Anthony M. Bucco: Difference between revisions

|name = Anthony Bucco

|image = Assemblyman Anthony Bucco.png

|office = Minority Leader of the [[New Jersey Senate]]

|term_start = July 1, 2023

|term_end =

|predecessor = [[Steve Oroho]]

|successor =

|state_senate1 = New Jersey

|district1 = [[New Jersey's 25th legislative district|25th]]

|term_start1 = October 24, 2019

|term_end1 =

|predecessor1 = [[Anthony R. Bucco]]

|successor1 =

|state_assembly2 = New Jersey

|district2 = [[New Jersey's 25th legislative district|25th]]

|term_start2 = January 12, 2010

|term_end2 = October 24, 2019

|predecessor2 = [[Rick Merkt]]

|successor2 = [[Aura K. Dunn]]

|birth_name = Anthony Mark Bucco

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|4|12}}

|birth_place = [[Boonton, New Jersey|Boonton]], [[New Jersey]], U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]

|spouse = Amy Bucco

|children = 6

|education = [[Lycoming College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Seton Hall University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])

|website = {{URL|njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/419/senator-bucco|Legislative website}}<br>{{URL|njassemblyrepublicans.com/bucco|Party website}}

'''Anthony Mark Bucco''' (born April 12, 1962) is an American lawyer and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] politician currently serving as the State Senator for [[New Jersey's 25th legislative district|New Jersey's 25th Legislative District]]. He had been a member of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] since 2010 and was appointed to the State Senate in 2019 following the death of his father, incumbent Senator [[Anthony R. Bucco]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/legislature/bucco-elected-to-senate/|title=Bucco elected to Senate|work=New Jersey Globe|date=15 October 2019 |access-date=15 October 2019}}</ref>

Bucco serves in the Senate as the Republican Whip.<ref name=NJLEG/> On July 1, 2023, he replaced [[Steve Oroho]] as Senate Minority Leader.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/fr/oroho-steps-down-early-as-senate-minority-leader/|title=Oroho steps down early as Senate minority leader|last=Wildstein|first=David|date=June 28, 2023|access-date=July 4, 2023|website=[[New Jersey Globe]]}}</ref>

Bucco is an attorney who currently serves on the [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris County]] Republican Committee as its general counsel.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.morrisgop.org/officers.htm |title=MCRC Officers |access-date=2009-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710013849/http://www.morrisgop.org/officers.htm |archive-date=2009-07-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==New Jersey General Assembly==

After Assemblyman [[Rick Merkt]] announced that he would run for the Republican nomination for [[Governor of New Jersey]] rather than seek re-election in 2009, Bucco announced that he would run for Merkt's seat, which was previously held by his father, Anthony R. Bucco, from 1995 to 1999. Morris County Freeholder Douglas Cabana, the brother of Bucco's wife Amy, also announced his candidacy. Cabana's campaign emphasized his many years in elective office as a Boonton Township Councilman, Boonton Township Mayor, and Freeholder, contrasting this with Bucco's lack of experience in elective office. Bucco countered by accusing Cabana of running a negative campaign, pointing to a Cabana mailer containing "unpleasant photos" of Bucco and "some misinformation."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politickernj.com/max/30238/bucco-name-focus-ld-25-race-elder-bucco-rests-hospital |title=Bucco name the focus of LD 25 race as the elder Bucco rests in hospital |date=June 2, 2009 |first=Max |last=Pizarro |website=Observer |access-date=November 15, 2019}}</ref> Bucco defeated Cabana by less than 800 votes in the Republican primary.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://elections.nj.com/dynamic/files/elections/2009/by_state/NJ_Page_0602.html?SITE=NJNEWELN&SECTION=POLITICS |title=New Jersey 2009 Primary Results & Polls |access-date=2009-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611145444/http://elections.nj.com/dynamic/files/elections/2009/by_state/NJ_Page_0602.html?SITE=NJNEWELN&SECTION=POLITICS |archive-date=2009-06-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He and running mate [[Michael Patrick Carroll]], a veteran assemblyman, won the general election easily in the heavily Republican 25th district. The two would be reelected in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017.

==New Jersey Senate==

After his father's death on September 16, 2019, Bucco announced his candidacy for the State Senate vacancy while maintaining his campaign for reelection to the Assembly.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nj.com/politics/2019/09/republican-to-seek-his-late-fathers-nj-senate-seat-but-hes-still-running-for-assembly.html |title=Republican to seek his late father's N.J. Senate seat. But he's still running for Assembly |date=September 28, 2019 |first=Brent |last=Johnson |website=NJ.com |access-date=November 15, 2019}}</ref> Bucco won the appointment to the Senate in a special convention of 25th district Republican committeemembers held on October 15, 2019<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/2019/10/15/anthony-bucco-still-in-assembly-race-named-to-late-fathers-senate-seat/3992579002/ |title=Anthony M. Bucco, still in Assembly race, named to late father's Senate seat |newspaper=Morristown Daily Record |date=October 15, 2019 |first=William |last=Westhoven |access-date=November 15, 2019}}</ref> and subsequently won the Assembly seat for which he was running in the November general election. Bucco will decline being seated in the Assembly upon the start of the new term in 2020 and the district's Republican committee appointed a new Assemblyperson.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2019/11/06/republicans-gain-seats-in-assembly-win-special-senate-election-in-murphy-midterms-1226397 |title=Republicans gain seats in Assembly, win special Senate election in 'Murphy midterms' |first=Matt |last=Friedman |date=November 6, 2019 |website=[[Politico]] |access-date=November 15, 2019}}</ref>

=== Committees ===

Committee assignments for the [[221st New Jersey Legislature|2024—2025 Legislative Session]] are:<ref name=NJLEG>[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/419/senator-bucco Senator Anthony M. Bucco (R)], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 23, 2024.</ref>

*Judiciary

== 25th District ==

[[File:New Jersey's 25th Legislative District (2012-2022 Apportionment).png|thumb|right|New Jersey's 25th Legislative District (2012-2022 Apportionment)]]

Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the [[New Jersey Senate]] and two members in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]].<ref>[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/constitution New Jersey State Constitution 1947 (Updated Through Amendments Adopted in November, 2020): Article IV, Section II], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed May 1, 2022.</ref> The representatives from the 25th District for the [[221st New Jersey Legislature|2024—2025 Legislative Session]] are:<ref>[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster?district=25 Legislative Roster for District 25], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 23, 2024.</ref>

*Senator Anthony M. Bucco <span {{Party shading/Republican}}>(R)</span>

*Assemblyman [[Christian Barranco]] <span {{Party shading/Republican}}>(R)</span>

*Assemblywoman [[Aura K. Dunn]] <span {{Party shading/Republican}}>(R)</span>

A lifelong resident of the [[Boonton, New Jersey]] area, Bucco attended [[Boonton High School]].<ref>Ragonese, Lawrence. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/a_new_trenton_team_the_buccos.html "A new Trenton team: The Buccos"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', November 7, 2009. Accessed July 19, 2011. "Father and son. Senator and assemblyman-elect. Anthony Bucco and Anthony Bucco Jr. The Buccos will serve together in the Legislature after the younger Bucco takes the oath of office Jan. 12, the result of his win Tuesday in Morris County's 25th District. The Republican duo will join the small club of parent-child legislators who have served together in New Jersey.... Tony Sr., now 71, was first running for alderman in Boonton when his son was getting elected class president at Boonton High School."</ref> Bucco attended [[Lycoming College]] and earned a [[bachelor's degree]] in [[business administration]] and [[managerial economics]]. He then graduated from [[Seton Hall University School of Law]] and was admitted to the bar. Bucco has spent over twenty years as a municipal attorney in private practice, specializing in local government law. He is currently a partner in the law firm of Murphy and McKeon, P.C. He has been involved in state issues such as the [[Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act|Highlands Act]] and [[Council on Affordable Housing|affordable housing laws]] by representing municipalities on those issues in court.<ref name=feud>{{cite news |first=Lawrence|last=Ragonese|title=Family feud in 25th District Assembly race in Morris County|url=http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2009/05/family_feud_in_25th_district_a.html |work=[[The Star-Ledger]]|date=2009-05-24 }}</ref> Bucco has served as a volunteer firefighter with the Boonton Fire Department for 28 years, attaining the rank of captain. Bucco has been involved in fighting alcohol and drug abuse, having served on the Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse since 1998, and helped found [[Daytop]] New Jersey, a drug and alcohol [[Drug rehabilitation|rehabilitation center]] for teenagers, later serving on the organization's board of directors. He is also one of 22 commissioners of the Morris County Sheriff's [[CrimeStoppers]] program, and has served in that capacity since 1999.

===Senate===

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|title = 25th Legislative District General Election, 2023<ref name=generalres>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2023/2023-official-general-results-state-senate.pdf|website=New Jersey Department of State|title=Official List, Candidates for State Senate for GENERAL ELECTION 11/07/2023 Election|date=December 6, 2023|access-date=December 6, 2023}}</ref>

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Anthony M. Bucco (incumbent)

| votes = 27,250

| percentage = 52.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Christine Clarke

| votes = 24,491

| percentage = 47.3

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 51,741

| percentage = 100.0

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{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

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|title = 25th Legislative District general election, 2021<ref name="GeneralResults">{{cite web |title=Official List, Candidates for State Senate For GENERAL ELECTION 06/08/2021 Election |url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2021/2021-official-general-results-state-senate.pdf |publisher=[[Secretary of State of New Jersey]] |access-date=December 12, 2021 |date=November 30, 2021}}</ref>

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Anthony M. Bucco (incumbent)

| votes = 43,758

| percentage = 57.47

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Jeffrey Grayzel

| votes = 32,381

| percentage = 42.53

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 76,139

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

| loser = Democratic Party (United States)

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|title = 25th Legislative District special election, 2020<ref>{{cite web|title=Official List, Candidates for State Senate For GENERAL ELECTION 11/03/2020 Election|url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-state-senate.pdf|publisher=[[Secretary of State of New Jersey]]|access-date=December 7, 2020|date=December 7, 2020}}</ref>

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Anthony M. Bucco (incumbent)

| votes = 67,142

| percentage = 54.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Rupande Mehta

| votes = 57,192

| percentage = 46.0

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 124,334

| percentage = 100.0

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{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

| loser = Democratic Party (United States)

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===General Assembly===

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| title = 25th Legislative District General Election, 2019<ref name="GeneralCandidates">{{cite web|title=Official List, Candidates for General Assembly For PRIMARY ELECTION 06/04/2019 Election|url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2019/2019-official-primary-candidates-general-assembly.pdf|publisher=[[Secretary of State of New Jersey]]|access-date=April 28, 2019|date=April 11, 2019}}</ref>

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Anthony Bucco, Jr. ([[incumbent]])

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 26,848

| percentage = 27.19%

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Brian Bergen

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 25,552

| percentage = 25.87%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Lisa Bhimani

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 23,505

| percentage = 23.8%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Darcy Draeger

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 22,850

| percentage = 23.14%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 98,755

| percentage = 100%

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

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*[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/419/senator-bucco Senator Anthony M. Bucco's legislative web page], [[New Jersey Legislature]]

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