Senate committee OK's Dow as N.J. attorney general


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Mon, Feb 08th 2010 06:00:14 pm
Full upper house expected to approve nomination Feb. 22 BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Gov. Chris Christie’s nomination of Paula T. Dow as state attorney general was unanimously approved Monday by the state Senate Judiciary Committee.

The nomination is expected to be affirmed by the full Senate on Feb. 22.

Dow, of Maplewood, has been serving as acting attorney general for over two weeks. The former Essex County prosecutor and assistant U.S. attorney is the first African-American woman to serve as the state’s top law enforcement official. She was also, according to reports, the first sitting county (Essex) prosecutor to be nominated as attorney general in over a century.

Dow was questioned for nearly five hours on a wide range of issues.


via http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/state/senate-c...


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