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{{short description|Member of the New Jersey Senate}}
{{Infobox State Senator
{{Use American English|date=January 2022}}
|name=Steve Oroho
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}}
|image= File:Senator Steve Oroho.png
{{Infobox officeholder
| office1 = Member of the [[New Jersey Senate]]<br>from the [[24th Legislative District (New Jersey)|24th]] district<br>
|name = Steve Oroho
|predecessor1=[[Robert E. Littell]]|term_start1=January 8, 2008
|image = Steve Oroho.jpg
|term_end1=
|state_senate = New Jersey
|office2=Member of the [[Sussex County, New Jersey|Sussex County]] [[Board of Chosen Freeholders]]
|district = [[New Jersey's 24th legislative district|24th]]
|term_start2=2005
|term_start = January 8, 2008
|term_end2=2008
|term_end = January 9, 2024
|office3=Member of the [[Franklin, New Jersey|Franklin]] Borough Council
|predecessor = [[Robert E. Littell]]
|term_start3=2001
|successor = [[Parker Space]]
|term_end3=2006
|office1 = Minority Leader of the [[New Jersey Senate]]
|party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|term_start1 = January 11, 2022
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1958|7|26|mf=y}}
|term_end1 = July 1, 2023
|birth_place=
|predecessor1 = [[Thomas Kean Jr.]]
|death_date=
|successor1 = [[Anthony M. Bucco]]
|death_place=
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|7|26}}
|spouse=
|birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
|relations=
|death_date =
|children=
|death_place =
|occupation=Certified financial planner
|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|residence=[[Franklin, New Jersey|Franklin]], [[New Jersey]]
|alma_mater=[[Saint Francis University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]])
|education = [[Saint Francis University (Pennsylvania)|Saint Francis University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])
|website=[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/bio.asp?Leg=281 Legislative web page]
|website = {{URL|oroho.senatenj.com|Party website}}<br>{{URL|https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/281/senator-oroho|Legislative website}}
}}
}}
'''Steven V. Oroho''' (born July 26, 1958) is an American [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] politician, who served in the [[New Jersey Senate]] from January 8, 2008, to January 9. 2024, where he represented the [[New Jersey's 24th legislative district|24th Legislative District]]. Oroho served as State Senate Minority Leader after being elected during a State Senate Republicans Caucus meeting, replacing [[Thomas Kean Jr.]]<ref name= "https://www.insidernj.com/senate-republicans-roll-leadership-team-oroho-new-leader/">{{cite web |title=Senate Republicans Roll Out Leadership Team; Oroho New Leader |url=https://www.insidernj.com/senate-republicans-roll-leadership-team-oroho-new-leader/ |website=Insider NJ |date=November 4, 2021}}</ref>


Oroho announced in January 2023 that he would not seek another term in the November 2023 general election.<ref>Johnson, Brent. [https://www.nj.com/politics/2023/01/top-republican-in-nj-senate-surprisingly-says-he-wont-seek-re-election.html "Top Republican in N.J. Senate surprisingly says he won’t seek re-election"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], January 30, 2023. Accessed January 31, 2023. "State Senate Minority Leader Steve Oroho, the highest-ranking Republican in the New Jersey Legislature, announced Monday he won’t seek re-election to the Senate this fall after 16 years in office — a surprise decision that guarantees at least one leadership shakeup in Trenton next year."</ref> On July 1, 2023, he stepped down as Senate Minority Leader.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/fr/oroho-steps-down-early-as-senate-minority-leader/|title=Oroho steps down early as Senate minority leader|last=Wildstein|first=David|date=June 28, 2023|access-date=July 4, 2023|website=[[New Jersey Globe]]}}</ref>
'''Steven V. Oroho''' (born July 26, 1958) is an American [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] [[politician]], who has served in the [[New Jersey]] [[New Jersey Senate|Senate]] since January 8, 2008, where he represents the [[24th Legislative District (New Jersey)|24th Legislative District]].


==Early life and education==
==Political career==
Born in [[Brooklyn]] and raised in [[West Milford, New Jersey]], Oroho graduated from [[West Milford High School]] in 1976 and from [[Saint Francis University (Pennsylvania)|Saint Francis University]] in 1980.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=UHInAQAAMAAJ&q=Steve+Oroho+1958+St.+Francis ''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 213''], p. 239. E. J. Mullin, 2008. Accessed July 7, 2023. "Steve V. Oroho, Rep., Franklin (Sussex)... Senator Oroho was born July 26, 1958, in Brooklyn, N.Y., and raised in West Milford. He earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from St. Francis University, Loretto, Pa., in 1980."</ref><ref>[https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/196434/Steven_V_Oroho.html New Jersey State Sen. Steve Oroho], [[LegiStorm]]. Accessed July 7, 2023. "West Milford (N.J.) High School - Diploma (1976)"</ref>
Oroho announced in 2007 that he would seek the Republican nomination for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Senator [[Robert Littell (politician)|Robert Littell]]. With Littell's endorsement, he ran in a competitive primary against [[New Jersey General Assembly|Assemblyman]] [[Guy Gregg]].<ref name="politickernj.com">Staff. [http://www.politickernj.com/littell-retire "Littell to retire"], PolitickerNJ, March 6, 2007. Accessed July 15, 2012.</ref> Oroho out-raised Gregg during the primary campaign,<ref name="politickernj.com"/> but both candidates spent about equally.<ref name=primary>{{Cite web|url=http://www.politickernj.com/mountain-men-gregg-and-oroho-fight-senate-seat-9018|title=Mountain Men, Gregg and Oroho, fight for Senate seat|work=[[The New York Observer|Observer]]|last=Pizzaro|first=Max|date=1 June 2007|accessdate=}}</ref> Oroho sought to portray himself as a [[small government]] conservative during the campaign.<ref name="primary"/> Oroho won the hard-fought primary and then easily won the general election in the heavily Republican 24th district. Oroho opposes [[Same-sex marriage in the United States|same-sex marriage]] and has been the senate sponsor of legislation that would allow a public vote in the form of a ballot question to determine whether it should be legalized or banned in New Jersey.<ref>Friedman, Matt. [http://www.politickernj.com/matt-friedman/27497/leery-poll-data-district-23-legislators-call-vote-gay-marriage "Leery of poll data, GOP legislators call for a vote on gay marriage"], [[PolitickerNJ]], February 19, 2009. Accessed April 24, 2012. "McHose sponsored legislation in the assembly that would create a ballot question to amend the state constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Her district-mate, state Sen. Steve Oroho, is the prime sponsor of the senate version."</ref> He is the primary sponsor of that legislation in the Senate. In June 2009 he was one of seven senators to vote against putting open space bond question on the November ballot.<ref>Pizarro, Max. [http://www.politickernj.com/max/30971/senate-reconvenes-eyes-open-space-bond-question "Senate reconvenes, passes open space bond question"], PolitickerNJ, June 25, 2009. Accessed April 24, 2012. "In a sign of the first significant public dissent of the day here, state Sen. Steve Oroho (R-Franklin) just stood and expressed his opposition to the open space bond question, which already passed in the Assembly earlier in the evening. "</ref>. Oroho serves in the Senate on the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Economic Growth Committee.<ref name=NJLEG>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=281 Assemblyman Oroho's legislative webpage], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed February 14, 2008.</ref>. He served on the [[Franklin, New Jersey|Franklin]] Borough Council from 2001 to 2006 and on the [[Sussex County, New Jersey|Sussex County]] [[Board of Chosen Freeholders]] from 2005 to 2007.<ref name=NJLEG/>


== New Jersey Senate ==
In 2018 Oroho made calls to bring back the [[Death Penalty]] in New Jersey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/steveoroho/posts/10156520639343580?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDSvQfJ-p0lNuW8-2xhb7rCiBkZ6kdem0KN_N2awgCbY0e94tl_5FEtYzJAaGuOLgCfdai7tgXOoWk2r9mXLEzIXmD4Ki4szrdMfZk-rVIDzr7CZ6LO_SK9GkNpZt7xK9wUo-guXhzThqDxQMU6AC0uwR6tuocaxn3IYECI9C4t1E-Tb2HgDOKYN8pjxOBa1aWpog4hIegQ4DOn5x1IG9YQAEhxASM7ELRIWKjGQROkbaUWMgclsgmeAnLPsXdz3KatpsW3EAhoBqyKhy6VeIGIF6H_qoMIJhV2Y6z4aLutyz9iwfrrtItxBvOEs5FRlUTJEIyNDKCRgzuu3Q&__tn__=-R|title=Steven Oroho – Eliminating capital punishment has placed... '''''Facebook'''''|work=[[Facebook]]|date=5 December 2018|accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nj1015.com/should-nj-bring-back-death-penalty-colts-neck-slayings-renew-call/|title=Should NJ bring back death penalty? Colts Neck case renews call|work=[[WKXW|New Jersey 101.5]]|last=Hochron|first=Adam|date=6 December 2018|accessdate=}}</ref>


==District 24==
===Elections===
====2007 election====
{{As of|2013}}, the [[24th Legislative District (New Jersey)|24th Legislative District]] covers 36 municipalities in Sussex, [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris]] and [[Warren County, New Jersey|Warren]] counties in northwestern New Jersey, including: [[Allamuchy Township, New Jersey|Allamuchy Township]], [[Andover, New Jersey|Andover Borough]], [[Andover Township, New Jersey|Andover Township]], [[Belvidere, New Jersey|Belvidere]], [[Blairstown, New Jersey|Blairstown]], [[Branchville, New Jersey|Branchville]], [[Byram Township, New Jersey|Byram Township]], [[Frankford Township, New Jersey|Frankford Township]], [[Franklin, New Jersey|Franklin]], [[Fredon Township, New Jersey|Fredon Township]], [[Frelinghuysen Township, New Jersey|Frelinghuysen Township]], [[Green Township, New Jersey|Green]], [[Hamburg, New Jersey|Hamburg]], [[Hampton Township, New Jersey|Hampton Township]], [[Hardwick Township, New Jersey|Hardwick Township]], [[Hardyston Township, New Jersey|Hardyston Township]], [[Hopatcong, New Jersey|Hopatcong]], [[Hope Township, New Jersey|Hope Township]], [[Independence Township, New Jersey|Independence Township]], [[Knowlton Township, New Jersey|Knowlton Township]], [[Lafayette Township, New Jersey|Lafayette Township]], [[Liberty Township, New Jersey|Liberty Township]], [[Montague Township, New Jersey|Montague Township]], [[Mount Olive Township, New Jersey|Mount Olive Township]], [[Newton, New Jersey|Newton]], [[Ogdensburg, New Jersey|Ogdensburg]], [[Oxford Township, New Jersey|Oxford Township]], [[Sandyston Township, New Jersey|Sandyston Township]], [[Sparta Township, New Jersey|Sparta Township]], [[Stanhope, New Jersey|Stanhope]], [[Stillwater Township, New Jersey|Stillwater Township]], [[Sussex, New Jersey|Sussex]], [[Vernon Township, New Jersey|Vernon Township]], [[Walpack Township, New Jersey|Walpack Township]], [[Wantage Township, New Jersey|Wantage Township]] and [[White Township, New Jersey|White Township]].
<ref name="SpaceConventionFeb13">George, Andrew. [http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/express-times/index.ssf/2013/02/parker_space_selected_to_fill.html "Parker Space selected to fill 24th District vacancy in N.J. Assembly"] in ''The Express-Times'' (25 February 2013). Retrieved 9 July 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#23 Districts by Number], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed August 4, 2010.</ref>


Oroho announced in 2007 that he would seek the Republican nomination for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Senator [[Robert Littell (politician)|Robert Littell]]. With Littell's endorsement, he ran in a competitive primary against [[New Jersey General Assembly|Assemblyman]] [[Guy Gregg]].<ref name="politickernj.com">Staff. [http://www.politickernj.com/littell-retire "Littell to retire"], PolitickerNJ, March 6, 2007. Accessed July 15, 2012.</ref> Oroho out-raised Gregg during the primary campaign.<ref name="politickernj.com"/><ref name=primary>{{Cite web|url=http://www.politickernj.com/mountain-men-gregg-and-oroho-fight-senate-seat-9018|title=Mountain Men, Gregg and Oroho, fight for Senate seat|work=[[The New York Observer|Observer]]|last=Pizzaro|first=Max|date=1 June 2007}}</ref> Oroho sought to portray himself as a [[small government]] conservative during the campaign.<ref name="primary"/> He won the primary and the general election in the Republican 24th district.
Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the [[New Jersey Senate]] and two members in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]].<ref>Article IV, New Jersey State Constitution (1947).</ref> The other representatives from the 13th District for the 2018-2019 Legislative Session are:<ref>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/roster.asp Legislative Roster 2018-2019 Session], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 21, 2018.</ref><ref name=DistrictLeg>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/DistrictLegislators.asp?District=24 District 24 Legislators], New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 21, 2018.</ref>
*Assemblyman [[Harold J. Wirths]]
*Assemblyman [[Parker Space]]


====2021 election====
==Background==

Oroho graduated with a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] degree from [[Saint Francis University]] with a major in accounting.<ref name=NJLEG/> He is a resident of Franklin. Oroho is a [[List of members of the American Legislative Exchange Council|member of]] the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] (ALEC), serving as New Jersey state leader.<ref>[http://www.alec.org/about-alec/state-chairmen/ State Chairmen], [[American Legislative Exchange Council]]. Accessed July 15, 2012.</ref>
{{main|2021 New Jersey State Senate election}}

Republican Daniel Cruz challenged Oroho in the June 3, 2021 primary.<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel Cruz |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Daniel_Cruz |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=23 January 2021 |language=en |date=23 January 2021}}</ref>

===Tenure===
Oroho opposes [[Same-sex marriage in the United States|same-sex marriage]] and has been the senate sponsor of legislation that would allow a public vote in the form of a ballot question to determine whether it should be legalized or banned in New Jersey.<ref>Friedman, Matt. [http://www.politickernj.com/matt-friedman/27497/leery-poll-data-district-23-legislators-call-vote-gay-marriage "Leery of poll data, GOP legislators call for a vote on gay marriage"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225122449/http://www.politickernj.com/matt-friedman/27497/leery-poll-data-district-23-legislators-call-vote-gay-marriage |date=2009-02-25 }}, [[PolitickerNJ]], February 19, 2009. Accessed April 24, 2012. "McHose sponsored legislation in the assembly that would create a ballot question to amend the state constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Her district-mate, state Sen. Steve Oroho, is the prime sponsor of the senate version."</ref> He is the primary sponsor of that legislation in the Senate. In June 2009 he was one of seven senators to vote against putting open space bond question on the November ballot.<ref>Pizarro, Max. [http://www.politickernj.com/max/30971/senate-reconvenes-eyes-open-space-bond-question "Senate reconvenes, passes open space bond question"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904224932/http://www.politickernj.com/max/30971/senate-reconvenes-eyes-open-space-bond-question |date=2009-09-04 }}, PolitickerNJ, June 25, 2009. Accessed April 24, 2012. "In a sign of the first significant public dissent of the day here, state Sen. Steve Oroho (R-Franklin) just stood and expressed his opposition to the open space bond question, which already passed in the Assembly earlier in the evening. "</ref> Oroho serves in the Senate on the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Economic Growth Committee.<ref name=NJLEG>[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/281/senator-oroho Assemblyman Oroho's legislative webpage], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 27, 2022.</ref> He served on the [[Franklin, New Jersey|Franklin]] Borough Council from 2001 to 2006 and on the [[Sussex County, New Jersey|Sussex County]] [[Board of County Commissioners (New Jersey)|Board of Chosen Freeholders]] from 2005 to 2007.<ref name=NJLEG/><ref name="Board of Freeholders">{{cite web |url=http://www.sussex.nj.us/Cit-e-Access/TownCouncil/?TID=7&TPID=591 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041204054049/http://www.sussex.nj.us/Cit-e-Access/TownCouncil/?TID=7&TPID=591 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 December 2004 |title=Board of Freeholders |work=Wayback Machine |access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref> In 2018 Oroho made calls to bring back the [[Capital punishment|death penalty]] in New Jersey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/steveoroho/posts/10156520639343580?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDSvQfJ-p0lNuW8-2xhb7rCiBkZ6kdem0KN_N2awgCbY0e94tl_5FEtYzJAaGuOLgCfdai7tgXOoWk2r9mXLEzIXmD4Ki4szrdMfZk-rVIDzr7CZ6LO_SK9GkNpZt7xK9wUo-guXhzThqDxQMU6AC0uwR6tuocaxn3IYECI9C4t1E-Tb2HgDOKYN8pjxOBa1aWpog4hIegQ4DOn5x1IG9YQAEhxASM7ELRIWKjGQROkbaUWMgclsgmeAnLPsXdz3KatpsW3EAhoBqyKhy6VeIGIF6H_qoMIJhV2Y6z4aLutyz9iwfrrtItxBvOEs5FRlUTJEIyNDKCRgzuu3Q&__tn__=-R|title=Steven Oroho – Eliminating capital punishment has placed... |work=[[Facebook]]|date=5 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nj1015.com/should-nj-bring-back-death-penalty-colts-neck-slayings-renew-call/|title=Should NJ bring back death penalty? Colts Neck case renews call|work=[[WKXW|New Jersey 101.5]]|last=Hochron|first=Adam|date=6 December 2018}}</ref>

=== Committees ===
*Joint Budget Oversight
*New Jersey Legislative Select Oversight
*Budget and Appropriations
*Economic Growth

=== District 24 ===
Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the [[New Jersey Senate]] and two members in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]]. The representatives from the 24th District for the [[220th New Jersey Legislature|2022—23 Legislative Session]] are:<ref>[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster?district=24 Legislative Roster for District 24], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 11, 2022.</ref>
* Senator Steve Oroho <span {{Party shading/Republican}}>(R)</span>
* Assemblyman [[Parker Space]] <span {{Party shading/Republican}}>(R)</span>
* Assemblyman [[Hal Wirths]] <span {{Party shading/Republican}}>(R)</span>

== Electoral history ==
=== New Jersey Senate ===
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}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| candidate = Steve Oroho (Incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 56,628
| percentage = 69.4
| change = {{increase}} 8.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| candidate = Frederick P. Cook
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 23,240
| percentage = 30.6
| change = {{decrease}} 8.3
}}
{{Election box total
| votes = '''75,868'''
| percentage = '''100.0'''
}}
{{Election box end}}

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| title = [[New Jersey elections, 2017|New Jersey general election, 2017]]<ref name="NJ Election Results 2017 ">{{cite web | title=New Jersey Division of Elections | website=The Official Web Site for The State of New Jersey | date=2017-11-29 | url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2017/2017-official-general-election-results-state-senate.pdf | access-date=2022-08-23}}</ref>
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| candidate = Steve Oroho (Incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 35,641
| percentage = 61.0
| change = {{decrease}} 9.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| candidate = Jennifer Hamilton
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 22,760
| percentage = 39.0
| change = {{increase}} 9.4
}}
{{Election box total
| votes = '''58,401'''
| percentage = '''100.0'''
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=[[New Jersey State Senate election, 2013|New Jersey general election, 2013]]<ref name=Results2013>{{cite web |url=http://www.njelections.org/2013-results/2013-official-general-election-results-state-senate.pdf |title=Official List Candidates for State Senate For GENERAL ELECTION 11/05/2015 Election |publisher=[[Secretary of State of New Jersey]] |date=December 4, 2013 |access-date=April 27, 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Steve Oroho (Incumbent)
|votes = 38,819
|percentage = 70.4
|change = {{increase}} 4.4
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Richard D. Tomko
|votes = 16,292
|percentage = 29.6
|change = {{decrease}} 4.4
}}
{{Election box total
| votes = '''55,111'''
| percentage = '''100.0'''
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=New Jersey general election, 2011<ref>[https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2021/2021-official-general-results-state-senate.pdf#page=24 Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2011 General Election], [[New Jersey Department of State]], December 14, 2011, p. 15. Accessed April 27, 2019.</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Steve Oroho (Incumbent)
|votes = 21,044
|percentage = 66.0
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Edwin Selby
|votes = 10,837
|percentage = 34.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 31,881
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=New Jersey general election, 2007<ref>[http://njelections.org/election-results/07-official-general-election-tallies(ss)-12.3.07.pdf Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2007 General Election]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]], December 3, 2007, p. 15. Accessed April 27, 2019.</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Steve Oroho
|votes = 31,143
|percentage = 69.5
|change = {{increase}} 1.4
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Edwin Selby
|votes = 13,694
|percentage = 30.5
|change = {{decrease}} 1.4
}}
{{Election box total
| votes = '''44,837'''
| percentage = '''100.0'''
}}
{{Election box end}}


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://oroho.senatenj.com Senator Steven Oroho's Official Site]
*[http://oroho.senatenj.com Senator Steven Oroho's Official Site]
*[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=281 Senator Oroho's legislative webpage], [[New Jersey Legislature]]
*[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/281/senator-oroho Senator Oroho's legislative webpage], [[New Jersey Legislature]]
*''New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms''
*''New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms''
**[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OrohoS2011.pdf 2011] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OrohoS2010.pdf 2010] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OrohoS2009.pdf 2009] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OrohoS2008.pdf 2008] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OrohoS2007.pdf 2007]
**[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OrohoS2011.pdf 2011] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OrohoS2010.pdf 2010] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OrohoS2009.pdf 2009] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OrohoS2008.pdf 2008] [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/OrohoS2007.pdf 2007]


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Steve Oroho
Member of the New Jersey Senate
from the 24th district
In office
January 8, 2008 – January 9, 2024
Preceded byRobert E. Littell
Succeeded byParker Space
Minority Leader of the New Jersey Senate
In office
January 11, 2022 – July 1, 2023
Preceded byThomas Kean Jr.
Succeeded byAnthony M. Bucco
Personal details
Born (1958-07-26) July 26, 1958 (age 66)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationSaint Francis University (BS)
WebsiteParty website
Legislative website

Steven V. Oroho (born July 26, 1958) is an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey Senate from January 8, 2008, to January 9. 2024, where he represented the 24th Legislative District. Oroho served as State Senate Minority Leader after being elected during a State Senate Republicans Caucus meeting, replacing Thomas Kean Jr.[1]

Oroho announced in January 2023 that he would not seek another term in the November 2023 general election.[2] On July 1, 2023, he stepped down as Senate Minority Leader.[3]

Early life and education

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Born in Brooklyn and raised in West Milford, New Jersey, Oroho graduated from West Milford High School in 1976 and from Saint Francis University in 1980.[4][5]

New Jersey Senate

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Elections

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2007 election

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Oroho announced in 2007 that he would seek the Republican nomination for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Senator Robert Littell. With Littell's endorsement, he ran in a competitive primary against Assemblyman Guy Gregg.[6] Oroho out-raised Gregg during the primary campaign.[6][7] Oroho sought to portray himself as a small government conservative during the campaign.[7] He won the primary and the general election in the Republican 24th district.

2021 election

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Main article: 2021 New Jersey State Senate election

Republican Daniel Cruz challenged Oroho in the June 3, 2021 primary.[8]

Tenure

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Oroho opposes same-sex marriage and has been the senate sponsor of legislation that would allow a public vote in the form of a ballot question to determine whether it should be legalized or banned in New Jersey.[9] He is the primary sponsor of that legislation in the Senate. In June 2009 he was one of seven senators to vote against putting open space bond question on the November ballot.[10] Oroho serves in the Senate on the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Economic Growth Committee.[11] He served on the Franklin Borough Council from 2001 to 2006 and on the Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders from 2005 to 2007.[11][12] In 2018 Oroho made calls to bring back the death penalty in New Jersey.[13][14]

Committees

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  • Joint Budget Oversight
  • New Jersey Legislative Select Oversight
  • Budget and Appropriations
  • Economic Growth

District 24

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Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The representatives from the 24th District for the 2022—23 Legislative Session are:[15]

Electoral history

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New Jersey Senate

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New Jersey general election, 2021[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Steve Oroho (Incumbent) 56,628 69.4 Increase 8.4
Democratic Frederick P. Cook 23,240 30.6 Decrease 8.3
Total votes '75,868' '100.0'
New Jersey general election, 2017[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Steve Oroho (Incumbent) 35,641 61.0 Decrease 9.4
Democratic Jennifer Hamilton 22,760 39.0 Increase 9.4
Total votes '58,401' '100.0'
New Jersey general election, 2013[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Steve Oroho (Incumbent) 38,819 70.4 Increase 4.4
Democratic Richard D. Tomko 16,292 29.6 Decrease 4.4
Total votes '55,111' '100.0'
New Jersey general election, 2011[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Oroho (Incumbent) 21,044 66.0
Democratic Edwin Selby 10,837 34.0
Total votes 31,881 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2007[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Steve Oroho 31,143 69.5 Increase 1.4
Democratic Edwin Selby 13,694 30.5 Decrease 1.4
Total votes '44,837' '100.0'

References

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  1. ^ "Senate Republicans Roll Out Leadership Team; Oroho New Leader". Insider NJ. November 4, 2021.
  2. ^ Johnson, Brent. "Top Republican in N.J. Senate surprisingly says he won’t seek re-election", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, January 30, 2023. Accessed January 31, 2023. "State Senate Minority Leader Steve Oroho, the highest-ranking Republican in the New Jersey Legislature, announced Monday he won’t seek re-election to the Senate this fall after 16 years in office — a surprise decision that guarantees at least one leadership shakeup in Trenton next year."
  3. ^ Wildstein, David (June 28, 2023). "Oroho steps down early as Senate minority leader". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  4. ^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 213, p. 239. E. J. Mullin, 2008. Accessed July 7, 2023. "Steve V. Oroho, Rep., Franklin (Sussex)... Senator Oroho was born July 26, 1958, in Brooklyn, N.Y., and raised in West Milford. He earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from St. Francis University, Loretto, Pa., in 1980."
  5. ^ New Jersey State Sen. Steve Oroho, LegiStorm. Accessed July 7, 2023. "West Milford (N.J.) High School - Diploma (1976)"
  6. ^ a b Staff. "Littell to retire", PolitickerNJ, March 6, 2007. Accessed July 15, 2012.
  7. ^ a b Pizzaro, Max (June 1, 2007). "Mountain Men, Gregg and Oroho, fight for Senate seat". Observer.
  8. ^ "Daniel Cruz". Ballotpedia. January 23, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  9. ^ Friedman, Matt. "Leery of poll data, GOP legislators call for a vote on gay marriage" Archived 2009-02-25 at the Wayback Machine, PolitickerNJ, February 19, 2009. Accessed April 24, 2012. "McHose sponsored legislation in the assembly that would create a ballot question to amend the state constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Her district-mate, state Sen. Steve Oroho, is the prime sponsor of the senate version."
  10. ^ Pizarro, Max. "Senate reconvenes, passes open space bond question" Archived 2009-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, PolitickerNJ, June 25, 2009. Accessed April 24, 2012. "In a sign of the first significant public dissent of the day here, state Sen. Steve Oroho (R-Franklin) just stood and expressed his opposition to the open space bond question, which already passed in the Assembly earlier in the evening. "
  11. ^ a b Assemblyman Oroho's legislative webpage, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 27, 2022.
  12. ^ "Board of Freeholders". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on December 4, 2004. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  13. ^ "Steven Oroho – Eliminating capital punishment has placed..." Facebook. December 5, 2018.
  14. ^ Hochron, Adam (December 6, 2018). "Should NJ bring back death penalty? Colts Neck case renews call". New Jersey 101.5.
  15. ^ Legislative Roster for District 24, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 11, 2022.
  16. ^ "New Jersey Division of Elections" (PDF). The Official Web Site for The State of New Jersey. November 30, 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  17. ^ "New Jersey Division of Elections" (PDF). The Official Web Site for The State of New Jersey. November 29, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  18. ^ "Official List Candidates for State Senate For GENERAL ELECTION 11/05/2015 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. December 4, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  19. ^ Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2011 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, December 14, 2011, p. 15. Accessed April 27, 2019.
  20. ^ Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2007 General Election[permanent dead link‍], New Jersey Department of State, December 3, 2007, p. 15. Accessed April 27, 2019.
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New Jersey Senate
Preceded by Member of the New Jersey Senate
from the 24th district
2008–2024 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minority Leader of the New Jersey Senate
2022–2023 		Succeeded by
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