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While in the Assembly, Beck served on the Judiciary Committee, the State Government Committee and the Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee.<ref name=NJLEG>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=303 Assemblywoman Beck's legislative web page], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed February 21, 2008.</ref>
 
In the 2007 general election, Beck won her bid for a seat in the [[New Jersey Senate]] in a race against Democraticincumbent candidateDemocrat [[Ellen Karcher]], in which Beck was outspent by a nearly seven-to-one margin.<ref name=APP>[http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071106/POLITICS/71106076 Beck wins; Dems control both houses], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', November 6, 2007. Accessed November 6, 2007.</ref> For the 2011 elections, Beck was moved into the 11th District where she beat Democrat Raymond Santiago by over 13 points.<ref name=Results2011/> She was subsequently reelected by over 21 points in 2013 beating Democrat Michael Brantley and [[Independent politician|independent]] Marie E. Amato-Juckiewicz.<ref name=Results2013/> Beck currently serves on the Joint Committee on Economic Justice and Equal Employment Opportunity, the Budget and Appropriations Committee, and the Community and Urban Affairs Committee.<ref name=SenBio>{{cite web |url=http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=351 |title=Senator Jennifer Beck |website=New Jersey Legislature |accessdate=July 3, 2015}}</ref>
 
In November 2008, a petition was launched to urge the 2009 Republican nominee for [[Governor of New Jersey]] to select Beck as his/her [[Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey|lieutenant governor]]. Nevertheless, on July 20, 2009, nominee [[Chris Christie]] announced that he had chosen [[Kim Guadagno|Kimberly Guadagno]], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey|Monmouth County]] [[Sheriffs in the United States|sheriff]], to complete his campaign ticket as a candidate for lieutenant governor.<ref>{{Citation |last=Ruth |first=João-Pierre |title=Chris Christie picks running mate |newspaper=NJBiz |date=July 20, 2009 |url=http://www.njbiz.com /article.asp?aID=78684 |accessdate = 2009-07-23}}</ref>