Joel Weingarten
American politician
Joel M. Weingarten (born October 6, 1959) is an American Republican Party politician who served three terms in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represented the 21st Legislative District from 1996 to 2002.
Education and professional career
Weingarten earned his undergraduate degree from St. John's College, where he majored in liberal arts and was awarded an M.S. from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie-Mellon University, where he majored in business. Weingarten was employed as a management consultant at Deloitte & Touche, and is currently a Managing Director at Quest Associates.
Early political career
He served on the Millburn Township Committee from 1993 to 1996. In 1995, Weingarten served as Acting Director of the Essex County Office of Management and Budget, where he voted for a $516 million budget.
NJ Assembly
Weingarten was elected to the Assembly in a November 1996 special election in which he defeated Democratic candidate Robert R. Peacock to fill the one year remaining on the vacant seat of Monroe Jay Lustbader, who had died in office in March 1996. He was re-elected to serve an additional two full terms of office in 1997 and 1999, together with Republican running mate Kevin J. O'Toole. Weingarten served in the Assembly on the Appropriations Committee and the Law and Public Safety Committee. Weingarten also served on the NJ State Leasing & Space Utilization Committee, which he chaired in 1998.
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