Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 21st district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 11, 2022
Preceded by
Thomas Kean Jr.
Minority Leader of the New Jersey General Assembly
In office January 10, 2012 – January 11, 2022
Preceded by
Alex DeCroce
Succeeded by
John DiMaio
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 21st district
In office February 24, 2003 – January 11, 2022
Serving with Nancy Munoz
Preceded by
Thomas Kean Jr.
Succeeded by
Michele Matsikoudis
Personal details
Born
(1953-02-24) February 24, 1953 (age 71) Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Patricia Brentano
(m. 1981)
Children
2
Residence
Westfield, New Jersey
Education
Syracuse University (BA) Hofstra University (JD)
Website
Official website Legislative website
Jon M. Bramnick (born February 24, 1953) is an American Republican Party politician and comedian, who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 2022, representing the 21st legislative district. He previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly, representing the 21st Legislative District from 2003 to 2022, where he was the Assembly Republican Leader from January 2012 to January 2022.[1] He was appointed to the Assembly in 2003 to fill the unexpired term of the vacancy created upon the selection of Thomas Kean Jr. to fill an unexpired New Jersey Senate term.[2] He was elected to a full two-year term later that year and was re-elected in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019. He was elected to the New Jersey Senate in 2021 and was re-elected in 2023.[3] In January 2024, Bramnick announced he was running for Governor of New Jersey in 2025.[4][5]
^"Legislature swears in 21 new members as 220th session begins". New Jersey Globe. January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
^Harrell, Jeff. (April 9, 2003). "Secession wave gathers strength: Montclairites start petition drive to leave county". The Montclair Times. Archived from the original on June 19, 2003. Retrieved September 12, 2015. In February, after Sen. Thomas Kean Jr. vacated the 21st District Assembly seat and stepped into the 21st District's senatorial post upon the resignation of former 21st District Sen. Rich Bagger, McDermott ran for Kean's vacated Assembly position in the district. But out of a total of roughly 500 delegates that voted for the 21st District's Assembly chair at the special Republican Convention held in February, McDermott could only muster 25 votes from the Millburn delegation and one vote from another county. Jon Bramnick from Westfield garnered the most votes, mostly from the nine municipalities in his home county of Union, and won the district's Assembly seat handily
^"Bramnick, Matsikoudis, Muñoz win in the 21st district - New Jersey Globe". November 3, 2021.
^Friedman, Matt. "Anti-Trump NJ state Sen. Jon Bramnick launches bid for governor", Politico, January 27, 2024. Accessed January 28, 2024. "New Jersey state Sen. Jon Bramnick, a proud moderate who moonlights as a stand-up comic, became the first Republican to formally announce his candidacy for governor on Saturday."
^Wildstein, David. "Bramnick joins race for N.J. governor", New Jersey Globe, January 27, 2024. Accessed January 28, 2024. "Jon Bramnick, a moderate state senator with a penchant for lower taxes and more civility in politics – and a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump — announced today that he will seek the Republican nomination for governor of New Jersey in 2025 with a message that 'hateful rhetoric is a threat to our democracy and a terrible message to our children.'"
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