Joe Kyrillos
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| Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 13th district |
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Assumed office January 14, 1992 |
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| Preceded by | James T. Phillips |
| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 13th district |
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In office January 12, 1988 – January 14, 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Azzolina |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Azzolina |
| Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee | |
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In office 2001–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Chuck Haytaian |
| Succeeded by | Tom Wilson |
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| Born | Kearny, New Jersey |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Doctorian Kyrillos |
| Children | Two |
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Hobart College (B.A.) Boston University (M.S.) |
| Website | Legislative web page |
Joseph M. Kyrillos, Jr. (born April 12, 1960) is an American Republican Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey State Senate since 1992, where he represents the 13th Legislative District. Before entering the Senate, Kyrillos served in the General Assembly, from 1988 to 1992.
From 2001 to 2004, Senator Kyrillos served as Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee and a member of the Republican National Committee, where he worked to elect Republicans who shared his vision. In that role, he facilitated the logistics and implementation of the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City and read the delegate count for President George W. Bush’s nomination for re-election on the convention floor. Joe was the New Jersey Chairman of Mitt Romney’s campaign in 2008, and in 2009, he served as the Chairman of Governor Christie's successful campaign and as a member of the transition team. He served as a close advisor to former Florida Governor Jeb Bush in the 2016 Republican presidential primary.
According to the New Jersey Office of Legislative Services, Senator Kyrillos is the second youngest person elected to the senate since the 1947 Constitutional Convention and the tenth youngest since 1844. He served as only the 29th Republican state chairman in the recorded history of the party since 1880 and one of only four to serve simultaneously in the legislature. When he unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 2012 against Democratic incumbent U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, he joined a small group of 135 individuals who, since the founding of New Jersey, earned the privilege to have been nominated for Governor or U.S. Senator by the major political parties.
Joseph M. Kyrillos, Jr. was born April 12, 1960, in Kearny, New Jersey, the son of a pediatrician. Joe’s father and his mother’s parent’s immigrated to the United States. His grandfather worked as a tool and die maker at Thomas Edison’s factory in West Orange. His father was a local doctor and his mother raised four children and graduated from college at age 50.
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