Chris Myers

Chris Myers is the Republican nominee in the 2008 congressional elections for the 3rd Congressional District (map) of New Jersey. He is the Republican nominee seeking to replace retiring incumbent Rep. Jim Saxton's (R-N.J.) vacant seat. He won in primary elections which took place on June 3, 2008.

=Positions, record and controversies=

Mayor Chris Myers, 42, was born and raised in the Third Congressional District. Elected to Medford Township Council in 2003 and 2007, he served as mayor of this 23,000-resident town in 2004 and is serving as mayor again in 2008.

As Mayor during the floods that hit Medford in 2004 and prompted a federal-declared disaster area, Chris led the community to recovery.

Chris, a decorated combat veteran of the Persian Gulf War, served as the communications officer, anti-air warfare officer, and operations officer on the Navy’s first forward deployed Aegis-equipped cruiser, USS Bunker Hill. In this position, Chris directed the actions of four aircraft carriers and hundreds of land and sea-based aircraft, as well as missile ships from U.S. and allied nations. After leaving USS Bunker Hill, he served as the joint air defense officer for the combined U.S. and NATO Staff of Commander, Second Fleet and Commander Striking Fleet Atlantic aboard the flagship USS Mount Whitney. In this capacity, Chris designed and coordinated Air Defense and Tomahawk plans for exercise and real world operations.

His military decorations include a Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Navy Commendation Medal (with Combat V), several Navy Achievement Medals, Combat Action Ribbon and Liberation of Kuwait Medal. Upon leaving the Navy, Chris joined Lockheed Martin and became a program manager in the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program Office at NE&SS-Surface Systems. In that position, he led the High Range Resolution Program that consisted of a series of radar enhancements and at-sea tests to support Navy BMD efforts. He was promoted to director, Missile Defense and Radar Programs, charged with overseeing Lockheed Martin’s radar business and role in BMD domestically and internationally.

He was promoted to vice president, Business Development where he was responsible for new business acquisition, technology research and development for Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors’ (MS2). In this capacity, he is responsible for new business acquisition, technology research and development for MS2.

Under Chris’ leadership, more than a thousand jobs have been added to the workforce. Chris was also vice president, Advanced Programs, where he was responsible for leading the MS2’s efforts in developing advanced sensors and weapons systems for surface combatant ships. Before that role, he was vice president, Sea-based Missile Defense, which included Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense and integrating all missile defense activity across MS2.

In the past two years, he initiated and continues to lead Lockheed Martin’s efforts to produce solar powered projects.

Raised in the Pinelands “south of Route 70,” in Medford Township, as a youth Chris spent annual summer vacations with his family on Long Beach Island, Ocean County. He attended public schools, graduating from Shawnee High School as class president. He later graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in political science, and holds a master’s degree in public administration from Cornell University.

After serving in the Navy, he returned to Medford, where he lives with his wife and two children.

=2008 elections=

Myers is the Republican nominee seeking to replace Rep. Jim Saxton's (R-N.J.) vacant seat in the 2008 congressional elections. He won in primary elections which took place on June 3, 2008.

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Committees
Myers will be assigned committees if and when he is elected to Congress.

Contact
Chris Myers for Congress PO Box 785 Mount Holly, NJ 08060 Phone: 609-267-1850 Fax: 609-267-7670 Email: [mailto:join@chrismyersforcongress.com join@chrismyersforcongress.com]

Related SourceWatch articles

 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections
 * 2008 U.S. congressional election dates
 * Portal:New Jersey and the U.S. Congress

External resources

 * 2008 Race Tracker page on New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District
 * Chris Myers for Congress Official Campaign Website