Joseph Doria
| Joseph Doria | |
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| New Jersey Commissioner of Community Affairs | |
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In office October 10, 2007 – July 23, 2009 |
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| Governor | Jon Corzine |
| Preceded by | Susan Bass Levin |
| Succeeded by | Charles Richman |
| New Jersey State Senator from the 31st Legislative District | |
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In office June 9, 2004 – October 10, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Glenn Cunningham |
| Succeeded by | Sandra Bolden Cunningham |
| Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly | |
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In office 1990–1992 |
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| Preceded by | Chuck Hardwick |
| Succeeded by | Chuck Haytaian |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 28, 1946 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
Saint Peter's College Columbia University |
Joseph V. Doria Jr. (b. June 28, 1946) is an American Democratic Party politician, who served as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs in the cabinet of Governor Jon Corzine from 2007 until his resignation in July 2009. He is a former Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, State Senator for the 31st Legislative District, and a former Mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey, a position he held from July 1998 to October 2007.
On June 9, 2004, Doria was unanimously chosen by the Democratic County Committee members from the 31st Legislative District to fill the vacancy as interim Senator following the death of Jersey City Mayor and Senator Glenn Cunningham. He was elected to the remainder of Cunningham's Senate term in a 2004 special election, defeating then Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone. While his Senate term was scheduled to expire in January 2008, he resigned in October 2007 to become community affairs commissioner.
While a state senator, Commissioner Doria was the Vice Chairman of the Senate Economic Growth Committee, Vice Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, Vice Chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, a member of the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee and a member of the Joint Committee on the Public Schools. Doria was also a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition, a bi-partisan group with a stated goal of "making the public safer by getting illegal guns off the streets." The Coalition is co-chaired by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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