Alan J Karcher was an American Democratic Party politician whose highest office was Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly.
11 Facts About Alan Karcher
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Alan Karcher was a member of the Assembly from 1974 to 1990 and was a one-time candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of New Jersey.
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Alan Karcher was admitted to the bar associations in New Jersey and Washington DC in the same year.
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Hughes' staff, Mr Alan Karcher went into private legal practice, which continued during his political career.
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Alan Karcher represented the 19th Legislative District, based in Middlesex County, for 17 years.
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Alan Karcher succeeded Christopher Jackman as speaker of the Assembly, serving from 1982 to 1985 during an activist Legislature.
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Alan Karcher played a key role in the adoption of the state's first Uniform Penal code, which provided guidelines for priority sentences.
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Alan Karcher fought battles for senior citizens, tax reform, workers' rights, environmental cleanup, job creation and additional support for education and the arts.
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Alan Karcher was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in both 1984 and 1988.
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In 1998, Alan Karcher published his book, New Jersey's Multiple Municipal Madness, in which he advocated that many of the state's 566 municipalities be eliminated, or at least combined.
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Alan Karcher was a resident of Princeton Borough at the time of his death on July 26,1999.