Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Donald Norcross (born December 13, 1958) is an American labor leader and Democratic Party politician who represents the 5th District in the New Jersey Senate, having been sworn in on January 19, 2010, two days after being selected by Camden County and Gloucester County Democrats to replace Dana Redd. He had previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly for one week, having been sworn in on January 12, 2010. This marked the second time Norcross was appointed to fill a vacancy.Norcross is formerly the president of the Southern New Jersey AFL-CIO Central Labor Council. He resigned his position in 2011 amid protests from public sector unions after he joined with Republican Governor Chris Christie and voted for reductions in the state pension system. His resignation occurred a week after public sector leaders from the Communication Workers of America, International Association of Firefighters, and the Fraternal Order of Police requested his immediate expulsion as president of the Southern New Jersey Central Labor Council (CLC) in a letter to national organization President. His resignation was followed by his failure to secure the endorsement of the AFL-CIO in his re-election campaign in 2011 as a result electoral record.Norcross resides in Camden. He is the co-chair of the Camden County Democratic Party. His brother, political boss George Norcross, heads the South Jersey Democratic Organization.Norcross and his running mate, Camden City Council President Angel Fuentes, were elected to the Assembly in 2009 after Democratic incumbents Nilsa Cruz-Perez and Joseph J. Roberts both retired. Roberts was re-nominated in the primary, but announced that he would not seek re-election in September 2009, allowing the party organization to select a replacement on the ballot. They selected Norcross; he and Fuentes then went on to win easily in the heavily Democratic 5th district.Norcross was born in 1958 at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, the son of George E. Norcross, Jr. He and his three brothers were raised in Pennsauken Township. He graduated from Camden County College with a degree in criminal justice. In 1980, he served as an apprentice in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, eventually becoming assistant business manager of the IBEW Local 351.. }
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- Donald_Norcross abstract "Donald Norcross (born December 13, 1958) is an American labor leader and Democratic Party politician who represents the 5th District in the New Jersey Senate, having been sworn in on January 19, 2010, two days after being selected by Camden County and Gloucester County Democrats to replace Dana Redd. He had previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly for one week, having been sworn in on January 12, 2010. This marked the second time Norcross was appointed to fill a vacancy.Norcross is formerly the president of the Southern New Jersey AFL-CIO Central Labor Council. He resigned his position in 2011 amid protests from public sector unions after he joined with Republican Governor Chris Christie and voted for reductions in the state pension system. His resignation occurred a week after public sector leaders from the Communication Workers of America, International Association of Firefighters, and the Fraternal Order of Police requested his immediate expulsion as president of the Southern New Jersey Central Labor Council (CLC) in a letter to national organization President. His resignation was followed by his failure to secure the endorsement of the AFL-CIO in his re-election campaign in 2011 as a result electoral record.Norcross resides in Camden. He is the co-chair of the Camden County Democratic Party. His brother, political boss George Norcross, heads the South Jersey Democratic Organization.Norcross and his running mate, Camden City Council President Angel Fuentes, were elected to the Assembly in 2009 after Democratic incumbents Nilsa Cruz-Perez and Joseph J. Roberts both retired. Roberts was re-nominated in the primary, but announced that he would not seek re-election in September 2009, allowing the party organization to select a replacement on the ballot. They selected Norcross; he and Fuentes then went on to win easily in the heavily Democratic 5th district.Norcross was born in 1958 at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, the son of George E. Norcross, Jr. He and his three brothers were raised in Pennsauken Township. He graduated from Camden County College with a degree in criminal justice. In 1980, he served as an apprentice in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, eventually becoming assistant business manager of the IBEW Local 351.".