Norman M. Robertson

Norman M. Robertson

Norman M. Robertson is an American Republican Party politician and attorney who served a single term in the New Jersey Senate, from 1998 to 2002.

He earned his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University with a major in Political Science and was awarded his law degree from the Fordham University School of Law. An attorney by profession, Robertson served on the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders, where he was the Chairman of the Freeholder Finance and Administration Committee. He was also Chairman of the Passaic County Utilities Authority and served on the Urban Economic Development Task Force.[1]

In the 1997 Republican primary, Robertson, a Clifton native, defeated five-term incumbent Joseph L. Bubba, who was the only incumbent Senator to lose a seat that year.[2] Robertson won the general election in 1997 with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Democrat Joan Waks, who had garnered 46.1% of the vote.[3] While in the Senate, Robertson served as Vice Chair of the Senior Citizens, Veterans' Affairs and Human Services Committee, on the Judiciary Committee and on the State Government, Banking and Financial Institutions Committee.[1]

Robertson, a white Republican, sharply criticized the Apportionment Commission's 2001 redistricting map, stating that his "belief is that the map is racist" because it reduced the voting strength of African-American voters in Essex County calling it "the result of a manipulation of the African-American community to serve the white political establishment".[4]

Robertson lost his bid for re-election in 2001 to Nia Gill, after heavily Democratic communities had been added to the 34th District as part of the 2001 redistricting, changing what had been a Republican stronghold for nearly two decades prior, giving Gill a landslide victory over Robertson.[5][6] In a three-way race, Gill took the seat with 64.9% of the votes cast, Robertson receiving 34.4% and Marie Yvrose Celestin receiving under one percent of the vote.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Norman M. Robertson, New Jersey Legislature, backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 22, 1998. Accessed May 29, 2010.
  2. ^ Pristin, Terry. "State Senator Loses His Seat", The New York Times, June 5, 1997. Accessed May 29, 2010.
  3. ^ a b NJ Senate District 34 - History, OurCampaigns.com. Accessed May 29, 2010,
  4. ^ Halbfinger, David M. "New Jersey Legislature Votes To Delay Primaries 3 Weeks", The New York Times, April 24, 2001. Accessed May 29, 2010.
  5. ^ Gohlke, Josh; and Hughes, Jennifer V. "District 34", The Record (Bergen County), November 7, 2001. Accessed May 29, 2010. "Four-term Assemblywoman Nia Gill, D-Montclair, was well ahead of freshman Sen. Norman Robertson, R-Clifton, in the race for the district's Senate seat. With most districts reporting, Gill was overwhelming Robertson with more than 80 percent of the vote."
  6. ^ Halbfinger, David M. "Control of the State Senate Hinges on a Handful of Races", The New York Times, November 4, 2001. Accessed May 29, 2010.

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