Nellie Pou

A Representative from New Jersey, born in Paterson, Passaic County, N. J. , May 20, 1956. Attended Kean College of New Jersey (now Kean University), Union, N. J. Attended Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N. J. Attended University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. Staff, city of Paterson, N. J. , 1975-1997. Member of the New Jersey general assembly, 1997-2011, assistant minority leader, 2000-2001, deputy speaker, 2002-2005. Member of the New Jersey state senate, 2012-2025, majority caucus chair, 2022-2025. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress (January 3, 2025-present).