Jorge A. Rod

Jorge A. Rod
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
from the 9th district
In office
January 12, 1982 – January 14, 1986
Preceded byJohn Paul Doyle
Hazel Gluck
Succeeded byJeffrey Moran
Personal details
Born1947
Colombia
Political partyDemocratic (since 1985)
Other political
affiliations		Republican (until 1985)
ResidenceLanoka Harbor, New Jersey

Jorge A. Rod (born 1947) is an American politician who represented the 9th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1982 to 1986.[1][2]

Born in Colombia, Rod attended Hackensack High School. He served in the United States Army for three year from 1965 to 1968 attaining the rank of sergeant. He then attended Ocean County College and Trenton State College (since renamed as The College of New Jersey).[3]

A resident of Lacey Township, New Jersey, Rod served on the Township Council and was selected as mayor in 1981.[4]

During most of his tenure in the General Assembly, he had been a Republican. However, on August 27, 1985, he switched his party registration to Democratic. He had been defeated by Jeffrey Moran and his previous running mate John T. Hendrickson Jr. in the June Republican primary.[5] He joined the Democratic ticket for the seat that November but lost to both Republicans.

  1. ^ "Asbury Park Press from Asbury Park, New Jersey on June 3, 1981 · Page 13". Newspapers.com. 1981-06-03. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  2. ^ "Trenton Rally Set By Farm Workers". NYTimes.com. 1984-09-23. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  3. ^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 201, Part 2, page 247. J. A. Fitzgerald, 1985. Accessed March 8, 2022. "Born in Colombia , Mr. Rod attended schools in South America as well as Hackensack High School. He continued his education at Ocean County and Trenton State Colleges. He served in the Army from 1965 to 1968."
  4. ^ Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual, 1985, page 247. Accessed April 20, 2020. "Jorge A. Rod, Rep., Lacey - Assemblyman Rod is the mayor of Lacey Township, an office he assumed in 1981, after having served nine years on the Township Committee."
  5. ^ Levine, Bruce (August 28, 1985). "Spurned GOP lawmaker now on Democratic ticket". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved September 2, 2017.