Robert W. Singer
Member of theNew Jersey Senate from the30th district
Incumbent
Assumed office October 14, 1993
Preceded by	John E. Dimon
Member of theNew Jersey General Assembly
In office January 14, 1986 – January 9, 1990 Serving with John Paul Doyle
Preceded by	Marlene Lynch Ford
Succeeded by	Marlene Lynch Ford
Constituency	10th district
In office January 14, 1992 – October 14, 1993 Serving with Melvin Cottrell
Preceded by	Marion Crecco John V. Kelly
Succeeded by	Joseph R. Malone
Constituency	30th district
Personal details
Born	(1947-10-29)October 29, 1947 (age 78) New York City, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Caryl Singer
Children	four
Residence	Lakewood Township, New Jersey
Website	Legislative web page

Robert W. Singer (born October 29, 1947) is an AmericanRepublican Party politician, who has represented the30th Legislative District in theNew Jersey Senate since 1993. He was the Mayor ofLakewood Township, New Jersey in 2009.^[1] He serves in the Senate as the Deputy Republican Leader (since 2018) and as the ranking member of the Health Committee.^[2] He is the most senior senator currently serving in the legislature.

Singer was born inNew York City on October 29, 1947. He grew up in New York attending public schools there. From 1966 to 1972, he served in theU.S. Coast Guard Reserves. He married the former Caryl Lynn Russo and has four children, includingSarri Singer. He is a resident ofLakewood Township.^[3]

Robert Singer is Vice President of Corporate Relations, Community/Kimball Medical Center.^[2]

Before entering New Jersey's Senate, Singer served in thelower house of theNew Jersey Legislature, theGeneral Assembly for two stints, once from 1986 to 1990 serving theOcean County-based10th district, and again from 1992 through 1993 in the30th district which now stretched fromBurlington County throughMonmouth and Ocean counties. He sought re-election to his Assembly seat in 1989 but was defeated by incumbentDemocratJohn Paul Doyle and former Democratic AssemblywomanMarlene Lynch Ford (the latter of whom Singer defeated in the 1985 and 1987 elections). In the Assembly, Singer was the majority whip from 1992 to 1993. Senator Singer had served on theLakewood Township Committee since 1981, and was itsmayor in 1983, from 1985 to 1986, 1994, and again in 2009 until retiring in 2010. He has been on the Monmouth-Ocean Development Council board of directors since 2001 and from 1996 to 1999 and the Lakewood Municipal Utility Authority since 1999 as chair. He has served since 1999 on theOcean County Board of Health as its vice chair. Singer serves on the board of trustees ofGeorgian Court University in Lakewood and is a member of the board of directors of theMonmouth-Ocean Development Council.^[2]

Incumbent 30th district State SenatorJohn E. Dimon announced that he would not seek re-election in 1993 due to poor health. Singer ran in the primary unopposed and became the Republican nominee for the November general election.^[4] After Dimon died in September 1993, Singer was selected by Republican committee members of the district to serve Dimon’s unexpired Senate term ending January 11, 1994 and was sworn into office on October 14, 1993.^[5] Singer hadsimultaneously held a seat in the New Jersey Senate and served as Mayor until 2010 when he chose to not seek re-election to the Lakewood Township Committee. Singer had been a member of the Township Committee for nearly thirty years. Prior to retiring from the Lakewood Township Committee, dual office holding was allowed under a grandfather clause in the state law enacted by theNew Jersey Legislature and signed into law byGovernor of New JerseyJon Corzine in September 2007 that prevents dual-office-holding but allows those who had held both positions as of February 1, 2008, to retain both posts.^[6]

In the Senate, Singer served as the Co-Republican Majority Leader from 2002 to 2003 and as the Assistant Majority Leader from 1997 to 2001. Singer serves on the Legislative Services Commission, the Commerce Committee and the Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee.^[2] Singer currently serves on the New Jersey Commission on Aging, the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology and the New Jersey Asian American Commission. Singer has been the sponsor of various economic development measures, including bills to assist biotechnology and computer software firms, and to authorize the creation ofUrban Enterprise Zones in the district.

Committee assignments for the2024—2025 Legislative Session are:^[2]

• Commerce
• Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
• Higher Education
• Legislative Oversight

Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in theNew Jersey Senate and two members in theNew Jersey General Assembly.^[7] The representatives from the 30th District for the2024—2025 Legislative Session are:^[8]

• Senator Robert Singer (R)
• AssemblymanSean T. Kean (R)
• AssemblymanAvi Schnall (D)

2021 New Jersey general election^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert W. Singer	53,130	71.2	11.0
	Democratic	Dan Stinger	21,506	28.8	11.0
Total votes			74,636	100.0

New Jersey general election, 2017^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert W. Singer	30,735	60.2	10.0
	Democratic	Amy Sara Cores	20,343	39.8	10.0
Total votes			51,078	100.0

New Jersey general election, 2013^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert W. Singer	36,563	70.2	4.3
	Democratic	William H. Field	15,535	29.8	4.3
Total votes			52,098	100.0

2007 New Jersey general election^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert W. Singer	23,072	61.6	1.0
	Democratic	Steven Morlino	14,365	38.4	1.0
Total votes			37,437	100.0

2003 New Jersey general election^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert W. Singer	24,637	62.6	0.9
	Democratic	Steven Morlino	14,713	37.4	0.9
Total votes			39,350	100.0

1997 New Jersey general election^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert W. Singer	27,837	53.7	12.0
	Democratic	Kenneth A. Kurtz	20,815	40.2	5.9
	Libertarian	Bob Mondgock	1,932	3.7	N/A
	Conservative	Fred Rasiewicz	1,208	2.3	N/A
Total votes			51,792	100.0

1993 New Jersey general election^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert W. Singer	32,678	65.7	0.7
	Democratic	Lyle M. (Peggi) Sturmfels	17,047	34.3	0.7
Total votes			49,725	100.0

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