Joseph Cryan | |
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Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 20th district | |
Assumed office January 9, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Raymond Lesniak |
Majority Leader of the New Jersey General Assembly | |
In office January 12,2010 –January 10,2012 | |
Preceded by | Bonnie Watson Coleman |
Succeeded by | Louis Greenwald |
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 20th district | |
In office January 8,2002 –January 4,2015 Servingwith Neil M. Cohen,Annette Quijano | |
Preceded by | Joseph Suliga |
Succeeded by | Jamel Holley |
Chair of the New Jersey Democratic Party | |
In office February 17,2006 –January 27,2010 | |
Preceded by | Bonnie Watson Coleman |
Succeeded by | John Wisniewski |
Personal details | |
Born | East Orange,New Jersey,U.S. | September 1,1961
Political party | Democratic |
Relations | John F. Cryan (father) John Cryan (cousin) |
Education | Belmont Abbey College (BA) |
Website | State Senate website |
Joseph P. Cryan [1] (born September 1,1961 in East Orange,New Jersey) is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 2018,representing the 20th Legislative District. He previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2002 to 2015,where he also represented the 20th Legislative District.
Cryan was the Majority Leader of the New Jersey General Assembly,serving from January 12,2010,until January 10,2012. Cryan served as the Assembly's Deputy Majority Leader 2006–2010,and was Assistant Majority Leader from 2004 to 2005. He served on the Human Services Committee and the Law and Public Safety Committee. [2]
Cryan ran for New Jersey Senate in 2017,and won. Cryan was sworn in on January 9,2018.
Assemblymember Jamel Holley announced in January 2021 that he would challenge Cryan in the June 2021 primaries. [3] Jason Krychiw also ran against Cryan in the primary.
Committee assignments for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are: [4]
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. [5] The representatives from the 20th District for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are: [6]
Cryan was born on September 1,1961,in East Orange and raised Roman Catholic. [1] His father,John F. Cryan,an immigrant from County Roscommon,Ireland,was elected to the General Assembly and served as Sheriff of Essex County. [7]
Cryan's father had been charged in Federal court with racketeering and corruption,though the judge in the case dismissed the charges due to prosecutorial mistakes and ended the proceedings against him. [8]
The lawmaker's son,also named John Cryan,was convicted of brutally beating a motorist with a baseball bat while two accomplices punched and kicked the victim,after a case of road rage that occurred when his father was in the General Assembly. The younger Cryan was ordered by the court only to probation but he was later jailed for violating the terms of his sentence. [9]
Other relatives involved in public life are his cousin,Morristown Councilman John Cryan, [10] his sister,Union Township Municipal Clerk Eileen Birch,his cousin,Cranford,New Jersey township administrator Jamie Cryan, [11] his brother-in-law Superior Court judge Joseph Donohue. [12]
The New York Post reported that Cryan "graphically spelled out his kinky proclivities in more than 150 e-mails that he sent to" a former lobbyist for Prudential Financial who pleaded guilty to stalking his girlfriend in exchange for being allowed to participate in a pre-trial intervention program. [13] "The e-mails were written when the pol presumably would have been at one of his government jobs —either his $49,000-a-year Assembly gig or his $111,000-a-year post as Union County undersheriff," the Post said.
Cryan graduated with a B.A. from Belmont Abbey College in Business Administration [2] in 1983. [1] Cryan was born in East Orange,and currently resides in Union Township. [1]
Cryan has served on the New Jersey State Democratic Committee since 2002,as Vice Chair. On February 17,2006,Cryan was selected to be the head of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee,succeeding Bonnie Watson Coleman. He stepped down after the selection of his successor John S. Wisniewski on January 27,2010. [14] As Democratic state chairman,in November 2009,Assemblyman Cryan presided over a Democratic gubernatorial party loss by incumbent Jon Corzine to Republican Chris Christie. [15] He was replaced as state chairman in January 2010 by Assemblyman John Wisniewski.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joseph Cryan (incumbent) | 12,473 | 74.7 | |
Republican | Carmen Bucco | 4,224 | 25.3 | |
Total votes | 16,697 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joseph Cryan (incumbent) | 26,603 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 26,603 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Joseph Cryan | 25,772 | 83.7 | 16.3 | |
Republican | Ashraf Hanna | 5,023 | 16.3 | N/A | |
Total votes | '30,795' | '100.0' |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Joseph Cryan (Incumbent) | 19,268 | 36.3 | 6.1 | |
Democratic | Annette Quijano (Incumbent) | 18,839 | 35.5 | 7.2 | |
Republican | Charles Donnelly | 7,719 | 14.5 | 0.1 | |
Republican | Christopher Hackett | 7,269 | 13.7 | N/A | |
Total votes | '53,095' | '100.0' |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Annette Quijano (Incumbent) | 12,116 | 42.7 | |
Democratic | Joseph Cryan (Incumbent) | 12,104 | 42.7 | |
Republican | John F. Donoso | 4,128 | 14.6 | |
Total votes | 28,348 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joseph Cryan (Incumbent) | 20,607 | 50.7 | 15.5 | |
Democratic | Annette Quijano (Incumbent) | 20,054 | 49.3 | 12.6 | |
Total votes | '40,661' | '100.0' |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Neil M. Cohen (Incumbent) | 10,000 | 36.7 | 13.6 | |
Democratic | Joseph Cryan (Incumbent) | 9,583 | 35.2 | 14.5 | |
Clean Up Government | Marlene J. Abitanto | 3,858 | 14.2 | N/A | |
Clean Up Government | Lester Dominguez | 3,810 | 14.0 | N/A | |
Total votes | '27,251' | '100.0' |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Neil M. Cohen (Incumbent) | 23,668 | 50.3 | 18.9 | |
Democratic | Joseph Cryan (Incumbent) | 23,345 | 49.7 | 18.4 | |
Total votes | '47,013' | '100.0' |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Neil M. Cohen (Incumbent) | 12,035 | 31.4 | 9.9 | |
Democratic | Joseph Cryan (Incumbent) | 12,016 | 31.3 | 9.5 | |
Republican | A. Tony Monteiro | 7,515 | 19.6 | N/A | |
Republican | Aristo Carranza | 6,821 | 17.8 | N/A | |
Total votes | '38,387' | '100.0' |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Neil M. Cohen (Incumbent) | 22,457 | 41.3 | |
Democratic | Joseph Cryan | 22,162 | 40.8 | |
Schundler for Governor | Dency J. Rivera | 4,877 | 9.0 | |
Schundler for Governor | Ralph J. Fabre | 4,852 | 8.9 | |
Total votes | 54,348 | 100.0 |
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John Cryan, a former Essex County Sheriff and Assemblyman, who was born in County Roscommon, Ireland, passed away last month. He was 75. Cryan immigrated to America and Essex County in the late 1940s... During the Irish Heritage Celebration, Assemblyman Joe Cryan (D-Union), a witty storyteller, remembered his dad as a loving father, husband and civic leader.
A Federal judge ordered racketeering and kickback charges against former Essex County Sheriff John Cryan dropped, after halting his trial because of prosecution errors in drafting the charges.
Corzine carried Union County — but just barely. Democratic Committee Chairwoman Charlotte DeFilippo said her organization delivered. "I think if you look statewide, we did very well for the governor. We did our job," she said. But the numbers show turnout there was less than memorable. More than 10,000 fewer voters went to the polls in Union County on Tuesday, compared to the 2005 governor's race. Corzine received 77,982 votes in that election and only 64,759 votes on Tuesday."