Linda Stender
| Linda Stender | |
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| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 22nd Legislative District district |
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In office January 8, 2002 – January 12, 2016 |
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| Preceded by |
Thomas Kean, Jr. Richard Bagger |
| Succeeded by | James J. Kennedy |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 25, 1951 Plainfield, New Jersey |
| Spouse(s) | Richard Stender (m. 1976) |
| Children | three |
| Residence | Fanwood, New Jersey |
| Alma mater | American University |
Linda Stender (born July 25, 1951) is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2002 to 2016, where she represented the 22nd legislative district. She ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the United States House of Representatives, seeking to represent New Jersey's 7th District, in 2006 and 2008. She was narrowly defeated by incumbent Representative Mike Ferguson in 2006 but lost by a wider margin to Leonard Lance in the November 4, 2008 election.
Stender served as the Assembly's Deputy Speaker from 2006–2009 and currently serves in the Assembly on the State Government Committee (as Chair), Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee (as Vice-Chair), and the Appropriations committee. She is a former Vice Chairwoman of the Tourism and Gaming Committee and a former Vice Chairwoman of the Environment and Solid Waste Committee.
Stender was born on July 25, 1951 in Plainfield and graduated from Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School. She received a B.A. from American University in Interdisciplinary Communications in 1973.
Stender previously served as a Councilwoman (from 1988–1990) and as Mayor (from 1992–1995) in Fanwood, before winning the first of three terms on the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders where she served from 1994-2002. She served as Chairwoman of the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders in 1997. She was elected to the State Assembly in 2001 and reelected in 2003. Democratic Party leaders denied her a chance to run for the State Senate in 2003.
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