Kenneth C. LeFevre (born January 18, 1945) is an American Republican Party politician. He served three terms in the

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, from 1996 to 2002, where he represented the 2nd Legislative District.

Early career

LeFevre attended

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, where he earned an

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in marketing, and he earned a bachelor's degree with a major in management from

Rutgers University-Camden Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...

. He served in the

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from 1964 to 1968, attaining the rank of

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. He was employed as director of economic development for Atlantic Electric.,

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. Accessed June 9, 2010. LeFevre served on the

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Borough Council from 1976 to 1978. He was a member of the

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from 1978 to 1983 and again from 1991 to 1996, where he served as chair in 1993 and as vice chair from 1978 to 1983. LeFevre was a member of the board of directors of the

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from 1994 to 1996.

Assemblyman

He was elected to the General Assembly in 1995 together with Francis J. Blee, and the two were re-elected in 1995 and 1997. He served in the Assembly as assistant majority whip starting in 1998, served as vice chair of the Labor Committee as well as being a member of the Commerce, Tourism, Gaming and Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee. Beginning in 1995, representatives of the

Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma Delaware Nation ( del, Èhëliwsikakw Lënapeyok), also known as the Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma and sometimes called the Absentee or Western Delaware, based in Anadarko, Oklahoma Wildwood, New Jersey Wildwood is a city in Cape May County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area and is a popular summer resort destination along the Jersey Shore. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's year-rou ...

, going so far as to file a suit in

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against the city of Wildwood in March 1998, claiming that the land originally belonged to the tribe. Shortly after filing, the tribe dropped the suit of its own accord, but the events prompted LeFevre and fellow Assemblyman George Geist to propose legislation asking

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to amend the

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to require authorization at the state level before allowing a Native American gambling enterprise to open. LeFevre cited a concern that "Indian gaming" would cause a reduction in tax revenue from casinos in

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. In 2000, LeFevre introduced legislation to ban

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s and skateboards on streets, sidewalks and parks, and would impose fines of as much as $1,000 on those violating the ban; LeFevre noted that they are typically "unregistered, uninsured and operated by unlicensed drivers" in their teens who are unfamiliar with the rules of the road. The bill passed unanimously in the Assembly. After LeFevre decided not to run for re-election,

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mayor

Paul D'Amato Paul "Skinny" D'Amato (December 1, 1908 – June 5, 1984) also known as "Mr. Atlantic City", was the owner of the 500 Club in Atlantic City, New Jersey, from the 1940s until the club burned down in 1973. Early life D'Amato was born to Italia ...

took LeFevre's place on the 2001 Republican ticket with Blee. Both won.Marciano, Joanne
"ELECTION 2001 / GORMLEY, BLEE AND D'AMATO TRIUMPH"
''

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'', November 7, 2001. Accessed June 9, 2010.

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