Joseph Vas was born on January 18,1955 and is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2004 to 2010, where he represented the 19th Legislative District.
16 Facts About Joseph Vas
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Joseph Vas did not seek re-election to the assembly in 2009.
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Joseph Vas served as Mayor of Perth Amboy, New Jersey from 1990 to 2008.
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Joseph Vas was elected Perth Amboy Democratic Chairman in 2008, succeeding his longtime campaign chairman Ray Geneske.
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Joseph Vas was convicted of state corruption charges in 2010 and federal corruption charges in 2011.
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For nearly two decades, Joe Vas was a major political powerhouse and boss in Perth Amboy and Middlesex County politics.
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Joseph Vas is a past president of the Perth Amboy Chamber of Commerce.
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Joseph Vas was one of two Hispanic candidates who ran against incumbent George Otlowski in the 1988 mayoral race, with Joseph Vas coming in second, losing by 325 votes.
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Joseph Vas served as Mayor of Perth Amboy, beginning in 1990, when he became the first Hispanic elected to serve as the city's mayor.
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Joseph Vas was re-elected several times, but was defeated for reelection in 2008 by Wilda Diaz.
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Joseph Vas has served on the Perth Amboy Planning Board since 1990, on the Perth Amboy Zone Development Corporation since 1994 and the Perth Amboy Redevelopment Agency since 1997.
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Joseph Vas was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 2003; he was re-elected in 2005 and 2007 where he served as chairman of a powerful assembly committee and served as a member of the Assembly Budget Committee.
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However, Joseph Vas was crushed nearly 8 to 1 in North Hudson, Sires' homebase.
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The indictment charges that Joseph Vas bought a 12-unit apartment building on DeKalb Avenue in December 2005 for $660,000, well below its assessed value of $955,000.
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On January 11,2007, according to the indictment, Joseph Vas coerced the city's Assistant Personnel Officer to approve that advance, naming him Acting Business Administrator so he would have the authority to do so.
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Joseph Vas began serving his sentence in June 2011 at the Federal Correctional Institution, Elkton in Ohio.