John Adler
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John Henry Adler (born August 23, 1959) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey State Senate since 1992, where he represents the 6th Legislative District. He has served as Assistant Minority Leader and Democratic Conference Chairman, and currently serves as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Prior to his election to the Senate, Adler served on the Cherry Hill Township Council.
In the Senate, Adler is also a member of the Environment Committee and the Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards. On July 28th, 2006 Senator Adler was appointed Co-Chairman of the Joint Legislative Committee on Public School Funding Reform along with Assemblyman Herb Conaway.
On October 7, 2003, along with Rep. Bill Pascrell of New Jersey's 8th Congressional District, Sen. Adler formally endorsed Senator John Kerry for President and became the Co-Chairman of John Kerry's campaign in the Garden State. Shortly afterwards on December 19, 2003, Governor of New Jersey Jim McGreevey and most of the New Jersey Democratic Party came out in support of Former Governor of Vermont Howard Dean for President. Because of this endorsement for Kerry, and Kerry's decisive win in the Democratic Primary, Senator Adler was rumored as the frontrunner for U.S. Attorney for New Jersey if the Senator from Massachusetts had won the 2004 presidential election.
Adler has stated that he plans to run for the United States Senate in 2008 should incumbent Democrat Frank Lautenberg retire, and he has already began to raise funds for the race. PoliticsNJ.com has also reported that should Rep. Jim Saxton retire in 2008, Adler could make a try for the Congressional seat.
[edit] 211th Legislature
In the 211th Legislature of the New Jersey Senate, Senator Adler was instrumental in the passage of many important and valuable pieces of legislation. Senator Adler was the primary sponsor of legislation for:
- Moving New Jersey's Presidential Primary to the end of February, an effort to give New Jersey voters a greater say in national politics
- Upgrading provisions concerning living wills after the Terri Schiavo case
- Giving same-sex couples rights to inheritances for their partners
- Stripping pensions and giving mandatory prison sentences to elected officials convicted of crimes
- Securing safety grants for public schools
- The New Jersey Smoke Free Air Act, which prohibits smoking indoors throughout the state of New Jersey (excluding casinos)
[edit] District 6
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 6th Legislative District for the 2006-2008 legislative session are:
- Assemblyman Louis Greenwald, and
- Assemblywoman Pamela Rosen Lampitt
[edit] External links
- John Adler's Website
- John Adler's Legislative Profile
- New Jersey Senate Democrats biography for Senator Adler
- New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2005 (PDF)
- New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2004 (PDF)
