Balvir Singh is a Democratic member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing the 7th Legislative District (portions of Burlington County) since January 30, 2025. He is the first Sikh legislator and the first Asian American to win a countywide election in Burlington County in New Jersey history. Singh immigrated to the United States from Punjab, India, in 1999 at age 14 and grew up in Burlington City. A public-school educator by profession, he teaches mathematics and English full-time at Burlington Township Schools while serving in the legislature part-time. Prior to his Assembly service, Singh served on the Burlington County Board of County Commissioners from 2018 to 2025 and on the Burlington Township Board of Education from 2015 to 2017. He was appointed to the Assembly by the Burlington County Democratic Committee to fill the vacancy created when Herb Conaway resigned to assume a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Singh won election to a full term in November 2025 and was re-elected alongside Assemblywoman Carol Murphy.

Political Career

• New Jersey General Assemblyman, District 7 (2025–present)
• Burlington County Board of County Commissioners (2018–2025; served three terms including period as majority party following 2019 elections)
• Burlington Township Board of Education (2015–2017; served as Finance Committee Chair)
• Vice Chair, Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (2026–present)
• Member, Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee (2026–present)
• Member, Assembly Appropriations Committee (2026–present)

Key Policy Areas

• Housing affordability and brownfield redevelopment
• Environmental protection and climate justice (Green Amendment)
• Property tax relief for seniors
• Education funding and public school advocacy
• Government transparency and fiscal accountability

Notable Actions / Initiatives

• Authored legislation to incentivize developers to remediate contaminated industrial sites in Burlington County to increase housing stock, addressing affordability and environmental cleanup simultaneously
• Primary sponsor of the New Jersey Green Amendment (SCR27 in the Senate with companion Assembly bill), which would amend the state constitution to establish a right to clean air, water, soils, and a safe climate system
• Authored legislation providing seniors over age 65 with a 50% property tax reduction contingent on remaining current on payments
• As Burlington County Commissioner, oversaw distribution of over $13 million in rental assistance and launched zero-interest loan programs for businesses
• Supported efforts to construct a 60-bed emergency shelter for vulnerable residents as County Commissioner

Education

• Graduate Certificate, Rowan University (2015)
• M.Sc., Mathematics, Rutgers University (2009)
• B.A., Mathematics, The College of New Jersey (2007)

Personal

• Birth date: around 1985
• Residence: Burlington Township, New Jersey