ASSEMBLYMAN - 1996 to today

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN

• Uncompromising in his Principals and Beliefs
• Limited Government
• Personal Responsibility
• Strong Families
• Local Control - Government closest to the people serves them best

LEGISLATIVE POSTS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• First Elected - 1995
  Re-Elected - 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003
• Assembly Republican Parliamentarian
• CURRENT:
  Judiciary Committee
  State Government Committee
• Taxpayer Relief
• Welfare Reform
• Partial Birth Abortion Ban
• HOV Exemption
• 65 Mile per Hour Speed Limit return

REPUBLICAN & POLITICAL BACKGROUND

• While attending Delbarton, Michael first became interested in politics while volunteering for Richard Nixon's 1972 Re-Election campaign.
• At Johns Hopkins, Michael chaired the College Republicans and served as an officer in the College Republican National Committee
• After interning in the Office of Congressman Jack Kemp in Washington, D.C., Michael worked for the Republican State Committee in Trenton in 1978. He served as an aide to State Senator John Dorsey upon graduation from Johns Hopkins.
• In 1980, Michael founded the Morris County Young Republicans and chaired that organization for 4 years. He was elected to the Morristown Republican Committee that same year and held that office for four years. At Rutgers, Michael founded the Rutgers Conservative Union.
• Today, he serves on the Morris Township Republican Committee. He is a member of the Federalist Society. Michael authored a weekly column for The Journal of Morristown and Morris Township entitled "Politics and Law". He has served as an Opinion Shaper in the Daily Record and editor of Trunkline, the official newsletter of the Morris County Republican Committee.

PERSONAL LIFE HIGHLIGHTS

• Date of Birth: April 8, 1958 in Fayetteville, North Carolina
  Moved to Morris County in 1960 and has lived here ever since.
• Married to Sharon Anderson; Six Children: Sean, James, Brian, Jane, Benjamin and Robert
• Education: B.A. History/Political Science, Johns Hopkins; J.D. Rutgers University
• Interests/Hobbies: Civil War History, Ice Hockey and his children
• Employment Background: Attorney; Adjunct Professor, County College of Morris
• Featured Columnist: Practical Politics
  Guest Columnist: PoliticsNJ.com
• Religion and Affiliations: Catholic; Member-Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; Member-Knights of Columbus; Member-Morris County Bar Association