Jennifer Beck

Jennifer Beck (born January 3, 1967) is an American Republican Party politician who has served in the New Jersey State Senate since January 8, 2008, where she represents the 12th legislative district serving portions of Monmouth and Mercer Counties. Beck served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2006-2008.

In the 2007 general election, Beck won her bid for a seat in the New Jersey Senate in a bitterly fought race against Democratic Party candidate Ellen Karcher, in which Beck was outspent by a nearly seven-to-one margin. [http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071106/POLITICS/71106076 Beck wins; Dems control both houses] , "Asbury Park Press", November 6, 2007. Accessed November 6, 2007.]

Beck served in the Assembly on the Judiciary Committee, the State Government Committee and the Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee. [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=303 Assemblywoman Beck's legislative web page] , New Jersey Legislature. Accessed February 21, 2008.]

Beck is a former MWW lobbyist and Republican Party fundraiser who served for six years on the Red Bank Borough Council, from 1999-2005.

She won a very close Assembly election on November 8, 2005. As of December 6, 2005, she was declared winner of one of the seats, and was the top vote getter in the District with 31,421 votes. Freshman State Assemblyman Michael J. Panter won re-election with 30,473 votes, narrowly edging Beck's running mate, Declan O'Scanlon, who had 30,400 votes, just 73 fewer than Panter. One-term incumbent Robert Lewis Morgan lost his bid for re-election, coming in fourth with 30,257 votes. [Quirk, James A. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=10E6D247D8EC6EA0&p_docnum=3&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=T53G5ACRMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "O'Scanlon concedes defeat to Panter INCUMBENT SECURES VICTORY BY 73 VOTES"] , "Asbury Park Press", December 7, 2005. Accessed August 1, 2007. "Panter, who beat O'Scanlon by a 73-vote margin, will return to Trenton next year with Republican Jennifer Beck, who received the most votes in the election. Assemblyman Robert Morgan, Panter's running mate, received the least votes."]

Beck has a B.A. from Boston College (Physics and Mathematics) and was awarded an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania (Government Administration).

District 12

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 12th District for the 2008-2009 Legislative Session are:
*Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande, and
*Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon

References

External links

* [http://beck.senatenj.com Senator Jennifer Beck's Official Site]
* [http://www.oscanlonforassembly.com/ Beck and O'Scanlon for Assembly]
* [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=303 Assemblywoman Beck's legislative web page] , New Jersey Legislature
*"New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms"
** [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/BeckJ2007.pdf 2007] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/BeckJ2006.pdf 2006] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/BeckJ2005.pdf 2005]
* [http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=58104 Jennifer Beck] , Project Vote Smart