Name Sean Dalton | Role Politician | |
Sean F. Dalton (born March 10, 1962) is an American Democratic Party politician who served two terms in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represented the 4th Legislative District.
Dalton earned his undergraduate degree from James Madison University with a major in political science and psychology and was awarded his law degree from the University of Bridgeport Law School. A resident of Glassboro, New Jersey, he is an attorney by profession.
Dalton won an Assembly seat in the 1993 election in a split verdict, with Democrat George Geist coming in first, Dalton in second, incumbent Republican Mary Virginia Weber out of the money in third place and Dalton's running mate Sandra Love in fourth. Geist and Dalton were re-elected in 1995, with Democrat Chris Manganello in third and Republican Gerald Luongo in fourth. The $1 million spent by the candidates in the 1993 Assembly race was the most of any district in the state, and The New York Times predicted that the parties would spend heavily in the 1995 race as each side tries to gain both seats.
While in the General Assembly, Dalton served as Associate Minority Leader starting in 1996 and was a member of the Commerce and Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee and the Labor Committee. In 1997, Dalton criticized automobile insurance companies for putting money in separate reserve funds to pay for claims that might come in the future, and then asking for rate increases due to lack of profitability, "but it is not a true picture of the company's economic status".
Dalton ran in 1997, and lost, in a bid for the New Jersey Senate seat held by John J. Matheussen, with Matheussen taking 50.7% of the vote, Dalton receiving 46.1% and Jame E. Barber garnering 3.2% of the vote. The Times predicted that the 1997 race would be one of "costliest and closest" in the state, with the gubernatorial election that year between Democrat Jim McGreevey and Republican Christine Todd Whitman having a strong effect on the race. Dalton was expected to benefit from the name recognition of his brother, Daniel Dalton, who had served as Secretary of State of New Jersey and had represented the district in the State Senate.
In 2002, Sean F. Dalton was appointed Gloucester County Prosecutor. In 2007, he was reappointed by Governor Jon Corzine to a second five-year term.