1. Joe Kyrillos started the consulting firm SK partners and is employed with Newport Capital Group, Red Bank, a financial services firm.
20 Facts About Joe Kyrillos
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Joe Kyrillos is affiliated with Woodmont Properties, a regional real estate development company and is senior managing director of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, a commercial real estate services firm.
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From 2001 to 2004, Joe Kyrillos served as Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee and a member of the Republican National Committee.
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Joe Kyrillos was the New Jersey Chairman of Mitt Romney's campaign in 2008, and in 2009, he served as the Chairman of Governor Christie's successful campaign and as a member of the transition team.
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Joe Kyrillos served as a close advisor to former Florida Governor Jeb Bush in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries.
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Joe Kyrillos graduated from Rumson Country Day School and the Lawrenceville School.
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Joe Kyrillos has served on the Executive Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures and as a trustee of the American Council of Young Political Leaders.
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Joe Kyrillos strongly opposed Democratic Governor Jim Florio's tax increases, citing his opposition to "the Florio tax plan" repeatedly in his campaign advertising.
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In 1991, Joe Kyrillos decided to run for the 13th District seat in the New Jersey Senate.
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When Republicans held the legislative majority in the Statehouse, Joe Kyrillos served as Majority Conference Leader and chaired standing committees on economic development and coastal resources.
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Joe Kyrillos was ranking member of the Economic Growth, Judiciary and Legislative Oversight committees.
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Joe Kyrillos was succeeded by Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon in 2018.
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In 1992, Joe Kyrillos ran for the United States House of Representatives but was defeated by incumbent Democrat Frank Pallone in a competitive race, falling short by about 10 points.
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From 2001 to 2004, Joe Kyrillos served as Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee and a member of the Republican National Committee, where he worked to elect Republicans who shared his vision.
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Joe Kyrillos was the New Jersey Chairman of Mitt Romney's 2008 presidential campaign.
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In 2009, Joe Kyrillos served as chairman of Chris Christie's successful gubernatorial campaign and was a member of the Governor's Transition Committee, serving as the liaison to all transition sub-committees.
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In June 2011, Joe Kyrillos filed an exploratory committee for a potential race in either 2012 or 2014.
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On January 19,2012, Joe Kyrillos officially decided to run for the US Senate, citing unemployment, housing prices and the national debt as issues he would tackle in the Senate.
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Joe Kyrillos has served on the boards of the American Council of Young Political Leaders, National Conference of State Legislatures Foundation, Bayshore Senior Day Center, Count Basie Theatre, Garden State Arts Center Foundation, Monmouth County Historical Association, New Jersey Historical Society, Prevention First, Rainbow Foundation, and the Two River Theatre Company.
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Joe Kyrillos is married to Susan Doctorian Joe Kyrillos and has two children, Max and Georgia.