DeKorte Region

Senator Paul Sarlo (D-Bergen), 39, is professional engineer and planner. He is a graduate of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he received a B.S. in Civil Engineering and an M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering. He was elected to the Wood-Ridge Council in 1995 and has been Mayor since 2000. Sarlo won a State Assembly seat in 2001 when a GOP incumbent ran for the Senate, and moved up to the Senate in 2003 when the Democratic incumbent was appointed to a judgeship.