{{Short description|American politician (born 1967)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Charles Mainor | image = | caption = | office1 = Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 31st Legislative District | term_start1 = January 12, 2010 | term_end1 = January 12, 2016 | predecessor1 = L. Harvey Smith | alongside1 = Anthony Chiappone (2010)<br>Jason O'Donnell (2010-16) | successor1 = Nicholas Chiaravalloti<br>Angela V. McKnight | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|1|23}} | birth_place = | party = Democratic | alma_mater = New Jersey City University (B.S.) | occupation = Police Detective | website = }}
'''Charles Mainor''' (born January 23, 1967) is an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 31st Legislative District. Mainor is a police detective in Jersey City.<ref>{{cite news | work=The Jersey Journal | last=Hayes | first=Melissa | date=January 13, 2010 | title=Mainor, a police detective, takes Assembly oath to represent Jersey City and Bayonne | url=http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/jerseycity/index.ssf?/base/news-9/1263367507121180.xml&coll=3}}</ref> He succeeded L. Harvey Smith, who did not seek re-election in 2009.
Mainor graduated from New Jersey City University with a B.S. degree in criminal justice.<ref name=NJLEG>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221163501/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=322 |archive-date=December 21, 2015 |url=http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=322 |title=Assemblyman Charles Mainor |publisher=New Jersey Legislature |accessdate=January 17, 2016}}</ref> He ran unsuccessfully for the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders twice before his election to the Assembly in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2009/06/chiappone_mainor_sweep_assembl.html |title=Chiappone, Mainor sweep Assembly primary |author=Amy Sara Clark |newspaper=The Jersey Journal |date=2009-06-02 |accessdate=2012-01-23}}</ref>
==Legislative career== In the Assembly, Mainor served as chair of the Law and Public Safety Committee. He was also a member of the Consumer Affairs Committee, Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee, and the Joint Committee on Housing Affordability.<ref name=NJLEG/><ref name=AssemblyDemsBio>{{cite web |url=http://www.assemblydems.com/memberbio.asp?RosterKey=322 |title=Assemblyman Charles Mainor Bio Page |publisher=NJ Assembly Majority Office |accessdate=September 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923085517/http://www.assemblydems.com/memberbio.asp?RosterKey=322 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
After being easily re-elected in 2011 and 2013, Mainor originally sought re-election to the Assembly in the June 2015 despite losing the support of the Hudson County Democratic Committee and Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop.<ref name=Mainor2015Reelection>{{cite news |url=http://politickernj.com/2015/03/mainor-on-ld-31-im-in/ |title=Mainor on LD 31: "I'm in" |website=Politicker NJ |author=Bonamo, Mark |date=March 29, 2015 |accessdate=September 22, 2015}}</ref> Ultimately, he dropped out before the Democratic primary election.<ref name=Spotlight2015>{{cite news |url=http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/15/05/26/in-31st-district-half-dozen-democrats-jockey-to-stand-out-from-crowd/ |title=In 31st District, Half-Dozen Democrats Jockey to Stand Out From Crowd |date=May 26, 2015 |author=Tyrrell, Joe |website=NJ Spotlight |accessdate=September 22, 2015 |quote=No endorsement from the Hudson County Democratic organization for either man. Mainor initially tried to soldier on without it, but dropped out of the race.}}</ref>
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