1. Jamel Curtis Holley was born on September 13,1979 and is an American Democratic Party politician from the state of New Jersey, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 20th Legislative District from 2015 to 2022.
14 Facts About Jamel Holley
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In 2021, Holley unsuccessfully challenged Cryan in the June 2021 New Jersey State Senate primary, losing by 29 points.
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Jamel Holley graduated from Abraham Clark High School in Roselle in 1997, received a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from New Jersey City University in 2002, and earned a Master of Public Administration from Kean University in 2006.
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On November 2,2004, Jamel Holley won the General Election for Councilman at Large in the Borough of Roselle, becoming Union County's youngest Councilman at age 25.
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Jamel Holley was elected Mayor of the Borough of Roselle in November 2011, becoming Roselle's youngest mayor in its 117-year history.
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Jamel Holley's running mates were then-Councilman-elect Randy Sandifer and then-Councilman Yves.
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Jamel Holley joined nearly 50 other Union County Democrats to endorse Newark Mayor Cory Booker for his bid for the US Senate in 2013, and supported Raymond Lesniak's successful bid for senate reelection in New Jersey's 20th District.
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Jamel Holley was unanimously chosen by Democratic committee members of the 20th district to fill the Assembly seat of Joseph Cryan, who resigned in 2015 to become the Union County Sheriff.
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Jamel Holley has since won two additional two-year terms in the Assembly, serving with Democratic running mate Annette Quijano.
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Jamel Holley announced in January 2021 that he would challenge Joseph Cryan in the June 8,2021 primary for New Jersey State Senate.
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Jamel Holley lost the primary to Cryan by a wide margin.
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In 2009, Jamel Holley was charged with tampering with ballots in a primary election contest, a third-degree crime which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
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Jamel Holley waived his right to indictment by a grand jury and agreed to be charged by accusation to filling out 30 absentee ballots.
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Holley supports the anti-vaccination movement In February 2020, at a rally of anti-vaccine activists at the Connecticut State Capitol in opposition to a bill narrowing vaccine exemptions, Holley spoke in support of the anti-vaccination movement alongside attorney Robert F Kennedy Jr.