Robert Singer

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Robert Singer (born October 29, 1947) is an American Republican Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1993, where he represents the 30th Legislative District, a district in the middle of the state.

In the Senate, Singer served as the Co-Republican Majority Leader from 2002-2003 and as the Assistant Majority Leader from 1997-2001. Singer was selected by Republican committee members of the district to serve the unexpired Senate term of the late John Dimon and was sworn into office in October 1993.

Senator Singer serves on the Commerce Committee, the Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee and the Legislative Services Commission. Senator Singer is currently on the New Jersey Commission on Aging, the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology and the New Jersey Asian American Commission.

Senator Singer has been the sponsor of various economic development measures, including bills to assist biotechnology and computer software firms, and to authorize the creation of urban enterprise zones in the district.

Before entering New Jersey's Senate, Singer served in the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature, the General Assembly, from 1986 to 1989. In The Assembly, Singer was the Majority Whip from 1992-1993. Senator Singer has served on the Lakewood Township Committee since 1981, and was its Mayor in 1983, from 1985-1986 and in 1994. He has been on the Monmouth-Ocean Development Council Board of Directors since 2001 and from 1996-1999 and the Lakewood Municipal Utility Authority since 1999 as Chair. He has served since 1999 on the Ocean County Board of Health as its Vice Chair. Singer serves on the Board of Trustees of Georgian Court University in Lakewood and is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Monmouth-Ocean Development Council.

Robert Singer is Vice President of Corporate Relations, Community/Kimball Medical Center.

[edit] District 30

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 30th Legislative District are:

• Assemblyman Ronald S. Dancer, and
• Assemblyman Joseph R. Malone

[edit] External links

• Senator Singer's Senate Website
• Senator Singer's District Website
• New Jersey Voter Information Website 2003
• 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: James J. McCullough (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)