Edward H. "Ned" Thomson III (born 1953) is an American

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politician who has represented the 30th Legislative District in the

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since August 2017. He replaced

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, who left office to serve as Director of the

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. Thomson had previously served as mayor of Wall Township. He serves since 2022 as the Minority Conference Leader in the General Assembly.

Early life and education

Born in

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, where he majored in actuarial science, and the College of Insurance, majoring in business administration.

Career

He served from 1995 to 2017 as a trustee of the New Jersey Public Employees Retirement System. He served on the Wall Township Board of Adjustment from 1990 to 1997 and on the township's Planning Board from 1997 to 2007 and again from 2013 to 2017. He served on the Wall Township Committee from 1998 to 2008, and was chosen by his peers to serve as mayor in 2002 and 2005. Thomson is president of E.H. Thomson and Co., which administers pensions for third party firms. Having been nominated by

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in June 2017, Assemblyman

resigned his seat on July 17, 2017, to become Director of the

after being confirmed by the

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. At a special convention held on August 4, Thomson was selected by Republican county committee members on the first ballot to replace Rible from a ballot of three candidates and was selected by acclimation to fill the ballot spot for a full two-year term the November election; for the interim seat, Thomson received 83 of the 154 ballots, ahead of Justin Flancbaum of the Lakewood Municipal Utility Authority with 53 votes and Jim Bean, a former councilmember from Belmar, with 18. He was sworn into office and took his Assembly seat on August 24.Staff
"Wall Township’s Thomson Sworn in as 30th Legislative District’s Newest Assemblyman"
TAPinto.net, August 25, 2017. Accessed January 24, 2018. "Edward H. 'Ned' Thomson took his seat on August 24 as the new assemblyman for the 30th Legislative District, which includes Belmar and Lake Como. The former Wall mayor replaced David Rible, who left the post to become director of the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.... Thomson was tapped on August 15 during a special election of the district’s Republican Party County Committee to complete Rible’s term, and he will run for the seat on the GOP ticket in the November 7 general election." In the November 2017 general election, Thomson (with 30,680 votes; 30.3% of all ballots cast) and his running mate, four-term incumbent

Sean T. Kean Sean T. Kean (born May 21, 1963) is an American Republican Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since being sworn into office on January 10, 2012, representing the 30th legislative district, Prior to redistricti ...

(with 33,672; 33.3%), defeated Democratic challengers Kevin Scott (18,737; 18.5%) and Eliot Arlo Colon (18,160; 17.9%) to win both Assembly seats from the district for the Republicans.

Committees

Committee assignments for the current session are:Assemblyman Edward H. Thomson

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. Accessed February 20, 2022. *Law and Public Safety *State and Local Government *Transportation and Independent Authorities *Joint Committee on Housing Affordability

District 30

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 30th District for the 2022—23 Legislative Session are:Legislative Roster for District 30

. Accessed January 11, 2022. *Senator Robert Singer (R) *Assemblyman

(R) *Assemblyman Ned Thomson (R)

References

External links

Legislative webpage
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