Mr. Cryan was elected to the Senate in November 2017. He previously served in the Assembly from 2002-2014, where he was Majority Leader from 2010-2012.

He resigned from the Assembly after he was elected sheriff of Union County in 2014. Since his election to the Senate, he has worked as Executive Director of the Middlesex County Utilities Authority. He also served on the New Jersey Democratic State Committee as its vice chair from 2001-2005, and chair from 2006-2010.

The senator has been honored and recognized by many organizations throughout his career. Mr. Cryan was also the first general chairman of the Union County Saint Patrick’s Day Parade committee and is the standard bearer of the Cryan Association, an Irish-American civic charitable civic organization.

He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Belmont Abbey College.

Senator Cryan resides in the Township of Union with his wife Kathy and daughter Katie Peterson. He also has a son, John, and daughters Megan Bell and Hannah Peterson.