Tom Goodwin (New Jersey politician)

Thomas "Tom" Goodwin (born c. 1951) is an American Republican Party politician and financial planner who was selected on March 11, 2010 to represent the 14th legislative district in the New Jersey Senate, after the resignation of Bill Baroni left a vacancy. He was sworn in on March 15, 2010 and sought re-election in a special June primary and November general election. He was the most junior senator in New Jersey Senate as of March 15, 2010 until November 2010, when he was defeated by Assemblywoman Linda R. Greenstein.

Goodwin was born in Trenton, New Jersey and moved to Hamilton Township when he was 8 years old. He attended township public schools and graduated from Hamilton High School West. He earned an associate degree from Mercer County Community College, and received designations as Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant from The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

In 2005, Goodwin was elected to the Hamilton Township Council, defeating the Democratic candidate Wayne DeAngelo. He ran against DeAngelo and fellow Democrat Linda R. Greenstein in 2007 for the State Assembly from the 14th legislative district but lost by fewer than 800 votes. He successfully defended his seat on the Hamilton Council in 2009 and was named Council President.

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