Anthony Angelozzi | |
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| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 8th district | |
| Assumed office January 13, 2026 Servingwith Andrea Katz | |
| Preceded by | Michael Torrissi |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Democratic |
Anthony Angelozzi is a teacher,union activist and politician from New Jersey who has been elected to represent the 8th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly for the two-year term beginning on January 13,2026.
Angelozzi,the son of two casino gaming employees,worked his way through college by working at an Atlantic City casino. He earned a master’s in American history at American Public University. Angelozzi teaches United States history at Hammonton High School and leads the teachers' union,the Hammonton Education Association,an affiliate of the New Jersey Education Association. He is a part-time NJEA Uniserv consultant for Atlantic and Cape May counties as a union organizer and contract negotiator.
Angelozzi and his wife,Tracy,have two children. [1]
In the 2025 New Jersey General Assembly election,Angelozzi beat Republican incumbent Michael Torrissi for one of the two seats up for election. In the 2023 race,the nominees for the two seats had been the same four:Angelozzi,Torrissi,Katz and Republican then-incumbent Brandon Umba,but Torrissi had edged out Angelozzi for the other seat. At the time,Katz was the first elected Democrat to represent the 8th district since John A. Sweeney in 1974. [2]
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. [3] The assembly members from the 8th District for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are Katz and Torrissi. [4]