James Thomas Phillips (July 8, 1953 – February 1, 2014) was an American Democratic Party politician from Old Bridge Township, New Jersey.
He had served as a Middlesex County Freeholder and Treasurer, mayor of Old Bridge, and as a New Jersey Senator.
[3] Whilst serving as Freeholder, Phillips was appointed in July 1991 to the New Jersey Senate seat in the 13th district left vacant by Richard Van Wagner upon being appointed to the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority.
In the wake of the anti-tax and anti-Florio sentiment in that year's legislative elections, he was defeated for a full term by Assemblyman Joe Kyrillos.
[5] He died on February 1, 2014, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick at the age of 60.