Jennifer Beck Politician

Jennifer Beck (born January 3, 1967) is an American Republican Party politician who has served in the New Jersey State Senate representing the 11th Legislative District since January 10, 2012. Prior to redistricting, she served in the Senate from January 8, 2008 representing the 12th Legislative District, serving portions of Monmouth and Mercer Counties. Beck represented the 12th District in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2006 to 2008.In the 2007 general election, Beck won her bid for a seat in the New Jersey Senate in a race against Democratic Party candidate Ellen Karcher, in which Beck was outspent by a nearly seven-to-one margin.Beck served in the Assembly on the Judiciary Committee, the State Government Committee and the Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee.She won a very close Assembly election on November 8, 2005. As of December 6, 2005, she was declared winner of one of the seats, and was the top vote getter in the District with 31,421 votes. Freshman State Assemblyman Michael J. Panter won re-election with 30,473 votes, narrowly edging Beck's running mate, Declan O'Scanlon, who had 30,400 votes, just 73 fewer than Panter. One-term incumbent Robert Lewis Morgan lost his bid for re-election, coming in fourth with 30,257 votes.In November 2008, a petition was launched to urge the 2009 Republican nominee for Governor of New Jersey to select Beck as his/her lieutenant governor. Nevertheless, on July 20, 2009, nominee Chris Christie announced that he had chosen Kimberly Guadagno, Monmouth County sheriff, to complete his campaign ticket as a candidate for lieutenant governor.Beck is a former Republican Party fundraiser who served for six years on the Red Bank Borough Council, from 1999 to 2005. She holds a B.A. from Boston College (Physics and Mathematics) and was awarded an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania (Government Administration). Beck is also an alumna of the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania.