Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 3rd district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 9, 2024
Preceded by
Edward Durr
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 3rd district
In office January 8, 2002 – January 11, 2022
Serving with Adam Taliaferro
Preceded by
Jack Collins Gary Stuhltrager
Succeeded by
Bethanne McCarthy Patrick Beth Sawyer
Deputy Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly
In office January 10, 2006 – January 11, 2022
Leader
Joseph J. Roberts Sheila Oliver Vincent Prieto Craig Coughlin
Preceded by
Herb Conaway
Chairman of the New Jersey General Assembly Appropriations Committee
In office January 10, 2012 – January 11, 2022
Preceded by
Nellie Pou
Chairman of the New Jersey General Assembly Gaming Committee
In office January 8, 2008 – January 10, 2012
Mayor of Paulsboro, New Jersey
In office January 1, 1996 – December 31, 2011
Preceded by
James A. Sabetta
Succeeded by
Jeffery Hamilton
Personal details
Born
(1954-11-14) November 14, 1954 (age 69)
Political party
Democratic
Residence
Paulsboro, New Jersey
Website
Legislative Website
John J. Burzichelli (born November 14, 1954) is an American Democratic Party politician from Paulsboro, New Jersey, who has the Senator from the state's 3rd Legislative District since January 9, 2024, a seat which he won by defeating incumbent Edward Durr in the 2023 New Jersey Senate election.
Prior to winning election to the state Senate, Burzichelli served in New Jersey General Assembly for the 3rd District from 2002 to 2022, spending the last sixteen years of his time there as the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly.
John J. Burzichelli (born November 14, 1954) is an American Democratic Party politician from Paulsboro, New Jersey, who has the Senator from the state's...
Sweeney in a major upset. Durr lost re-election in 2023 to Democrat JohnBurzichelli, a former Assemblyman. Durr was born July 18, 1963, and was raised...
his running mates, Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assemblyman JohnBurzichelli, were defeated by their Republican opponents. Agriculture and Natural...
Constitution: 1845–1848: John C. Smallwood, Gloucester 1849–1850: Ephraim March, Morris 1851: Silas D. Canfield, Passaic 1852: John Manners, Hunterdon 1853–1856:...
(1769-1775), Archives of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Vol. XVIII; The John L. Murphy Publishing Co., Printers, Trenton, New Jersey, 1893. p. 566 "The...
remarry. State Sen. Stephen Sweeney and Assemblymen Doug Fisher and JohnBurzichelli, all D-Camden, Gloucester, sponsored the bill, which had in the Statehouse...
September 1, 1961, in East Orange and raised Roman Catholic. His father, John F. Cryan, an immigrant from County Roscommon, Ireland, was elected to the...
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