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LANCE, Leonard, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Easton, Northampton County, Pa., June 25, 1952; graduated from North Hunterdon Regional High School, Annandale, N.J., 1970; B.A., Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa., 1974; J.D., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., 1977; M.P.A., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., 1982; judicial clerk; lawyer, private practice; member of the New Jersey state general assembly, 1991-2002; member of the New Jersey state senate, 2002-2009, minority leader, 2004-2008; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States House of Representatives in 1996; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eleventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2009-present).