Kristin M. Corrado (born June 24, 1965) is an American Republican Party politician who represents the 40th Legislative District in the

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. She was sworn into office on October 5, 2017. Before her appointment to the

she served a Passaic County Clerk for seven years.

Personal and early life

A resident of

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. Corrado attended

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and is a graduate of

Seton Hall University School of Law Seton Hall University School of Law is the law school of Seton Hall University, and is located in downtown Newark, New Jersey. Seton Hall Law is the only private law school in New Jersey, and, according to the ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranking ...

. First elected as Passaic County Clerk in 2009, Corrado was re-elected for a second five-year term in 2014.

New Jersey Senate

Corrado was appointed fill the seat left by former Senator

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, who had resigned from office on July 1, 2017, to become a commissioner of the

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. In early 2018 Corrado led a fight to block Governor

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's nomination of Assemblywoman Elizabeth Maher Muoio to be

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, questioning Muoio's lack of experience in issues related to her proposed position. Corrado sponsored a bill alongside Senators

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, and

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that would push a special election to the following year if a vacancy for the County Sheriff, Clerk, or Surrogate posts if the vacancy occurs 70 days before election day.

Committee assignments

*Environment and Energy *Health, Human Services, and Senior Citizens *Judiciary

District 40

Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the

and two members in the

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. The representatives from the 40th District for the 2022—23 Legislative Session are: * Senator Kristin Corrado (R) * Assemblyman

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(R)

Electoral history

New Jersey Senate

2017

With the retirement and eventual resignation of

, Corrado was appointed and sworn into his senate seat on October 5, 2017, making her the incumbent in the general election. Democrats ran Thomas Duch. Despite Democrats doing very well statewide and Thomas Duch doing much better than the Democratic nominee against O'Toole in 2013, Corrado still won by 12 points. She won all counties in the district.

Passaic County Clerk

2014

Corrado ran for re-election as county clerk in 2014. She beat Democratic nominee Jeffery Gardner by a little over 1,000 votes.

2009

In 2009, incumbent Clerk Karen Brown retired instead of running for a second term. The Democratic nominee was Keith Kazmark, who lost to Corrado by over 3,000 votes.

References

External links

Senator Corrado's Official SiteSenator Corrado's Legislative Website

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