his kinky proclivities in more than 150 e-mails that he sent to" a former lobbyist for Prudential Financial who pleaded guilty to stalking his girlfriend in exchange for being allowed to participate in a pre-trial intervention program. "The e-mails were written when the pol presumably would have been at one of his government jobs — either his $49,000-a-year Assembly gig or his $111,000-a-year post as Union County undersheriff," the Post said. Cryan graduated with a B.A. from Belmont Abbey College in Business Administration in 1983. Cryan was born in East Orange, and currently resides in Union Township. Democratic state chairman Cryan has served on the New Jersey State Democratic Committee since 2002, as Vice Chair. On February 17, 2006, Cryan was selected to be the head of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee, succeeding Bonnie Watson Coleman. He stepped down after the selection of his successor John S. Wisniewski on January 27, 2010. As Democratic state chairman, in November 2009, Assemblyman Cryan presided over a Democratic gubernatorial party loss by incumbent Jon Corzine to Republican Chris Christie. He was replaced as state chairman in January 2010 by Assemblyman John Wisniewski. Electoral history New Jersey Senate New Jersey Assembly References External links Assemblyman Joseph Cryan Official Webpage at the New Jersey Legislature New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 New Jersey Voter Information Website 2003 1961 births American people of Irish descent Belmont Abbey College alumni Chairmen of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee Living people Democratic Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly Democratic Party New Jersey state senators Politicians from East Orange, New Jersey People from Union Township, Union County, New Jersey 21st-century American politicians