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text-align: center;">Chief of Staff to the Governor of New Jersey</div> <div style="font-size: 13px; text-align:center;">Successor: <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Diane_Gutierrez-Scaccetti">Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti</a></div> <hr /> <div class="widget-row value-only Democratic Party"> <p> Compensation </p> </div> <div class="widget-row"> <div class="widget-key">Base salary</div> <div class="widget-value"> <p> $174,000 </p> </div> </div> <div class="widget-row value-only Democratic Party">Elections and appointments</div> <div class="widget-row"> <div class="widget-key">Appointed</div> <div class="widget-value"> <p> August 16, 2024 </p> </div> </div> <div class="widget-row value-only Democratic Party"> <p> Education </p> </div> <div class="widget-row"> <div class="widget-key">Bachelor's</div> <div class="widget-value"> <p> Rutgers University </p> </div> </div> <div class="widget-row"> <div class="widget-key">Graduate</div> <div class="widget-value"> <p> Harvard University </p> </div> </div> <div class="widget-row value-only Democratic Party">Contact</div> <div class="widget-row value-only white"> <p> <a href="https://www.helmy.senate.gov/" target="_blank">Official website</a> </p> </div> <div class="widget-row value-only white"> <p> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/ghelmy" target="_blank">Official Twitter</a> </p> </div> <div class="widget-row value-only white"> <p> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@SenatorGeorgeHelmy" target="_blank">Official YouTube</a> </p> </div> <div class="widget-row value-only white"> <p> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/gshelmy/" target="_blank">Personal Instagram</a> </p> </div> <div class="widget-row value-only white"> <p> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-helmy-110b4a19/" target="_blank">Personal LinkedIn</a> </p> </div> </div> <p><style> .infobox { width: 250px; 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color: white; font-weight: bold; } .widget-key { width: 43%; display: inline-block; padding-left: 10px; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; } .widget-value { width: 57%; float: right; display: inline-block; padding-left: 10px; word-wrap: break-word; } .widget-img { width: 150px; display: block; margin: auto; } .clearfix { clear: both; } </style> </p> <div style="display: none;"></div> <p><b>George Helmy</b> (<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_Party">Democratic Party</a>) is a member of the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate">U.S. Senate</a> from New Jersey. He assumed office on September 9, 2024. His current term ends on January 3, 2025.</p> <p>On August 16, 2024, <a href="/New_Jersey_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Governor">New Jersey Governor</a> <a href="/Phil_Murphy" class="mw-redirect" title="Phil Murphy">Phil Murphy</a> (D) announced that he selected Helmy to serve as the interim senator for Sen. <a href="/Bob_Menendez" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Menendez">Bob Menendez</a>'s (D) seat effective September 9, 2024, until the winner of the <a href="/United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Jersey,_2024" title="United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2024">November general election</a> is certified. Murphy indicated he would then appoint the winner to the seat.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Education"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Education</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Career"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Career</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Notable_endorsements"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Notable endorsements</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Footnotes"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Footnotes</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span></h2> <p>Helmy received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Rutgers University and a master's degree in finance and management from Harvard University.<sup id="cite_ref-linkedin_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-linkedin-3">[3]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2> <p>Helmy worked for 12 years as a business operations manager at The UPS Store and for six years as a managing partner at The Helmy Group, a property management firm. In 2011, Helmy joined the office of then-<a href="/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">Sen.</a> <a href="/Frank_Lautenberg" title="Frank Lautenberg">Frank Lautenberg</a> (D-N.J.), where he worked for two years as an advisor. In 2013, Helmy joined American Express as a senior relationship manager for state and local governments. Helmy joined <a href="/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">Sen.</a> <a href="/Cory_Booker" title="Cory Booker">Cory Booker</a>'s (D-N.J.) office as deputy chief of staff in 2014 and was promoted to state director in 2016. On January 25, 2019, Gov. <a href="/Phil_Murphy" class="mw-redirect" title="Phil Murphy">Phil Murphy</a> (D) announced that Helmy would join his administration as chief of staff effective February 4, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-">[4]</a></sup> </p><p>Helmy served as chief of staff for the gubernatorial administration of <a href="/New_Jersey_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Governor">New Jersey Governor</a> <a href="/Phil_Murphy" class="mw-redirect" title="Phil Murphy">Phil Murphy</a> (D). He began serving in this role in February 2019. He resigned on October 14, 2021, to work full-time on Murphy's re-election campaign. After Gov. Murphy won re-election, Helmy rejoined the governor's administration as chief of staff in November 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> </p><p>Helmy resigned as chief of staff for <a href="/New_Jersey_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Governor">New Jersey Governor</a> <a href="/Phil_Murphy" class="mw-redirect" title="Phil Murphy">Phil Murphy</a> (D) in October 2023. <sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> </p> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"); });</script></div><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_New_Jersey" title="United States congressional delegations from New Jersey">United States congressional delegations from New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_New_Jersey" title="List of United States Senators from New Jersey">List of United States Senators from New Jersey</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notable_endorsements">Notable endorsements</span></h2> <p> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span></h2> <p><style> </p> <pre> .contact_entity {font-size: 1.5em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} .contact_office { margin-top: 0.3em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} .external_links_table { width: auto !important; } @media (max-width:600px) { .contact_entity {font-size: 1.0em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 0.5em;} .contact_office { font-size: 0.8 em; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} } </pre> <p></style> </p> <div style="margin-bottom:0.8em" ;=""><li><a href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=George Helmy" target="_blank">Search Google News for this topic</a></li></div> <div class="scrollable-table-container external_links_table"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="multicol" style="background:transparent; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="30%" align="left" valign="top"> <p class="contact_entity"><b>Officeholder</b></p> <i><p class="contact_office" style="margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;">U.S. Senate New Jersey</p></i> <li><a href="https://www.helmy.senate.gov/" target="_blank">Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/@ghelmy" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@SenatorGeorgeHelmy" target="_blank">YouTube</a></li> </td> <td width="30%" align="left" valign="top"> <p class="contact_entity"><b>Personal</b></p> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/gshelmy/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-helmy-110b4a19/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Footnotes">Footnotes</span></h2> <p> <script type="text/javascript"> if(document.getElementsByClassName("reference").length==0) if(document.getElementById('Footnotes')!==null) document.getElementById('Footnotes').parentNode.style.display = 'none'; </script> </p> <div class="references-small"><div class="mobile-columns"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">[<a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://abc7ny.com/post/george-helmy-former-top-aide-new-jersey-gov-phil-murphy-expected-fill-bob-menendezs-seat/15192812/">"ABC", "George Helmy, former top aide to NJ Gov. Phil Murphy, to fill Menendez seat," accessed August 16, 2024</a>]</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://apnews.com/article/bob-menendez-senate-new-jersey-george-helmy-2ded3b176d9e4b7597b1dc4af0f891ec/"><i>AP News</i>, "New Jersey governor’s former chief of staff to replace Menendez, but only until November election," August 16, 2024</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-linkedin-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-linkedin_3-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-helmy-110b4a19"><i>LinkedIn</i>, "George Helmy," accessed July 30, 2019</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.state.nj.us/governor/news/news/562019/approved/20190125a.shtml"><i>State of New Jersey</i>, "Governor Murphy Announces George Helmy as Chief of Staff," January 25, 2019</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://newjerseyglobe.com/governor/helmy-joining-murphy-campaign-for-final-stretch-resigning-as-chief-of-staff/">"New Jersey Globe," "Helmy joining Murphy campaign for final stretch, resigning as chief of staff", accessed October 29, 2021</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://newjerseyglobe.com/governor/helmy-is-back-as-murphy-chief-of-staff/"><i>New Jersey Globe,</i> "Helmy is back as Murphy chief of staff," November 5, 2021</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2023/09/murphy-names-dot-commissioner-gutierrez-scaccetti-next-chief-of-staff-00118051?source=email">"Politico," "Murphy names DOT Commissioner Gutierrez-Scaccetti next chief of staff", September 25, 2023</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div></div> <p><style> .succession-table th, .succession-table tr { border: 1px solid #a2a9b1 !important; 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