Craig A. Stanley (born November 20, 1955) is an American Democratic Party politician, who served in the

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from 1996 to 2008, where represented the 28th Legislative District. He was succeeded by Ralph R. Caputo and

Cleopatra Tucker Cleopatra Gibson Tucker (born April 9, 1943) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has represented the 28th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2008. Biography Tucker was born and raised in Birmingham, Alab ...

. Born and raised in

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, Stanley graduated from

Newark Arts High School Newark Arts High School is a four-year magnet public high school, serving students in Ninth through twelfth grades in Newark, in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as part of the Newark Public Schools. The school is lo ...

. Stanley served in the Assembly on the Education Committee (as Chair), on the Joint Committee on the Public Schools (as Co-Chair), the Higher Education committee and the Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee.Assemblyman Stanley's Legislative Website
. Accessed August 27, 2007. Stanley was introduced at an early age to politics through the YMWCA's Youth and Government Program then run by his uncle, Donald M. Payne, who served as a U.S. Congressman from 1989 until his death in 2012. He is also a nephew of former Assemblyman William D. Payne. As an adult, Stanley became an advisor to the YMWCA's Youth and Government Program and was appointed in 1990 as its Coordinator. Stanley received a

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in 1978 from

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in Political Science and was awarded an M.P.A. in 1999 from

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in Public Administration. Assemblyman Stanley is a part-time professor at

Essex County College Essex County College (ECC) is a public community college in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. History In August 1966, the Essex County Board of Freeholders approved the creation of Essex County College and in September 1968, more tha ...

. He was born in Newark, and currently resides in Irvington.Assembly Member Craig A. Stanley

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. Accessed August 27, 2007.

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Assembly Member Craig A. Stanley

New Jersey Voter Information Website 2003New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2006 (PDF)New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2005 (PDF)New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2004 (PDF)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanley, Craig A. 1955 births Living people Baruch College alumni Newark Arts High School alumni People from Irvington, New Jersey Politicians from Newark, New Jersey University of Hartford alumni Democratic Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly American educators 21st-century members of the New Jersey Legislature