Jorge A. Rod (born 1947) is an American politician who represented the 9th Legislative District in the

New Jersey General Assembly The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature. Since the election of 1967 (1968 Session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts for ...

from 1982 to 1986. Born in

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, Rod attended

Hackensack High School Hackensack High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Hackensack Public Schools. Hackensack High School serves students from the Bergen County, New Jer ...

. He served in the

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for three year from 1965 to 1968 attaining the rank of sergeant. He then attended

Ocean County College Ocean County College (OCC) is a public community college in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. Its main campus is in Toms River. Other locations include the Southern Education Center in the Manahawkin section of Stafford Township and mul ...

and Trenton State College (since renamed as

The College of New Jersey The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) is a public university in Ewing Township, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. Established in 1855 as the New Jersey State Normal School, TCNJ was the first normal school, or ...

). A resident of

Lacey Township, New Jersey Lacey Township is a township in Ocean County, New Jersey and is considered part of the Jersey Shore and South Jersey regions. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 27,644, reflecting an increase of 2,298 (+9.1%) fro ...

, Rod served on the Township Council and was selected as mayor in 1981. During most of his tenure in the General Assembly, he had been a

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. However, on August 27, 1985, he switched his party registration to Democratic. He had been defeated by

Jeffrey Moran Jeffrey W. Moran (born December 23, 1946, Winfield Township, New Jersey) is an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician, who served in the New Jersey New Jersey General Assembly, General Assembly from 1986 to 2003, where ...

and his previous running mate John T. Hendrickson Jr. in the June Republican primary. He joined the Democratic ticket for the seat that November but lost to both Republicans.

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