ASSEMBLYMAN SEAN KEAN
ANNOUNCES SENATE RUN
 

Assemblyman Sean T. Kean has announced that he will seek his party’s nomination to run for the 11th District State Senate seat that is being vacated by Palaia.

“The people of the 11th District have been blessed to have had Senator Palaia representing them for many years,” said Kean (R-Wall). “I would consider it a tremendous honor to have the opportunity to continue the legacy that Joe Palaia has crafted in Trenton and here in Monmouth County.”

Kean said that as a Senator he would continue his efforts to make more New Jersey affordable by reducing spending and cutting taxes.

“People are leaving New Jersey in droves to escape the skyrocketing taxes,” said Kean. “As a State Senator, I will continue to fight against the Legislature’s tax and spend ways that have made it increasingly difficult for the hardworking taxpayers to afford to live and work in our state.”

As part of that effort, Kean said he would continue fighting for meaningful reform of the system that has produced highest in the nation property taxes.

“The state’s inability to control its spending has led to the massive property tax increases that are forcing more and more people from their homes”, he said. “I want to go to the Senate to tell Governor Corzine and his colleagues that the people of the 11th District can no longer afford to foot the bill for their free spending ways.”

Kean joined the Legislature in 2002 and was re-elected in 2003 and 2005. He was the sponsor of a law that requires a certain number of cars sold in New Jersey be equipped with emission reducing technology. He also sponsored legislation toughening the penalties for kidnapping children and led the fight to end the practice of awarding homeland security grants based on partisan politics.

Kean also advocated for a special session on property tax reform and opposed the last four bloated state budgets which increased taxes and fees.

“I am proud of my time in the Assembly and I look forward to going to Trenton to fight for the people of the 11th Legislative District as their State Senator,” he said.

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