Jeffrey Chiesa
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Jeffrey Scott Chiesa is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from New Jersey from June 6 to October 30, 2013. As a member of the Republican Party, he previously serv
Official portrait, 2013
Chiesa in November 2013, following his departure from the Senate
The 2013 United States Senate special election in New Jersey was held on October 16, 2013, to fill the New Jersey United States Senate Class 2 seat for the remainder of the term ending January 3, 2015
Jeffrey Chiesa
…sworn in, becoming the first Republican senator of New Jersey since Nicholas F. Brady. He declined to run for the remainder of the Senate term in the 2013 special election, which was subsequently won by Democrat Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark. To date, Chiesa is the last Republican to serve as a U.S. senator from New Jersey…
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