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Bill O’Dea
William O’Dea has served in appointed or elected office for almost his entire adult life. In 1985 he was first elected to the Jersey City Council at the age of twenty six. (The youngest in the City...view moreWilliam O’Dea has served in appointed or elected office for almost his entire adult life. In 1985 he was first elected to the Jersey City Council at the age of twenty six. (The youngest in the City’s history). His first task upon being elected was finding the funds to remediate a burning toxic landfill in his district. In 1997 he was elected as a County Legislator by a single vote of the County Committee and has been re-elected to five consecutive terms: Running unopposed in the last three elections cycles. Viewed as an outspoken ‘Maverick’, he successfully took on and defeated the Hudson County Political Organization in 1998 and 2002. A graduate of Saint John’s University in New York City with degrees in Political Science and Criminal Justice, O’Dea brings an honest, humorous insider’s perspective to government and politics. His no holds barred style has ruffled many a feather in his three plus decades of public service. He has also co-authored two scripts which were produced as Independent Films.view less