Claire Swift (born June 29, 1974) is an American Republican Party politician who has represented 2nd Legislative District in the

New Jersey General Assembly The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature. Since the election of 1967 (1968 session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts f ...

since taking office on January 11, 2022.

Early life and education

A 1992 graduate of

Atlantic City High School Atlantic City High School (ACHS) is a comprehensive high school, comprehensive State school, public Secondary education in the United States, high school in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Atlantic City, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, Atlantic Count ...

, Swift earned her undergraduate degree in 1996 from the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

and was granted a degree in law from

Widener University Delaware Law School Widener University Delaware Law School (Delaware Law School and formerly Widener University School of Law) is a private law school in Wilmington, Delaware. It is one of two separate ABA-accredited law schools of Widener University. Widener Univ ...

in 1999. She was a Deputy Attorney General in New Jersey until 2003, when she joined her family law firm.

Elective office

Together with her running mates incumbent

Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or Legislative chamber, chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the Ancient Rome, ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior ...

Vincent J. Polistina and former

Atlantic City Atlantic City, sometimes referred to by its initials A.C., is a Jersey Shore seaside resort city in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Atlantic City comprises the second half of the Atlantic City- Hammonton metropolitan sta ...

Mayor

Don Guardian Donald A. Guardian (born June 12, 1953) is an American Republican Party politician who has represented 2nd Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since taking office on January 11, 2022, becoming the first openly gay Republica ...

, Swift was elected in a Republican sweep of the district that flipped both Assembly seats from the Democrats in the

2021 New Jersey General Assembly election The 2021 New Jersey General Assembly election was held on November 2, 2021. New Jersey voters elected two assembly members in all of the state's legislative districts for a two-year term to the New Jersey General Assembly. All 80 seats of the ...

. Swift was one of a record seven new Republican Assemblywomen elected in the 2022 general election, joining seven Republican women incumbents who won re-election that year.

Committees

Committee assignments for the current session are:Assemblywoman Claire S. Swift

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. Accessed April 10, 2022. *Human Services *Labor *Law and Public Safety

District 2

Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the

New Jersey Senate The New Jersey Senate is the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature by the Constitution of 1844, replacing the Legislative Council. There are 40 legislative districts, representing districts with an average population of 232,225 (2020 figure ...

and two members in the

. The representatives from the 2nd District for the 2024—25 Legislative Session are:Legislative Roster for District 2

. Accessed January 21, 2024. *Senator Vincent J. Polistina (R) *Assemblyman

(R) *Assemblyman Claire Swift (R)

Electoral history

References

External links

Legislative webpage
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