Joseph V. Egan
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Joseph V. Egan is an American
United States
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 Democratic Party
Democratic Party (United States)
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 politician
Politician
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, who represents the 17th Legislative District
17th Legislative District (New Jersey)
New Jersey's 17th Legislative District is one of 40 in the state, covering the Middlesex County municipalities of Highland Park Borough, Milltown Borough, New Brunswick City, North Brunswick Township, Piscataway Township, along with the Somerset County municipality of Franklin Township...

 in the New Jersey
New Jersey
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 General Assembly
New Jersey General Assembly
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, where he has served since 2002.

He serves in the Assembly on the Labor Committee (as Chair) and on the Telecommunications Committee. He has also served on the New Brunswick
New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. It is the county seat and the home of Rutgers University. The city is located on the Northeast Corridor rail line, southwest of Manhattan, on the southern bank of the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of...

 City Council since 1982.

He simultaneously holds a seat in the New Jersey General Assembly and on the New Brunswick City Council. This dual position, often called double dipping, is allowed under a grandfather clause in the state law enacted by the New Jersey Legislature
New Jersey Legislature
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 and signed into law by Governor of New Jersey
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 Jon Corzine
Jon Corzine
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 in September 2007 that prevents dual-office-holding but allows those who had held both positions as of February 1, 2008, to retain both posts.

Egan is Business Manager for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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 (I.B.E.W.) Local Union 456.

District 17

Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate
New Jersey Senate
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 and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly
New Jersey General Assembly
The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.Since the election of 1967 , the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts for a term of two years, each representing districts with average...

. The other representatives from the 17th District for the 2008-2009 Legislative Session are:
  • Senator Bob Smith
    Bob Smith (New Jersey State Senator)
    Bob Smith is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 2002, where he represents the 17th Legislative District. Smith was elected to his first Senate term November 2001 to fill the seat vacated by the retirement of John Lynch...

    , and
  • Assemblyman Upendra J. Chivukula
    Upendra J. Chivukula
    Upendra Joge Chivukula is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2002, where he represents the 17th Legislative District....


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