“I am honored my colleagues have entrusted me to continue leading the fight against Governor Murphy’s new taxes and more spending,” said Bramnick.  “We need to come together on a plan to make New Jersey a better place for our taxpayers, families and seniors while standing up against bad policies that will hurt our economy and residents.”

The caucus also elected to elevate Nancy Munoz (R-21) and John DiMaio (R-23) to serve as conference leaders.  Newly elected to join the senior leadership team are Ned Thomson (R-Monmouth) as whip, which was formerly held by Munoz, and Hal Wirths (R-Sussex) to replace DiMaio as budget officer.

The leadership team was nominated by Assemblyman Ronald Dancer (R-Ocean) and was seconded by Assemblyman Ryan Peters (R-Burlington).

Joining their first caucus were newly elected members Brian Bergen (R-Morris), John Catalano (R-Ocean), Antwan McClellan (R-Cape May), Gerry Scharfenberger (R-Monmouth), Erik Simonsen (R-Cape May) and Jean Stanfield (R-Burlington).

Heading into the next legislative session, Assembly Republicans will increase its membership to at least 28 members.