Gordon M. Johnson
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Gordon M. Johnson (born December 16, 1949 in New York City) has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2002, where he represents the 37th legislative district.
Assemblyman Johnson serves on Committees in the General Assembly on Law and Public Safety (Vice Chair), Homeland Security and State Preparedness and Transportation.
Johnson is an Undersheriff in the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department, a position he has filled since 2002 and from 1999-2001. He was the Bergen County Sheriff from 2001-2002, and has been with the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department since 1999. Johnson served in the United States Army Reserve with the rank of Major, and participated in Operation Desert Storm in 1990 and 1991 and Operation Joint Endeavor in 1996.
On June 6, 2006, Johnson won the Democratic Party primary for the Englewood City Council At-large seat against incumbent Rev. Vernon Walton. Victory in the primary is tantamount to winning the seat in this Democratic Party stronghold.
Assemblyman Johnson received a B.S. from St. Thomas Aquinas College in Social Science and Criminal Justice and an M.A. from Seton Hall University in Administration and Supervision.
[edit] District 37
Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 37th Legislative District for the 2006-2008 legislative session are:
- Assemblywoman Valerie Huttle, and
- Senator Loretta Weinberg
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