Richard A. "Dick" Zimmer is an American politician of the Republican Party. The Republican Party was established in 1854 by a coalition of former Whigs, Northern Democrats, and Free-Soilers who opposed the expansion of slavery and held a Hamiltonian vision for modernizing the United States. ...

Zimmer was born on August 16, 1944 in Newark, New Jersey and obtained an undergraduate degree at Yale University in 1966. Following this he graduated from Yale Law School in 1969 and worked as an attorney in New York and New Jersey for several years. He was elected to the New Jersey State Assembly in 1981 and the New Jersey State Senate in 1987. August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Skyline of downtown Newark as seen from the Newark Bay Bridge. ... Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. ... Yale Law School, established in 1843 in New Haven, Connecticut, is a division of Yale University. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... Official language(s) None defined, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 47th 22,608 km² 110 km 240 km 14. ...

In 1990, Zimmer was elected to the U.S. Congress from the 12th District and served three terms. As a Congressman, Zimmer is best remembered for writing the Megan's Law (U.S. Public Law 104-145), which requires notification when a convicted sex offender moves into a residential area. It was named after Megan Kanka, a New Jersey resident who was raped and murdered by convicted sex offender Jesse Timmendequas. Congress in Joint Session. ... Megans Law is the colloquial term used to denote a number of state laws in the United States that require law enforcement authorities to identify what are generally called sex offenders to the public at large through various media, including in some cases the Internet. ... Megan Nicole Kanka Megan Nicole Kanka (December 7, 1986 - July 29, 1994) was a young girl who was raped and murdered by her neighbor Jesse Timmendequas in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. ... Jesse Timmendequas (born April 15, 1961) was, on May 30, 1997, convicted of murdering his neighbor, seven-year-old Megan Kanka, in 1994. ...

In 1996, Zimmer gave up his safe house seat to run for the United States Senate. He lost to the Democratic Party candidate Robert Torricelli. Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other one being the Republican Party. ... Robert Guy Torricelli (born August 27, 1951), nicknamed the Torch, is an American politician from the U.S. state of New Jersey. ...

In 2000, Zimmer ran against Rush D. Holt, Jr. for the New Jersey 12th District seat in the House of Representatives in 2000 and lost by 651 votes. Rush Dew Holt (born October 15, 1948) is an American politician and the current U.S. Representative for New Jerseys 12th Congressional District (map). ... Official language(s) None defined, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 47th 22,608 km² 110 km 240 km 14. ... The chamber of the United States House of Representatives is located in the south wing of the Capitol building, in Washington, D.C.. This photograph shows a rare glimpse of the four vote tallying boards (the blackish squares across the top), which display each members name and vote as...

Zimmer is now Of Counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP