Amy Handlin is a Republican who was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent the 13th legislative district, where she will take office on January 10, 2006. Handlin was elected to the Assembly on November 8, 2005, filling the seat of fellow Republican Joseph Azzolina who she defeated in the GOP primary. The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Democratic Party. ... State nickname: The Garden State Official languages None defined, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Governor Richard Codey (D) Acting, Outgoing Jon Corzine (D) (Governor-Elect) Senators Jon Corzine (D) (Outgoing) Bob Menendez (D) (named as Corzines replacement) Frank Lautenberg (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 47th 22... The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature. ... The Legislature of New Jersey is the U.S. state of New Jerseys legislative branch, seated in the New Jersey State House at the states capital, Trenton. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Former-Assemblyman Joseph Azzolina Joseph Azzolina (born January 26, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey) is a Republican who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1992-2006 where he represented the 13th legislative district. ...

Handlin was elected to the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders in 1989 and re-elected in 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2004. Previously, she served as Deputy Mayor and Township Committeewoman in Middletown Township. Location in the state of New Jersey Formed 1675 Seat Freehold Borough Area  - Total  - Water 1,723 km² (665 mi²) 500 km² (193 mi²) 29. ... The Board of Chosen Freeholders is the legislative body for each of the 21 counties in New Jersey. ... Map of Middletown Township in Monmouth County Middletown Township is a Township located in Monmouth County, New Jersey. ...

Dr. Handlin is a former Commissioner on the New Jersey State Commission on Higher Education and Chair of Monmouth County's Communities Against Tobacco Coalition. Named 2003 Elected Official of the Year by the Northern Monmouth Chamber of Commerce, she has also been honored by the American Cancer Society of New Jersey, Prevention First, 180:Turning Lives Around and many other public health organizations for her work to reduce teen smoking. Dr. Handlin has also served on the boards of the New Jersey League of Women Voters and the American Association of University Women, among others. She is a past recipient of the Legislative Award of the New Jersey Environmental Federation, the Humanitarian Award of Brandeis University Women, the Rose and Scroll Award of the New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners, and numerous other citations for civic leadership. Dr. Handlin, the author of Whatever Happened to the Year of the Woman? Why Women Still Aren't Making It to the Top in Politics, has also been a columnist for New Jersey Reporter , a public-affairs magazine. The American Cancer Society is a charitable organization dedicated to eliminating cancer. ... The League of Women Voters is a United States non-partisan political organization founded in 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt during a meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. ... The American Association of University Women (AAUW) is an organization championing womens rights and equity in education. ... Brandeis University is a small, private university in Waltham, Massachusetts. ...

A founding member and former Chair of the Monmouth County Advisory Commission on Women, Dr. Handlin is a member of the national board of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and Vice President of Community Relations for the Jewish Federation of Greater Monmouth County. A past Chair of the Central Jersey Israel EXPO, she has also co-chaired the United Jewish Communities' Northeast Leadership Conference.

She is currently Associate Professor of Marketing at Monmouth University and a former Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Public Issues. Dr. Handlin is a graduate of Harvard University, holds an MBA from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in Marketing from New York University. Handlin resides in Middletown Township, where she lives with husband David, son Daniel and daughter Rebecca. Monmouth University is a private university located in West Long Branch, New Jersey. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ... Columbia University is a private university in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. ... Doctor of Philosophy, or Ph. ... New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ...

District 13

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 13th Legislative District for the 2006-2008 session are: The New Jersey Senate is the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature. ... The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature. ...

• Assemblyman Samuel D. Thompson, and
• Senator Joseph M. Kyrillos

Assemblyman Samuel D. Thompson Samuel D. Thompson (born July 31, 1935) has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1998 and represents the 13th legislative district. ... Sen. ...

External links

• Monmouth County Freeholder biography