Brian M. Hughes
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Brian M. Hughes is the County Executive for Mercer County
and a former member of the county's Board of Chosen Freeholders
.
He was elected in November 2003, becoming the first Democrat to hold the post of the highest elected official in the county in 24 years.
He is a scion of the once powerful Hughes-Murphy political legacy. His father was two-term New Jersey Governor and Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard J. Hughes
. His brother, John Hughes, is the longest serving federal magistrate. His half-brother, Michael Murphy, is an influential lobbyist, former County Prosecutor and candidate for Governor. His sister-in-law is a Superior Court judge.
Hughes previously served as Deputy Executive Director of the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. In 1997, he had been elected to the Board of Chosen Freeholders and served two terms, including one as Freeholder President.
Hughes is a graduate of Thomas Edison State College
and a resident of Princeton Township
.
Mercer County, New Jersey
As of the census of 2000, there were 350,761 people, 125,807 households, and 86,303 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,552 people per square mile . There were 133,280 housing units at an average density of 590 per square mile...
and a former member of the county's Board of Chosen Freeholders
Board of Chosen Freeholders
In New Jersey, the Boards of Chosen Freeholders are the county legislatures in each of that state's 21 counties.- Origin :New Jersey's system of naming county legislators "freeholders" is unique in the United States...
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He was elected in November 2003, becoming the first Democrat to hold the post of the highest elected official in the county in 24 years.
He is a scion of the once powerful Hughes-Murphy political legacy. His father was two-term New Jersey Governor and Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard J. Hughes
Richard J. Hughes
Richard Joseph Hughes was an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 45th Governor of New Jersey from 1962 to 1970, and as Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1973–1979...
. His brother, John Hughes, is the longest serving federal magistrate. His half-brother, Michael Murphy, is an influential lobbyist, former County Prosecutor and candidate for Governor. His sister-in-law is a Superior Court judge.
Hughes previously served as Deputy Executive Director of the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. In 1997, he had been elected to the Board of Chosen Freeholders and served two terms, including one as Freeholder President.
Hughes is a graduate of Thomas Edison State College
Thomas Edison State College
Thomas Edison State College is a public institution of higher education located in Trenton, New Jersey. One of New Jersey's 12 public universities and colleges, Thomas Edison State College offers degrees at the undergraduate and graduate level....
and a resident of Princeton Township
Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton is a community located in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is best known as the location of Princeton University, which has been sited in the community since 1756...
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