John Paul Doyle (born November 24, 1942) is an American Democratic Party politician who served as Majority Leader of 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 ...

. Born in Newark, he was a 1964 graduate of

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and

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. He was elected to the State Assembly in 1973, and re-elected in 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987 and 1989, representing Ocean County. He was the Majority Leader from 1982 to 1986. A resident of

Brick Township Brick Township is a township situated on the Jersey Shore within Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city retained its position as the state's 13th-most-populous municipality,

, he was the Democratic candidate for State Senate in 1991. He lost to Republican Andrew R. Ciesla by a 62%-38% margin. Doyle served as Municipal Attorney for Brick, South Toms River and Pine Beach.

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