Nina Mitchell Wells
32nd Secretary of State of New Jersey
In office
January 2006 – January 19, 2010
GovernorJon Corzine
Preceded byRegena Thomas
Succeeded byKim Guadagno
Personal details
Born (1950-09-09) September 9, 1950 (age 73)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseTed Wells
EducationNewton College of the Sacred Heart (BA)
Suffolk University (JD)

Nina Mitchell Wells (born September 9, 1950) is an American attorney and politician who served as Secretary of State of New Jersey in the cabinet of Governor Jon Corzine.[1]

Education

Wells was born in Washington, D.C., where she attended Immaculate Conception Academy. Wells began college at Mount St. Joseph University before graduating from Newton College of the Sacred Heart with a B.A. in 1972. Wells then received her Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts.[2]

Career

Prior to assuming her cabinet post in January 2006, Wells served as a vice president at Schering-Plough and assistant dean at Rutgers Law School.

As Secretary of State, Wells served one four-year term, concurrent to the term of the governor. Her term expired on January 19, 2010. As Secretary, she was the state's chief elections officer and oversaw tourism, historical affairs, cultural and arts programs, Native American affairs, literacy, volunteerism, the state archives.

In 2008, Wells was named as a defendant in the case Donofrio v. Wells, an attempt to force her to stay the presidential election in New Jersey pending investigations into the citizenship of Barack Obama. The case was ultimately unsuccessful.[3]

Personal life

She and her husband, criminal defense lawyer Ted Wells, reside in Livingston, New Jersey.[4] Wells is a Democrat.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Nina M. Wells's Biography".
  2. ^ "Nina M. Wells's Biography". The HistoryMakers. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  3. ^ Obama Citizenship - Supreme Court Declines To Hear Challenge Washington Post
  4. ^ State of New Jersey biography for Nina Mitchell Wells, State of New Jersey, backed up by the Internet Archive as of December 31, 2007. Accessed February 24, 2011. "Secretary Wells and her husband, Ted Wells, Esq. reside in Livingston, NJ and have two grown children, Teresa and Phillip."
  5. ^ "Nina Wells". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
Political offices Preceded byRegena Thomas Secretary of State of New Jersey 2006–2010 Succeeded byKim Guadagno


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