Preceded by Leonard T. Connors Name Christopher Connors Succeeded by Daniel Van Pelt Website Legislative web page Party Republican Party | Occupation Attorney Parents Leonard T. Connors Political party Republican Role Politician | |
Preceded by John T. Hendrickson Jr. Born June 26, 1956 (age 67)
Ridgewood, New Jersey ( 1956-06-26 ) Alma mater Stockton State College
Rutgers University (M.P.A.)
Rutgers School of Law–Camden (J.D.) Residence Lacey Township, New Jersey, United States Education Rutgers University, Stockton University, Rutgers School of Law–Camden | ||
Christopher J. Connors (born June 26, 1956) is a New Jersey Republican Party politician, who has served in the Senate since January 8, 2008, where he represents the 9th Legislative District. He served in the General Assembly from 1989-2008, where he was the Assistant Majority Leader from 1992-95.
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Biography
Born in Ridgewood, New Jersey on June 26, 1956, Connors graduated from Southern Regional High School. He received a B.S. degree in 1978 from Stockton State College (now Stockton University) in Business Administration, an M.P.A. in 1988 from Rutgers University in Public Administration and was awarded a J.D. in 1995 from the Rutgers School of Law - Camden in Camden.
He resides in the Forked River section of Lacey Township. Connors is an attorney and is a partner at Dasti, Murphy, McGuckin, Ulaky, Koutsouris & Connors.
Political career
The son of Leonard T. Connors, he grew up in Surf City, New Jersey and gained his first exposure to politics as a child while helping his father run for city council. He moved to Toms River in 1978 and to Lacey Township four years later, where he was first encouraged to run on his own for elected office. Though initially reluctant to run for election, Connors said that "perhaps the urge to enter politics was a latent kind of urge for me".
Connors served on the Lacey Township Committee from 1985–90 and was Mayor of Lacey Township from 1986-89. Connors was Executive Director from 1988–89 and was Deputy Executive Director from 1982-88 of the New Jersey Commission on Capital Budgeting and Planning during the Administration of former Governor Thomas Kean.
Connors serves in the Senate on the Community and Urban Affairs Committee and the Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee. He served in the Assembly on the Homeland Security and State Preparedness and on the Judiciary Committees. He sponsored a law enacted in January 2000 requiring installation of ignition interlock devices in cars of repeat drunk driving offenders and of a 1998 law requiring criminal background checks for nurse aides and home personal care licensing applicants. He succeeded his father, Leonard T. Connors, who served in the New Jersey Senate from 1982-2008.
District 9
Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 9th Legislative District for the 2016-17 Legislative Session are: