Democratic party
nominee Raj Mukherji, a rising Indian-American figure on the political scene of
New Jersey, has won the State Assembly polls in New Jersey, becoming one of the
youngest to be elected to the house.
29-year-old
Mukherji, a first-time Democratic nominee for the 33rd Legislative District and
former Jersey City Deputy Mayor, had won the primary election in June by a
36-point margin.
According
to the Office of County Clerk, Hudson County, Mukherji got 18,586 votes and
will represent the Legislative District, which covers Hoboken, Union City,
Weehawken and parts of Jersey City.
He
is the son of Indian American immigrants and has had a stellar rise in the
political arena.
From
March 2012 through June 2013, Mukherji served as one of the two Deputy Mayors
of Jersey City, New Jersey's second largest city.
He had also founded an internet consulting and software
development company while in middle school, which he later sold to a larger
technology company.
Following the September 11 attacks in the city, Mukherji joined
the US Marines at age 17, where he served in military intelligence for the
Marine Corps Reserve.
At 19, he co-founded a public affairs firm that he grew into the
state's third largest lawyer-lobbying firm while learning the inner workings of
the State House.
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