Joseph A. Palaia

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Joseph A. Palaia (born February 3, 1927) is an American Republican Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1989, where he represents the 11th Legislative District.

Before entering the Senate, Senator Palaia served in a variety of state and local elected offices. He served on the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders from 1979 to 1981 and was a member of the Ocean Township Council from 1967 to 1971 until he ran for Mayor in 1971. Sen. Palaia served as Ocean Township's Mayor until 1979.

In 1982, Joseph was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly, the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature, where he served until 1989 and his election to the State Senate. In 1984, he served as the Assembly's Assistant Minority Whip.

He was elected to the Senate in 1989 and since then has served in a variety of leadership roles. From 1992 to 1993, Palaia was the Assistant Majority Leader and from 1994 to 2003 he was President Pro Tempore of the Senate. In 2002-2003 he was the Republican President Pro Tempore when the Senate was evenly split 20-20. Senator Palaia is a member of the Senate Education Committee.

Palaia is a graduate of New Jersey's Rider College where he received a B.S. degree in Business Administration, and was awarded an M.Ed. from Rutgers University in Administration and Supervision.

[edit] District 11

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 11th Legislative District are:

• Assemblyman Steve Corodemus, and
• Assemblyman Sean T. Kean

[edit] External links

• Senator Palaia's Senate Legislative Website
• Senator Palaia's web site
• New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2005 (PDF)
• New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2004 (PDF)

New Jersey Senate

1: Nicholas Asselta (R) | 2: William Gormley (R) | 3: Stephen M. Sweeney (D) | 4: Fred H. Madden (D) | 5: Wayne R. Bryant (D) | 6: John Adler (D) | 7: Diane B. Allen (R) | 8: Martha W. Bark (R) | 9: Leonard T. Connors (R) | 10: Andrew R. Ciesla (R) | 11: Joseph A. Palaia (R) | 12: Ellen Karcher (D) | 13: Joseph M. Kyrillos (R) | 14: Peter Inverso (R) | 15: Shirley Turner (D) | 16: Walter Kavanaugh (R) | 17: Bob Smith (D) | 18: Barbara Buono (D) | 19: Joseph Vitale (D) | 20: Raymond Lesniak (D) | 21: Thomas Kean Jr. (R) | 22: Nicholas Scutari (D) | 23: Leonard Lance (R) | 24: Robert Littell (R) | 25: Anthony Bucco (R) | 26: Robert Martin (R) | 27: Richard Codey (D) | 28: Ronald Rice (D) | 29: Sharpe James (D) | 30: Robert Singer (R) | 31: Joseph Doria (D) | 32: Nicholas Sacco (D) | 33: Bernard Kenny (D) | 34: Nia Gill (D) | 35: John Girgenti (D) | 36: Paul Sarlo (D) | 37: Loretta Weinberg (D) | 38: Joseph Coniglio (D) | 39: Gerald Cardinale (R) | 40: Henry McNamara (R)