Stephanie Regina Bush-Baskette (born March 16, 1953), also known as Stephanie R. Bush, is an American attorney and

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politician from

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who served in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 27th district from 1988 to 1992.

Biography

Bush was born in

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in 1953. She graduated from

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and received a baccalaureate degree in psychology from

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. She later received a J.D. degree from

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and became a principal at a firm in East Orange. She had also been the president of the New Jersey Association of Black Women Lawyers and served on the East Orange Zoning Board of Adjustment. In 1987, the Essex County

Organization selected Bush to have the Organization line in that year's General Assembly primary ballot alongside Harry A. McEnroe after dropping incumbent

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. They won in the primary and went onto win the general election. While in the Assembly, Bush sponsored the state's Family Leave Act and a raise in the state's

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. She subsequently won reelection to the Assembly in 1989 and 1991. On September 21, 1992, Governor

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named Bush to be the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. After leaving the Department of Community Affairs, Bush earned a

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from

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in criminal justice. She later taught at

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as a professor in metropolitan studies. , she is the business administrator for the City of Bridgeton.

References

External links

Law Offices of Stephanie R. Bush-Baskette, LLC
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