Lisa Swain

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Lisa Swain (born April 1958) is an American Democratic Party politician. A resident of Fair Lawn, she has represented the 38th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since she was appointed to the seat in May 2018.

Lisa Swain
Member of the New Jersey Assembly from the 38th Legislative District
Incumbent
Assumed office May 24, 2018 Serving with Chris Tully
Preceded by	Joseph Lagana Tim Eustace
Personal details
Born	April 1958 (age 66)
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Ron Bienstock[1]
Children	2
Residence	Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Alma mater	University of Rochester (BA) New York University (MA)
Website	Legislative web page

Political career

Swain was the Mayor of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, for two terms and had previously been a member of Fair Lawn's council for 11 years.^[2] Swain and Chris Tully were appointed to the New Jersey General Assembly's 38th District seats in May 2018 after Assemblymen Joseph Lagana and Tim Eustace both resigned from their seats to move on to other positions.^[3] In the November 6, 2018, special election to complete the unexpired Assembly terms, Swain and Tully defeated Republicans Gail Horton and Jayme Ouellete.^[4][5]

Committees

Committee assignments for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are:^[6]

• Appropriations (as chair)
• State and Local Government (as vice-chair)
• Education

District 38

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.^[7] The representatives from the 38th District for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are:^[8]

• Senator Joseph Lagana (D)
• Assemblywoman Lisa Swain (D)
• Assemblyman Chris Tully (D)

Electoral history

38th Legislative District General Election, 2023^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lisa Swain (incumbent)	27,717	28.3
	Democratic	Chris Tully (incumbent)	27,304	27.9
	Republican	Gail Horton	21,517	22.0
	Republican	Barry Wilkes	21,490	21.9
Total votes			98,028	100.0
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

38th legislative district general election, 2021^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lisa Swain (incumbent)	34,226	26.52%
	Democratic	Chris Tully (incumbent)	33,444	25.92%
	Republican	Alfonso Mastrofilipo Jr.	30,777	23.85%
	Republican	Gerard "Jerry" Taylor	30,597	23.71%
Total votes			129,044	100.0
	Democratic hold

38th Legislative District General Election, 2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lisa Swain (incumbent)	19,887	27.22%
	Democratic	P. Christopher Tully (incumbent)	19,571	26.79%
	Republican	Christopher DiPiazza	16,872	23.1%
	Republican	Michael Kazimir	16,724	22.89%
Total votes			72,851	100%
	Democratic hold

38th Legislative District Special Election, 2018^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lisa Swain (incumbent)	47,865	59.7%
	Republican	Gail Horton	32,310	40.3%
Total votes			80,175	100%
	Democratic hold

References

1. Zaremba, Justin. "Democrats announce candidates for council", Community News, March 24, 2011. Accessed January 28, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Swain formerly served as president of the Library Trustees and as a member of the Planning Board. She and her husband, Ron Bienstock, have two children."
2. Johnson, Brent (May 25, 2018). "Meet your 3 new state lawmakers, New Jersey". NJ.com. NJ Advance Media. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
3. Wildstein, David. "Swain and Tully seated in State Assembly", New Jersey Globe, May 24, 2018. Accessed January 30, 2024. "Two new members of the State Assembly from the 38th district were sworn in today: Democrats Linda Swain, a former mayor of Fair Lawn, and Christopher Tully, a former Bergenfield council president and district director to Rep. Josh Gottheimer. Swain and Tully replace Joseph Lagana and Timothy Eustace. Lagana (D-Paramus) moved up to the State Senate after Robert Gordon was appointed to the state Board of Public Utilities, and Eustace – after getting passed over for the Senate seat – resigned to become deputy executive director of the North Jersey District Water Commission."
4. November 6, 2018 General Election Results 38th Legislative District, New Jersey Department of State. Accessed January 30, 2024.
5. Biryukov, Nikita. "Lagana, Swain, Tully Win", New Jersey Globe, November 6, 2018. Accessed January 30, 2024. "State Sen. Joseph Lagana, Assemblywoman Lisa Swain and Assemblyman Chris Tully won in the 38th legislative district and will serve the remaining year of their terms.... Swain and Tully defeat Republicans Gail Horton and Jayme Ouellette. Swain secured 38,372 votes while Tully received 37,188. They took 30% and 29% of the vote, respectively."
6. Assemblywoman Lisa Swain, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 30, 2024.
7. New Jersey State Constitution 1947 (Updated Through Amendments Adopted in November, 2020): Article IV, Section II, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 28, 2022.
8. Legislative Roster for District 38, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 30, 2024.
9. "Candidates for General Assembly - For GENERAL ELECTION 11/07/2023 Election" (PDF). New Jersey Department of State. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
10. "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly For GENERAL ELECTION 11/02/2021 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. November 30, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
11. "Official List, Candidates for State Senate For GENERAL ELECTION 11/06/2018 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. December 3, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
12. "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly For GENERAL ELECTION 11/06/2018 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. December 3, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2022.

External links

• Legislative webpage