Paul_D._Moriarty
Paul D. Moriarty
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
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.
Paul Moriarty | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 | (1956-09-25) September 25, 1956 (age 67) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Lisa Moriarty |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | Legislative Website |
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]
Committees
Committee assignments for the current session are:[1]
- Law and Public Safety as vice-chair
- Higher Education
- Labor
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]
- Senator Paul D. Moriarty (D)
- Assemblyman Dan Hutchison (D)
- Assemblywoman Cody Miller (D)
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]
Senate
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
Assembly
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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' | |||
- Senator Paul D. Moriarty (D), New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 21, 2024.
- "GENERAL ASSEMBLY". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on March 22, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
- "Assemblyman Paul D. Moriarty (D)". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on January 13, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
- "CBS 3: Paul Moriarty". KYW-TV. March 7, 2002. Archived from the original on October 8, 2003. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
- Staff. "Democrat Moriarty Elected Mayor in Washington Twp., Party also controls council with help of GOP defections", The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 3, 2004. Accessed September 6, 2011. "Capitalizing on a split in the local Republican Party, political newcomer Paul Moriarty and his running mates scored a dramatic Democratic sweep yesterday in a hotly contested and sometimes vitriolic election in Washington Township."
- Nguyen, Anna. "Wash. Twp. mayor recall bid starts", Courier-Post, July 8, 2006. Accessed September 6, 2011.
- Nguyen, Anna. "Wash. Twp. mayor: I'm walking the walk", Courier-Post, December 9, 2006. Accessed September 6, 2011. "'If he can sit in his office, he can sit with the council to answer questions from residents', said Mordente, who launched an unsuccessful bid to recall Moriarty that ended in November."
- Volpe, Gregory J. "Lawmakers urge cuts for state workers", Asbury Park Press, June 2, 2006. Accessed August 8, 2007. "Sen. Stephen Sweeney, D-Gloucester, and Assemblymen Jerry Green, D-Union, and Paul Moriarty, D-Gloucester, unleashed a series of proposals Thursday to curb spending on state workers, which sparked immediate outcry from labor groups."
- Connolly, John. "NJ election results 2023: State Senate, Assembly seats decided", The Record, November 9, 2023. Accessed December 23, 2023.
- Official List Candidates for State Senate for General Election November 7, 2023, New Jersey Department of State, December 6, 2023. Accessed December 23, 2023.
- Legislative Roster for District 4, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 21, 2024.
- Friedman, Matt (April 14, 2015). "N.J. lawmaker who wants to combat dangerous 'swatting' prank gets swatted". NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
- Green, Joe (November 19, 2013). "In Moriarty stop, Washington Township officer had 'personal motivation,' prosecutor says". South Jersey Times. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
- Caffrey, Michelle (August 7, 2015). "N.J. officer, acquitted of misconduct for assemblyman arrest, scores civil court victory". NJ.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
- Caffrey, Michelle (September 10, 2014). "Assemblyman Paul Moriarty's police camera bill, inspired by DWI false arrest, signed into law". South Jersey Times. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
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- "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly For GENERAL ELECTION 11/02/2021 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. November 30, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly For PRIMARY ELECTION 06/04/2019 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
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- Senator Moriarty's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature
- New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms
- Assembly Member Paul D. Moriarty, Project Vote Smart
- Initiatives to Curb Excessive State Employee Compensation
- Madden, Moriarty, Mosquera Official Website
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Randee Davidson |
Mayor of Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey January 1, 2005–December 31, 2008 |
Succeeded by Matthew Lyons |
| New Jersey General Assembly | ||
| Preceded by | Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 4th district January 10, 2006–January 9, 2024 Served alongside: David R. Mayer, Sandra Love, Domenick DiCicco, Gabriela Mosquera |
Succeeded by S. Daniel "Dan" Hutchison Cody Miller |
| New Jersey Senate | ||
| Preceded by | Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 4th district Taking office January 9, 2024 |
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