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SENATOR JAMES BEACH

Office info
  • 1309 ROUTE 70 WEST, SUITE A
    CHERRY HILL, NJ 08002

STAFF
  • IVY ROVNER, CHIEF OF STAFF
  • MELISSA PADIN, LEGISLATIVE AIDE
  • VELANN TOMLIN, CONSTITUENT SERVICES

6th Legislative District

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, 2017 and 2021.

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.

The senator is a former educator and football coach for several southern New Jersey high schools including Woodrow Wilson and St. Joseph’s, in Camden, and Highland Regional, in Blackwood. At the time of his retirement he was director of vocational education for the Black Horse Pike Regional School District.

Senator Beach graduated from Rowan University in 1976. He and his wife, Linda, have two children, Jimmy and Kristie, and four grandchildren.

TRENTON – The Senate today passed legislation sponsored by Senator James Beach and Senate Majority Leader M. Teresa Ruiz that

Multimedia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJs898ASLt8 Senators Linda Greenstein (D-Mercer/Middlesex) and Jim Beach (D-Burlington/Camden) discuss Senate Bill 1927 which provides job opportunities for military spouses.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__64OJM0syU In this video, New Jersey Senator Jim Beach, D-Camden, the Chairman of the Senate Military and Veterans Affairs Committee,
http://youtu.be/PaK8EzW6m1U New Jersey State Senator Jim Beach, D-Camden, discusses his legislation to allow for sample ballots to be e-mailed to