40:
919:, July 1, 2018. Accessed July 2, 2018. "William W. Spearman, a Democrat, was sworn in Saturday as the newest member of the state Assembly. He represents the 5th Legislative District, which encompasses parts of Camden and Gloucester counties.... He replaces Arthur Barclay, who on June 18 announced he was abruptly resigning from the Assembly amid news reports that he was arrested days earlier on a charge of simple assault."
874:. Accessed January 14, 2020. "Born and raised in Camden City, Assemblyman Spearman is a lifelong resident and a former city councilman. Assemblyman Spearman is a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School and Rutgers University, where he obtained a degree in Business Management."
910:
1939:
1974:
1929:
1043:
263:
Before taking office in the
Assembly in June 2018, Spearman had served on the Camden city council from 2006 to 2011 and had been employed for a decade with the
989:
1101:
961:
1954:
267:, serving for five years as the agency's ethics liaison officer. He was chosen by the county Democratic Party committee on June 27, 2018 to succeed
1979:
1959:
1949:
1094:
244:
1944:
229:
56:
1749:
1221:
1741:
1901:
1878:
1869:
264:
1213:
1087:
268:
101:
1238:
1964:
1707:
1460:
1969:
194:
996:
799:
774:
719:
701:
676:
650:
593:
575:
550:
517:
481:
448:
430:
402:
376:
221:
158:
929:
New Jersey State
Constitution 1947 (Updated Through Amendments Adopted in November, 2020): Article IV, Section II
968:
1074:
851:
205:
1698:
1121:
310:
867:
1891:
1111:
306:
233:
52:
1562:
626:
871:
493:
884:
1417:
1934:
1886:
1851:
1690:
948:
932:
855:
944:
1391:
1079:
1018:
1924:
1630:
1272:
8:
1656:
1520:
1340:
990:"Official List, Candidates for General Assembly For GENERAL ELECTION 11/02/2021 Election"
185:
84:
1758:
1588:
1469:
248:
240:
225:
181:
168:
109:
1896:
1775:
1366:
302:
301:
Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey
Legislature has one representative in the
252:
190:
271:, who had resigned from office earlier that month after being arrested for assault.
1834:
1664:
1647:
1545:
1452:
1435:
1425:
1357:
1306:
1187:
1179:
318:
1766:
1715:
1579:
1537:
1511:
1503:
1477:
1289:
1264:
1152:
1143:
20:
1732:
1486:
1408:
1400:
1323:
1131:
1918:
1724:
1571:
1374:
1349:
1230:
928:
962:"Candidates for General Assembly - For GENERAL ELECTION 11/07/2023 Election"
1792:
1681:
1622:
1605:
1596:
1494:
1332:
1281:
1204:
1196:
915:
1826:
1817:
1783:
1673:
1639:
1554:
1528:
1443:
1383:
1298:
1161:
1809:
1800:
1613:
1315:
243:, Spearman graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School (since renamed as
176:
1843:
1247:
528:
524:
409:
327:
88:
65:
39:
1044:"2018-unofficial-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf"
1109:
1940:
Democratic Party members of the New Jersey
General Assembly
289:
Special
Committee on Infrastructure and Natural Resources
627:
New Jersey
General Assembly Elections 2019, District 5
494:
New Jersey
General Assembly Elections 2021, District 5
309:. The representatives from the 5th District for the
279:Committee assignments for the current session are:
954:
1975:Eastside High School (Camden, New Jersey) alumni
1930:African-American state legislators in New Jersey
1916:
354:5th Legislative District General Election, 2023
1095:
982:
911:"Former Camden councilman joins NJ Assembly"
123:January 1, 1994 – December 31, 2011
1102:
1088:
292:Transportation and Independent Authorities
38:
1955:21st-century African-American politicians
286:Agriculture and Food Security, Vice-chair
16:Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
220:(born February 27, 1958) is an American
847:
845:
843:
841:
1917:
258:
236:since taking office on June 30, 2018.
1083:
756:
632:
499:
358:
265:South Jersey Transportation Authority
838:
752:Special election, November 6, 2018
343:
1980:21st-century New Jersey politicians
1960:Politicians from Camden, New Jersey
852:Assemblyman William W. Spearman (D)
13:
14:
1991:
1950:21st-century American legislators
1068:
945:Legislative Roster for District 5
868:Assemblyman Bill Spearman, Camden
997:Secretary of State of New Jersey
557:William W. Spearman (Incumbent)
383:William W. Spearman (incumbent)
1945:New Jersey city council members
1128:Speaker of the General Assembly
1036:
1011:
969:New Jersey Department of State
938:
922:
903:
877:
861:
1:
1051:New Jersey Secretary of State
885:"Spearman wins Assembly seat"
831:
657:William Spearman (Incumbent)
336:Assemblyman William Spearman
311:2024—2025 Legislative Session
296:
274:
951:. Accessed January 21, 2024.
935:. Accessed January 21, 2024.
858:. Accessed February 4, 2022.
283:Law and Public Safety, Chair
255:, where he earned an M.B.A.
7:
1112:New Jersey General Assembly
348:
307:New Jersey General Assembly
234:New Jersey General Assembly
53:New Jersey General Assembly
10:
1996:
228:, who has represented the
18:
1965:Rutgers University alumni
1862:
1171:
1118:
872:Camden County, New Jersey
814:
765:
762:
759:
734:
641:
638:
635:
608:
508:
505:
502:
480:
463:
367:
364:
361:
211:
201:
175:
164:
154:
136:
131:
127:
116:
107:
95:
73:
62:
50:
46:
37:
30:
1970:Temple University alumni
1418:Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
1019:"NJ General Assembly 05"
230:5th Legislative District
19:Not to be confused with
305:and two members in the
1887:New Jersey Legislature
1852:Christopher DePhillips
1691:Barbara McCann Stamato
949:New Jersey Legislature
933:New Jersey Legislature
856:New Jersey Legislature
1392:Gerard Scharfenberger
83:Serving with
1631:Alixon Collazos-Gill
1273:Pamela Rosen Lampitt
781:William W. Spearman
245:Eastside High School
1657:Eliana Pintor Marin
1521:Michele Matsikoudis
1341:Gregory P. McGuckin
1075:Legislative webpage
999:. November 30, 2021
753:
629:
525:William F. Moen Jr.
496:
410:William F. Moen Jr.
355:
259:New Jersey Assembly
218:William W. Spearman
206:Legislative Webpage
85:Patricia Egan Jones
1902:List of past terms
1759:Shavonda E. Sumter
1589:Christian Barranco
1470:Robert Karabinchak
751:
683:William Moen, Jr.
625:
492:
353:
249:Rutgers University
241:Camden, New Jersey
182:Rutgers University
169:Camden, New Jersey
110:Camden, New Jersey
1912:
1911:
1776:Clinton Calabrese
1367:Robert D. Clifton
1122:221st Legislature
829:
828:
749:
748:
623:
622:
490:
489:
344:Electoral history
303:New Jersey Senate
253:Temple University
251:before attending
215:
214:
191:Temple University
147:February 27, 1958
1987:
1892:General Assembly
1877:
1868:
1850:
1842:
1835:John V. Azzariti
1833:
1825:
1816:
1808:
1799:
1791:
1782:
1774:
1765:
1757:
1748:
1740:
1731:
1723:
1714:
1706:
1697:
1689:
1680:
1672:
1665:Shanique Speight
1663:
1655:
1648:Cleopatra Tucker
1646:
1638:
1629:
1621:
1612:
1604:
1595:
1587:
1578:
1570:
1561:
1553:
1546:James J. Kennedy
1544:
1536:
1527:
1519:
1510:
1502:
1493:
1485:
1476:
1468:
1459:
1453:Joseph Danielsen
1451:
1442:
1436:Mitchelle Drulis
1434:
1426:Anthony Verrelli
1424:
1416:
1407:
1399:
1390:
1382:
1373:
1365:
1358:Luanne Peterpaul
1356:
1348:
1339:
1331:
1322:
1314:
1307:Michael Torrissi
1305:
1297:
1288:
1280:
1271:
1263:
1256:William Spearman
1254:
1246:
1237:
1229:
1220:
1212:
1203:
1195:
1188:Erik K. Simonsen
1186:
1180:Antwan McClellan
1178:
1104:
1097:
1090:
1081:
1080:
1062:
1061:
1059:
1057:
1048:
1040:
1034:
1033:
1031:
1029:
1015:
1009:
1008:
1006:
1004:
994:
986:
980:
979:
977:
975:
966:
958:
952:
942:
936:
926:
920:
907:
901:
900:
898:
896:
889:New Jersey Globe
881:
875:
865:
859:
849:
754:
750:
630:
624:
580:Samuel DiMatteo
497:
491:
356:
352:
339:
332:
323:
319:Nilsa Cruz-Perez
224:politician from
222:Democratic Party
150:
146:
144:
132:Personal details
121:
98:
78:
42:
32:William Spearman
28:
27:
1995:
1994:
1990:
1989:
1988:
1986:
1985:
1984:
1915:
1914:
1913:
1908:
1875:
1866:
1858:
1857:
1848:
1847:
1840:
1831:
1830:
1823:
1814:
1813:
1806:
1797:
1796:
1789:
1780:
1779:
1772:
1767:Benjie Wimberly
1763:
1762:
1755:
1750:Michael Venezia
1746:
1745:
1738:
1729:
1728:
1721:
1716:Jessica Ramirez
1712:
1711:
1704:
1699:William Sampson
1695:
1694:
1687:
1678:
1677:
1670:
1661:
1660:
1653:
1644:
1643:
1636:
1627:
1626:
1619:
1610:
1609:
1602:
1593:
1592:
1585:
1580:Mike Inganamort
1576:
1575:
1568:
1559:
1558:
1551:
1542:
1541:
1538:Linda S. Carter
1534:
1525:
1524:
1517:
1512:Annette Quijano
1508:
1507:
1504:Reginald Atkins
1500:
1491:
1490:
1483:
1478:Sterley Stanley
1474:
1473:
1466:
1457:
1456:
1449:
1440:
1439:
1432:
1429:
1422:
1421:
1414:
1405:
1404:
1397:
1388:
1387:
1380:
1371:
1370:
1363:
1354:
1353:
1346:
1337:
1336:
1329:
1320:
1319:
1312:
1303:
1302:
1295:
1290:Carol A. Murphy
1286:
1285:
1278:
1269:
1268:
1265:Louis Greenwald
1261:
1252:
1251:
1244:
1235:
1234:
1227:
1222:Heather Simmons
1218:
1217:
1210:
1201:
1200:
1193:
1184:
1183:
1176:
1167:
1158:Minority Leader
1153:Louis Greenwald
1149:Majority Leader
1144:Benjie Wimberly
1114:
1110:Members of the
1108:
1071:
1066:
1065:
1055:
1053:
1046:
1042:
1041:
1037:
1027:
1025:
1017:
1016:
1012:
1002:
1000:
992:
988:
987:
983:
973:
971:
964:
960:
959:
955:
943:
939:
927:
923:
908:
904:
894:
892:
891:. June 27, 2018
883:
882:
878:
866:
862:
850:
839:
834:
351:
346:
337:
330:
321:
299:
277:
261:
189:
155:Political party
148:
142:
140:
122:
117:
96:
91:
87:
80:
74:
69:
33:
24:
21:Willie Spearman
17:
12:
11:
5:
1993:
1983:
1982:
1977:
1972:
1967:
1962:
1957:
1952:
1947:
1942:
1937:
1932:
1927:
1910:
1909:
1907:
1906:
1905:
1904:
1899:
1894:
1883:
1882:
1873:
1863:
1860:
1859:
1856:
1855:
1838:
1821:
1804:
1787:
1770:
1753:
1742:Carmen Morales
1736:
1733:Gabe Rodriguez
1719:
1702:
1685:
1668:
1651:
1634:
1617:
1600:
1583:
1566:
1549:
1532:
1515:
1498:
1487:Craig Coughlin
1481:
1464:
1447:
1430:
1412:
1409:Tennille McCoy
1401:Wayne DeAngelo
1395:
1378:
1361:
1344:
1327:
1324:Brian E. Rumpf
1310:
1293:
1276:
1259:
1242:
1225:
1208:
1191:
1173:
1172:
1169:
1168:
1166:
1165:
1159:
1156:
1150:
1147:
1141:
1135:
1132:Craig Coughlin
1129:
1119:
1116:
1115:
1107:
1106:
1099:
1092:
1084:
1078:
1077:
1070:
1069:External links
1067:
1064:
1063:
1035:
1010:
981:
953:
937:
921:
902:
876:
860:
836:
835:
833:
830:
827:
826:
821:
816:
812:
811:
808:
805:
804:Nicholas Kush
802:
797:
794:
793:
788:
783:
778:
771:
768:
767:
764:
761:
758:
747:
746:
741:
736:
732:
731:
728:
725:
722:
717:
714:
713:
710:
707:
706:Nicholas Kush
704:
699:
696:
695:
690:
685:
680:
673:
670:
669:
664:
659:
654:
647:
644:
643:
640:
637:
634:
621:
620:
615:
610:
606:
605:
602:
599:
596:
591:
588:
587:
584:
581:
578:
573:
570:
569:
564:
559:
554:
547:
544:
543:
538:
533:
521:
514:
511:
510:
507:
504:
501:
488:
487:
479:
476:
475:
470:
465:
461:
460:
457:
454:
453:Yalinda Pagan
451:
446:
443:
442:
439:
436:
433:
428:
425:
424:
419:
414:
406:
399:
396:
395:
390:
385:
380:
373:
370:
369:
366:
363:
360:
350:
347:
345:
342:
341:
340:
334:
324:
298:
295:
294:
293:
290:
287:
284:
276:
273:
269:Arthur Barclay
260:
257:
213:
212:
209:
208:
203:
199:
198:
179:
173:
172:
166:
162:
161:
156:
152:
151:
138:
134:
133:
129:
128:
125:
124:
114:
113:
108:Member of the
105:
104:
102:Arthur Barclay
99:
93:
92:
82:
76:Assumed office
71:
70:
63:
60:
59:
51:Member of the
48:
47:
44:
43:
35:
34:
31:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1992:
1981:
1978:
1976:
1973:
1971:
1968:
1966:
1963:
1961:
1958:
1956:
1953:
1951:
1948:
1946:
1943:
1941:
1938:
1936:
1935:Living people
1933:
1931:
1928:
1926:
1923:
1922:
1920:
1903:
1900:
1898:
1895:
1893:
1890:
1889:
1888:
1885:
1884:
1880:
1874:
1871:
1865:
1864:
1861:
1853:
1845:
1839:
1836:
1828:
1822:
1819:
1811:
1805:
1802:
1794:
1788:
1785:
1777:
1771:
1768:
1760:
1754:
1751:
1743:
1737:
1734:
1726:
1725:Julio Marenco
1720:
1717:
1709:
1703:
1700:
1692:
1686:
1683:
1675:
1669:
1666:
1658:
1652:
1649:
1641:
1635:
1632:
1624:
1618:
1615:
1607:
1601:
1598:
1590:
1584:
1581:
1573:
1572:Dawn Fantasia
1567:
1564:
1563:Erik Peterson
1556:
1550:
1547:
1539:
1533:
1530:
1522:
1516:
1513:
1505:
1499:
1496:
1488:
1482:
1479:
1471:
1465:
1462:
1454:
1448:
1445:
1437:
1431:
1427:
1419:
1413:
1410:
1402:
1396:
1393:
1385:
1379:
1376:
1375:Alex Sauickie
1368:
1362:
1359:
1351:
1350:Margie Donlon
1345:
1342:
1334:
1328:
1325:
1317:
1311:
1308:
1300:
1294:
1291:
1283:
1277:
1274:
1266:
1260:
1257:
1249:
1243:
1240:
1232:
1231:Dan Hutchison
1226:
1223:
1215:
1209:
1206:
1198:
1192:
1189:
1181:
1175:
1174:
1170:
1163:
1160:
1157:
1154:
1151:
1148:
1145:
1142:
1140:
1136:
1133:
1130:
1127:
1126:
1124:
1123:
1117:
1113:
1105:
1100:
1098:
1093:
1091:
1086:
1085:
1082:
1076:
1073:
1072:
1052:
1045:
1039:
1024:
1023:Our Campaigns
1020:
1014:
998:
991:
985:
970:
963:
957:
950:
946:
941:
934:
930:
925:
918:
917:
912:
906:
890:
886:
880:
873:
869:
864:
857:
853:
848:
846:
844:
842:
837:
825:
822:
820:
817:
813:
809:
806:
803:
801:
798:
796:
795:
792:
789:
787:
784:
782:
779:
777:
776:
772:
770:
769:
755:
745:
742:
740:
737:
733:
729:
726:
723:
721:
718:
716:
715:
711:
708:
705:
703:
700:
698:
697:
694:
691:
689:
686:
684:
681:
679:
678:
674:
672:
671:
668:
665:
663:
660:
658:
655:
653:
652:
648:
646:
645:
631:
628:
619:
616:
614:
611:
607:
603:
600:
597:
595:
592:
590:
589:
585:
582:
579:
577:
574:
572:
571:
568:
565:
563:
560:
558:
555:
553:
552:
548:
546:
545:
542:
539:
537:
534:
532:
530:
526:
522:
520:
519:
515:
513:
512:
498:
495:
486:
483:
478:
477:
474:
471:
469:
466:
462:
458:
455:
452:
450:
447:
445:
444:
440:
437:
434:
432:
429:
427:
426:
423:
420:
418:
415:
413:
411:
407:
405:
404:
400:
398:
397:
394:
391:
389:
386:
384:
381:
379:
378:
374:
372:
371:
357:
335:
329:
325:
320:
316:
315:
314:
312:
308:
304:
291:
288:
285:
282:
281:
280:
272:
270:
266:
256:
254:
250:
246:
242:
237:
235:
231:
227:
223:
219:
210:
207:
204:
200:
196:
192:
187:
183:
180:
178:
174:
170:
167:
163:
160:
157:
153:
149:(age 66)
139:
135:
130:
126:
120:
115:
111:
106:
103:
100:
94:
90:
86:
81:June 30, 2018
77:
72:
68:
67:
61:
58:
54:
49:
45:
41:
36:
29:
26:
22:
1793:Shama Haider
1682:Sean T. Kean
1623:Rosy Bagolie
1606:Brian Bergen
1597:Aura K. Dunn
1495:Yvonne Lopez
1333:Paul Kanitra
1282:Herb Conaway
1255:
1214:David Bailey
1205:Claire Swift
1197:Don Guardian
1138:
1125:(2024–2025)
1120:
1054:. Retrieved
1050:
1038:
1026:. Retrieved
1022:
1013:
1003:December 12,
1001:. Retrieved
984:
972:. Retrieved
956:
940:
924:
916:Courier-Post
914:
905:
893:. Retrieved
888:
879:
863:
823:
818:
815:Total votes
790:
785:
780:
773:
743:
738:
735:Total votes
724:Kevin Ehret
692:
687:
682:
675:
666:
661:
656:
649:
617:
612:
609:Total votes
598:Sean Sepsey
566:
561:
556:
549:
540:
535:
523:
516:
484:
472:
467:
464:Total votes
421:
416:
412:(incumbent)
408:
401:
392:
387:
382:
375:
326:Assemblyman
300:
278:
262:
238:
217:
216:
165:Residence(s)
118:
112:City Council
75:
64:
57:5th District
25:
1925:1958 births
1827:Robert Auth
1818:Chris Tully
1784:Gary Schaer
1674:Avi Schnall
1640:Garnet Hall
1555:John DiMaio
1529:Nancy Munoz
1444:Roy Freiman
1384:Vicky Flynn
1299:Andrea Katz
1239:Cody Miller
1162:John DiMaio
1139:pro tempore
974:December 6,
435:Joe Miller
97:Preceded by
1919:Categories
1879:Republican
1870:Democratic
1810:Lisa Swain
1801:Ellen Park
1708:John Allen
1614:Jay Webber
1461:Kevin Egan
1316:Greg Myhre
832:References
800:Republican
775:Democratic
760:Candidate
720:Republican
702:Republican
677:Democratic
651:Democratic
636:Candidate
594:Republican
576:Republican
551:Democratic
518:Democratic
503:Candidate
482:Democratic
449:Republican
431:Republican
403:Democratic
377:Democratic
362:Candidate
297:District 5
275:Committees
239:Raised in
177:Alma mater
159:Democratic
143:1958-02-27
1844:Al Barlas
1248:Bill Moen
1056:March 31,
895:March 31,
529:Incumbent
328:Bill Moen
119:In office
89:Bill Moen
66:Incumbent
55:from the
1137:Speaker
613:105,921
349:Assembly
317:Senator
1028:July 7,
909:Staff.
819:58,847
807:20,506
786:38,341
739:63,429
727:10,442
709:10,711
688:20,743
662:21,533
601:22,413
583:23,007
562:30,059
536:30,442
468:74,135
456:11,048
438:11,386
417:25,757
388:25,994
232:in the
202:Website
1897:Senate
824:100.0
763:Votes
757:Party
744:100.0
639:Votes
633:Party
618:100.0
506:Votes
500:Party
473:100.0
365:Votes
359:Party
247:) and
226:Camden
171:, U.S.
1047:(PDF)
993:(PDF)
965:(PDF)
810:34.8
791:65.2
730:16.4
712:16.8
693:32.7
667:33.9
604:21.1
586:21.7
567:28.3
541:28.7
459:14.9
441:15.4
422:34.7
393:35.1
333:, and
313:are:
79:
1881:(28)
1872:(52)
1058:2019
1030:2019
1005:2021
976:2023
897:2019
485:hold
338:(D)
331:(D)
322:(D)
137:Born
1854:(R)
1846:(R)
1837:(R)
1829:(R)
1820:(D)
1812:(D)
1803:(D)
1795:(D)
1786:(D)
1778:(D)
1769:(D)
1761:(D)
1752:(D)
1744:(D)
1735:(D)
1727:(D)
1718:(D)
1710:(D)
1701:(D)
1693:(D)
1684:(R)
1676:(D)
1667:(D)
1659:(D)
1650:(D)
1642:(D)
1633:(D)
1625:(D)
1616:(R)
1608:(R)
1599:(R)
1591:(R)
1582:(R)
1574:(R)
1565:(R)
1557:(R)
1548:(D)
1540:(D)
1531:(R)
1523:(R)
1514:(D)
1506:(D)
1497:(D)
1489:(D)
1480:(D)
1472:(D)
1463:(D)
1455:(D)
1446:(D)
1438:(D)
1428:(D)
1420:(D)
1411:(D)
1403:(D)
1394:(R)
1386:(R)
1377:(R)
1369:(R)
1360:(D)
1352:(D)
1343:(R)
1335:(R)
1326:(R)
1318:(R)
1309:(R)
1301:(D)
1292:(D)
1284:(D)
1275:(D)
1267:(D)
1258:(D)
1250:(D)
1241:(D)
1233:(D)
1224:(D)
1216:(D)
1207:(R)
1199:(R)
1190:(R)
1182:(R)
1164:(R)
1155:(D)
1146:(D)
1134:(D)
195:MBA
1921::
1049:.
1021:.
995:.
967:.
947:,
931:,
913:,
887:.
870:,
854:,
840:^
766:%
642:%
531:)
509:%
368:%
186:BS
145:)
1876:▌
1867:▌
1849:▌
1841:▌
1832:▌
1824:▌
1815:▌
1807:▌
1798:▌
1790:▌
1781:▌
1773:▌
1764:▌
1756:▌
1747:▌
1739:▌
1730:▌
1722:▌
1713:▌
1705:▌
1696:▌
1688:▌
1679:▌
1671:▌
1662:▌
1654:▌
1645:▌
1637:▌
1628:▌
1620:▌
1611:▌
1603:▌
1594:▌
1586:▌
1577:▌
1569:▌
1560:▌
1552:▌
1543:▌
1535:▌
1526:▌
1518:▌
1509:▌
1501:▌
1492:▌
1484:▌
1475:▌
1467:▌
1458:▌
1450:▌
1441:▌
1433:▌
1423:▌
1415:▌
1406:▌
1398:▌
1389:▌
1381:▌
1372:▌
1364:▌
1355:▌
1347:▌
1338:▌
1330:▌
1321:▌
1313:▌
1304:▌
1296:▌
1287:▌
1279:▌
1270:▌
1262:▌
1253:▌
1245:▌
1236:▌
1228:▌
1219:▌
1211:▌
1202:▌
1194:▌
1185:▌
1177:▌
1103:e
1096:t
1089:v
1060:.
1032:.
1007:.
978:.
899:.
527:(
197:)
193:(
188:)
184:(
141:(
23:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.