Dick Zimmer

Dick Zimmer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 12th district
In office
January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997
Preceded byJim Courter
Succeeded byMike Pappas
Member of the New Jersey Senate
from the 23rd district
In office
April 23, 1987 – January 3, 1991
Preceded byWalter E. Foran
Succeeded byWilliam E. Schluter
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
from the 23rd district
In office
January 12, 1982 – April 23, 1987
Serving with Karl Weidel
Preceded byArthur R. Albohn
James J. Barry Jr.
Succeeded byWilliam E. Schluter
Personal details
Born
Richard Alan Zimmer

(1944-08-16) August 16, 1944 (age 80)
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMarfy Goodspeed
EducationYale University (BA, LLB)

Richard Alan Zimmer (born August 16, 1944) is an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey, who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature and in the United States House of Representatives. He was the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate from New Jersey in 1996 and 2008. In March 2010, he was appointed by Governor Chris Christie to head the New Jersey Privatization Task Force.