Anthony Mark Bucco (born April 12, 1962) is an American lawyer and Republican Party politician currently serving as the State Senator for

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. He had been a member of the

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since 2010 and was appointed to the State Senate in 2019 following the death of his father, incumbent Senator Anthony R. Bucco. Bucco serves in the Senate as Republican Leader. On July 1, 2023, he replaced Steve Oroho as Senate Minority Leader. Bucco is an attorney who currently serves on the Morris County Republican Committee as its general counsel.

New Jersey General Assembly

After Assemblyman Rick Merkt announced that he would run for the Republican nomination for

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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." Bucco defeated Cabana by less than 800 votes in the Republican primary. He and running mate

Michael Patrick Carroll Michael Patrick Carroll (born April 8, 1958) is an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey. He represented the 25th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1996 to 2020. Carroll did not run for re-election i ...

, 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. Bucco won the appointment to the Senate in a special convention of 25th district Republican committeemembers held on October 15, 2019 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.

Committees

Committee assignments for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are:Senator Anthony M. Bucco (R)

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. Accessed January 23, 2024. *Judiciary

25th District

Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the

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and two members in the

. The representatives from the 25th District for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are: *Senator Anthony M. Bucco (R) *Assemblyman Christian Barranco (R) *Assemblywoman Aura K. Dunn (R)

Personal life

A lifelong resident of the

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area, Bucco attended

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.Ragonese, Lawrence
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'', 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." Bucco attended

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and earned a

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business administration Business administration is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. Overview The administration of a business includes the performance o ...

and

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. He then graduated from

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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 Act and affordable housing laws by representing municipalities on those issues in court. 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

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New Jersey, a drug and alcohol

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for teenagers, later serving on the organization's board of directors. He is also one of 22 commissioners of the Morris County Sheriff's

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program, and has served in that capacity since 1999.

Electoral history

Senate

General Assembly

References

External links

Senator Anthony M. Bucco's legislative web page

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