Barbara Buono

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Barbara Buono
Member of the New Jersey Senate
from the 18th Legislative District
Incumbent
Assumed office
2002
Senate Majority Leader of the New Jersey Senate
In office
January 12, 2010 – January 10, 2012
Preceded by Stephen Sweeney
Succeeded by Loretta Weinberg
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
from the 18th Legislative District
In office
1994–2002
Personal details
Born July 28, 1953 (1953-07-28) (age 58)
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Dr. Martin Gizzi
Residence Metuchen, New Jersey
Alma mater B.A. Montclair State University (Political Science)
J.D. Rutgers University
Occupation Legislator
Website Legislative web page

Barbara Buono (born July 28, 1953) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 2002, where she represents the 18th Legislative District.

Before entering the Senate, Buono served in the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature, the General Assembly, from 1994 to 2001, where she served as the Minority Parliamentarian. In the Assembly, Buono became the ranking Democrat on the Assembly Budget Committee. She was Democratic Conference Chair from 2004 to 2007.[1] She is the New Jersey Senate Majority Leader-designate, succeeding Stephen M. Sweeney the President-designate of the New Jersey Senate, who took office on January 12, 2010.

She began her career as a criminal trial attorney for the New Jersey State Department of the Public Advocate and later entered private practice. Buono served on the Metuchen Borough Council from 1993 to 1994.[1] While the Metuchen Police Commissioner, She worked to increase safety in suburban neighborhoods and instituted Metuchen's community policing program.

Buono served in the Senate on the Budget and Appropriations Committee (as Chair), the Intergovernmental Relations Commission and the Joint Budget Oversight Committee.[1] She was the first woman to serve as Chair of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. At the beginning of the 2010 session, Senator Buono became the first woman to be elected Majority Leader of the New Jersey State Senate. She held the position through the end of the 2011 session, when she was pushed out by party elders.

Buono has authored New Jersey's "Anti-Bullying Law" which requires school districts to implement anti-harassment and bullying prevention policies to make schools safer for children.[2] She was also the prime sponsor of consumer protection measures restricting telemarketing by creating the most stringent "Do Not Call" database legislation in the nation.[3] Senator Buono is also the prime sponsor of the law prohibiting the practice of predatory lending, in which lenders issue loans with hidden costs and excessive fees to homeowners, eroding their financial security and putting their homes at risk.

Buono received a B.A. in 1975 from Montclair State College in Political Science and was awarded a J.D. in 1979 from the Rutgers School of Law-Camden.[1] She was born in Newark, New Jersey, and currently resides in Metuchen.[4]

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[edit] District 18

Each of the forty 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 18th District for the 2012-2013 Legislative Session are:http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/roster.asp Legislative Roster2012-2013 Session], New Jersey Legislature. Accessed February 7, 2012.</ref>

[edit] Election History

New Jersey State Senate elections, 2011[5]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic Barbara Buono (incumbent) 19,631 60.1%
Republican Gloria S. Dittman 13,042 39.9%
Democratic hold
New Jersey State Senate elections, 2007[6]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic Barbara Buono (incumbent) 21,365 62.4%
Republican Daniel H. Brown 12,896 37.6%
Democratic hold

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Senator Buono's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed February 20, 2008.
  2. ^ Cyberbullying, New Jersey Coalition for Bullying Awareness and Protection. Accessed October 20, 2007. "In NJ, Barbara Buono, the state legislator who helped create and pass NJ's anti-bullying law, has proposed a cyberbullying law, not yet passed: it would extend NJ's existing anti-bullying law to this new form."
  3. ^ "Governor signs anti-telemarketing bill into law", North Brunswick Sentinel, May 29, 2003. "A bill sponsored by Sen. Barbara Buono (D-18) that gives New Jersey the strongest anti-telemarketing legislation in the nation was signed into law by Gov. James McGreevey May 21."
  4. ^ Senator Barbara A. Buono, Project Vote Smart. Accessed September 20, 2007.
  5. ^ [1] "New Jersey Senate, (retrieved on 12/09/11).
  6. ^ [2] "New Jersey Senate, (retrieved on 12/12/11).

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Political offices
Preceded by
Bernard Kenny		 Chairwoman of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
January 2008 - January 2010		 Succeeded by
Paul Sarlo
Political offices
Preceded by
Jack Sinagra		 Senator- 18th Legislative District
January 2002 - Present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Members of the New Jersey State Senate
   
  1.    Jeff Van Drew (D)
  2.    Jim Whelan (D)
  3.    Stephen M. Sweeney (D)
  4.    Fred H. Madden (D)
  5.    Donald Norcross (D)
  6.    James Beach (D)
  7.    Diane Allen (R)
  8.    Dawn Marie Addiego (R)
  9.    Christopher J. Connors (R)
  10.    James W. Holzapfel (R)
  1.    Jennifer Beck (R)
  2.    Samuel D. Thompson (R)
  3.    Joseph M. Kyrillos (R)
  4.    Linda R. Greenstein (D)
  5.    Shirley Turner (D)
  6.    Christopher Bateman (R)
  7.    Bob Smith (D)
  8.    Barbara Buono (D)
  9.    Joseph Vitale (D)
  10.    Raymond Lesniak (D)
  1.    Thomas Kean, Jr. (R)
  2.    Nicholas Scutari (D)
  3.    Michael J. Doherty (R)
  4.    Steve Oroho (R)
  5.    Anthony Bucco (R)
  6.    Joseph Pennacchio (R)
  7.    Richard Codey (D)
  8.    Ronald Rice (D)
  9.    Teresa Ruiz (D)
  10.    Robert Singer (R)
  1.    Sandra Bolden Cunningham (D)
  2.    Nicholas Sacco (D)
  3.    Brian P. Stack (D)
  4.    Nia Gill (D)
  5.    Nellie Pou (D)
  6.    Paul Sarlo (D)
  7.    Loretta Weinberg (D)
  8.    Robert M. Gordon (D)
  9.    Gerald Cardinale (R)
  10.    Kevin J. O'Toole (R)
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