Kevin O'Toole | |
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Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 40th district |
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Assumed office January 8, 2008 |
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Preceded by | Henry McNamara |
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 40th district |
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In office January 8, 2002 – January 8, 2008 |
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Preceded by | Nicholas Felice |
Succeeded by | Scott Rumana |
Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 21st district |
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In office May 5, 2001 – January 8, 2002 |
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Preceded by | C. Louis Bassano |
Succeeded by | Richard Bagger |
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 21st district |
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In office January 9, 1996 – May 5, 2001 |
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Preceded by | Maureen Ogden |
Succeeded by | Eric Munoz |
Personal details | |
Born |
Cedar Grove, New Jersey, U.S. |
October 5, 1964
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Bethany O'Toole |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Seton Hall University (BA, JD) |
Kevin J. O'Toole (born October 5, 1964) is an American Republican Party politician, who serves in the New Jersey Senate. O'Toole represents the 40th legislative district, which consists of parts of Bergen, Essex, Morris, and Passaic counties.
O'Toole was elected to the Assembly in 1995 and re-elected five times. He served in the Senate from May 2001 to January 2002, and was elected to the Senate again on November 6, 2007. O'Toole serves in the Senate on the Budget and Appropriations Committee and on the Senate Judiciary Government Committee. He also served as the Senate Minority Whip.
In January 2016, O'Toole announced that he would not seek re-election in 2017. In February 2017, Governor Chris Christie nominated him to a six-year term on the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to succeed Pat Schuber. The State Senate confirmed his nomination in March 2017, though O'Toole has indicated that it may take a few months to wrap up his time in the Senate before he takes office as a commissioner.
O'Toole was born in Cedar Grove, New Jersey to an Irish American father and Korean mother who met during the Korean War. He graduated from Cedar Grove High School and earned a B.A. in Political Science / Public Administration and a J.D. in 1989 from Seton Hall University. He later passed the bar exam in 1989 and served a clerkship in the office of the State Attorney General.