Paul Moriarty
Member of the New Jersey Senate
from the 4th district
Assumed office
January 9, 2024
Preceded byFred H. Madden
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
from the 4th district
In office
January 10, 2006 – January 9, 2024
Serving with Gabriela Mosquera
Preceded byRobert J. Smith II
Succeeded byS. Daniel "Dan" Hutchison
Cody Miller
Deputy Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly
In office
January 9, 2018[1] – January 9, 2024
LeaderCraig Coughlin
Preceded byJohn Wisniewski[2]
Succeeded byTBD
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 byRandee Davidson
Succeeded byMatthew Lyons
Personal details
Born (1956-09-25) September 25, 1956
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseLisa Moriarty
Children1
WebsiteLegislative Website

Paul D. Moriarty (born September 25, 1956) is an American Democratic Party politician who represents the 4th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since taking office on January 10, 2006. He served as the Assembly's Deputy Speaker since 2018.

Early life

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.

Mayor of Washington Township

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]

New Jersey Assembly

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]

Committees

Committee assignments for the current session are:[1]

  • Consumer Affairs, Chair
  • Regulated Professions

District 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.[9] The representatives from the 4th District for the 2022—2023 Legislative Session are:[10]

Personal life

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. 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.[11]

On July 31, 2012, Moriarty was pulled over by Washington Township police officer Joseph DiBuonaventura on Route 42 for allegedly driving while intoxicated.[12] Moriarty denied the charges. The police dashcam in DiBuonaventura's car contradicted his police report and charges against Moriarty were dismissed.[12] 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.[13] As a result of the incident, Moriarty has created legislation that would require dashcams in all new police cars.[14]

Electoral history

Assembly

4th Legislative District General Election, 2021[15]
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
4th Legislative District General Election, 2019[16]
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
New Jersey general election, 2017[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Paul D. Moriarty 32,892 32.2 Increase 1.8
Democratic Gabriela M. Mosquera 31,800 31.2 Increase 1.3
Republican Patricia Jefferson Kline 18,386 18.0 Decrease 2.2
Republican Eduardo J. Maldonado 17,761 17.4 Decrease 2.0
Represent, Not Rule William McCauley Jr. 1,194 1.2 N/A
Total votes '102,033' '100.0'
New Jersey general election, 2015[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Paul D. Moriarty 17,454 30.4 Increase 1.4
Democratic Gabriela M. Mosquera 17,147 29.9 Increase 2.3
Republican Kevin P. Murphy 11,592 20.2 Decrease 1.9
Republican Jack Nicholson 11,131 19.4 Decrease 2.0
Total votes '57,324' '100.0'
New Jersey general election, 2013 [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Paul D. Moriarty 28,527 29.0 Decrease 1.0
Democratic Gabriela M. Mosquera 27,095 27.6 Decrease 0.7
Republican Philip Dieser 21,702 22.1 Increase 2.2
Republican Theodore M. Liddell 20,998 21.4 Increase 2.0
Total votes '98,322' '100.0'
New Jersey general election, 2011[20]
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
New Jersey general election, 2009[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Paul D. Moriarty 28,680 26.3 Decrease 1.5
Republican Domenick DiCicco 27,408 25.2 Increase 2.7
Democratic William Collins 26,807 24.6 Decrease 3.3
Republican Eugene E. T. Lawrence 26,027 23.9 Increase 2.0
Total votes '108,922' '100.0'
New Jersey general election, 2007[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Sandra Love 19,429 27.9 Decrease 3.9
Democratic Paul D. Moriarty 19,357 27.8 Decrease 4.0
Republican Patricia Fratticcioli 15,656 22.5 Increase 3.7
Republican Agnes Gardiner 15,238 21.9 Increase 4.4
Total votes '69,680' '100.0'
New Jersey general election, 2005[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Paul D. Moriarty 31,976 31.8 Increase 4.5
Democratic David R. Mayer 31,948 31.8 Increase 4.8
Republican Frank Winters 18,908 18.8 Decrease 4.1
Republican Corey Ahart 17,597 17.5 Decrease 5.4
Total votes '100,429' '100.0'

References

  1. 1 2 3 Assemblyman Paul D. Moriarty (D), New Jersey Legislature. Accessed February 4, 2022.
  2. ↑ "GENERAL ASSEMBLY". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on March 22, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Assemblyman Paul D. Moriarty (D)". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on January 13, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 "CBS 3: Paul Moriarty". KYW-TV. March 7, 2002. Archived from the original on October 8, 2003. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  5. ↑ 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."
  6. ↑ Nguyen, Anna. "Wash. Twp. mayor recall bid starts", Courier-Post, July 8, 2006. Accessed September 6, 2011.
  7. ↑ 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."
  8. ↑ 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."
  9. ↑ New Jersey State Constitution 1947 (Updated Through Amendments Adopted in November, 2020): Article IV, Section II, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 28, 2022.
  10. ↑ Legislative Roster for District 4, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 11, 2022.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. 1 2 Green, Joe (November 19, 2013). "In Moriarty stop, Washington Township officer had 'personal motivation,' prosecutor says". South Jersey Times. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  13. ↑ Caffrey, Michelle (August 7, 2015). "N.J. officer, acquitted of misconduct for assemblyman arrest, scores civil court victory". NJ.com. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ "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.
  16. ↑ "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.
  17. ↑ "2017-official-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  18. ↑ "2015-official-ge-results-nj-general-assembly.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 30, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  19. ↑ "2013-official-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  20. ↑ "2011-official-gen-elect-gen-assembly-results-121411.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 14, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  21. ↑ "2009-official-gen-elect-gen-assembly-tallies-120109.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  22. ↑ "2007-official-general-election-tallies(ga)-12.12.07.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
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