Background
Connors, Christopher J. was born on June 26, 1956 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States.
Connors, Christopher J. was born on June 26, 1956 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Stockton State College. Master of Public Administration, Rutgers University. Juris Doctor, Rutgers School Law, Camden, New Jersey.
He served in the General Assembly from 1989-2008, where he was the Assistant Majority Leader from 1992-1995. Born in Ridgewood, New Jersey on June 26, 1956, Connors received a Bachelor of Surgery degree in 1978 from Stockton State College (now Stockton University) in Business Administration, an Master of Public Administration in 1988 from Rutgers University in Public Administration and was awarded a Juris Doctor in 1995 from the Rutgers School of Law - Camden in Camden. He resides in the Forked River section of Lacey Township.
Connors is an attorney and is a partner at Dasti, Murphy, McGuckin, Ulaky, Koutsouris & Connors.
Connors served on the Lacey Township Committee from 1985-1990 and was Mayor of Lacey Township from 1986-1989. Connors was Executive Director from 1988-1989 and was Deputy Executive Director from 1982-1988 of the New Jersey Commission on Capital Budgeting and Planning during the Administration of former Governor Thomas Kean.
Connors serves in the Senate on the Community and Urban Affairs Committee and the Law and Public Safety and Veterans" Affairs Committee. He served in the Assembly on the Homeland Security and State Preparedness and on the Judiciary Committees.
He sponsored a law enacted in January 2000 requiring installation of ignition interlock devices in cars of repeat drunk driving offenders and of a 1998 law requiring criminal background checks for nurse aides and home personal care licensing applicants.
He succeeded his father Leonard T. Connors, who served in the New Jersey Senate from 1982-2008. District 9
Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 9th Legislative District for the 2014-2015 Legislative Session are:
Assemblyman Brian East. Rumpf
Assemblyman DiAnne Gove
Election history.
Member New Jersey Conference of Mayors, Air Force Association, Lacey Township Italian American Club, Knights of Columbus.
Married Deborah Connors, 1979. Children: Christopher Junior, Kelly.