Politics of New Jersey moderate Republicans. The 1980s Asian-Americans immigrated to the northeastern and central parts of the state. These often voted Democratic. Today, the [[New Jersey State Legislature|state legislature]] is overwhelmingly Democratic, and has been since the early 2000s. As of December 2016, there are over 860,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans. Democrats do well in the populous counties closer to New York City and Philadelphia, like [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex]] and [[Camden County, New Jersey|Camden]] counties as well as in Mercer County, which has the state capital Trenton. Republicans do well along the [[Jersey Shore]] and in northwestern counties, like [[Morris County,
New Jersey State Police to the incident for $30,000. Stazzone and Gosa remained on-duty after the incident and were reportedly given additional training. In 2017, the State Police awarded president Donald Trump an honorary state trooper, giving him the unassigned badge number 45, in a private ceremony at the White House; while the award was reportedly for the president's support of police, some members of the force described the honor as "inappropriate"; officials presenting the award included Patrick Callahan, Rick Fuentes and Jeffrey Mottley. New Jersey State Police The New Jersey State Police (NJSP), is the official state police force of the U.S. state