Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly Hon. Vincent Prieto is set to speak at Rider University.
Rider’s Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics is set to present The State of Politics Today: An Evening with Hon. Vincent Prieto Sept. 23. A light reception is set to begin at 6 p.m. Remarks begin at 7 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session with the audience.
The event is scheduled to take place in the Mercer Room in Daly Dining Hall on Rider’s Lawrenceville campus. It is free and open to the public.
Speaker Prieto was first sworn into the New Jersey General Assembly in 2004, filling the unexpired term of Anthony Impreveduto. He was elected to his first full term on Nov. 8, 2005. He was elected Assembly Speaker on Jan. 14, 2014, becoming the second Cuban-American in state history to lead a legislative house.
Prieto represents the 32nd Legislative District, which includes the Bergen County municipalities of Edgewater and Fairview; and the Hudson County municipalities of East Newark, Guttenberg, Harrison, Kearny, North Bergen, Secaucus and West New York.
Advance reservations to attend “An Evening with Hon. Vincent Prieto” are requested by calling Susan Cuccia at (609) 896-5350 or emailing scuccia@rider.edu.
The Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics is dedicated to public service and to the scholarly analysis of government, public policy, campaigns and elections. Its two-fold mission is to raise the level of political discourse and train the next generation of political leaders.
More information is online at rider.edu.