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  Bolden-Cunningham, Sandra
CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationDemocratic  
<-  2018-01-09  
 
NameSandra Bolden-Cunningham
Address22 Willow St.
Jersey City, New Jersey , United States
EmailNone
Website [Link]
Born September 04, 1950 (73 years)
ContributorTurnerforCongress
Last ModifedWSNJ
May 25, 2021 10:25am
Tags Black - Widowed -
InfoSandra Bolden Cunningham was sworn to the Senate seat to fill a vacancy on Nov. 8, 2007. Two days prior to joining the Senate, she was elected to a full term that began in January, 2008. She was re-elected in 2011, 2013 and 2017.

Bills sponsored by the senator signed into law banned criminal background questions from job application forms and made it easier for certain offenders to have their records expunged.

Senator Cunningham was born Sept. 4, 1950, in Newark, where she attended public schools. She is a graduate of Bloomfield College and New York University School of Continuing Education’s Finance, Law and Taxation Program. She was founder and executive director of the Sandra and Glenn D. Cunningham Foundation, an agency that provided approximately $250,000 in educational support to more than 200 students entering college prior to closing its doors in 2017.

The senator is a former executive director of the Hudson County Bar Association. As a deputy director of the the Metropolitan Ecumenical Ministry she started programs to expand the role of the church in the community.

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Mar 04, 2021 06:00pm News Report: [NJ State] Senator Cunningham Arrested in Jersey City on DWI Charge  Article WSNJ 
Jun 01, 2007 11:00am Opinion Moran: This Hudson politician (Cunningham) is an insult to the voters  Article *crickets chirp* 

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FAMILY
Husband Glenn D. Cunningham 00, 0000-May 25, 2004

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RACES
  01/11/2022 NJ State Senate Higher Education Committee Chair Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/11/2022 NJ Senate Education Committee Won 33.33% (+0.00%)
  01/11/2022 Budget and Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/12/2021 NJ Senate President Pro Tempore Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/02/2021 NJ State Senate 31 Won 75.28% (+50.55%)
  06/08/2021 NJ State Senate 31 - D Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/14/2020 Higher Education Committee Chair Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/14/2020 Budget and Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/14/2020 NJ Senate Education Committee Won 25.00% (+0.00%)
  11/07/2019 NJ Senate Deputy Majority Leader Won 50.00% (+0.00%)
  01/09/2018 NJ Senate Deputy Majority Won 33.33% (+0.00%)
  01/09/2018 Higher Education Committee Chair Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/09/2018 Budget and Appropriations Committee Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/09/2018 NJ Senate Education Committee Won 25.00% (+0.00%)
  11/07/2017 NJ State Senate 31 Won 83.92% (+67.84%)
  11/05/2013 NJ State Senate 31 Won 73.08% (+46.17%)
  11/08/2011 NJ State Senate 31 Won 80.79% (+63.53%)
  06/07/2011 NJ State Senate 31 - D Primary Won 85.09% (+70.19%)
  11/06/2007 NJ State Senate 31 Won 87.75% (+75.49%)
  06/05/2007 NJ State Senate 31 - D Primary Won 55.78% (+11.63%)
SPECULATIVE, DID NOT RUN
  06/06/2023 NJ State Senate 31 - D Primary Lost 0.00% (-75.60%)
  01/11/2022 Budget and Appropriations Chair Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
ENDORSEMENTS
NJ Question 1 (Marijuana Legalization) - Nov 03, 2020 YES Yes
NJ Supreme Court Associate Justice - Sep 01, 2020 D Fabiana Pierre-Louis
NJ US President - D Primary - Jun 07, 2016 D Hillary Clinton
NJ District 10- D Primary - Jun 05, 2012 D Nia H. Gill
NJ US Senate - D Primary - Jun 03, 2008 D Robert E. Andrews