Rose Marie Heck (born August 4, 1932) is an American politician who served as the mayor of Hasbrouck Heights,

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, from 1988 to 1995 and again from 2008 to 2015.

Career

Heck has served on the South West Community Development Committee since 1970 and was its chair from 1983 to 1990. She was the mayor of Hasbrouck Heights from 1988 to 1995, and served on the borough's Planning Board during that period. Heck served on the Hasbrouck Heights Council from 1985 to 1987 and on the Hasbrouck Heights Zoning Board from 1978 to 1984. She was a Commissioner on the Bergen County Utility Authority Commissioner from 1989 to 1991 and was chair of the County Community Development Committee from 1987 to 1990. On November 6, 2007, Heck was elected for her third term as Mayor of Hasbrouck Heights. Heck served as a member of the

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for the 38th legislative district from 1991 to 2003. Heck's district covered an area between the

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and

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Rivers in suburban Bergen County. In the 2003 general election, Heck lost to Joseph Coniglio, the

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candidate for the office of State Senate for District 38. Heck had been elected in 1991 to fill the assembly seat vacated by

Pat Schuber William "Pat" Schuber (born April 15, 1947) is an American Republican Party politician who served as Mayor of Bogota, represented the 38th legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly and served 12 years as the Bergen County Executiv ...

stepped down to serve as

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of Bergen County.Biography
Rose Marie Heck. Accessed August 28, 2007. In the Assembly, Heck served as majority conference leader from 2000 to 2001 and chair of the Policy and Regulatory Oversight Committee from 1996 to 1999., New Jersey Legislature. Accessed July 27, 2007.

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