Jack Conners
Jack Conners (born July 10, 1943) is an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represented the 7th Legislative District from 1998 until his resignation in 2011.In the 1997 elections, Republican Diane Allen left the Assembly and ran for and won the Senate seat, while Democrats Herb Conaway and Conners were declared the winners in that year's Assembly race, after a recount which showed that Conaway was the top vote-getter and Conners winning the second seat by a margin of 74 votes.[2] In a November 1998 special election, Conners defeated Faulkner by 5,500 votes and was sworn into office for a second time that year.He announced his resignation on August 26, 2011, effective immediately to accept a position with Camden County as its director of veterans' affairs.[7] Conners was succeeded in the Assembly by Troy Singleton, who was selected to fill the vacant seat and defended it as an incumbent in the general election.