Antwan McClellan | |
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Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 1st district | |
Assumed office January 14,2020 Servingwith Erik K. Simonsen | |
Preceded by | R. Bruce Land Matthew W. Milam |
Member of the Ocean City Council from the 2nd Ward | |
In office July 1,2012 –January 14,2020 | |
Preceded by | Kate Bergman [1] |
Succeeded by | Tomaso Rotondi [2] |
Personal details | |
Political party | Republican |
Residence | Ocean City,New Jersey |
Website | Legislative Webpage |
Antwan McClellan is an American Republican Party politician who has represented the 1st Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since January 14,2020. [3] [4] McClellan served as a councilman in Ocean City,New Jersey from 2012 until 2020.
McClellan is a lifelong resident of Ocean City. [5] He is the youngest of six siblings. He attended Ocean City High School as well as Virginia State University and Old Dominion University. [6] McClellan serves as the Confidential Assistant/Personnel Director/Public Information Officer in the Cape May County Sheriff's Department. [5] He was first elected to the Ocean City Council in 2012 and was re-elected in 2016. [5] He has also served as a member of the board of education of the Ocean City School District,a trustee on the Ocean City Historical Museum and a volunteer for the South Jersey Field of Dreams. [5]
McClellan started his bid for Assembly in early 2019. He ran as a team alongside Mike Testa and Erik Simonsen. McClellan alongside Simonsen ousted incumbents Bruce Land and Matt Milam. He was also the first African American Republican in the legislature since 2002. [7]
Republicans attacked the Democratic-supporting General Majority PAC for darkening McClellan's face in a mailer,accusing them of racism and demanding the mailer be withdrawn. McClellan commented on the mailer,"The Democratic Party claims to be the party of inclusion. However,the moment a person of color like me disagrees with their narrative,they launch an ad hominem attack,whip out their best 'Aunt Jemima' photograph,and purposefully darken my complexion in order to suppress dissent." [8]
McClellan was sworn into the Assembly on January 14,2020,when the 219th New Jersey Legislature convened.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Erik Simonsen | 27,304 | 27.15% | |
Republican | Antwan McClellan | 26,264 | 26.11% | |
Democratic | Bruce Land (Incumbent) | 23,778 | 23.64% | |
Democratic | Matthew W. Milam (Incumbent) | 23,234 | 23.10% | |
Total votes | 100,508 | 100.0% |
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