Virginia Marie Regina "Ginny" Newman Littell is an American Republican Party

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who served as the chairman of the

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from 1992 until 1995. Her husband Robert Littell served in the

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for nearly 40 years, and her daughter Alison Littell McHose was a member of the

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from 2003 to 2015. Virginia Newman was born on December 8, 1943 Littell, Noble K
''Littell Families: History & Genealogy''
Genealogy Pub. Service, 1994. and was raised in

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. She married Robert Littell on November 28, 1964, and they settled in

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in 1968, Virginia Littell became active in the local Republican Party organization, running for the Sussex County Republican Committee. She continued to work at Littell's TV and Appliances, the family business in

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, while becoming more involved in party politics. She was selected as a member of the

, eventually becoming party treasurer. In October 1992 the State Committee chose her to replace Bob Franks as chairman after Franks resigned to run for a seat in the

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."When the Party Says The Party's Over"
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'', June 11, 1995. Accessed March 20, 2008. Littell's tenure ended in June 1995 when Governor

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made it known that

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was her choice for chairman of the State Committee. Rather than face a contentious fight for the post, Littell stepped down, allowing Haytaian to run unchallenged. Littell has since worked as a business consultant, partnering in the firm of Brazer & Littell with Georgene Brazer, Republican municipal chairwoman of

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. In 2002, Intrawest Corporation, a client of Brazer & Littell, worked out a deal with the state of New Jersey to preserve land on Hamburg Mountain in

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near the

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ski resort of

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. The deal was brokered by Robert Littell, then chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, but the Littells denied any conflict of interest in the arrangement."State to Buy Ski Area's Land To Preserve a Mountaintop"
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'', June 9, 2002. Accessed March 20, 2008.

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