Marion Crecco
Marion Crecco | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 34th District | |
| In office January 14, 1992 – January 8, 2002 Serving with Gerald H. Zecker | |
| Preceded by | Joseph A. Mecca |
| Succeeded by | Peter C. Eagler Willis Edwards |
| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 30th District | |
| In office January 13, 1986 – January 14, 1992 Serving with John V. Kelly | |
| Preceded by | Steve Adubato Buddy Fortunato |
| Succeeded by | Robert Singer Melvin Cottrell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 25, 1930 |
| Died | November 28, 2015 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Montclair State College |
Marion Crecco (January 25, 1930 – November 28, 2015) was an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1986 to 2002, where she represented the 30th Legislative District (1986–1992) and then the 34th Legislative District (1992–2002) following redistricting in the wake of the 1990 United States census.
Biography
Crecco was born on January 25, 1930, to Joan and Jasper LaBruzzo of
Crecco had two daughters in addition to four grandchildren. Later in life, she and John moved to Verona. Crecco died on November 28, 2015.[2]
Political career
Crecco was a long-time chair of the Bloomfield Republican Party Committee.[2] She served as an alternate delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1984, and as a delegate to the 1988 and 1996 Republican National Conventions.[3]
Crecco was first elected to the General Assembly from the 30th District with running mate John V. Kelly in the Kean landslide election of 1985 defeating both Democratic Party incumbents Steve Adubato and Buddy Fortunato.[5] She and Kelly were easily re-elected in 1987 and 1989 in the district consisting of northern Essex County municipalities.[6][7] After redistricting following the 1990 Census, Crecco won five elections in the 34th Legislative District in 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1999, serving together with Republican Gerald H. Zecker for all five terms in the Essex and Passaic county-based district.[6][8]
While in the Assembly, Crecco served in the Republican leadership as Assistant Republican Whip from 1986 to 1989 and Assistant Majority Leader from 1992 to 1995.[3] She was chair of the Law and Public Safety Committee and the Task Force on Catastrophic and Long-Term Health Care Committee while the Republicans held the chamber in the 1990s. She was also a co-chair of the Republican Task Force on Government Accountability and Efficiency, State Government and Independent Authorities Committees, the Advisory Council on Women and Children, and the Safe and Secure Communities Selection Panel. In addition, she served on the Assembly Budget, Consumer Affairs, and Transportation Committees and was the New Jersey State Director of the National Order of Women Legislators.[2]
In 1988, Crecco proposed legislation in the Assembly to require schools to teach
Following the
References
- ^ a b Jersey, State of New (1986). Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey. p. 271. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
Assemblywoman Crecco was born in Brooklyn on Jan. 25, 1990. A graduate of Arts High School, Newark, she also attended Montclair State College.
- ^ Politicker NJ. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
- ^ a b c Assemblywoman Marion Crecco, New Jersey Legislature, backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 25, 1998. Accessed June 2, 2010.
- NorthJersey.com. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
- ^ Edge, Wally (January 11, 2008). "The power of Nutley and the old Orechio machine". Politicker NJ. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
Kelly mounted a comeback bid in 1985, and with Governor Thomas Kean heading the ticket, he won easily. Kelly and Marion Crecco, unseated Adubato and four-term incumbent Buddy Fortunato.
- ^ a b c "NJ Election Information and Results Archive". Secretary of State of New Jersey. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
- ^ "New Jersey Legislative Districts" (PDF). 1981. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
- ^ "1991 Legislative Districts" (PDF). 1991. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
- ^ Sullivan, Joseph F. "Teaching of Sexual Abstinence Urged", The New York Times, November 20, 1988. Accessed June 2, 2010.
- ^ DeMasters, Karen. "A Loss in the Family Led to a Bill on Visiting", The New York Times, September 22, 1996. Accessed June 2, 2010.
- ^ "NORMAN M. ROBERTSON, et als., Appellants, v. LARRY BARTELS, et als., Appellees" (PDF) (No. 01-721, 2001 U.S. Briefs 721 ed.). September 24, 2001. p. 48. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
[*107a] 40. In furtherance of his goal of protecting only minority incumbents, defendant BARTELS and the other commissioner defendants created "safe" districts for minority incumbents. In the proposed Districts 28 and 34, these safe seats come at the expense of current District 34 incumbents, Plaintiff-Senator NORMAN M. ROBERTSON, Assemblywoman Marion Crecco and Assemblyman Gerald Zecker. All three current District 34 incumbents are Caucasian.
- Philadelphia Inquirer.
The original lawsuit was filed in 2001 by former Passaic County Republican State Sen. Norman Robertson, who argued that his civil rights were violated when his residence was placed in a Democratic-held district.
- ^ "John I. Crecco Foundation". 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
Honorable Marion Crecco: Chairman