Filing to run against Republican Assemblymen Brian Rumpf and Daniel Van Pelt in the strongly Republican, Ocean County-based ninth district, are Richard P. Visotcky and Robert Rue. Visotcky, an attorney, is the son of Richard F. Visotcky, a Bergen County Democrat who served in the Assembly from 1974 to 1986.
Richard F. Visotcky, a former Mayor of Garfield, ousted Republican incumbents in the 1973 Democratic landslide. Visotcky and his running mate, Robert Hollenbeck, held the seat for six terms until they were ousted in the 1985 GOP landslide by Paul DiGaetano and Kathleen Donovan.
