Minority Leader of the New Jersey General Assembly
In office January 8, 2002 – January 13, 2004
Preceded by
Joseph J. Roberts
Succeeded by
Alex DeCroce
Majority Leader of the New Jersey General Assembly
In office January 9, 1996 – January 8, 2002
Preceded by
Jack Collins
Succeeded by
Joseph J. Roberts
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 36th district
In office January 14, 1992 – January 10, 2006
Preceded by
Thomas J. Duch
Succeeded by
Gary Schaer
In office January 14, 1986 – January 12, 1988
Preceded by
Richard F. Visotcky
Succeeded by
Thomas J. Duch
Personal details
Born
(1953-10-28) October 28, 1953 (age 70)
Political party
Republican
Residence
Franklin Lakes, New Jersey
Education
University of Notre Dame (BS)
Paul DiGaetano (born October 28, 1953) is the current Bergen County Republican Organization Chairman. DiGaetano also served in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 36th Legislative District from 1986 – 1987 and again from 1992 – 2006.[1] DiGaetano also served as a member of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commission, the Legislative Service Commission and the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology.[2] DiGaetano originally represented Passaic, New Jersey, but moved to Nutley, New Jersey following his 1999 re-election (DiGaetano believed that, when the new legislative districts would be redrawn following the 2000 U.S. Census, Passaic would be split from District 36 and he wanted to ensure that he would keep his seat if it came to that). He served with John Kelly of Nutley for many years in the Assembly, but for his last two terms in office he served as part of a split ticket; Wood-Ridge, New Jersey mayor Paul Sarlo was elected to Kelly's seat in 2001 and after Sarlo moved to the State Senate Frederick Scalera of Nutley was elected in 2003 to replace him.
In 2005, DiGaetano did not run for re-election in the split 36th District, choosing instead to run for the Republican nomination for governor. DiGaetano came in a distant sixth in the primary election with 16,684 votes, well behind winner Doug Forrester who received 108,941.[3][4] On Election Day, November 8, 2005, Democrat Frederick Scalera, who joined the Assembly in 2003, retained his seat and running mate Gary Schaer was victorious, picking up DiGaetano's open seat for the Democrats.[5]
DiGaetano received a B.S. degree from the University of Notre Dame in Aerospace Engineering. He is President of J. DiGaetano and Sons Inc., a construction and development company.[2]
^ ab"Assemblyman DiGaetano's Legislative Website". Archived from the original on November 2, 2005. Retrieved 2005-10-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), New Jersey Legislature. Accessed December 7, 2007.
^Benson, Josh. "WORTH NOTING; Bergen County: Leading The State in Losers", The New York Times, June 12, 2005. Accessed December 7, 2007. "Steve Lonegan of Bogota, Bob Schroeder of Washington Township, Paul DiGaetano of Nutley (whose Assembly district includes part of Bergen) and Todd Caliguire of Ridgewood finished fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively."
^2005 Official Primary Election Results: Governor Archived 2008-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Division of Elections, July 18, 2005. Accessed December 7, 2007.
^Newmarker, Chris. "Democrat inroads widen in Assembly", The Record, November 9, 2005. Accessed December 7, 2007.
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