Craig Coughlin: Difference between revisions

He resigned from the court in 2009 to run for the [[New Jersey General Assembly|General Assembly]] seat vacated by [[Joseph Vas]], after the Democratic candidate, South Amboy Mayor John O'Leary, dropped out of the race. On September 8, 2009, a special convention of [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex County]] Democratic Committee members selected Coughlin to appear on the general election ballot along with running mate [[John Wisniewski]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Coughlin wins vote to run for Assembly |url=http://ws.gmnews.com/news/2009-09-09/Front_page/001b09.html |work=Woodbridge Sentinel |date=2009-09-09 |access-date=2010-01-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711102431/http://ws.gmnews.com/news/2009-09-09/Front_page/001b09.html |archive-date=2011-07-11 }}</ref>

Coughlin won the general election and was sworn into office on January 12, 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wisniewski and Coughlin take their seats in state Assembly |url=http://ws.gmnews.com/news/2010-01-20/Front_Page/Wisniewski_and_Coughlin_take_their_seats_in_state_.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110711102446/http://ws.gmnews.com/news/2010-01-20/Front_Page/Wisniewski_and_Coughlin_take_their_seats_in_state_.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-11 |work=Woodbridge Sentinel |date=2010-01-20 |access-date=2010-01-23 }}</ref> On November 13, 2017, was selected by the Assembly Democratic Conference to be Speaker of the Assembly starting in January 2018 when the new legislative term begins.<ref name="observer">{{cite web|url=http://observer.com/2017/11/coughlin-rolls-out-leadership-team-some-priorities/|title=Coughlin Rolls Out Leadership Team, Some Priorities|website=Observer|access-date=2018-05-03}}</ref>

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