Christopher Bateman

Who is Christopher Bateman?

Christopher "Kip" Bateman is an American Republican Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey Senate since January 8, 2008, where he represents the 16th Legislative District. Bateman is the Senate's Deputy Conference Leader and serves on the Joint Committee on the Public Schools, the Environment and Energy Committee and the Judiciary Committee.

In the 2007 legislative elections, Bateman won the state Senate seat of retiring Senator Walter J. Kavanaugh.

Bateman has sponsored laws reducing auto insurance premium costs for policy holders, allowing tax filers to contribute a portion of their income tax refund to support the Drug Abuse Education Fund program and creating a grant program to provide thermal imaging cameras to fire departments and companies throughout the state.