Ed Rodriguez

Ed Rodriguez is a New Jersey Assemblyman representing the 20th Legislative District in Union County, which includes Elizabeth, Kenilworth, Roselle, and Union. He is the first Hispanic man to represent Elizabeth in the state legislature. Before entering the Assembly, he spent over a decade as Elizabeth's Director of Planning and Community Development, where he led initiatives that reduced abandoned properties from 487 to 9 and drove neighborhood revitalization.

Grew up in Elizabeth, NJ. His parents ran the Madrid Restaurant on New Point Road, where he bused tables and helped in the kitchen as a child, learning the value of hard work.