Andrew Zwicker | |
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Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 16th district | |
Assumed office January 11, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Kip Bateman |
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 16th district | |
In office January 12, 2016 – January 11, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Donna Simon |
Succeeded by | Sadaf Jaffer |
Personal details | |
Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | May 17, 1964
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Barbara Golden |
Residence | Princeton, New Jersey |
Alma mater | Bard College (BA) Johns Hopkins University (MA, PhD) |
Occupation | Head of science education department, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory |
Website | Legislative Website |
Andrew P. Zwicker (born May 17, 1964) is an American physicist and politician who has served in the New Jersey Senate from the 16th Legislative District since 2022. He previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 16th District from 2016 to 2022. Zwicker was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in New Jersey's 12th congressional district in 2014.
He is a member of the Democratic Party as well as the head of the Science Education Department of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. He has been described as a protégé of former Representative Rush Holt Jr.[1]