Perskie Region

Senator Andrew Ciesla (R-Ocean), 54, is a business executive in the plumbing supply industry.  He received a B.A. and a master’s degree in Public Administration from Syracuse University.  A former Brick Councilman, he won a State Senate seat in 1991 when Democrat John Russo retired; in that race, he defeated Assemblyman John Paul Doyle, who was widely acknowledged as one of Trenton’s brightest legislators.