Thomas Kean, Jr. Biography

Thomas Howard Kean Jr. (born September 5, 1968) is an American Republican politician, the current Minority Leader of the New Jersey Senate, and a New Jersey State Senator. From 2001 until 2003, he was a New Jersey General Assemblyman, and represented the 21st Legislative District, which includes parts of Union, Morris, Somerset, and Essex Counties. In 2003, he was elected a New Jersey State Senator, and in January 2008 became Minority Leader of the New Jersey Senate.