Joseph F. Vitale

Joseph F. Vitale DEMDemocrat

State Senator, District 19

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Joseph F. VitaleDEMDemocrat State Senator, District 19
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Joseph F. Vitale (born November 10, 1954) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1998, where he represents the 19th Legislative District. He is also the former Mayor of Woodbridge Township, having been elected by the Township Council in July 2006 to fill a temporary vacancy, following the death of Mayor Frank Pelzman. Senator Vitale came to the Senate in 1998 filling a vacancy created when Jim McGreevey stepped down from his seat as part of his ultimately unsuccessful bid for election as Governor of New Jersey in 1997. Vitale attended John F. Kennedy Memorial High School in Woodbridge Township.

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Education3 - 3 of 1
John F. Kennedy High School
Graduated
Past Positions1 - 4 of 4
Deputy Majority Leader
New Jersey State Senate
2004 - 2009
Interim Mayor
Woodbridge Township
2006
Senator
New Jersey State Senate
1998 - Current
President
Vitale Sign Corporation
1976 - 2010
Other Experience1 - 17 of 17
Volunteer
Covenant House
2012
Member
Governor's Advisory Council on AIDS
1998 - Current
Vice Chair
Middlesex County Habitat for Humanity
1997 - Current
Chair
Woodbridge Township Democratic Party
1992 - 1997
Deacon
First Presbyterian Church, present
Member
Southwest Dominican Republic, present
Member
Middlesex County Paraiso Assistance Project, present
County Chair
American Heart Association, Walk for Health, present
Member
Woodbridge Township Chamber of Commerce, present
Member
Advisory Council, Foster and Adoptive Family Services, present
Member
Middlesex County Chapter of Habitat for Humanity, present
Member
Board of Trustees, Visiting Nurses Association of Central New Jersey, present
Member
Veterans and Military Affairs Committee
2001
Member
Task Force on Accountability and Accessibility on Health Care
2001
Member
Ticket Broker Study Commission
1998 - Current
Member
Mayor's Advisory Committee
1992 - 1997
Former Vice Chair
Labor Committee, New Jersey State Senate
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