---
type: Person
title: "Teresa Ruiz"
description: "NJ Senate District 29 — NJ State Senate District 29"
role: "NJ Senate District 29"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "NJ"
district: "NJ State Senate District 29"
represents: "us/states/nj/districts/senate/29"
tenure:
  start: "2008-01-08"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "46879588-9933-4c56-8e88-9045d183e21a"
  office: "cec7efdf-a88d-407c-9363-3eed46aecb1f"
  tenure: "11c31cca-e95a-4b95-8ad3-0792a9cdcd5e"
  jurisdiction: "b5878129-183a-4d87-aeec-0098ded24508"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDU (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, nj]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Teresa Ruiz

Current NJ Senate District 29 (NJ State Senate District 29).

Represents [NJ State Senate District 29](/us/states/nj/districts/senate/29.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDU (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).