Walter Kavanaugh

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Walter Kavanaugh (born June 30, 1933) is an American Republican Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1998, where he represents the 16th Legislative District. Senator Kavanaugh serves on the Budget & Appropriations and the Labor Committes and is Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Relations Commission.

Before being elected to the Senate, Kavanaugh served in the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature, the General Assembly from 1976 to 1997. In the Assembly, Kavanaugh served as the Majority Budget Officer from 1996-1997, Deputy Speaker from 1994-1995, Assistant Majority Leader from 1986-1989, Assistant Minority Leader in 1985, Deputy Assistant Minority Leader from 1980-1981, Minority Whip from 1978-1979 and as Assistant Minority Whip in 1977.

Senator Kavanaugh has been a member of the Somerville First Aid and Rescue Squad since 1968. He has served on the State House Commission since 1998 and also from 1990-1994. He was a trustee of the Somerville Public Schools Board of Education from 1962-1975, serving as its President from 1967-1975. He was on the Somerset County Park Commission 1968-1975. Kavanaugh served in the United States Air Force from 1955-1976, reaching the rank of Lieutenant.

Kavanaugh received a B.S.C. from the University of Notre Dame in Marketing.

[edit] District 16

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 16th Legislative District are:

• Assemblyman Christopher Bateman, and
• Assemblyman Peter J. Biondi

[edit] External links

• Senator Kavanaugh's Senate Website
• 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)