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Michael J. Doherty was born on 24 May, 1963 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, is an American politician (born 1963) from New Jersey. Discover Michael J. Doherty's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?

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Age 60 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 24 May, 1963
Birthday 24 May
Birthplace Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Nationality United States

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His wife is Linda Doherty

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1923

He previously served in the New Jersey Senate representing the 23rd Legislative District.

1963

Michael J. Doherty (born May 24, 1963) is an American Republican Party politician who has served as the surrogate of Warren County, New Jersey since November 30, 2022.

1981

Doherty grew up in Glen Ridge, New Jersey and graduated from Glen Ridge High School in 1981.

1985

In 1985, Doherty graduated with a B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point, and was commissioned as an officer in the Field Artillery.

Doherty served on active duty in the United States Army from 1985–89 and in the United States Army Reserve from 1989–93, achieving the rank of captain.

He is a graduate of the United States Army Airborne School, the U.S. Army Jungle School and the Defense Language Institute (German).

In the Army, he was stationed in Germany and served as a nuclear operations officer.

His unit's mission was to utilize nuclear armed missiles to defend Western Europe and NATO forces from possible Soviet aggression.

He was granted a Top Secret clearance to perform his nuclear duties.

Doherty and his wife, Linda, have three sons, who have served or are serving on active duty in different branches of the armed forces: Matthew, U.S. Army; Ryan, U.S. Marine Corps; and Jared, U.S. Air Force.

1993

In 1993, he was awarded a J.D. from the Seton Hall University School of Law.

Doherty is a patent attorney, specializing in semiconductor and medical device technology.

Doherty served on the Warren County Board of County Commissioners from the 1st district.

2000

In 2000, he defeated the incumbent Freeholder Director, a Democrat, to capture control of the Freeholder Board for the Republican Party.

2001

In 2001, he served as deputy director of the Freeholder Board.

Doherty was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 2001, and was re-elected in 2003, 2005 and 2007.

He served in the Assembly on the Appropriations Committee and the Labor Committee.

Early in his Assembly career, he served on the Agriculture Committee, the Housing and the Local Government Committee, and the State House Commission.

2002

Doherty served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2002 to 2009.

Doherty was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey and resides in Washington Township, Warren County, New Jersey.

He was elected to serve as the Director of the Board in both 2002 and 2003.

Doherty also began a program to reduce the county debt.

He prevailed in a showdown with a Superior Court judge who threatened to jail Doherty unless he issued $5 million in bonds to fund an expansion of Warren County Community College.

The New Jersey Supreme Court sided with Doherty and held that the Freeholder Board was correct to ignore the judge's order.

2008

In November 2008, Doherty announced his intention to run for the State Senate seat vacated by Leonard Lance, who was elected to represent the 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.

Doherty's opponent in the race was Assemblywoman Marcia A. Karrow.

Hunterdon County Freeholder Matt Holt originally planned to run for the vacancy as well, but he dropped out to run for one of the Assembly vacancies opened up by Karrow or Doherty.

2009

He was sworn into the State Senate on November 23, 2009, having won the seat held by Marcia A. Karrow, who had earlier been selected by a party convention to succeed Leonard Lance after his election to the United States House of Representatives.

On January 24, 2009, a special election was held by a convention of Republican committee members from Hunterdon and Warren counties.

Karrow defeated Doherty in the special election by a margin of 195 votes to 143.

Doherty announced that he would run against Karrow a second time in the June 2009 primary, when she would be running as the incumbent.

Doherty gave up his Assembly seat by opposing Karrow in the primary.

On June 2, 2009, Doherty defeated Karrow in the Republican Senate primary by a margin of 52%-48%.

He defeated the Democratic candidate Harvey Baron in a special election on November 3, 2009, to fill the remaining two years of the Senate term, garnering 71% of the vote.

He was first sworn into his Senate seat on November 23, 2009.

2011

Doherty was re-elected to the Senate in November 2011, 2013 and 2017 by wide margins.

In September 2022, Doherty announced that he would retire from the Senate to seek the Warren County Surrogate’s Office.

Former State GOP Chairman Doug Steinhardt announced that he would run in a special election convention in for the vacated senate seat; Doherty endorsed Steinhardt as his successor.

There had been speculation that Doherty would run against incumbent Bob Menendez for United States Senator.

2018

In the Senate for the 2018-19 session, Doherty serves on the Education Committee and the Judiciary Committee.