Matthew W. Milam (born September 18, 1961) is an American

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, who served in the

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from January 8, 2008 to March 1, 2013.Woods, Don E
"Milam resigns from Assembly seat in First Legislative District"
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'', February 28, 2013. Accessed March 15, 2013. "In a shakeup in the First Legislative District, Democrat Assemblyman Matt Milam announced tonight that he was resigning. His resignation is effective immediately, he said. He will a replaced on the ticket by Bob Andrzejczak, 26, of Middle Township." He started serving again on January 31, 2019 until January 14, 2020.

Early life

A resident of

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, Milam served in the Assembly on the Tourism and Gaming Committee (as Vice-Chair), the Environment and Solid Waste Committee and the Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee.Assemblyman Milam's legislative web page

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. Accessed November 8, 2012. Milam is a graduate of

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, where he majored in Political Science. He is President of Foundry Service Corporation. Milam has served as chair of the

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Economic Development Board since 2005.

New Jersey Assembly

Milam was elected to the

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in 2007 after

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retired to join the

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. He was sworn in on January 8, 2008. Milam resigned from the Assembly on March 1, 2013 and was replaced with Bob Andrzejczak. In Milam’s 2019 re-election campaign he and his running mate Bruce Land lost the election to republicans Erik Simonsen and

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Return to Assembly

After

resigned to join the

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in 2018 the 1st District's Assemblyman Bob Andrzejczak was appointed to fill Van Drew's seat in the

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. Milam was chosen to fill Andrzejczak's seat on January 29, 2019. Milam was sworn into the Assembly by Speaker

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on January 31, 2019.

Tenure

After Milam was sworn in on January 31, 2019 he voted against raising the states minimum wage to $15 an hour alongside Bruce Land.

Committee assignments

*Agriculture and Natural Resources *Military and Veterans' Affairs

Electoral history

New Jersey Assembly

References

External links

Assemblyman Milam's legislative web page

(Archive from December 18, 2019) *''New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms''
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