Jean Stanfield


Jean Stanfield is an American politician who was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent the 8th Legislative District on November 5, 2019. Stanfield previously served as Sheriff of Burlington County from 2002 to 2019.

Burlington County Sheriff

First elected Sheriff in 2001, Stanfield was re-elected five times as Sheriff. On February 22, 2019, she announced she would not run for a seventh term in 2019 and would resign as Sheriff on May 1 of that year.

New Jersey Assembly

After the 8th District's Senator Dawn Addiego switched her party from Republican to Democrat in early 2019, one of the district's sitting Assemblyman Joe Howarth allegedly attempted to do the same. The Burlington County Republican Party dropped support for Howarth, choosing to instead support former Burlington County Sheriff Stanfield to run with incumbent Ryan Peters. In the primary election Howarth heavily tied himself to President Donald Trump, however Stanfield and Peters beat Howarth.
Stanfield, a resident of Westampton Township, and Peters faced off against Democrats Mark Natale and Gina LaPlaca in the general election. Peters and Stanfield won by a little over 1,000 votes.

Committees

Assembly

Sheriff