The GOP Team

Hillsborough Township

Anthony has lived in Hillsborough since 1991.  Anthony graduated from Thomas Edison State College and is currently pursuing a Master of Science degree from Stevens Institute of Technology.  Anthony has worked nearly 20 years at AT&T in a multitude of management positions (Industry Marketing, Strategic Partnerships and Finance).  His main focus is developing strategic business relationships and pursuing market opportunities through various industry and market sectors.

Community minded since early on, Anthony brings to his new post nearly 25 years of volunteer experience, teaching, coaching and fundraising with the Special Olympics in Somerset County and the Organization for Autism Research.  He now serves on the board of directors of OAR (Organization for Autism Research) and is the Fundraising Chairman for New Jersey OAR. He and his team of local volunteers whom he has worked with over the years have begun a two-part quest to create awareness, by holding quarterly socials & free educational session for parent’s with children with autism & holding events for the children and then ultimately to raise funds for autism research.

Prior to his election, Anthony served on the Economic and Business Development Commission in 2003.  He has served as Deputy Mayor and as liaison to the Agricultural Advisory Committee, ATV Advisory Committee, Board of Education, Board of Ethics, Board of Health, Credit Card Advisory Committee, Economic and Business Development Commission, the Parks and Recreation Committees and the Tree Mitigation Advisory Committee. Anthony is also the Committee liaison to the Welfare/Social Services Department, Municipal Court, Police Department, Rescue Squad and Office of Emergency Management.

Carl and his family have lived in Hillsborough since 1994. He graduated from Rutgers University with a Mechanical Engineering degree and from Silberman College of Business at Fairleigh Dickinson University with an M.B.A.

Carl works in Quality Management and Regulatory Compliance for ConvaTec, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company – a world leader of wound therapeutics and ostomy care products. He is professionally affiliated with the American Society for Quality (ASQ) as a Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) and with RABQSA International, Inc. as a Quality Management System Lead Auditor.

Carl was elected to the Township Committee in 2003. He served as Deputy Mayor in 2005 and as Mayor in 2006 as well as on the Planning Board. Prior to his election, he served on the Recreation Commission. Currently, Committeeman Suraci serves as Police Commissioner and on the Personnel Committee. He is also liaison to the following Boards and Commissions: Agricultural Advisory Commission, Board of Adjustment, Board of Education, Credit Card Advisory Committee, Economic & Business Development Commission, Board of Health, Parks and Recreation and Tree Mitigation.

Bob and his family have lived in Hillsborough for over ten years. He graduated with a B.S. in Communications and Psychology from Davis & Elkins College in West Virginia.

Bob is employed as a CSO Supervisor with Magellan Behavioral Health Services located in Parsippany, New Jersey.

Bob was elected to the Township Committee in 2003 and re-elected in 2005 and served as Deputy Mayor in 2004 and as Mayor in 2005.

New Jersey Legislature District 16

Kip Bateman was born in Somerville and attended public schools in Somerset County. He graduated from Ithaca College with a B.A. in history and political science in 1980. He also is a graduate of Seton Hall Law School, and in 1987, was admitted to the bar. Currently he is a partner with the law firm of DiFrancesco, Bateman, Coley, Yospin, Kunzman, Davis and Lehrer, P.C.

Kip has served the 16th District in the Legislature since January 1994. He was Assistant Majority Whip from 1994-1995 and 2002-present, and was Majority Whip in 1996. His appointments include the Task Force to Study Homeowner Association from 1996-1997 and the Delaware and Raritan Transportation Safety Study Commission from 1995-1996. Other public service includes serving on the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders from 1988-1994. In 1990 and 1991 he was Deputy Director, and in 1992, he served as Director of the Chosen Freeholders. He also was a member of the Branchburg Township Committee from January 1983 to February 1988, and was Mayor in 1986. He also served on the Branchburg Township Planning Board in 1985 and 1986.

In addition, Assemblyman Bateman is a member of the following community organizations: the Home Sharing Program of Somerset County, Special Olympics New Jersey, Branchburg Rotary Club, Midland Foundation, Somerville Elks, Somerset Medical Center, Branchburg Historical Society, Washington Campgrounds Association, Somerset Public Employees Charitable Campaign, United Way and the New Brunswick Theological Seminary Board of Trustees.

Senator Bateman has sponsored laws reducing auto insurance premium costs for policy holders, allowing tax filers to contribute a portion of their income tax refund to support the Drug Abuse Education Fund (DARE) program and creating a grant program to provide thermal imaging cameras to fire departments and companies throughout the state.

Senator Bateman and his wife have four children. He is the son of former Assemblyman, Senator and 1977 gubernatorial candidate Raymond H. Bateman.

Assemblyman Peter J. Biondi was born in Newark on June 23, 1942 and is a graduate of Union High School. He served in the United States Army Reserve from 1961 to 1967. Assemblyman Biondi serves as the Assembly Republican Conference Leader.

From 1994 to 1997, the assemblyman was a Somerset County freeholder and served terms as deputy director in 1995, and as director in 1996. He was a Hillsborough committeeman from 1983 to 1984, deputy mayor in 1985 and mayor from 1986 to 1993. He also served on the Hillsborough planning board from 1986 to 1998.

Legislation Assemblyman Biondi has sponsored includes the following: a measure to fund farmland preservation, to create a housing program to assist seniors and persons with disabilities, to restrict door-to-door sales by minors, to purchase thermal imaging cameras to assist firefighters, to provide flood relief to victims of Hurricane Floyd and to provide additional penalties for persons who are convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs if they have a passenger in their car who is under 18 years of age.

Assemblyman Biondi has served on a number of community organization boards including the Somerset County Open Space Trust, the Somerset Alliance for the Future and the Industrial Pollution Control Financing Authority. He is a past co-chairman of the Somerset County Youth Services Commission and a past president of the Somerset County Governing Officials Association. He also has volunteered with the Jewish Federation, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association and the March of Dimes.

The Assembly term to which he was elected in 2007 is his sixth.

He and his wife Joan married in 1965 and have two children, Peter and Jennifer.

Denise is a graduate of St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, cum laude, and received her law degree from Rutgers University.

She joined the Freeholder Board in January 1996 after four years as a Township Committeewoman and Mayor in Branchburg. She has served as Freeholder Director and Deputy Director.

Denise spearheaded two Economic Development Summits which resulted in award-winning, regionally focused Smart Growth initiatives.

She is economic development chair with the Somerset County Business Partnership; a founding member of the Regional Center Partnership of Somerset County and the county’s Economic Development Incentive Program; a past president of the Somerset County Governing Officials Association; and a member of the Somerset County Federation of Republican Women.

Denise is the recipient of the Diversity Award-Government from the Somerset County Cultural Diversity Coalition; the Outstanding Women in Somerset County Award-Government, from the Somerset County Commission on the Status of Women; the Rolling Hills Girl Scout Council Woman of Achievement Award; and the Millicent Fenwick Award for Distinguished Public Service.

She and her husband Dennis have two daughters and live in Bernards Township.

US Congress - District 7

Before entering the House, Congressman Ferguson was an educator and small business owner. He founded an educational consulting firm that advocated school reform and scholarship programs. He also served as Adjunct Instructor of Political Science at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, New Jersey.

Born and raised in New Jersey, Congressman Ferguson and his wife, Maureen, have three young children. They reside in Somerset County.