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Marcia A. Karrow (born March 10, 1959) is an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey State Senate where she represented the 23rd legislative district, having taken office on February 9, 2009. She had won a January 24, 2009 special election convention, defeating Assemblyman Michael J. Doherty, for the right to succeed Congressman Leonard Lance who resigned from the Senate after his election to the U.S House of Representatives. She previously served for three years in the General Assembly representing the same district she represented in the Senate. She was defeated by Doherty in the 2009 primary election and was succeeded by him on November 23, 2009. ==Biography== Karrow graduated with a B.A. from Smith College in History (1981), an M.A. from the University of Michigan in Classical Archaeology (1985) and was awarded a M.B.A. from Baruch College of the City University of New York in 1991 (Finance/Budget).〔(Assemblywoman Karrow's legislative web page ), New Jersey Legislature. Accessed April 16, 2008.〕 Karrow served on the Raritan Township Committee from 1994 to 2002, as Deputy Mayor in 1996, and as Mayor in 1998. She served on the Raritan Township Planning Board from 1992 to 1993 and in 1998. She served on the Raritan Township Environmental Commission from 1994, the Raritan Township Open Space Advisory Committee from 1997, the Raritan Township Agricultural Advisory Board from 1999, and on the Raritan Township Economic Development Committee from 1994 to 1996. She also served on the Flemington Partnership for Progress on its Board of Directors / Chair, Economic Restructuring from 1994 to 1997 and on the Governor's Planning Council on Aging in 1994. Karrow was a member of the Raritan Valley Community College Search Committee from 1995 to 1998.〔, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Accessed February 14, 2008.〕 Karrow has also served on the Hunterdon County Health and Human Services Advisory Council from 1995 to 1998, and as its Vice Chair in 1997; Hunterdon County Mental Health Board from 1993 to 1998; Hunterdon County Work Force Investment Board from 1997; Hunterdon County Planning Board Growth Management Task Force on Industrial and Commercial Growth from 1996; Hunterdon Economic Partnership Board of Directors in 1998; Hunterdon County Municipal Officers Association as its President from 1997 to 1998; and the Hunterdon County Council on Aging from 1993 to 1996.〔 Karrow served on the Hunterdon County Board of Chosen Freeholders beginning in 1999, and served as the Freeholder Director from 1999 to 2000. As a Freeholder, Karrow served on the Hunterdon County Planning Board (Liaison), Health and Human Services (Liaison), Hunterdon County Economic Partnership, Liaison), Work Force Investment Board, Member), Polytech Special Sub-Committee, Member) and the Hunterdon County Agriculture Development Board (Liaison).〔 Karrow was elected to the Assembly on November 8, 2005, filling the seat of fellow Republican Connie Myers, who did not run for reelection and had held the seat since 1996. In the Assembly she served on the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee and the Budget Committee.〔 She resigned from her Assembly seat on February 9, 2009 when she is sworn into the State Senate. Karrow was appointed to seats on the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Senate Labor Committee by Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean, Jr. after her swearing into the Senate. Lance served as Ranking Minority Member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee during his last year in the Senate. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marcia A. Karrow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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