James K. "Jay" Webber (born February 29, 1972) is an American Republican politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since January 8, 2008, where he represents the 26th legislative district. Webber has served in the Assembly as the Minority Appropriations Officer since 2018.
Clifton
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Johns Hopkins University
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, where he was
Phi Beta Kappa
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and a Second Team All-American in baseball. He served as Budget Staffer and District Director to
William J. Martini
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during his term in
Congress
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. After leaving Congressman Martini's office, Webber was a staff member at the Manhattan Institute. Webber earned a J.D. from
Harvard Law School
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Each class ...
Peter Verniero
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New Jersey Senate campaign
At age 30 in 2003, Webber ran in the Republican
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of the senator. Martin defeated Webber by approximately 1,900 votes, 15 percentage points from the total vote.
New Jersey Assembly
In 2007, following the retirement of Martin from the Senate and incumbent Assemblyman
Joseph Pennacchio
Joseph Pennacchio (born May 27, 1955) is an American Republican Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey Senate since January 8, 2008, where he represents the 26th Legislative District. Pennacchio has served in the Senate as the Dep ...
deciding to run for Martin's seat, Webber ran in the Republican primary for Pennacchio's Assembly seat. Incumbent
Alex DeCroce
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took the most votes in the June primary (9,833 votes or 41.1%) while Webber advanced to the November general election by coming in second (7,679 votes, 32.2%) defeating Kinnelon councilman Larry Casha (6,369 votes, 26.7%). Webber was elected in the general election and has subsequently been re-elected every two years since then.
New Jersey Legislature
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. Accessed January 28, 2022.
*Appropriations
*Financial Institutions and Insurance
District 26
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Joseph Pennacchio
Joseph Pennacchio (born May 27, 1955) is an American Republican Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey Senate since January 8, 2008, where he represents the 26th Legislative District. Pennacchio has served in the Senate as the Dep ...
(R)
*Assemblyman
Christian Barranco
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(R)
*Assemblyman Jay Webber (R)
New Jersey Republican Party chairmanship
On June 11, 2009, Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie announced his selection of Webber to succeed Tom Wilson as chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee. State Committee members unanimously supported the selection of Webber in a vote on June 17, 2009. Webber announced that he would be leaving the Chairman's post in January 2011, and was succeeded by
Sam Raia
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2018 U.S. House campaign
On February 3, 2018, Webber announced he would officially run for the U.S. House seat representing
New Jersey's 11th congressional district
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, after incumbent Rodney Frelinghuysen announced on January 29 that he would not seek reelection. Webber received the Republican Party nomination in the June 6 primary election, defeating Anthony Ghee and Peter DeNeufville. He was defeated by Democratic nominee Mikie Sherrill in the November general election. Sherrill won 56.2% of the vote to Webber's 42.7%, defeating him by 13.5%, a 33 percentage-point shift in the vote share towards the Democrat compared to the last election. It was the largest partisan swing of any district in the 2018 House Elections.
Personal life
He is married to Johanna, with whom he has eight children. He is a resident of
Morris Plains
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New Jersey Legislature
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