Caroline Casagrande
| Caroline Casagrande | |
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| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 11th district |
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In office January 10, 2012 – January 12, 2016 Serving with Mary Pat Angelini |
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| Preceded by | Dave Rible |
| Succeeded by |
Joann Downey Eric Houghtaling |
| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 12th district |
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In office January 8, 2008 – January 10, 2012 Serving with Declan O'Scanlon |
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| Preceded by |
Jennifer Beck Michael J. Panter |
| Succeeded by |
Ronald S. Dancer Robert D. Clifton |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 21, 1976 Point Pleasant, New Jersey |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Stephen Chance |
| Residence | Colts Neck Township, New Jersey |
| Alma mater |
Rutgers School of Law–Camden, J.D. Pennsylvania State University, B.S. |
Caroline Casagrande (born November 21, 1976) is an American Republican Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 11th Legislative District from January 10, 2012 to January 12, 2016. Prior to the 2011 legislative redistricting, she served in the Assembly from January 8, 2008 representing the 12th District. She is the youngest woman assembly member ever elected in New Jersey. She was defeated for re-election in 2015.
Casagrande was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Spring Lake. She graduated from Red Bank Catholic High School, in Red Bank, New Jersey, earned a B.S. degree from Pennsylvania State University with a major in Political Science. Casagrande was elected as Undergraduate Student Government president, where she worked to reduce the cost of student transportation around campus, improve student health care services, and protect students from dramatic tuition increases. She was awarded a J.D. from Rutgers School of Law–Camden.
Casagrande currently lives in Colts Neck Township with her husband, Stephen Chance, and sons, Harrison and Theodore.
Prior to being elected assemblywoman, Casagrande was a partner / attorney with the law firm of Menna, Supko & Casagrande in Shrewsbury, N.J. Casagrande has also served as municipal attorney to Manalapan Township and special counsel to Fair Haven. Between semesters at Rutgers School of Law–Camden, she clerked at the Prosecutor's Office in Monmouth County and at the New Jersey Attorney General's Office. While in college, Casagrande worked in the new democratic government of South Africa. In law school, she performed pro bono legal services for bankruptcy filers in Camden, N.J. After graduating from law school, she clerked for New Jersey Superior Court Judge Robert O'Hagan.
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