Richard A Merkt was born on July 30,1949 and is an American Republican Party public official, attorney, and businessman who served from 1998 to 2010 in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represented the 25th legislative district.
18 Facts About Rick Merkt
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Rick Merkt served in the Assembly on the Appropriations Committee, the Higher Education Committee, the Judiciary Committee, the Transportation Committee, the Banking and Insurance Committee and the Intergovernmental Relations Commission.
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Rick Merkt was appointed New Jersey Deputy Attorney General and served from 1983 until 1986.
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Rick Merkt was chief administrative officer of the NJ Division of Gaming Enforcement during the same period.
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Rick Merkt was born in New York City and resides with his wife in Westmoreland, New Hampshire.
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Rick Merkt is a certified public manager, founded the Certified Public Manager Society of New Jersey, and received a certificate in public leadership from the Darden School of the University of Virginia in 1998.
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From 1986 until 2014, Rick Merkt served as general counsel and officer for three New Jersey corporations, including two high technology manufacturing firms in Morris and Somerset counties.
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In March 2011, Rick Merkt was chosen to fill a vacancy on the Mendham Township Committee.
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Rick Merkt served as deputy mayor of Mendham Township in 2012 and as mayor in 2013.
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Rick Merkt served as Borough Administrator from November 1,2014, through September 30,2017.
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In January 2021, Rick Merkt was elected Chair of the Cheshire County Republican party.
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In December 2019, Rick Merkt announced that he would seek a seat in the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 2020.
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In January 2021, Rick Merkt joined the founding Board of the Monadnock Freedom to Learn Coalition, the sponsoring organization for Lionheart Classical Academy, a tuition-free public school chartered by the NH State Board of Education in November 2021 and which opened in Peterborough, NH, in August 2022.
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Rick Merkt served as Secretary to the Board of Trustees for the new academy until May 2024.
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Rick Merkt has served as a state highway layout commissioner since 2023.
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On October 22,2008, Rick Merkt declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Governor of New Jersey.
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Rick Merkt did appear along with his two rivals in two privately sponsored radio debates before the primary, however.
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Rick Merkt retired from the Assembly in January 2010 when his sixth term expired.