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The shittiest state in the USA.
[[Image:New Jersey Counties.svg.png|right]]
{{USState
|name=New Jersey
|flag=New_Jersey_State_Flag.gif
|motto="Liberty and Prosperity"
|nick=The Garden State
|capital=Trenton
|language=None
|governor=Christopher Christie
|gparty=Republican
|senator1=Frank Lautenberg
|s1party=Democrat
|s1phone=(202) 224-3224
|s1email=http://lautenberg.senate.gov/contact/ Contact
|senator2=Bob Menendez
|s2party=Democrat
|s2phone=(202) 224-4744
|s2email=http://menendez.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm Contact
|population=
|date=December 18, 1787 (3rd)
}}
'''New Jersey''' is one of the thirteen original colonies that formed the [[United States]]. It was the third state to enter into the Union. Its population has the highest overall density of any State, featuring 566 municipalities.<ref>http://www.nj.gov/nj/govinfo/county/localgov.html (list of municipalities, which links to each one).</ref>
New Jersey is nicknamed "the Garden State." It has 127 miles of coastline, including resort areas such as [[Atlantic City]], Asbury Park, and Cape May, some with beautiful and historic [[Victorian]] [[architecture]]. Its capital city is [[Trenton]].
It is home to two famous old universities: [[Princeton University|Princeton]] and [[Rutgers University|Rutgers]]. They are both ''colonial colleges,'' the nine colleges chartered in the colonies before the [[American Revolution]]. Princeton traditionally claims 1740 as its year of founding<!--have to put in this qualification because of a longstanding dispute between Princeton and Penn-->, making it the fourth oldest university in the United States; Rutgers, founded in 1766, is the eighth oldest. Princeton is a member of the [[Ivy League]]. There are numerous other colleges and universities in the state.
New Jersey legalized [[domestic partnership]]s (for same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples over 62 years of age) in 2004<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/domestic-partnership-in-the-united-states</ref> and [[civil union]]s for same-sex couples, which are similiar to [[same sex marriage]], in 2007.<ref>http://data.lambdalegal.org/pdf/772.pdf</ref>
The current Governor of New Jersey is [[Chris Christie]], a [[Republican]] elected in 2009.
==History==
[[File:Col-nj.jpg|thumb|300px|The colony was rural and was dominated by New York City to the east and Philadelphia to the west]]
===Conservapedia===
[[Conservapedia]] was founded in New Jersey on November 22, 2006. It was started by a class of 56 homeschooled children, ranging from 11 years old to 18, as a project for homework.
==Politics==
New Jersey is a mostly [[liberal]] state. It has consistently favored [[Democrats]] in presidential elections since 1992. It was last won by a [[Republican]] presidential candidate in 1988 when it favored [[George Herbert Walker Bush]]. It currently has a Republican governor, Chris Christie, as mentioned above; the last Republican governor before him was [[Christine Whitman]].
==Elected Officials==
===Federal===
*Sen. [[Frank Lautenberg]] (D)
*Sen. [[Bob Menendez]] (D)
*Rep. [[Robert Andrews]] [D, NJ-01]
*Rep. [[Frank LoBiondo]] [R, NJ-02]
*Rep. [[Jon Runyan]] [R, NJ-03]
*Rep. [[Chris Smith]] [R, NJ-04]
*Rep. [[Scott Garrett]] [R, NJ-05]
*Rep. [[Frank Pallone]] [D, NJ-06]
*Rep. [[Leonard Lance]] [R, NJ-07]
*Rep. [[William J. Pascrell, Jr]] [D, NJ-08]
*Rep. [[Steven R. Rothman]] [D, NJ-09]
*Rep. [[Donald M. Payne]] [D, NJ-10]
*Rep. [[Rodney Frelinghuysen]] [R, NJ-11]
*Rep. [[Rush Holt, Jr.]] [D, NJ-12]
*Rep. [[Albio Sires]] [D, NJ-13]
===Statewide===
*Governor [[Chris Christie]] (R)
*Lt. Governor [[Kim Guadagno]] (R)
==References==
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[[Category:States of the United States]]
[[Category:New Jersey]]