Borough Administrator of High Bridge, New Jersey. In December 2019, Pappas was named by Bridgewater Mayor-elect Matt Moench to be the municipality's next Township Administrator. State Senate campaign In 2021, Pappas announced that he would be running for the Republican nomination for State Senate in New Jersey's 16th legislative district. The incumbent, Christopher "Kip" Bateman, a moderate Republican who barely won re-election in 2017, decided to retire. The 16th district had previously been a safe Republican district, but after re-districting in 2011, it became a swing district after the removal of Bridgewater and the addition of Princeton. Both of its Assembly seats flipped from red to blue during the 2010s decade. In the early stages of the race, he again competed against Zimmer, who, like Pappas, was also making his first run for political office in over a decade. After Pappas won the organization line for Somerset County, a large part of the 16th district, Zimmer dropped out of the race. Pappas won the Republican primary in June 2021. He lost the general election to Democrat Andrew Zwicker, the district's state assemblyman in November 2021. Electoral history References External links 1960 births Living people American people of Greek descent County commissioners in New Jersey Mayors of places in New Jersey People from Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey Politicians from New Brunswick, New Jersey Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey Small Business Administration personnel