HIGHER EDUCATION
Senator Cunningham is a member of the Senate Leadership, serving as a Deputy Majority Leader. She is also the Chair of the Senate Higher Education Committee and a member of the esteemed Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Senate Labor Committee. She also serves on the Joint Committee on the Public Schools, The Ellis Island Commission, The Amistad Commission, and the New Jersey State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision.


Mr. Beach joined the State Senate on Jan. 13, 2009, five days after he was selected by District Democratic Committee members to fill a vacancy. He won a special election for the final two years of the unexpired term in November, 2009, and was re-elected in 2011, 2013 and 2017. Upon taking the oath, Mr. Beach resigned from his position as Camden County Clerk. Prior to being elected clerk, in 1995, he served two terms on the County Board of Chosen Freeholders, starting in 1991. He is also a co-chairman of Camden County’s Democratic Party.