidate Overview
New Jersey candidate for governor Steve Sweeney was the president of the New Jersey State Senate and is running on a moderate platform focused on affordability. Here’s how he stands on the key Garden State Growth policy pillars:
- Legal Rights and Social Protection – Supports marriage equality and anti-HIV/AIDs discrimination, supports disability rights and wants to address housing challenges
- Cost of Living and Accessibility – Vows to build affordable housing, crafted New Jersey’s two-percent cap law to help hold down property taxes, opposes congestion pricing
- Access to Health Care – Supports single-payer health care
- Quality of Education – Vows to ensure educational opportunities to students, provide more vocational training, school security, and more opportunities
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Education and Disability Rights
Sweeney supports expanded education access and expanded disability education and rights, including autism and mental health services. Supports programs to provide disabled New Jerseyans with job training and career placement.
Affordability and Health Care
Sweeney calls for reducing drug costs for public sector workers with real-time price negotiations. Supports health care cost transparency. Sweeney’s platform calls for single-payer health care, “the Jersey Option.”
Lowering Energy Prices
Sweeney calls for expanded nuclear energy production, expanded community solar, expanded natural gas purchase, and hydrogen infrastructure.
Reproductive Rights and LGBTQ+ Rights
Sweeney vows to protect reproductive healthcare and reiterates his support for marriage equality and LGBTQ+ rights.
Public Safety
Sweeney calls for increased police funding, increased community policing, and increased investment in support for people who are mentally ill.
Learn More
Continue reading our six-part series to learn more about the Democrats’ other gubernatorial candidates.
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