Jean Stanfield

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 reportedly 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 and lost to Stanfield and Peters.

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 1,100 votes. Stanfield narrowly defeated Addiego despite the latter’s 12-1 fundraising margin.

On January 11, 2023, Stanfield announced that she would not be a candidate for reelection.

Committees Committee assignments for the 2022—23 Legislative Session are:

Sheriff