| New Jersey's 25th Legislative district | ||
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| New Jersey State Senator | Anthony Bucco (R) | |
| New Jersey General Assemblymembers | Tony Bucco (R) Michael Patrick Carroll (R) |
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| Registration | 28.7% Republican
15.3% Democratic
56.0% Independent
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| Demographics | 85.9% White
4.2% Black
12.1% Hispanic
4.5% Asian
0.2% Native American
0.0% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
5.1% other
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| Population | 210,827 | |
| Voting-age population | 157,481 | |
| Registered voters | 135,979 | |
New Jersey's 25th Legislative District is one of 40 in the state, covering the Morris County municipalities of Boonton Town, Boonton Township, Chester Borough, Chester Township, Denville Township, Dover Town, Mendham Township, Mine Hill Township, Morris Township, Morristown Town, Mount Arlington Borough, Mountain Lakes Borough, Randolph Township, Rockaway Borough, Roxbury Township, Victory Gardens Borough, Washington Township and Wharton Borough, and the Somerset County municipality of Bernardsville.[1] [2] [3] As of the 2000 United States Census, the district had a population of 210,827.[4]
Changes to the district made as part of the New Jersey Legislative redistricting in 2001, based on the results of the 2000 United States Census added Mountain Lakes Borough (from the 26th Legislative District) and removed Hanover Township (to the 26th Legislative District) and Harding Township (to the 21st Legislative District).[5]
As a consequence of redistricting in spring 2011, Jefferson and Rockaway Township were moved to the 26th District, the 25th District was shifted south and west, adding GOP strongholds Chester, Chester Township, Mendham, and Washington Township in Morris County; and Bernardsville in Somerset County.
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The district has high levels of income on average, but the communities of Dover, Mine Hill, Victory Gardens are well below the state average. At 12.1% of the population, the district has a high percentage of Hispanic residents, with Dover having some 60% of its residents as being of Hispanic origin. Registered Republicans outnumber Democrats by a nearly 2–1 margin.[6][7]
The district is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Anthony Bucco (R, Boonton) and in the New Jersey General Assembly by Michael Patrick Carroll (R, Morris Plains) and Tony Bucco (R, Boonton).
William E. Bishop was elected in a special election held on April 20, 1982, to fill the vacancy left by James J. Barry, Jr., who had been named as Director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs by Governor of New Jersey Thomas Kean.[8]
In the 1993 general election, former Assemblymember Gordon MacInnes defeated Republican Incumbent John H. Dorsey by nearly 300 votes, making him the first Democrat in 18 years to win a legislative seat in Morris County .[9]
After Rodney Frelinghuysen took office in the United States House of Representatives in January 1995, Anthony Bucco was chosen by Morris County Republican county committee members to fill Frelinghuysen's vacant seat in the Assembly.[10] Bucco and Michael Patrick Carroll won the six-way June 1995 Republican primary to fill the district's two Assembly ballot spots, which became open when Arthur R. Albohn decided against running for re-election for a ninth term of office.[11]
In 1997, Anthony Bucco left the Assembly to successfully contest the Democratic-held Senate seat, with Rick Merkt taking the Assembly seat vacated by Bucco.[12]
With Rick Merkt running for the Republican nomination for governor in 2009, the 25th District saw a contested Republican primary with incumbent Michael Patrick Carroll facing Tony Bucco and Bucco's brother-in-law Douglas Cabana, a member of the Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders. Bucco and Carroll won the two ballot spots and were elected in the general election.[13]
In 2011, Michael Patrick Carroll and Tony Bucco retained their seats in the Assembly, defeating Democratic challengers Gale Heiss-Colucci and George Stafford, while Anthony Bucco retained his Senate seat over challenger Rick Thoeni.[14]