William Spearman
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 5th District
Assumed office
June 30, 2018
Preceded byArthur Barclay
Member of the Camden, New Jersey City Council
In office
January 1, 1994 – December 31, 2011
Personal details
Born (1958-02-27) February 27, 1958
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)Camden, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma materRutgers University (BS)
Temple University (MBA)[1]
WebsiteLegislative Webpage

William W. Spearman (born February 27, 1958) is an American Democratic Party politician from Camden, who has represented the 5th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since taking office on June 30, 2018.[1]

Raised in Camden, New Jersey, Spearman graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School and Rutgers University before attending Temple University, where he earned an M.B.A.[2][1]

New Jersey Assembly

Before taking office in the Assembly in June 2018, Spearman had served on the Camden city council from 2006 to 2011 and had been employed for a decade with the South Jersey Transportation Authority, serving for five years as the agency's ethics liaison officer. He was chosen by the county Democratic Party committee on June 27, 2018 [3] to succeed Arthur Barclay, who had resigned from office earlier that month after being arrested for assault.[4]

Committees

Committee assignments for the current session are:[1]

  • Law and Public Safety, Chair
  • Agriculture and Food Security, Vice-chair
  • Special Committee on Infrastructure and Natural Resources
  • Transportation and Independent Authorities

District 5

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.[5] The representatives from the 5th District for the 2022—2023 Legislative Session are:[6]

Electoral history

Assembly

New Jersey General Assembly Elections 2021, District 5[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William F. Moen Jr. (Incumbent) 30,442 28.7
Democratic William W. Spearman (Incumbent) 30,059 28.3
Republican Samuel DiMatteo 23,007 21.7
Republican Sean Sepsey 22,413 21.1
Total votes 105,921 100.0
New Jersey General Assembly Elections 2019, District 5[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William Spearman (Incumbent) 21,533 33.9
Democratic William Moen, Jr. 20,743 32.7
Republican Nicholas Kush 10,711 16.8
Republican Kevin Ehret 10,442 16.4
Total votes 63,429 100.0
Special election, November 6, 2018 [9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William W. Spearman 38,341 65.2
Republican Nicholas Kush 20,506 34.8
Total votes 58,847 100.0

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Assemblyman William W. Spearman (D), New Jersey Legislature. Accessed February 4, 2022.
  2. ↑ Assemblyman Bill Spearman, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey. Accessed January 14, 2020. "Born and raised in Camden City, Assemblyman Spearman is a lifelong resident and a former city councilman. Assemblyman Spearman is a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and Rutgers University, where he obtained a degree in Business Management."
  3. ↑ "Spearman wins Assembly seat". New Jersey Globe. June 27, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  4. ↑ Staff. "Former Camden councilman joins NJ Assembly", Courier-Post, July 1, 2018. Accessed July 2, 2018. "William W. Spearman, a Democrat, was sworn in Saturday as the newest member of the state Assembly. He represents the 5th Legislative District, which encompasses parts of Camden and Gloucester counties.... He replaces Arthur Barclay, who on June 18 announced he was abruptly resigning from the Assembly amid news reports that he was arrested days earlier on a charge of simple assault."
  5. ↑ New Jersey State Constitution 1947 (Updated Through Amendments Adopted in November, 2020): Article IV, Section II, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 28, 2022.
  6. ↑ Legislative Roster for District 5, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 11, 2022.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "NJ General Assembly 05". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  9. ↑ "2018-unofficial-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
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