Senator Steve Sweeeny (D-Gloucester), 48, is the Senate Majority Leader. A graduate of Pennsauken High School, he is the business manager for Ironworkers Local No. 399. Sweeney has served as a Gloucester County Freeholder since 1997 and the Freeholder Director since 1998. He was elected to the State Senate in 2001, defeating 28-year incumbent Raymond Zane.