Me, Governor? is a chronicle of local and state government from a man who lived among political movers and shakers for more than three decades. Richard J. Codey succeeded James McGreevey who resigned as governor of New Jesrsey following a homosexual affair. At once a political autobiography, filled with lively, incisive anecdotes that record how Codey restored respectability and set a record for good politics and good government in a state so often tarnished, this is also the story about a man and his family.
Me, Governor? is a chronicle of local and state government from a man who lived among political movers and shakers for more than three decades. Richard J. Codey succeeded James McGreevey who resigned as governor of New Jesrsey following a homosexual affair. At once a political autobiography, filled with lively, incisive anecdotes that record how Codey restored respectability and set a record for good politics and good government in a state so often tarnished, this is also the story about a man and his family.
Richard J. Codey was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 1973 and the State Senate in 1981. He became Senate president in 2004 and served as governor from November 2004 to January 2006. He is married and has two sons. Codey wrote this memoir with the assistance of Stephen Seplow, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and former reporter and editor for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Acknowledgments 1. "McGreevey's Gay, I'm the New Governor" 2. The Undertaker's Son: Death and Politics Go Together 3. The Give-and-Take of Politics 4. Mary Jo: Love at First Sight 5. Family 6. Sports in My Life 7. Politics Gets Very Dirty 8. My Crusade on Behalf of the Mentally Ill 9. State Senate President 10. Governor, Not Acting Governor 11. Keeping NFL Football in New Jersey 12. Bowing Out as Governor 13. The Past...and the Future? Index
Acknowledgments 1. "McGreevey's Gay, I'm the New Governor" 2. The Undertaker's Son: Death and Politics Go Together 3. The Give-and-Take of Politics 4. Mary Jo: Love at First Sight 5. Family 6. Sports in My Life 7. Politics Gets Very Dirty 8. My Crusade on Behalf of the Mentally Ill 9. State Senate President 10. Governor, Not Acting Governor 11. Keeping NFL Football in New Jersey 12. Bowing Out as Governor 13. The Past...and the Future? Index
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