Kip Bateman

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American Republican Party politician

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Field	Value
image	Kip Bateman.jpg
name	Kip Bateman
state_senate1	New Jersey
district1	16th
term_start1	January 8, 2008
term_end1	January 11, 2022
predecessor1	Walter J. Kavanaugh
successor1	Andrew Zwicker
state_assembly2	New Jersey
district2	16th
term_start2	January 11, 1994
term_end2	January 8, 2008
predecessor2	John S. Penn
successor2	Denise Coyle
birth_date
birth_place	Somerville, New Jersey, U.S.
spouse	Susan Bateman
party	Republican
occupation	Attorney
residence	Neshanic Station, New Jersey
alma_mater	Ithaca College (BA)
Seton Hall University (JD)
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Personal life

He was born in Somerville, New Jersey to Raymond Bateman, who represented the 16th district in the New Jersey Senate in the 1960s and 1970s, and was the Republican candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1977, losing to incumbent Brendan Byrne. Bateman graduated from Somerville High School, and received a B.A. in 1980 from Ithaca College in Political Science and History and was awarded a J.D. in 1987 from the Seton Hall University School of Law.

Political career

Somerset County politics

Bateman served on the Branchburg Township Committee from 1983 to 1988 and was its Mayor in 1986. He then served on the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders from 1988 to 1994 and was its Director in 1992. After being elected to the New Jersey General Assembly, Bateman was appointed to the Task Force to Study Homeowner Associations from 1996 to 1997 and the Delaware and Raritan Transportation Safety Study Commission from 1995 to 1996.

New Jersey State Assembly

Bateman served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1994 to 2008, where he was the Assembly's Assistant Republican Leader from 2004 to 2005, was the Assistant Republican Whip from 2002 to 2003, the Majority Whip in 1996 and was the Assistant Majority Whip from 1994 to 1995. Bateman served in the Assembly on the Commerce and Economic Development Committee, the Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee and the Legislative Services Commission.

New Jersey State Senate

In the 2007 legislative elections, Bateman won the State Senate seat of retiring Senator Walter J. Kavanaugh. He fended off a challenge by Democrat Maureen Vella by defeating her by 9 points in 2011. His 2013 election winning margin was larger as he defeated Christian Mastondrea by 20 points.

During the 2019 budget fight, Democrats defied Governor Phil Murphy and passed a budget without his proposed millionaire's tax. Bateman was one of six Republicans to vote for the budget.

On January 27, 2021, Bateman announced that he would be retiring and not run for re-election to the State Senate in 2021.

Bateman is a moderate Republican. He has been known to break with his party and vote with Democrats on environmental issues, as he is a believer in climate change. In addition, in each of his elections to the state legislature, Bateman received the endorsement of New Jersey environmental activist and New Jersey Sierra Club director Jeff Tittel, one of few Republicans that he has endorsed. Tittel and the Sierra Club awarded Bateman their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.

Committees

Environment and Energy
Judiciary

Electoral history

Senate

| title = 2017 New Jersey State Senate election |party=Republican Party (United States) |candidate=Kip Bateman (incumbent) |votes=32,229 |percentage=50.4 |change= 9.9}} |party=Democratic Party (United States) |candidate=Laurie Poppe |votes=31,655 |percentage=49.6 |change= 9.9}} | votes =63,884 | percentage =100.0 |winner = Republican Party (United States)

Assembly

References

Hirsch, Rod. [https://www.tapinto.net/towns/somerville/sections/government/articles/kip-bateman-reflects-on-39-years-of-public-service-to-somerset-county "Kip Bateman Reflects on 39 Years of Public Service to Somerset County"], TAP into Somerville, January 9, 2022. Accessed December 5, 2022. "The elder Bateman has always been his son's hero, a newspaper publisher and public relations executive who ran for Governor of New Jersey in 1977, losing to Democrat Brendan Byrne. His son followed in his footsteps - Ray Bateman was elected to the Assembly in 1958 and the state Senate in 1967. Both were born in Somerville. Both attended Somerville High School."
He lives in the [[Neshanic Station, New Jersey. Neshanic Station]] section of [[Branchburg, New Jersey
[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=304 Senator Bateman's legislative web page], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed April 23, 2008.
Magyar, Mark. (April 11, 2011). "Redistricting scrambles Morris and Somerset districts". Echoes Sentinel.
Duffy, Erin. (November 8, 2011). "State Sens. Greenstein and Turner easily win re-election". [[The Times (Trenton).
Cuyler, Greta. (November 6, 2013). "16th District Incumbents Win Re-Election". Princeton Patch.
(20 June 2019). "Senate passes budget 31-6". New Jersey Globe.
(January 27, 2021). "Bateman will not seek re-election". Sea of Reeds Media.
Wildstein, David. (January 27, 2021). "Statements on the retirement of Senator Kip Bateman". Sea of Reeds Media.
"2017-official-general-election-results-state-senate.pdf". New Jersey Secretary of State.
(December 4, 2013). "Official List Candidates for State Senate For GENERAL ELECTION 11/05/2015 Election". [[Secretary of State of New Jersey]].
[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2011-official-gen-elect-state-senate-results-121411.pdf Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2011 General Election] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-07-13 , [[New Jersey Department of State]], December 14, 2011. Accessed June 22, 2012.)
[http://njelections.org/election-results/2007-official-general-election-tallies(ss)-12.3.07.pdf Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2007 General Election] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-08-22 , [[New Jersey Department of State]], December 3, 2007. Accessed June 22, 2012.)
"05831236.pdf". New Jersey Secretary of State.
"2003g_a_candidate_tally.pdf". New Jersey Secretary of State.
"2001-general-elect-gen-assembly-tallies.pdf". New Jersey Secretary of State.
"1999-general-elect-gen-assembly-candidate-tallies.pdf". New Jersey Secretary of State.
"1997-general-election-results-state-assembly.pdf". New Jersey Secretary of State.
"NJ General Assembly 16".
"1993-general-election-results-state-sen-gen-assembly.pdf". New Jersey Secretary of State.

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