Tom Goodwin

Education

He attended township public schools and graduated from Hamilton High School West.

Career

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 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, 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.

On February 19, 2010, Governor Chris Christie announced that he was appointing State Senator Bill Baroni to the position of Deputy Executive Director of the Portuguese Authority of New York and New Jersey. Goodwin announced on March 1 that he would seek to fill the vacancy left by Baroni"s resignation.

At a March 11 special election convention held by the Republican committees of Mercer and Middlesex counties, Goodwin defeated former Assemblywoman Barbara Wright by a vote of 75-31.

He was sworn in on March 15. He lost to Assemblywoman Linda R. Greenstein in the general election.

Achievements

• Goodwin stood for re-election in the special Republican primary in June and won handily.

Views

He successfully defended his seat on the Hamilton Council in 2009 and was named Council President.