FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TRENTON, N.J. (Sept. 11, 2025) – The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), New Jersey’s and the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, today released its biennial voting record for the members of the New Jersey General Assembly.

“New Jersey’s small business owners remain confronted with an unpredictable environment and difficult economic headwinds as they strive to serve their customers, grow, and create new jobs. More than ever, New Jersey small businesses need strong representation and legislative champions in Trenton, who will address the state’s stifling tax and regulatory burdens and enact policies that will strengthen Main Street firms,” said Eileen Kean, NFIB New Jersey State Director. “With NFIB’s voting record, small business owners, their employees, and all Garden State voters can see which lawmakers in the Legislature have been a reliable voice for New Jersey’s small businesses and which have turned their back on local job creators. NFIB’s voting record makes it crystal clear who ‘walks the walk’ for small business owners in Trenton, and not just on the campaign trail.”

NFIB tracks the key legislative issues identified by our small business members every session, and then we tabulate a score for each New Jersey lawmaker in the General Assembly. The NFIB voting record provides a critically important evaluation of a legislator’s attitude toward small business based on floor votes. You won’t find a more effective way to gauge the performance of politicians than examining their voting record. Six pieces of legislation that received Assembly floor votes were considered in 2024-25, including bills impacting employer speech rights, lawsuit reform, and retail theft.

>>>>> The 2025 NFIB New Jersey Voting Record can be accessed and downloaded HERE.

“Our 2024-25 New Jersey State Voting Record reflects the real-world challenges NFIB members are navigating,” Kean added. “From the high cost of doing business in our state to the ever expanding and job-killing regulations to the growing burden of predatory litigation, the issues and votes examined have a direct impact on the health and future of every New Jersey small business. NFIB is proud to educate our members and hold their elected officials accountable.”

Eleven of 80 members of the New Jersey General Assembly received perfect 100 percent scores for voting in line with NFIB’s position in 2024 and 2025:

• Assemblyman Robert Auth (39th District)
• Assemblyman John Azzariti (39th District)
• Assembly Minority Leader John DiMaio (23rd District)
• Assemblywoman Aura Dunn (25th District)
• Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia (24th District)
• Assemblyman Mike Inganamort (24th District)
• Assemblyman Paul Kanitra (10th District)
• Assemblyman Greg Myhre (9th District)
• Assemblyman Brian Rumpf (9th District)
• Assemblyman Gerard Scharfenberger (13th District)
• Assemblyman Jay Webber (26th District)

State senators are not included in the NFIB New Jersey 2024-25 Legislative Voting Record. Senate votes from the prior four years will be included in NFIB New Jersey’s 2026-27 voting record to better represent their full four-year term.

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For over 80 years, NFIB has been advocating on behalf of America’s small and independent business owners, both in Washington, D.C., and in all 50 state capitals. NFIB is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and member-driven. Since our founding in 1943, NFIB has been exclusively dedicated to small and independent businesses, and remains so today. For more information, please visit nfib.com.