Sandra Bolden Cunningham
| Sandra Bolden Cunningham | |
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| Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 31st Legislative District |
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Assumed office November 8, 2007 |
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| Born | September 4, 1950 |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Glenn Cunningham (m. 1998–2004, his death) |
| Residence | Greenville, Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Alma mater | B.A. Bloomfield College (Liberal Arts) |
| Occupation | Administrator, Sandra and Glenn D. Cunningham Foundation |
| Website | Legislative web page |
Sandra Bolden Cunningham (born September 4, 1950) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 2007, where she represents the 31st Legislative District. She was sworn into office on November 8, 2007. She is the widow of former Jersey City Mayor Glenn Cunningham, who died in 2004.
Sandra Bolden was born on September 4, 1950 and was raised in Newark. She graduated from West Side High School and received a B.A. from Bloomfield College with a major in Liberal Arts. Before getting married, she was an actress and was a part of the Negro Ensemble Company. She became the executive of the Hudson County Bar Association in 1988 after working various county jobs in Essex County.
She began dating Jersey City police officer and councilman Glenn Cunningham in 1990 and got married on January 7, 1998 in Nassau, Bahamas. While Cunningham was campaigning for and later won the Jersey City mayoral election in 2001, Sandra Cunningham often accompanied her husband at public events and political meetings. Glenn Cunningham died on May 25, 2004 of a heart attack.
Following her husband's death, there were reports of interest by Cunningham to seek her late husband's Senate seat to which he was elected in 2003 and was reported to be considering a run for Mayor of Jersey City in a May 2005 special election. She became President of the Sandra and Glenn Cunningham Foundation and has supported causes in Jersey City through the foundation. In 2006 signs in Jersey City touted her as a candidate for the U.S. Senate vs. Sen. Robert Menendez and State Sen. Tom Kean Jr.. Menendez and her late husband were bitter political rivals. She did not seek the U.S. Senate seat and announced her candidacy for the State Senate in the Democratic Primary against Sen. Joseph Doria in 2007.
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