Tom Malinowski | |
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 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Chair of the Hunterdon County Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office June 23, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Arlene Quinones Perez |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 7th district | |
| In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Leonard Lance |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Kean Jr. |
| 12th Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor | |
| In office April 3, 2014 – January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Virginia L. Bennett |
| Preceded by | Michael Posner |
| Succeeded by | Robert Destro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 23, 1965 Słupsk, Poland |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Blair Clark (stepfather) |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) St Antony's College, Oxford (MPhil) |
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Tomasz "Tom" P. Malinowski (/ˌmælɪˈnaʊskiː/; born September 23, 1965)[1] is an American politician and diplomat who was the U.S. representative from New Jersey's 7th congressional district from 2019 to 2023. A Democrat, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor in the Obama administration.
A vocal opponent of Donald Trump, Malinowski was first elected in 2018, defeating Republican incumbent Leonard Lance by five points.[2][3] He was reelected in 2020 by a narrower margin against New Jersey State Senate's Minority Leader, Thomas Kean Jr.[4] In a 2022 rematch, Kean defeated Malinowski by nearly two points.
On April 26, 2024, Malinowski announced that he would run for the Hunterdon County Democratic Chair post.[5] On June 23, 2024, Malinowski was elected as Chair of the Hunterdon County Democratic party, succeeding Arlene Quinones Perez.[6]
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- ^ "New Jersey Primary Election Results". The New York Times. June 11, 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "New Jersey Election Results: Seventh Congressional District". The New York Times. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ Wildstein, David (April 26, 2024). "Malinowski will run for Hunterdon Democratic county chairman". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ "Malinowski wins Hunterdon Democratic chairman race in landslide". 23 June 2024.