Tom Goodwin

Thomas "Tom" Goodwin (born c. 1951) is an American Republican Party politician and financial planner who was selected on March 11, 2010 to represent the 14th legislative district in the New Jersey Senate, after the resignation of Bill Baroni left a vacancy. He was sworn in on March 15, 2010 and sought re-election in a special June primary and November general election. He was the most junior senator in New Jersey Senate as of March 15, 2010 until November 2010, when he was defeated by Assemblywoman Linda R. Greenstein.

On February 19, 2010, Governor Chris Christie announced that he was appointing State Senator Bill Baroni to the position of Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Goodwin announced on March 1 that he would seek to fill the vacancy left by Baroni's resignation. At a March 11 special election convention held by the Republican committees of Mercer and Middlesex counties, Goodwin defeated former Assemblywoman Barbara Wright by a vote of 75-31. He was sworn in on March 15.

In 2005, Goodwin was elected to the Hamilton Township Council, defeating the Democratic candidate Wayne DeAngelo. He ran against DeAngelo and fellow Democrat Linda R. Greenstein in 2007 for the State Assembly from the 14th legislative district but lost by fewer than 800 votes. He successfully defended his seat on the Hamilton Council in 2009 and was named Council President.