Paul Moriarty | |
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Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 4th district | |
Assumed office January 9, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Fred H. Madden |
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 4th district | |
In office January 10,2006 –January 9,2024 Servingwith Gabriela Mosquera | |
Preceded by | Robert J. Smith II |
Succeeded by | Dan Hutchison Cody Miller |
Deputy Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly | |
In office January 9,2018 [1] –January 9,2024 | |
Leader | Craig Coughlin |
Preceded by | John Wisniewski [2] |
Succeeded by | TBD |
Chairman of the New Jersey General Assembly Committee on Consumer Affairs | |
In office January 12,2010 [3] –January 9,2024 | |
Mayor of Washington Township,New Jersey | |
In office January 1,2005 –December 31,2008 | |
Preceded by | Randee Davidson |
Succeeded by | Matthew Lyons |
Personal details | |
Born | September 25,1956 |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Lisa Moriarty |
Children | 1 |
Website | Legislative Website |
Paul D. Moriarty (born September 25,1956) is an American Democratic Party politician who has represented the 4th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate since taking office on January 9,2024. He served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2006 to 2024 and was the Assembly's Deputy Speaker from 2018 to 2024.
Moriarty worked as an investigative journalist at KYW-TV for 17 years protecting consumer rights and investigating unscrupulous or unethical businesses. Before KYW,Moriarty was a news producer at WCAU-TV. [4] Moriarty has earned over 30 Emmy Awards,honors from the National Press Association,the Associated Press and the Radio-Television News Directors Association. He was a member of American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) for 20 years while working as a journalist. [4] He served six years as a shop steward.[ citation needed ]
Running on a platform of open government,property tax relief,and the elimination of waste and inefficiency,Moriarty was elected Mayor of Washington Township in November 2004. He garnered 60% of the vote in a hotly contested four-way race in which Republican voters were sharply divided. [5] He was mayor of Washington Township for one term from 2005 until 2008. After forming a recall committee,on June 9,2006,a Washington Township resident filed a petition to recall Moriarty from his post as mayor,with the goal of placing the initiative on the November 2006 general election ballot based on obtaining the requisite number of about 8,000 signatures needed for recall. [6] The recall effort was ultimately unsuccessful. [7]
Moriarty was elected to the Assembly on November 8,2005,filling the seat of fellow Democrat Robert J. Smith II,who did not run for re-election and had held the seat in the Assembly since 2000. On June 1,2006,Assemblyman Moriarty,along with State Senator Stephen M. Sweeney (D,3rd legislative district) and fellow Assembly Democrat Jerry Green (D,22nd legislative district),held a press conference to announce their support for significant cuts to New Jersey state worker salaries and benefits of up to 15%. This effort was proposed to avoid a one-point increase in the state's sales tax designed to cover a multibillion-dollar gap in the state's budget. Significant negative reaction from the state's labor unions resulted primarily because of Sweeney's position as an Ironworkers business agent and treasurer from Gloucester County for Ironworker's Local 399,and also due to his position as the chairman of the Senate Labor committee which controls most labor-related bills,but also because of Moriarty's history as an AFTRA shop steward and stated support of the collective bargaining process. [8]
With Fred H. Madden not running for re-election,Moriarty ran to fill his seat and defeated Republican Christopher W. Del Borrello and independent Giuseppe Costanzo in the 2023 New Jersey Senate election. [9] [10]
Committee assignments for the current session are: [1]
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. [11] The representatives from the 4th District for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are: [12]
Moriarty was raised in Salem,Massachusetts and received a B.A. from Temple University in Communications. [4] [1] He has been a resident of Washington Township,Gloucester County,New Jersey since 1996. He and his wife Lisa have a daughter,Meghan.[ citation needed ] Moriarty,who had sponsored a bill for increasing penalties for those making false emergency calls in a process called swatting,was the recipient of a hoax call at his home in April 2015. [13]
On July 31,2012,Moriarty was pulled over by Washington Township police officer Joseph DiBuonaventura on Route 42 for allegedly driving while intoxicated. [14] Moriarty denied the charges. The police dashcam in DiBuonaventura's car contradicted his police report and charges against Moriarty were dismissed. [14] DiBuonaventura was found not guilty on charges of misconduct and further charges against him were dropped when a judge ruled that the Township's police procedures were unlawful. [15] As a result of the incident,Moriarty has created legislation that would require dashcams in all new police cars. [16]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul D. Moriarty | 30,728 | 53.5 | |
Republican | Christopher W. Del Borrello | 25,010 | 43.5 | |
Conservatives South Jersey | Giuseppe Costanzo | 1,712 | 3.0 | |
Total votes | 57,450 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul D. Moriarty (incumbent) | 36,480 | 26.49% | |
Democratic | Gabriela M. Mosquera (incumbent) | 35,561 | 25.83% | |
Republican | Patricia Kline | 32,403 | 23.53% | |
Republican | Denise Gonzalez | 32,025 | 23.26% | |
Libertarian | Nicholas Magner | 1,218 | 0.88% | |
Total votes | 137,687 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Paul Moriarty (incumbent) | 22,347 | 29.87% | ||
Democratic | Gabriela Mosquera (incumbent) | 21,920 | 29.3% | ||
Republican | Paul Dilks | 15,748 | 21.05% | ||
Republican | Stephen Pakradooni,Jr. | 14,806 | 19.79% | ||
Total votes | 74,821 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Paul D. Moriarty | 32,892 | 32.2 | 1.8 | |
Democratic | Gabriela M. Mosquera | 31,800 | 31.2 | 1.3 | |
Republican | Patricia Jefferson Kline | 18,386 | 18.0 | 2.2 | |
Republican | Eduardo J. Maldonado | 17,761 | 17.4 | 2.0 | |
Represent, Not Rule | William McCauley Jr. | 1,194 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Total votes | '102,033' | '100.0' |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Paul D. Moriarty | 17,454 | 30.4 | 1.4 | |
Democratic | Gabriela M. Mosquera | 17,147 | 29.9 | 2.3 | |
Republican | Kevin P. Murphy | 11,592 | 20.2 | 1.9 | |
Republican | Jack Nicholson | 11,131 | 19.4 | 2.0 | |
Total votes | '57,324' | '100.0' |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Paul D. Moriarty | 28,527 | 29.0 | 1.0 | |
Democratic | Gabriela M. Mosquera | 27,095 | 27.6 | 0.7 | |
Republican | Philip Dieser | 21,702 | 22.1 | 2.2 | |
Republican | Theodore M. Liddell | 20,998 | 21.4 | 2.0 | |
Total votes | '98,322' | '100.0' |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul D. Moriarty | 22,734 | 30.0 | |
Democratic | Gabriela Mosquera | 21,461 | 28.3 | |
Republican | Shelley Lovett | 15,106 | 19.9 | |
Republican | Patricia Fratticcioli | 14,725 | 19.4 | |
Family, Freedom, Community | Tony Celeste | 1,843 | 2.4 | |
Total votes | 75,869 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Paul D. Moriarty | 28,680 | 26.3 | 1.5 | |
Republican | Domenick DiCicco | 27,408 | 25.2 | 2.7 | |
Democratic | William Collins | 26,807 | 24.6 | 3.3 | |
Republican | Eugene E. T. Lawrence | 26,027 | 23.9 | 2.0 | |
Total votes | '108,922' | '100.0' |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Sandra Love | 19,429 | 27.9 | 3.9 | |
Democratic | Paul D. Moriarty | 19,357 | 27.8 | 4.0 | |
Republican | Patricia Fratticcioli | 15,656 | 22.5 | 3.7 | |
Republican | Agnes Gardiner | 15,238 | 21.9 | 4.4 | |
Total votes | '69,680' | '100.0' |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Paul D. Moriarty | 31,976 | 31.8 | 4.5 | |
Democratic | David R. Mayer | 31,948 | 31.8 | 4.8 | |
Republican | Frank Winters | 18,908 | 18.8 | 4.1 | |
Republican | Corey Ahart | 17,597 | 17.5 | 5.4 | |
Total votes | '100,429' | '100.0' |
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