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HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
| FOURTH
DISTRICT |
| BURLINGTON COUNTY: BORDENTOWN,
BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP, BURLINGTON, BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP,
CHESTERFIELD, EASTHAMPTON, FIELDSBORO, FLORENCE,
MANSFIELD, NORTH HANOVER, SPRINGFIELD, WESTHAMPTON
AND PART OF WRIGHTSTOWN>>> MERCER COUNTY: EAST WINDSOR, HAMILTON, HIGHTSTOWN, TRENTON AND WASHINGTON>>>
MONMOUTH COUNTY: ALLENTOWN, BRIELLE, FARMINGDALE,
HOWELL, MANASQUAN, MILLSTONE, ROOSEVELT, PART
OF SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS, UPPER FREEHOLD AND WALL>>> OCEAN COUNTY: BAY HEAD, BRICK, PART OF DOVER, JACKSON, LAKEHURST,
LAKEWOOD, MANCHESTER, MANTOLOKING, PLUMSTED, POINT
PLEASANT AND POINT PLEASANT BEACH. |
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| Christopher
H. Smith (R) |
| United
States House of Representatives |
| 2370
Rayburn House Office Building |
| Washington,
DC 20515 |
| Phone:
(202) 225-3765 |
| Fax:
(202) 225-7768 |
| Web
Site: http://www.house.gov/chrissmith |
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| District
Offices: |
| 1540
Kuser Road
Suite A-9 |
| Hamilton,
NJ 08619 |
| Phone:
(609) 585-7878 |
| Fax:
(609) 585-9155 |
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| 100
Lacey Road
Suite 38 A |
| Whiting
Shopping Center |
| Whiting,
NJ 08759 |
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| Phone:
(732) 350-2300 |
| Fax:
(732) 350-6260 |
| First
Elected: 11/04/80 |
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| First
elected in 1980 at age of 27, pro-life activist
who defeated veteran incumbent Democrat Frank
Thompson in 1980 election after Thompson implicated,
later convicted in Abscam scandal> Prior
to 1980 election, worked in family sporting goods
business and served as executive director 1976-78,
NJ RIGHT-TO-LIFE COMMITTEE> Co-chairman,
Congressional Pro-Life Caucus> 1992 Redistricting
Plan strengthened position by adding Republican-dominated
areas in Ocean County to balance heavy Democratic
registration in Trenton> Target of national,
NJ pro-choice groups for efforts to curtail abortion
funding, but strong constituent services, proponent
of measures to aid district led to successive
re-election by increasing margins> Sponsored
measures to increase security at foreign embassies;
restrict United Nations support of abortion programs;
give DEBORAH
HEART AND LUNG HOSPITAL special benefits,
fund veterans' out-patient center in district>
Serves on House International Relations
Committee, chairman of its Subcommittee on International
Operations and Human Rights, Committee with oversight
and/or budget responsibility for Department of
State, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, US
Information Agency, Agency for International Development,
and funding for United Nations and its related
organizations like UNICEF; also serves as
senior Member of Subcommittee on the Western
Hemisphere; also serves as Vice Chairman of Veterans'
Affairs Committee, and senior Member on its Subcommittee
on Health, which oversees VA health care system>
Current co-chair and former chair of Helsinki
Commission on human rights, active in issues relating
to religious freedom and human rights, including
Jewish emigration from nations of former U.S.S.R.,
protection of human rights in Latin America, China,
Northern Ireland and Balkans> Key staff members
include Mary Noonan,
chief-of-staff; Ken Wolfe, Press Secretary;
Joyce Golden, District Director (609) 890-2800;
Loretta Charbonneau, District Director (732) 350-2300>
B.A. THE
COLLEGE OF NJ, 1975> Born March 4, 1953
in Rahway> Resides in Hamilton Township>
Married, wife Marie, four children. |
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| FIFTH
DISTRICT |
| BERGEN COUNTY: ALLENDALE, ALPINE, BERGENFIELD, CLOSTER, CRESSKILL,
DEMAREST, DUMONT, EMERSON, PART OF FAIR LAWN,
FRANKLIN LAKES, GLEN ROCK, HARRINGTON PARK, HAWORTH,
HILLSDALE, HO-HO-KUS, MAHWAH, MIDLAND PARK, MONTVALE,
NORTHVALE, NORWOOD, OAKLAND, OLD TAPPAN, ORADELL,
PARAMUS, PARK RIDGE, RAMSEY, RIDGEWOOD, RIVER
VALE, ROCHELLE PARK, ROCKLEIGH, SADDLE RIVER,
TENAFLY, UPPER SADDLE RIVER, WALDWICK, WASHINGTON,
WESTWOOD, WOODCLIFF LAKE AND WYCKOFF>>>
PASSAIC COUNTY: NORTH HALEDON, RINGWOOD, WANAQUE
AND WEST MILFORD>>> SUSSEX COUNTY: ANDOVER, ANDOVER TOWNSHIP, BRANCHVILLE, FRANKFORD,
FRANKLIN, FREDON, GREEN, HAMBURG, HAMPTON, HARDYSTON,
LAFAYETTE, MONTAGUE, NEWTON, SANDYSTON, STILLWATER,
SUSSEX, VERNON, WALPACK AND WANTAGE>>>
WARREN COUNTY. |
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| E.
Scott Garrett (R) |
| United
States House of Representatives |
| 1641
Longworth House Office Building |
| Washington,
DC 20515 |
| Phone:
(202) 225-4465 |
| Fax:
(202) 225-9048 |
| e-mail:
Rep.Garrett@mail.house.gov |
| Web
Site:
http://www.house.gov/garrett/ |
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| First
Elected: 11/04/02 |
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| District
Offices: |
| 210
Route 4 East |
| Paramus,
NJ 07652 |
| Phone:
(201) 712-0330 |
| Fax:
(201) 712-0930 |
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| 93
Main Street |
| Newton,
NJ 07860 |
| Phone:
(973) 300-2000 |
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Fax:
(973) 300-0851
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| Sworn
in to first term January 7, 2003, serves as a
member of House Financial Services and Budget
Committees., also member of Financial Services
Oversight & Financial Institutions Subcommittees.
Succeeded incumbent, Marge Roukema, upon her retirement,
also opposed Roukema in 2000, 1998 for nominations
in Republican primaries contending that she was
too moderate for district>
A
member of the Congressional Homeland Security
and Port Security Caucuses, Congressman Garrett
has also delivered more than $50 million in new
homeland security dollars to further safeguard
New Jersey against terrorist attacks. To support
the needs of our first responders, ensure greater
port security and provide defense against nuclear
or dirty bomb attacks, this new funding builds
upon the other significant steps Congressman Garrett
and his fellow members in Congress are taking
to protect our communities and neighborhoods>
From 1990-2002, served in the New Jersey General
Assembly for the 24th legislative district, also
held leadership posts as Assistant Majority Leader
and Chairman of the Banking and Insurance Committee>
During legislative tenure, also served on the
Assembly Education, Transportation, Agriculture
& Natural Resources, and Joint Committee on
Public Schools, also a member the Task Force on
Business Retention-Expansion- Export, the Legislative
Bi-Partisan Auto Insurance Study Panel, the Governor's
Property Tax Study Task Force and the Women's
Advisory Committee> Received the "Proactive
Policy of the Year Award" from the New Jersey
Business and Industry Association for auto insurance
reform that was described as "the most important
legislation of the decade"; also earned the
"Legislative Leadership Visionary Award"
from the National Association of the Self-Employed,
and was named "Legislator of the Year"
by both the Building Officials Association of
New Jersey and the National Association of Small
Business Owners> Past president of Big Brothers,
Big Sisters and sat on the Sussex County Board
of Agriculture, current member of the Sussex County
Chamber of Commerce> Graduate of Rutgers University
Law School, Montclair State University (cum laude),
and from High Point Regional High School> Born
in Bergen County on July 9, 1959, now resides
in Wantage Township with his wife, Mary Ellen
and their two daughters, Jennifer and Brittany.
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| SIXTH
DISTRICT |
| MIDDLESEX COUNTY: DUNELLEN, PART OF EDISON, HIGHLAND PARK, METUCHEN,
MILLTOWN, NEW BRUNSWICK, NORTH BRUNSWICK, OLD
BRIDGE, PISCATAWAY, SAYREVILLE, SOUTH AMBOY, SOUTH
RIVER AND SPOTSWOOD>>> MONMOUTH COUNTY: ABERDEEN, ALLENHURST, ASBURY PARK, ATLANIC HIGHLANDS,
AVON, BELMAR, BRADLEY BEACH, DEAL, HAZLET, HIGLANDS,
KEANSBURG, KEYPORT, LOCH ARBOUR, LONG BRANCH,
MATAWAN, PART OF MIDDLETOWN, MONMOUTH BEACH, NEPTUNE,
NEPTUNE CITY, RED BANK, SEA BRIGHT, SEA GIRT,
SOUTH BELMAR, SPRING LAKE, PART OF SPRING LAKE
HEIGHTS AND UNION BEACH. |
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| Frank
Pallone, Jr. (D) |
| United
States House of Representatives |
| 420
Cannon House Office Building |
| Washington,
DC 20515 |
| Phone:
(202) 225-4671 |
| Fax:
(202) 225-9665 |
| e-mail:
frank.pallone@mail.house.gov |
| Web
Site: http://www.house.gov/pallone/ |
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| District
Offices: |
| 504
Broadway |
| Long
Branch, NJ 07740 |
| Phone:
(732) 571-1140 |
| Fax:
(732) 870-3890 |
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| 67-69
Church Street |
| New
Brunswick, NJ 08901 |
| Phone:
(732) 249-8892 |
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| First
Elected: 11/08/88 |
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| First
elected 1988 in Jersey Shore district Monmouth,
Ocean counties to seat held for 23 years by late
Congressman James Howard, who died of heart attack
March 1988> Re-elected 1998 with 57% of vote
to 7th term> Served as State Senator 1983-88, focus on environmental issues,
particularly ocean dumping, marine concerns affecting
shore district> Redistricting plan approved
by 1992 NJ Redistricting Commission consolidated
district with part of Middlesex County district
represented by then-Congressman Bernard Dwyer,
leading to Dwyer's retirement and 1992 primary
contest in which Pallone defeated Assemblyman
ROBERT SMITH
from Middlesex County, then won re-election
over Republican Senator JOSEPH
KYRILLOS by 18,000 votes> Reportedly targeted
by delegation colleagues in redistricting negotiations
for purported breach of commitment to vote for
Congressional pay hike, other actions> Highly-visible
in district, strong grasp of media communications>Voted
against 1993 Clinton Administration tax program>
Chaired exploratory committee organizing 1996
US Senate campaign for then-Congressman ROBERT
TORRICELLI> Considered US Senate campaign
in 2000, decided not to enter race> Attorney
in private practice 1981-83; assistant professor,
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY 1979-80> J.D. Rutgers Law School, M.A. Fletcher
School of Law and Diplomacy, B.A. Middlebury College>
Son of disabled Long Branch policeman, remains
Long Branch resident> Serves on Commerce Committee,
ranking minority member on Energy & Power
Subcommittee; Natural Resources Committee>
Married, 2 children. |
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