Kevin J. O'Toole
Kevin J. O'Toole (born October 5, 1964) is an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey Senate. O'Toole represented the 40th legislative district, which included parts of Bergen, Essex, Morris, and Passaic counties from 2008 to 2017.
Kevin O'Toole | |
|---|---|
| Chair of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | |
| Assumed office August 3, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | John J. Degnan |
| Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | |
| Assumed office July 2, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Pat Schuber |
| Member of the New Jersey Senate | |
| In office January 8, 2008 – July 1, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Henry McNamara |
| Succeeded by | Kristin Corrado |
| Constituency | 40th district |
| In office May 5, 2001 – January 8, 2002 | |
| Preceded by | C. Louis Bassano |
| Succeeded by | Richard Bagger |
| Constituency | 21st district |
| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly | |
| In office January 8, 2002 – January 8, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Felice |
| Succeeded by | Scott Rumana |
| Constituency | 40th district |
| In office January 9, 1996 – May 5, 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Maureen Ogden |
| Succeeded by | Eric Munoz |
| Constituency | 21st district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 5, 1964 Cedar Grove, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Bethany O'Toole |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Seton Hall University (BA, JD) |
O'Toole was elected to the Assembly in 1995 and re-elected five times. He served in the Senate from May 2001 to January 2002, and was elected to the Senate again on November 6, 2007. O'Toole serves in the Senate on the Budget and Appropriations Committee and on the Senate Judiciary Government Committee. He also served as the Senate Minority Whip.
In January 2016, O'Toole announced that he would not seek re-election in 2017. In February 2017, Governor Chris Christie nominated him to a six-year term on the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to succeed Pat Schuber. The State Senate confirmed his nomination in March 2017, though O'Toole indicated that it would take a few months to wrap up his time in the Senate before he took office as a commissioner.
O'Toole resigned from the State Senate on July 1, 2017, to begin his term as Port Authority commissioner. The following month, he was selected as the chairman of the agency's Board of Directors by his fellow commissioners, succeeding John J. Degnan, who had served in that position since July 2014.