Assemblyman Jay Webber has spent over 15 years in public office fighting to roll back LGBTQ+ rights, block abortion access, and oppose protections for working families. As a New Jersey Assemblyman, he voted against marriage equality, tried to ban same-sex marriage even after it was legalized, and stood nearly alone in opposing the state’s ban on conversion therapy for minors. Webber has also fought against reproductive freedom—voting year after year to defund Planned Parenthood—and has aligned himself with anti-LGBTQ+ organizations, far-right PACs, and national figures like Mike Pence.
Despite representing a suburban district trending Democratic, Webber continues to push a hardline, culture-war agenda that is wildly out of step with his constituents. He is one of only a handful of legislators in New Jersey still voting against basic protections for LGBTQ+ youth, trans rights, and equal pay for women.
Jay Webber isn’t just extreme—he’s consistent. And in 2025, Agenda PAC is committed to making sure he’s no longer in office.
Anti-LGBTQ+ and Anti-Family Record
Voted no on marriage equality in 2012, claiming civil unions were enough.
After marriage equality became law in 2013, repeatedly tried to ban it through constitutional amendments.
In 2021, voted against codifying marriage equality into state law to protect it from federal reversal.
Voted against banning conversion therapy for minors in 2013.
Opposed insurance nondiscrimination protections for transgender people in 2017.
Opposed modernizing birth-certificate laws in 2018 to allow updates without surgery.
Refused to support New Jersey’s LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum in 2018, isolating himself from bipartisan consensus.
Consistently resisted widely accepted LGBTQ+ protections long after public opinion and the law had moved forward.
Attacks on Reproductive Freedom
From 2010 to 2018, voted every year against restoring funding for Planned Parenthood and family-planning services.
Holds a 0% rating from Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ.
Publicly brands himself 100% “pro-life” and endorsed by Susan B. Anthony List.
Record includes opposition to expanded contraceptive access, such as longer-duration refills.
Aligned with congressional Republicans in efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, risking protections for pre-existing conditions and women’s health.
Stands as an outlier in a state that repeatedly affirms reproductive freedom.
Guns, Healthcare, & Working Families
Gun policy: Earned high NRA ratings; opposed New Jersey’s 2018 limit on high-capacity magazines.
Opposed measures to disarm domestic abusers under restraining orders.
Healthcare: Supported repealing ACA protections, opposed expanding state coverage, and voted against extending contraceptive supplies.
Working families:
In 2018, one of only two legislators in either chamber to vote against the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act.
Opposed raising the state minimum wage to $15.
Seen by unions and advocates as a reliable vote against worker pay, leave, and safety protections.
Electoral History & District 26 Dynamics
Represented LD-26 since 2008, usually finishing first or second in the two-member district.
District has grown more competitive as suburban, college-educated voters shift left on social issues.
Redistricting kept the district in Morris and Passaic Counties (Parsippany, Montville, Denville, Boonton, Morris Plains, Pompton Lakes, Bloomingdale, Wanaque, Ringwood).
Voter registration now split between Republicans, Democrats, and unaffiliateds, leaving little margin for ideological politics.
In 2018, lost a congressional race in NJ-11 by 13.5 points, a warning about his ceiling with swing voters.
Continued to win re-election in Trenton but with narrower margins.
District voters care about schools, cost of living, and safety, not culture wars or rolling back equal pay and LGBTQ protections.
Key Vulnerabilities
Anti-LGBTQ+ record: Consistent votes against equality, conversion therapy ban, transgender protections, and inclusive curriculum.
Anti-choice record: Years of opposition to family planning funding, Planned Parenthood, and contraceptive access; aligned with national anti-abortion groups.
Gun safety: NRA-aligned, opposed common-sense reforms like limits on high-capacity magazines and disarming abusers.
Working families: Votes against equal pay and minimum wage increases, opposed ACA protections.
District mismatch: Represents a highly educated, increasingly Democratic-leaning suburban district where his extremism is out of step with voters.
Jay Webber is the most dangerous kind of anti-LGBTQ+ politician in New Jersey: deeply entrenched, ideologically rigid, and completely out of step with the voters he represents. He’s spent nearly two decades in office trying to turn back the clock on equality, and now he’s running again—despite growing signs that his district is ready to move on.
He has:
A 15+ year legislative record opposing LGBTQ+ rights, abortion access, and worker protections.
Close ties to far-right national figures like Mike Pence, ALEC, and anti-LGBTQ+ PACs.
A history of narrow wins in a district that’s shifting—and a double-digit congressional loss that shows his ceiling.
