Joe Kyrillos

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In June 2011, Kyrillos filed an exploratory committee for a potential race in either 2012 or 2014. [28] [29]

On January 19, 2012, Kyrillos officially decided to run for the U.S. Senate, citing unemployment, housing prices and the national debt as issues he would tackle in the Senate. [30] [31] Kyrillos won the Republican nomination on June 5, 2012. He opposed Democratic incumbent Bob Menendez in the November 6th general election, in which he was defeated 58.4% to 40%.

Memberships

Kyrillos has served on the boards of the American Council of Young Political Leaders, National Conference of State Legislatures Foundation, Bayshore Senior Day Center, Count Basie Theatre, Garden State Arts Center Foundation, Monmouth County Historical Association, New Jersey Historical Society, Prevention First, Rainbow Foundation, and the Two River Theatre Company. [8]

Personal life

Kyrillos is married to Susan Doctorian Kyrillos and has two children, Max and Georgia.

Election history

Joe Kyrillos
Joe Kyrillos.png
Member of the New Jersey Senate
from the 13th district
In office
January 14, 1992 –January 9, 2018
New Jersey State Senate elections, 2013 [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joe Kyrillos (incumbent) 40,762 68.1
Democratic Joseph Marques18,28930.6
The People's ChoiceMac Dara F. Lyden7741.3
Republican hold
United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2012 [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Bob Menendez (incumbent) 1,987,680 58.87% +5.50%
Republican Joseph Kyrillos1,329,53439.37%-4.98%
Libertarian Kenneth R. Kaplan16,8030.50%-0.15%
Green Ken Wolski15,8010.47%
Independent Gwen Diakos9,3590.28%
Independent J. David Dranikoff3,8340.11%
Independent Inder "Andy" Soni3,5930.11%
Independent Robert "Turk" Turkavage3,5320.10%
Socialist Greg Pason2,2490.07%
Independent Eugene M. LaVergne2,1980.07%
Independent Daryl Brooks2,0660.06%
Majority658,14619.49%
Turnout 3,376,649
New Jersey State Senate elections, 2011 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joseph M. Kyrillos (incumbent) 24,121 60.0
Democratic Christopher G. Cullen14,78536.7
Constitution Stephen J. Boracchia5561.4%
Keep Monmouth GreenKaren Anne Zaletel5191.3%
Jobs-Economy-HonestyMac Dara F. Lyden2600.6%
Republican hold
New Jersey State Senate elections, 2007 [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joseph M. Kyrillos (incumbent) 25,119 60.7
Democratic Leonard L. Inzerillo16,26739.3
Republican hold

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Joe Kyrillos for Senate".
  3. ↑ "One of Chris Christie's biggest allies is throwing his support to Jeb Bush". Business Insider . Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  4. ↑ "Joe Kyrillos hitches wagon to Gov. Christie in bid to win U.S. Senate seat". August 30, 2012.
  5. ↑ "A Q + A with State Sen. Joseph Kyrillos". 26 August 2012.
  6. ↑ Independence Day Honors [ permanent dead link ], Lawrenceville School, July 4, 2005. Accessed September 21, 2007.
  7. 1 2 "Press Release - Governor Mitt Romney Announces New Jersey State Leadership". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  8. 1 2 "Joseph M. Kyrillos Jr". Joseph Kyrillos profile. State Surge. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  9. ↑ Staff. "STATE GOP COMMITTEE SPENT $1.1 MILLION ON '87 ELECTION BIDS", The Philadelphia Inquirer , January 20, 1988. Accessed June 25, 2012. "The GOP committee spent heavily in the 13th District, doling out $25478 apiece to Assemblywoman Joann Smith (R., Middlesex), who was re-elected, and Assemblyman Joseph Kyrillos (R., Monmouth), who begins his first term."
  10. ↑ "Candidates for the Offices of State Senate and General Assembly" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. 1987. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Candidates for the Office of General Assembly" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. 1989. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Kyrillos biography". New Jersey State Senate. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  13. ↑ King, Wayne. "G.O.P. Runs Against Florio, Who's Not Running", The New York Times , September 24, 1991. Accessed June 22, 2012. "Nonetheless, 'the Florio factor' is already established political jargon in New Jersey, an integral part of discussions about races like the one in the 13th Legislative District in Monmouth and Middlesex Counties. Joseph Kyrillos, the Republican Assemblyman who is trying to take away the Senate seat of Jim Phillips, mentions the Governor and 'the Florio tax plan' no fewer than four times in a 60-second radio commercial, and Mr. Phillips not once."
  14. ↑ Staff. "FAST ACTION PROMISED ON SCHOOLS RULING RAISES QUESTIONS OF COST", The Philadelphia Inquirer , June 6, 1990. Accessed June 25, 2012. "Assemblyman Joseph Kyrillos (R., Monmouth), a member of the Education Committee, said crafting a response to the court ruling would take time."
  15. ↑ King, Wayne (October 24, 1991). "Florio Urges Democrats To Fight Back". The New York Times . Retrieved July 3, 2015. State Senator James T. Phillips, Democrat of Old Bridge, who is filling out an unexpired term and was not in the Legislature when the taxes were approved last year...
  16. ↑ "Official Results - General Election - November 5, 1991" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. 1991. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Official list - General Election Returns for the Office of Senate and Assembly" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. November 24, 1993. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Official Results - General Election Returns for the Office of State Senate" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. December 2, 1997. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Official List - Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2001 General Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. April 17, 2008. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Official List - Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2003 General Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. December 2, 2003. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Official List - Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2007 General Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. December 3, 2007. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  22. 1 2 Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2011 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, December 14, 2011. Accessed January 9, 2012.
  23. ↑ Hunger, Matt. "Kyrillos looks to the right and left at four challengers fighting long odds for his seat". NJ Spotlight. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  24. ↑ "Exclusive: Joe Kyrillos Declines to Seek Re-Election". The New York Observer . 25 October 2016.
  25. ↑ McGarry, Michael. "SHORE SUMMIT AT SEA ON WAY TO FUND PLANS", The Press of Atlantic City , February 19, 1992. Accessed June 25, 2012. "'That's the political question we have to answer,' state Sen. Joseph N. Kyrillos Jr., R-Monmouth, chairman of the Senate Natural Resources and Tourism Committee, said later."
  26. ↑ King, Wayne. "THE 1992 ELECTIONS: NEW JERSEY -- U.S. HOUSE RACES; All 10 Incumbents Win Re-election, and Democrats Keep Majority in Delegation', The New York Times , November 4, 1992. Accessed June 15, 2011. "The Democrats also retained the seat held by Frank Pallone Jr., an incumbent. He defeated his Republican opponent in the Sixth District, State Senator Joseph M. Kyrillos, with a margin of 55 percent to 45 percent with 85 percent of the vote counted."
  27. ↑ Johnson, Glen. "Romney Still in the Political Hunt" [ dead link ], Associated Press , April 10, 2008. "New Jersey state Sen. Joseph Kyrillos, who served as Romney's New Jersey campaign chairman, said he has received four thank-you phone messages from Romney, which is more telling than the buttoned-down persona of the campaign."
  28. ↑ Burton, Cynthia. "Republican Kyrillos, running now for state Senate, eyes 2012 Senate run", The Philadelphia Inquirer , June 14, 2011. Accessed June 15, 2011.
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  30. ↑ Delli Santi, Angela (January 19, 2012). "GOP NJ Sen. Kyrillos to run for US Senate". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.[ permanent dead link ]
  31. ↑ Pizarro, Max (January 19, 2012). "Kyrillos's formal statement on running for U.S. Senate". Politicker NJ.
  32. ↑ "Official List Candidates for State Senate For GENERAL ELECTION 11/05/2015 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. December 4, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  33. ↑ "Official List Candidates for US Senate - For GENERAL ELECTION 11/06/2012" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. December 6, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  34. ↑ Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2007 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, December 3, 2007. Accessed June 22, 2012.
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