Raymond Lesniak
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Raymond J. Lesniak (born May 7, 1946) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1983, where he represents the 20th Legislative District. Before entering New Jersey's upper house, the Senate, Lesniak served in the General Assembly from 1978 to 1983.
Currently Senator Lesniak is the Chairman of the Economic Growth Committee, Vice Chairman of the Legislative Oversight, and a member of the Senate Commerce Committee.
Senator Lesniak has been involved in not only state politics, but national politics as well over the course of his tenure. In 1996, he was Chairman of the New Jersey Clinton-Gore Presidential Campaign, and in 2000 he was a key insider in the Al Gore campaign. Before these endeavors, Lesniak served as Chairman of the State Democratic Committee, and Chairman of the 1997 Jim McGreevey campaign for Governor of New Jersey.
Lesniak received an A.B. from Rutgers University in Economics and a J.D. from St. John's University School of Law.
He is an Attorney with the firm of Weiner Lesniak.
Raised a Roman Catholic, Lesniak is now an evangelical Christian.
[edit] District 20
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 20th Legislative District are:
- Assemblyman Neil M. Cohen, and
- Assemblyman Joseph Cryan
[edit] External links
- District 20 Webpage
- Senator Lesniak's Senate Website
- New Jersey Senate Democrats biography of Senator Lesniak
- New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2005 (PDF)
- New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2004 (PDF)
