Tim Eustace
| Tim Eustace | |
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| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 38th district |
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Assumed office January 10, 2012 Serving with Joseph Lagana |
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| Preceded by | Joan Voss |
| Mayor of Maywood, New Jersey | |
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In office January 1, 2008 – December 31, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Lorraine LaPietra |
| Succeeded by | Gregg A. Padovano |
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Timothy James Eustace December 27, 1956 Passaic, New Jersey |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Kevin J. Williams (m. 2013-2015; Williams' death) |
| Children | two |
| Residence | Maywood, New Jersey |
| Alma mater | Ramapo College (B.S.) |
| Website | Legislative homepage |
Timothy James Eustace, commonly known as Tim Eustace (born December 27, 1956) is an American chiropractor and Democratic Party politician from Maywood, New Jersey who is a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing the 38th Legislative District since 2012.
Born in Passaic, New Jersey, Eustace attended Blair Academy in Blairstown, New Jersey, graduating in 1974; he later recalled the challenges f taking public transportation from Blair Academy back to Bergen County. In 1978, he earned a bachelor of science degree in psychology from Ramapo College in Mahwah, New Jersey. Attending Pennsylvania College of Chiropractic, Eustace earned a doctorate in 1985 and became a licensed chiropractor. He has also served as president of Maywood's chamber of commerce and the local Rotary Club. Eustace is openly gay; he was together with his partner and later husband Kevin Williams, director of the Maywood Rotary Kenya Project, for 34 years and they raised two children together before Williams' death in June 2015.
Eustace and his husband were among the first gay couples to adopt children in New Jersey.
A Democrat, he served four years as mayor of Maywood (2008–2012), three years as borough council president (2005–2008) and a decade on the borough council (1995–1997 and 2001–2008).
His election in 2011, following the redrawing of the legislative map, made him the first openly gay person elected to the New Jersey Legislature as a non-incumbent. He joined Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, who came out while in office and has subsequently won re-election, in the legislature. Eustace's assembly campaign won the support of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund.
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