John Adler

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John Adler
John Adler
Candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey, 3rd district
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
from the 6th district
Incumbent
Assumed office 
1992
Born August 23, 1959 (1959-08-23) (age 48)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Spouse Shelley Levitan Adler
Residence Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Alma mater Harvard College,
Harvard Law School
Profession Attorney
Religion Jewish
Website www.adlerforcongress.com

John Herbert 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. Adler was Democratic Conference Chair from 2002-03 and Assistant Minority Leader from 1994-2001.[1]

Senator Adler currently serves on the Judiciary Committee (as Chair) and the Environment Committee. Prior to his election to the Senate, Adler served on the Cherry Hill Township Council from 1988-1989. He has served on the New Jersey Israel Commission since 1995, and on the New Jersey Intergovernmental Relations Commission from 1994-2002.[1]

On July 28, 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.

In late May of 2007, Senator Adler endorsed Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for President in 2008.

Adler received a A.B. from Harvard College in Government, and was award a J.D. from Harvard Law School.[1] He was born in Philadelphia, and currently resides in Cherry Hill Township.[2]

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[edit] Congressional Run

On September 20, 2007, Senator Adler announced that he planned to challenge incumbent Rep. Jim Saxton in New Jersey's 3rd congressional district.[3] On November 9, 2007, Saxton announced that he would not seek reelection in 2008, citing prostate cancer, leaving the seat open in the upcoming congressional elections.[4] Senator Adler has been endorsed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and its Chairman Rep. Chris Van Hollen in late November. John Adler, who ran uncontested through the primaries, will now run against Republican Chris Myers. Although Myers and the Republicans have history on their side, Adler and his team look to bring this congressional seat back to the Democrats for the first time in nearly 125 years.

[edit] 211th Legislature

In the 211th Legislature of the New Jersey Senate, Senator Adler helped to pass several pieces of legislation. Senator Adler was the primary sponsor of legislation for:

  • Moving New Jersey's Presidential Primary to Super Tuesday.
  • 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 2008-2009 legislative session are:

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Senator Adler's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed February 24, 2008.
  2. ^ Senator John H. Adler, Project Vote Smart. Accessed September 21, 2007.
  3. ^ Hester Jr., Tom (Associated Press). "State Sen. Adler to challenge Saxton for Congress", Newsday, September 20, 2007. Accessed September 21, 2007.
  4. ^ Hernandez, Raymond. "Citing Health, Lawmaker Announces Plan to Retire", The New York Times, November 10, 2007. Accessed December 1, 2007. "Representative Jim Saxton of New Jersey, a Republican who has served in Congress since 1984, said Friday that he would not seek re-election next year because he has prostate cancer."

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Current members of the New Jersey Senate
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1: Jeff Van Drew (D)
2: Jim Whelan (D)
3: Stephen M. Sweeney (D)
4: Fred H. Madden (D)
5: Dana Redd (D)
6: John Adler (D)
7: Diane Allen (R)
8: Phil Haines (R)
9: Christopher J. Connors (R)
10: Andrew R. Ciesla (R)

11: Sean T. Kean (R)
12: Jennifer Beck (R)
13: Joseph M. Kyrillos (R)
14: Bill Baroni (R)
15: Shirley Turner (D)
16: Christopher Bateman (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: Steve Oroho (R)
25: Anthony Bucco (R)
26: Joseph Pennacchio (R)
27: Richard Codey (D)
28: Ronald Rice (D)
29: Teresa Ruiz (D)
30: Robert Singer (R)

31: Sandra Bolden Cunningham (D)
32: Nicholas Sacco (D)
33: Brian P. Stack (D)
34: Nia Gill (D)
35: John Girgenti (D)
36: Paul Sarlo (D)
37: Loretta Weinberg (D)
38: Robert M. Gordon (D)
39: Gerald Cardinale (R)
40: Kevin J. O'Toole (R)
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