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As a part of intra-party deal making in 2003, Oliver was chosen alongside incumbent Assemblyman [[Peter C. Eagler]] to be the party-backed candidates in the June 2003 [[primary election]] for General Assembly from the 34th District. Incumbent Assemblyman [[Willis Edwards (politician)|Willis Edwards]] was dropped from the ticket as a result.<ref name=2003Party>{{cite news |url=http://politickernj.com/2010/01/how-oliver-and-cryan-got-to-trenton/ |title=How Oliver and Cryan got to Trenton |author=[[David Wildstein|Edge, Wally]] |website=[[Politicker NJ]] |date=January 12, 2010 |accessdate=September 24, 2015}}</ref> Until she ran for lieutenant governor, she had been re-elected six times to two-year terms in every cycle after her initial election in 2003.
As a part of intra-party deal making in 2003, Oliver was chosen alongside incumbent Assemblyman [[Peter C. Eagler]] to be the party-backed candidates in the June 2003 [[primary election]] for General Assembly from the 34th District. Incumbent Assemblyman [[Willis Edwards (politician)|Willis Edwards]] was dropped from the ticket as a result.<ref name=2003Party>{{cite news |url=http://politickernj.com/2010/01/how-oliver-and-cryan-got-to-trenton/ |title=How Oliver and Cryan got to Trenton |author=[[David Wildstein|Edge, Wally]] |website=[[Politicker NJ]] |date=January 12, 2010 |accessdate=September 24, 2015}}</ref> Until she ran for lieutenant governor, she had been re-elected six times to two-year terms in every cycle after her initial election in 2003.


On November 23, 2009, Oliver was elected unanimously by Assembly Democrats to become the 169th Speaker of the Assembly.<ref name=SpeakerElected>{{cite news |url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/assembly_democrats_unanimously.html |title=Assembly Democrats unanimously back Sheila Oliver as next speaker |author=Megerian, Chris |newspaper=[[The Star-Ledger]] |accessdate=September 24, 2015}}</ref> Her election made her the second woman to serve as Speaker in New Jersey history, the first being [[Marion West Higgins]], who served in 1965, and the second [[African American]] to hold this post, the first being [[S. Howard Woodson]], who first held the post in 1974.<ref>Hester, Tom, Sr. [http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/state/steve-sweeney-elected-nj-senate-president-sheila-oliver-named-assembly-speaker "Steve Sweeney elected N.J. Senate president; Sheila Oliver named Assembly speaker"], NewJerseyNewsroom.com, November 23, 2009. Accessed June 11, 2011. "Oliver will become the first African-American woman and the second woman to serve as Assembly speaker. She will be the second African-American and the second woman to hold the post.... Oliver will be the first woman speaker since Marion West Higgins (R-Bergen) in 1965. She will be the first African-American speaker since the Rev. S. Howard Woodson (D-Mercer) in 1974 and 1975."</ref> Nationwide, she became the second African American woman to lead a state legislature after [[Karen Bass]] of [[California]].<ref name=ApportionmentCommissionBio/>
On November 23, 2009, Oliver was elected unanimously by Assembly Democrats to become the 169th Speaker of the Assembly.<ref name=SpeakerElected>{{cite news |url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/assembly_democrats_unanimously.html |title=Assembly Democrats unanimously back Sheila Oliver as next speaker |author=Megerian, Chris |newspaper=[[The Star-Ledger]] |accessdate=September 24, 2015}}</ref> Her election made her the second woman to serve as Speaker in New Jersey history, the first being [[Marion West Higgins]], who served in 1965, and the second [[African American]] to hold this post, the first being [[S. Howard Woodson]], who first held the post in 1974.<ref>Hester, Tom, Sr. [http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/state/steve-sweeney-elected-nj-senate-president-sheila-oliver-named-assembly-speaker "Steve Sweeney elected N.J. Senate president; Sheila Oliver named Assembly speaker"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311171236/http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/state/steve-sweeney-elected-nj-senate-president-sheila-oliver-named-assembly-speaker |date=2012-03-11 }}, NewJerseyNewsroom.com, November 23, 2009. Accessed June 11, 2011. "Oliver will become the first African-American woman and the second woman to serve as Assembly speaker. She will be the second African-American and the second woman to hold the post.... Oliver will be the first woman speaker since Marion West Higgins (R-Bergen) in 1965. She will be the first African-American speaker since the Rev. S. Howard Woodson (D-Mercer) in 1974 and 1975."</ref> Nationwide, she became the second African American woman to lead a state legislature after [[Karen Bass]] of [[California]].<ref name=ApportionmentCommissionBio/>


On June 10, 2013, she formally announced that she would run in the [[United States Senate special election in New Jersey, 2013|special election]] for the senate seat held by [[Frank Lautenberg]].<ref name=NYTSenate>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/11/nyregion/sheila-y-oliver-files-to-run-for-lautenbergs-senate-seat.html?_r=0 |title=New Jersey Assembly Speaker Enters Senate Race |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 11, 2013 |accessdate=September 24, 2015 |author=Zernike, Kate}}</ref> She did not win any county endorsements in the special primary held on August 13 and came in last of four candidates winning only four percent of the vote.<ref name=ResultsSen2013>{{cite web |url=http://www.njelections.org/2013-results/2013-official-special-primary-results-us-senate.pdf |title=Official List Candidates for US Senate For Special Primary Election For US Senate 08/13/2013 |publisher=[[Secretary of State of New Jersey]] |date=August 22, 2013 |accessdate=September 24, 2015}}</ref>
On June 10, 2013, she formally announced that she would run in the [[United States Senate special election in New Jersey, 2013|special election]] for the senate seat held by [[Frank Lautenberg]].<ref name=NYTSenate>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/11/nyregion/sheila-y-oliver-files-to-run-for-lautenbergs-senate-seat.html?_r=0 |title=New Jersey Assembly Speaker Enters Senate Race |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 11, 2013 |accessdate=September 24, 2015 |author=Zernike, Kate}}</ref> She did not win any county endorsements in the special primary held on August 13 and came in last of four candidates winning only four percent of the vote.<ref name=ResultsSen2013>{{cite web |url=http://www.njelections.org/2013-results/2013-official-special-primary-results-us-senate.pdf |title=Official List Candidates for US Senate For Special Primary Election For US Senate 08/13/2013 |publisher=[[Secretary of State of New Jersey]] |date=August 22, 2013 |accessdate=September 24, 2015}}</ref>
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*''New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms''
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**[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2016.pdf 2016] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2015pdf 2015] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2014.pdf 2014] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2013.pdf 2013] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2012.pdf 2012] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2011.pdf 2011] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2010.pdf 2010] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2009.pdf 2009] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2008.pdf 2008] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2007.pdf 2007] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2006.pdf 2006] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2005.pdf 2005] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2004.pdf 2004]
**[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2016.pdf 2016] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2015pdf 2015] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2014.pdf 2014] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2013.pdf 2013] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2012.pdf 2012] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2011.pdf 2011] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2010.pdf 2010] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2009.pdf 2009] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2008.pdf 2008] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2007.pdf 2007] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2006.pdf 2006] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2005.pdf 2005] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OliverS2004.pdf 2004]
*[http://www.njvoterinfo.org/cb/oliver.html New Jersey Voter Information Website 2003]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051030131519/http://www.njvoterinfo.org/cb/oliver.html New Jersey Voter Information Website 2003]
*{{C-SPAN|Sheila Oliver}}
*{{C-SPAN|Sheila Oliver}}


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Sheila Oliver
Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey
Elect
Assuming office
January 16, 2018
GovernorPhil Murphy (elect)
SucceedingKim Guadagno
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 34th district
In office
January 13, 2004 – January 9, 2018
Preceded byWillis Edwards
Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly
In office
January 12, 2010 – January 14, 2014
Preceded byJoseph J. Roberts
Succeeded byVincent Prieto
Personal details
Born (1952-07-14) July 14, 1952 (age 72)
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationLincoln University,
Pennsylvania (BS)
Columbia University (MS)

Sheila Y. Oliver (born July 14, 1952) is an American politician who is the Lieutenant Governor-elect of New Jersey. Oliver previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2004 to 2018, where she represented the 34th legislative district. She previously served as the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly for two terms, from January 12, 2010, to January 14, 2014. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

In July 2017, Phil Murphy, the Democratic Party nominee for governor, selected Oliver as his running mate for Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey in the November 2017 election.

Early life

Oliver was born and grew up in Newark graduating from Weequahic High School in 1970.[1] Oliver graduated cum laude with a B.A. from Lincoln University in 1974 in Sociology and was awarded an M.S. from Columbia University in Planning and Administration in 1976.[2][3]

Career

She served on the Board of Education of the East Orange School District from 1994 to 2000, and was chosen by her peers to serve as its Vice President from 1998 to 1999 and President from 1999 to 2000. She served on the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders for one term from 1996 to 1999.[2] In 1997, she became the first woman to launch a competitive campaign for mayor in the City of East Orange, losing the election by a 51 votes to Robert L. Bowser.[3]

Oliver was one of the founders of the Newark Coalition for Low Income Housing, an organization that successfully sued the Newark Housing Authority and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in federal court to block the demolition of all publicly subsidized low income housing in Newark, as there was no plan in place for the construction of replacement housing for low-income Newark residents. As a result, the Newark Housing Authority was directed by a federal consent order to build one-for-one replacement housing for low-income residents.[citation needed]

Member of the New Jersey State Assembly, 2004–2018

Oliver at Montclair State University in 2011

As a part of intra-party deal making in 2003, Oliver was chosen alongside incumbent Assemblyman Peter C. Eagler to be the party-backed candidates in the June 2003 primary election for General Assembly from the 34th District. Incumbent Assemblyman Willis Edwards was dropped from the ticket as a result.[4] Until she ran for lieutenant governor, she had been re-elected six times to two-year terms in every cycle after her initial election in 2003.

On November 23, 2009, Oliver was elected unanimously by Assembly Democrats to become the 169th Speaker of the Assembly.[5] Her election made her the second woman to serve as Speaker in New Jersey history, the first being Marion West Higgins, who served in 1965, and the second African American to hold this post, the first being S. Howard Woodson, who first held the post in 1974.[6] Nationwide, she became the second African American woman to lead a state legislature after Karen Bass of California.[3]

On June 10, 2013, she formally announced that she would run in the special election for the senate seat held by Frank Lautenberg.[7] She did not win any county endorsements in the special primary held on August 13 and came in last of four candidates winning only four percent of the vote.[8]

Oliver serves in the Assembly on the Commerce and Economic Development Committee, the Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee, the Joint Committee on Economic Justice and Equal Employment Opportunity, and the Joint Committee on the Public Schools.[2] Oliver remained speaker for the 2012–2013 session through a deal made with Senator Nicholas Sacco, Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr., and South Jersey political boss George Norcross.[9] Two years later, most Assembly Democrats backed Vincent Prieto for Speaker in the next session.[10] In the 2014-15 Assembly term, Oliver was designated Speaker Emeritus.[2]

Outside of the Legislature, Oliver works as an assistant administrator for Essex County. She is a resident of East Orange.[11]

District 34

Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one member in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 34th District for the 2016-2017 Legislative Session are:

Lieutenant Governor

In July 2017, New Jersey Advanced Media reported Phil Murphy would select Oliver as the Democratic Party candidate for lieutenant governor of New Jersey.[12] Murphy and Oliver won the November 7 election, making Oliver the lieutenant governor elect of New Jersey.[13] Murphy announced he would appoint Oliver to serve as Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, a cabinet appointment,[14] made under a provision of the New Jersey Constitution that allows the governor to appoint his lieutenant governor to a cabinet post without requiring the approval of the New Jersey Senate.[15]

New Jersey law allows for someone to run for two elective offices simultaneously, but if they win their desired office, they cannot serve in both offices at the same time. Oliver, in addition to being elected Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, also won re-election to her legislative seat in the General Assembly. Oliver will have to resign her legislative seat by noon on January 16, 2018, the date she and Murphy will be sworn in. When Carlos Rendo, during their one televised debate, challenged her decision to run for both seats, Oliver said that she had filed to run for re-election before she was chosen by Murphy as his running mate and would resign from her Assembly seat if she and Murphy were elected.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Some Distinguished Weequahic Alumni" (PDF). May 13, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d Assemblywoman Oliver's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed September 24, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "New Jersey Apportionment Committee - Commission Membership". Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  4. ^ Edge, Wally (January 12, 2010). "How Oliver and Cryan got to Trenton". Politicker NJ. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  5. ^ Megerian, Chris. "Assembly Democrats unanimously back Sheila Oliver as next speaker". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  6. ^ Hester, Tom, Sr. "Steve Sweeney elected N.J. Senate president; Sheila Oliver named Assembly speaker" Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, NewJerseyNewsroom.com, November 23, 2009. Accessed June 11, 2011. "Oliver will become the first African-American woman and the second woman to serve as Assembly speaker. She will be the second African-American and the second woman to hold the post.... Oliver will be the first woman speaker since Marion West Higgins (R-Bergen) in 1965. She will be the first African-American speaker since the Rev. S. Howard Woodson (D-Mercer) in 1974 and 1975."
  7. ^ Zernike, Kate (June 11, 2013). "New Jersey Assembly Speaker Enters Senate Race". The New York Times. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  8. ^ "Official List Candidates for US Senate For Special Primary Election For US Senate 08/13/2013" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. August 22, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  9. ^ Friedman, Matt (January 5, 2014). "New N.J. Assembly speaker, a former bodybuilder, promises to flex political muscle". NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  10. ^ Aron, Michael (October 22, 2013). "Assembly Dems Likely to Choose Prieto to Replace Oliver as Speaker". NJTV. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  11. ^ "Assemblywoman Shelia Y. Oliver Bio Page". NJ Assembly Majority Office. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  12. ^ Brodesser-Ackner, Claude (July 25, 2017). "Here's Phil Murphy's pick for a running mate in gov race". NJ.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  13. ^ Friedman, Matt (November 7, 2017). "Murphy defeats Guadagno to become New Jersey's next governor". Politico PRO. Retrieved November 7, 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  14. ^ Marcus, Samantha (November 9, 2017). "Murphy makes first cabinet appointment as governor-elect". NJ.com. Retrieved November 9, 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  15. ^ via Associated Press. "Murphy’s lieutenant governor will lead Community Affairs", Seattle Times, November 9, 2017. Accessed November 15, 2017. "Murphy’s transition office said Thursday that Lt. Gov.-elect Sheila Oliver will take the helm of the Department of Community Affairs..... The constitution allows the governor to appoint his top deputy to lead a Cabinet post without the advice and consent of the Senate, as is required for other positions."
  16. ^ Racioppi, Dustin. "New Jersey elections: Five highlights from the lieutenant governor debate", Journal Sentinel, October 16, 2017. Accessed November 15, 2017. "Rendo questioned whether Oliver wants to be lieutenant governor at all, since she is also on the ballot for another term in the Assembly. Oliver said she petitioned to be on the Assembly ballot before Murphy chose her as a running mate and she "of course" would resign from the Legislature if she and Murphy are elected. She would be constitutionally prohibited from serving in both posts."
New Jersey General Assembly
Preceded by Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
from the 34th district
2004–2018
Served alongside: Peter C. Eagler, Thomas P. Giblin 		Succeeded by
Vacant
Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly
2010–2014 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey
Taking office in 2018 		Incumbent
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