Dick Codey was the Acting Governor of New Jersey. He took office in the summer of 2004, after (now) former Governor Jim McGreevey resigned due to a homosexual sex scandal, in which he appointed his gay lover to a position in his administration. As NJ does not currently have a lieutenant governor position, Codey (being the State Senate President) took office as governor. He was succeeded in office by Governor Jon Corzine, who was elected in 2005.
During his only State of the State address in 2005, Codey pledged to raise the minimum wage, improve public school security, help pay off student loans of those working in mental health and social service agencies, expand health care for uninsured persons and to relax absentee ballot and voter registration guidelines.