Handlin was elected to the Monmouth CountyBoard of Chosen Freeholders in 1989 and re-elected in 1992,1995,1998,2001 and 2004. Previously,she served as deputy mayor and township committeewoman in Middletown Township.[1][3] Handlin is a former commissioner on the New Jersey State Commission on Higher Education and chair of Monmouth County's Communities Against Tobacco Coalition. Named 2003 Elected Official of the Year by the Northern Monmouth Chamber of Commerce,she has also been honored by the American Cancer Society of New Jersey,Prevention First,180:Turning Lives Around and many other public health organizations for her work to reduce teen smoking.[4] Handlin has also served on the boards of the New Jersey League of Women Voters and the American Association of University Women,among others. She is a past recipient of the Legislative Award of the New Jersey Environmental Federation,the Humanitarian Award of Brandeis University Women,the Rose and Scroll Award of the New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners,and numerous other citations for civic leadership. Handlin,the author of the 1998 book Whatever Happened to the Year of the Woman? Why Women Still Aren't Making It to the Top in Politics,[5] and the books Be Your Own Lobbyist, (Praeger,2010) and Government Grief (Praeger 2011). She has also been a columnist for the New Jersey Reporter,a public-affairs magazine. A founding member and former chair of the Monmouth County Advisory Commission on Women,Handlin is a member of the national board of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and vice president of community relations for the Jewish Federation of Greater Monmouth County. A past chair of the Central Jersey Israel EXPO,she has also co-chaired the United Jewish Communities' Northeast Leadership Conference.
New Jersey Assembly
Handlin ran against fellow Republican Joseph Azzolina whom she defeated in the June 2005 GOP primary.[6] Handlin was one of the main proponents of the ban enacted in 2007 on consumption of alcohol in the PNC Bank Arts Center parking lots.[7] After incumbent 13th District SenatorJoe Kyrillos announced he would not seek re-election in 2017,Handlin initially intended to run for his seat,putting her into a contested primary with fellow Assembly member Declan O'Scanlon.[8] However,Handlin ultimately dropped her Senate bid,and instead ran for re-election to her Assembly seat,which she retained in the general election.[9]
For the 2019 general election,Handlin announced she would not run for another term and was retiring from the Assembly.[2] Her current term concluded in 2020 and she was succeeded by Republican Gerard Scharfenberger.
Committees
Higher Education
Regulated Professions
Personal life
Handlin resides in Middletown Township,where she lives with husband David,son Daniel and daughter Rebecca.[10]
↑ Donohue, Joe. "Voters unseat two assemblymen: Handlin beats GOP veteran Azzolina as Epps ousts Democrat Chiappone in primaries", The Star-Ledger, June 8, 2005. Accessed August 1, 2007. "Republicans in the 13th Legislative District, which includes parts of Monmouth and Middlesex counties, ousted Assemblyman Joseph Azzolina. The primary ends the long career of the 79-year-old Azzolina, who first won election in 1966 and has served 24 years in several stints in the lower house. The supermarket owner and Navy veteran lost to Monmouth County Freeholder Amy Handlin after county Republicans dropped him from the ticket earlier this year."
↑ Herget, Alison and Biese, Alex. "Officials ban booze in arts-center lots"Archived August 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine , Home News Tribune. August 18, 2007. Accessed August 18, 2007. "Assemblywoman Amy Handlin, R-Monmouth, who brought the issue to the public's attention earlier this year, said a zero-tolerance policy is the only way to go."
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