Steven V. Oroho (born July 26, 1958) is an American

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, who has served in the

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since January 8, 2008, where he represents the 24th Legislative District. Oroho is the current State Senate Minority Leader in the current Legislative Session after being elected during a State Senate Republicans Caucus meeting, replacing Tom Kean Jr.

New Jersey Senate

Elections

2007 election

Oroho announced in 2007 that he would seek the Republican nomination for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Senator Robert Littell. With Littell's endorsement, he ran in a competitive primary against Assemblyman Guy Gregg.Staff
"Littell to retire"
PolitickerNJ, March 6, 2007. Accessed July 15, 2012. Oroho out-raised Gregg during the primary campaign. Oroho sought to portray himself as a

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conservative during the campaign. He won the primary and the general election in the Republican 24th district.

2021 election

Republican Daniel Cruz is challenging Oroho in the June 3, 2021 primary.

Tenure

Oroho opposes

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and has been the senate sponsor of legislation that would allow a public vote in the form of a ballot question to determine whether it should be legalized or banned in New Jersey. He is the primary sponsor of that legislation in the Senate. In June 2009 he was one of seven senators to vote against putting open space bond question on the November ballot. Oroho serves in the Senate on the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Economic Growth Committee.Assemblyman Oroho's legislative webpage

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. Accessed January 27, 2022. He served on the Franklin Borough Council from 2001 to 2006 and on the Sussex County

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from 2005 to 2007. In 2018 Oroho made calls to bring back the

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in New Jersey.

Committees

*Joint Budget Oversight *New Jersey Legislative Select Oversight *Budget and Appropriations *Economic Growth

District 24

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

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and two members in the

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. The representatives from the 24th District for the 2022—23 Legislative Session are:Legislative Roster for District 24

. Accessed January 11, 2022. * Senator Steve Oroho (R) * Assemblyman

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(R) * Assemblyman Hal Wirths (R)

Electoral history

New Jersey Senate

References

External links

Senator Steven Oroho's Official SiteSenator Oroho's legislative webpage

*''New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms''
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