Doug Steinhardt
Chair of the New Jersey Republican Party
Douglas Joseph Steinhardt (born November 6, 1968) is an American attorney and politician from New Jersey who represents the 23rd legislative district in the New Jersey Senate, since being sworn into office on December 19, 2022. He previously served as the Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee from 2017 to 2020. In January 2025, President Donald Trump announced Steinhardt as his nominee to be the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey but Steinhardt withdrew himself from consideration the following month.
Early life and education
Steinhardt was born in Belvidere, New Jersey and received his undergraduate degree in history from Gettysburg College in 1991. He was also a four-year member of the Gettysburg NCAA Division III football team, as well as a brother of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. After completing his undergraduate studies he enrolled in Widener University Commonwealth Law School where he earned his J.D. in 1994. During law school he served as the associate editor of the Law Review.
Career
After law school, Steinhardt returned to New Jersey to begin his law career in his father's law office in Belvidere, New Jersey. In 2005, he helped form the Law Firm of Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader, LLC, by becoming the third named partner in the law firm that is headed by former New Jersey Governor James Florio.
In 2015, Steinhardt was inducted into the Warren County, New Jersey Hall of Fame, joining his mother Therese, a nurse and nurse educator, who was inducted in 2013.
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