Rick Merkt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
Date of Birth: 30-Jul-1949
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Rick Merkt
- Richard A.
- "Rick" Merkt (born July 30, 1949) is an American Republican Party politician who served from 1998 to 2010 in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represented the 25th legislative district.
- In his sixth term as a legislator, he unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for Governor of New Jersey in 2009 rather than running for re-election to the Assembly. Noted for his interest in and knowledge of constitutional issues, Merkt served as the Assembly's Parliamentarian from 2006 to 2010.
- He served in the Assembly on the Appropriations Committee, the Higher Education Committee, the Judiciary Committee, the Transportation Committee, the Banking and Insurance Committee and the Intergovernmental Relations Commission.Merkt graduated with a B.A.
- in History in 1971 from Yale University, was awarded a J.D.
- in 1975 from the Fordham University School of Law and received an M.G.A.
- in 1986 from the University of Pennsylvania in Governmental Administration.He was born in New York City and resides with his family in the Brookside section of Mendham Township, New Jersey.
- In March 2011, Merkt was chosen to fill the seat on the Mendham Township Committee expiring in 2012 that had been vacated in January 2011 by Jack Schrier.
- Merkt served as deputy mayor of Mendham Township in 2012 and as mayor in 2013.
- On September 15, 2014, he was appointed Borough Administrator of Mendham, New Jersey and resigned from the Mendham Township Committee.
- He served as Borough Administrator from November 1, 2014 through September 30, 2017.
- In 2018, he was elected to the New Hampshire State Republican Committee, and in 2019, he became vice chair of the Cheshire County (NH) Republican Committee.
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