Gabe Rodriguez

Gabe Rodriguez
Rodriguez in 2025
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
from the 33rd district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 9, 2024
Serving with Larry Wainstein
Preceded byAnnette Chaparro
Raj Mukherji
Mayor of West New York
In office
May 22, 2019 – May 16, 2023
Preceded byFelix Roque
Succeeded byAlbio Sires
Personal details
Born (1978-12-06) December 6, 1978 (age 47)
PartyDemocratic
EducationNew Jersey City University
New Jersey Institute of Technology
WebsiteLegislative webpage

Gabriel “Gabe” Rodriguez born December 6, 1978) is an American Democratic Party politician serving as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly for the 33rd legislative district, having taken office on January 9, 2024.

Biography

Born on December 6, 1978, Rodriguez earned an undergraduate degree in psychology from New Jersey City University and a Master of Business Administration degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology.

A resident of West New York, New Jersey, Rodriguez is employed by the West New York School District as an accounting manager.

Elective office

Rodriguez served for four years as a West New York town commissioner and was elected as mayor in 2019.

In the wake of the 2021 apportionment, the reconfiguration of municipalities in the 32nd and 33rd districts and the incumbent Assembly members in those districts choosing to retire or run for other elective office, the Hudson County Democratic Organization chose newcomers Rodriguez and Julio Marenco to run for the two Assembly seats. Marenco and Rodriguez defeated independent candidate Lea Sherman, the only other candidate running in the 2023 New Jersey General Assembly election. Rodriguez was one of 27 members elected for the first time in 2023 to serve in the General Assembly, more than one-third of the seats.

Committees

Committee assignments for the 2026—2027 Legislative Session are:

  • Budget
  • Health
  • Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations

District 33

Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The representatives from the 33rd District for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are:

Electoral history

33rd Legislative District General Election, 2023
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gabe Rodriguez 25,384 49.3
Democratic Julio Marenco 24,956 48.5
Socialist Workers Lea Sherman 1,121 2.2
Total votes 51,461 100.0
Democratic hold
Democratic hold
33rd Legislative District General Election, 2025
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gabe Rodriguez 39.731 38.0
Democratic Larry Wainstein 38.926 37.2
Republican Cynthia Depice 12.903 12.3
Republican Anthony Valdes 12,797 12.2
write-in 169 0.16
Total votes 104,526 100.0

References

  1. 1 2 Assemblyman Gabriel Rodriguez (D), New Jersey Legislature. Accessed April 25, 2026.
  2. ↑ Zeitlinger, Ron. "New mayor Gabriel Rodriguez sets a course for West New York", The Jersey Journal, May 26, 2019. Accessed January 10, 2024. "Rodriguez, an accounting manager for the West New York school district, said he learned during the campaign that parking and the cleanliness of the town appear to be the residents’ top two priorities."
  3. ↑ Adasme, Martina. "LD-33 In Focus: Gabe Rodriguez, the InsiderNJ Interview", Insider NJ, February 10, 2023. Accessed January 10, 2024. "Elected mayor of West New York on May 14, 2019, Rodriguez has seen the city through upsides and downfalls: the arrival of COVID-19, a pseudo post-pandemic life and just this week, fires that affected rows of business and apartments in West New York and Union City.... Before becoming a Mayor, Rodríguez served for four years as Town Commissioner."
  4. ↑ Fox, Joey. "Mejia at last confirms he won’t run for re-election", New Jersey Globe, January 17, 2023. Accessed January 10, 2024. "Mejia added that he intends on “fully supporting” the Hudson Democratic slate in the new 33rd district, which consists of State Sen. Brian Stack (D-Union City), West New York Mayor Gabe Rodriguez, and North Bergen Commissioner Julio Marenco; Marenco will take what is essentially Mejia’s current seat..... The neighboring 33rd district will also send two new faces to the Assembly, with Assemblyman Raj Mukherji (D-Jersey City) running for the Senate and Assemblywoman Annette Chaparro (D-Hoboken) stepping down after losing party support."
  5. ↑ Connolly, Julio. "NJ election results 2023: State Senate, Assembly seats decided", The Record, November 9, 2023. Accessed December 23, 2023.
  6. ↑ Official List Candidates for General Assembly for General Election November 7, 2023, New Jersey Department of State, December 6, 2023. Accessed December 23, 2023.
  7. ↑ Wildstein, David. "37 new lawmakers take office at noon", New Jersey Globe, January 9, 2024. Accessed January 9, 2024. "The 221st New Jersey Legislature begins today, with 37 new lawmakers – nearly one-third of the legislature – being sworn in at noon. That number includes ten new Senators and 27 new members of the General Assembly."
  8. ↑ New Jersey State Constitution 1947 (Updated Through Amendments Adopted in November, 2020): Article IV, Section II, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 28, 2022.
  9. ↑ Legislative Roster for District 33, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 26, 2024.
  10. 1 2 "Candidates for General Assembly - For GENERAL ELECTION 11/07/2023 Election" (PDF). New Jersey Department of State. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Election Night Reporting". results.enr.clarityelections.com. Retrieved December 31, 2025.