Nicholas Sacco

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Nicholas J. Sacco
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Sacco at a February 2015 job fair at
North Bergen Public Library
Member of the New Jersey Senate
from the 32nd district
In office
January 11, 1994 –January 9, 2024
New Jersey State Senate elections, 2013 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Nicholas J. Sacco (incumbent) 20,098 70.2
Republican Paul Castelli8,54229.8
Democratic hold
New Jersey State Senate elections, 2011 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Nicholas J. Sacco (incumbent) 16,413 83.2
Republican Edward T. O’Neill3,31216.8
Democratic hold
New Jersey State Senate elections, 2007 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Nicholas Sacco 16,780 82.8
Republican John Pluchino3,47417.2
Democratic hold

Personal life

On November 26, 2022, Sacco married his longtime girlfriend Kathryn Somick at a ceremony at the Venetian in Garfield, New Jersey. His brother Joseph served as best man and his grandson, Nathan, was the ring bearer. [1] Somick comes from a family with several members that work in the education system, and she herself worked with Sacco at the Board of Education. [23]

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References

  1. 1 2 Zeitlinger, Ron (November 28, 2022). "North Bergen mayor marries longtime girlfriend". The Jersey Journal . Archived from the original on November 13, 2023. Retrieved November 13, 2023– via NJ.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Senator Nicholas J. Sacco Archived February 28, 2022, at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Legislature. Accessed February 22, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Pizarro, Max (February 24, 2022). "Sacco to Retire from Senate, Backs Stack". InsiderNJ. Archived from the original on February 25, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  4. ↑ Senator Nicholas J. Sacco Archived December 24, 2019, at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Senate Democrats. Accessed August 29, 2019. "The senator was born in Jersey City Nov. 17, 1946. He attended public schools in Hudson County and graduated from Memorial High School in West New York."
  5. ↑ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey – Two Hundred and Eleventh Legislature (First Session) (PDF). Skinder-Strauss Associates. 2004. p. 239. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  6. ↑ Hague, Jim (November 16, 2001). "Former Mayor Gattoni dies Long-time politician, 87, served township for 50 years". Hudson Reporter . Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
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  9. ↑ "Sacco to retire from school job, will remain mayor and state senator". January 5, 2017. Archived from the original on October 24, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  10. ↑ via Associated Press . "N.J. Lawmakers keep double dipping" . WPVI-TV , March 4, 2008. Accessed June 4, 2009.
  11. ↑ Hague, Jim (March 22, 2005). "North Bergen's UEZ has a new home Office set up on Broadway, in heart of zone" Archived April 15, 2014, at the Wayback Machine . Hudson Reporter . Accessed June 25, 2012. "Ever since North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco first introduced legislation 10 years ago, in his role as a state senator, that began the process to have Urban Enterprise Zones (UEZ) in many of the state's major cities and towns as a way to increase business sales while helping to beautify the community, the North Bergen UEZ has been operating out of Town Hall, but was really without an identity."
  12. ↑ Hack, Charles. "State Sen. Nicholas Sacco introduces bill to collect DNA samples from all convicted of disorderly persons offenses" Archived March 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , The Jersey Journal , March 21, 2012. Accessed June 25, 2012. "Convicted shoplifters and others guilty of disorderly persons offenses would be forced to submit a DNA sample to authorities under new legislation proposed by Sen. Nicholas J. Sacco, D-North Bergen. The goal of the bill, which was introduced in Trenton yesterday, is to reduce the number of unsolved crimes, according to Sacco, who is also North Bergen's mayor."
  13. ↑ "Bill S49: Session 2020 - 2021". New Jersey Legislature. Archived from the original on April 26, 2023. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  14. ↑ Adriana Rambay Fernández, Stephen LaMarca, Gennarose Pope, Ray Smith, Al Sullivan and E. Assata Wright. "They've Got the Power". The Union City Reporter . January 8, 2012. Pages 1, 4-7 and 10-11.
  15. ↑ Cruz, Vanessa; DeChiaro, Dean; Rambay Fernandez, Adriana; Palasciano, Amanda; Sullivan, Al; Wright, E. Assata (January 13, 2013). "Power Surge". The Union City Reporter. pp. 1, 5-7, 10.
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  17. ↑ Sullivan, Al; Davis, Carlo; Schwartz, Art; Passantino, Joseph (January 18, 2015). The Union City Reporter , pp 1, 5, 9, 12
  18. ↑ New Jersey State Constitution 1947 (Updated Through Amendments Adopted in November, 2020): Article IV, Section II Archived February 13, 2022, at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 28, 2022.
  19. ↑ Legislative Roster for District 32 Archived March 19, 2022, at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 11, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Official List Candidates for State Senate For GENERAL ELECTION 11/05/2015 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. December 4, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  21. ↑ Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2011 General Election Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Department of State, December 14, 2011. Accessed May 2, 2012.
  22. ↑ Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2007 General Election Archived 2012-08-22 at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Department of State, December 3, 2007. Accessed June 25, 2012.
  23. ↑ Dienst, Jonathan; Paredes, David; Alexiades, Isabel; Rosenzweig, Noah Grey; Stein Mara (November 20, 2018). "I-Team: Sacco Family Ties Extend Deep in North Bergen as Hiring Questions Swirl". NBC News. Archived from the original on November 13, 2023. Retrieved November 13, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
New Jersey Senate
Preceded by Member of the New Jersey Senate for the 32nd District
January 11, 1994 – January 9, 2024		Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Leo Gattoni
 Mayor of North Bergen, New Jersey
January 1, 1991 – present		Succeeded by
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