Today State Senator Donald W. Norcross (D-5) issued the following statement in response to the support (see complete list below) he’s received following the retirement announcement of U.S. Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-1):
“I am truly honored to have received these significant endorsements in my campaign for Congress,” said Norcross. “As someone who spent my earlier career as a union electrician working on high tension wires, the tops of major bridges, and other dangerous workplaces, it is a very humbling experience to enjoy this depth of support in my continued fight for South Jersey’s struggling middle class.
“Make no mistake about it, I am a proud Pennsauken boy who never forgot where he came from. Being a fighter for people is not a cliché or a cheap political slogan to me. It’s who I’ve always been prior to entering public life. As Congressman, I will work to provide world class educational and vocational training opportunities so our kids can compete in the ever-evolving global economy. As I’ve done quite successfully in Trenton, I will work with Democrats and Republicans in Washington to ensure that New Jersey gets its fair share from the extraordinary amount of taxes we pay back to the federal government. I will also work with business and industry to lure the kinds of good-paying, family-sustaining jobs that South Jersey needs most right now. I get results. Now let’s get to work.”
Endorsing Donald Norcross for Congress
FEDERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS
Senator Robert Menendez
Senator Cory Booker
Congressman Frank Pallone
Congressman Robert Andrews
Congressman Albio Sires
Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr.
Congressman Rush Holt
Congressman Donald Payne, Jr.
STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS
Senate President Stephen Sweeney
Senator Jeff Van Drew
Senator Jim Whelan
Senator Fred Madden
Senator Jim Beach
Senator Nicholas Sacco
Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto
Assembly Majority Leader Lou Greenwald
Assemblyman Bob Andrzejczak
Assemblyman Vince Mazzeo
Assemblyman John Burzichelli
Assemblywoman Celeste Marie Riley
Assemblyman Paul Moriarty
Assemblywoman Gabriella Mosquera
Assemblyman Angel Fuentes
Assemblyman Whip Wilson
Assemblywoman Pamela Rosen Lampitt
Assemblyman Herb Conaway
Assemblyman Troy Singleton
Assemblyman Joseph Egan
COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS
Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr.
Freeholder Deputy Director Ed McDonnell
Freeholder Scot McCray
Freeholder Ian Leonard
Freeholder Jeff Nash
Freeholder Carmen Rodriguez
Freeholder Michele Gentek
Freeholder Director Bob Damminger
Freeholder Deputy Director Joe Chila
Freeholder Adam Taliaferro
Freeholder Lyman Barnes
Freeholder Heather Simmons
Freeholder Frank DiMarco
Freeholder Dan Christy
Freeholder Aimee Belgarde
Freeholder Joanne Schwartz
Clerk Joe Ripa
Clerk James Hogan
Sheriff Chuck Billingham
Sheriff Carmel Morina
Fmr. Governor James Florio
Fmr. Cherry Hill Mayor Susan Bass Levin
Fmr. Cherry Hill Mayor Bernie Platt
Fmr. Assemblywoman Nilsa Cruz-Perez
Fmr Speaker Joe Roberts
LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS
Mayor John Ward – Borough of Audubon
Mayor John Pennock – Borough of Audubon Park
Mayor Robert Klaus – Borough of Barrington
Mayor Frank Fillipek, Sr. – Borough of Bellmawr
Mayor Phyllis Magazzu – Berlin Township
Mayor Teri Branella – Borough of Brooklawn
Mayor Dana Redd – City of Camden
Mayor Chuck Cahn – Cherry Hill Township
Mayor Michael Blunt – Borough of Chesilhurst
Mayor M. James Maley, Jr. – Collingswood
Mayor Paul Medany – Township of Deptford
Mayor Leo McCabe – Borough of Glassboro
Mayor William James – City of Gloucester
Mayor David R. Mayer – Gloucester Township
Mayor Randy Teague – Haddon Township
Mayor Meredith Dobbs – Borough of Hi-Nella
Mayor Mary Ann Wardlow – Borough of Lawnside
Mayor Richard Roach, Jr. – Borough of Lindenwold
Mayor Betty Ann Cowling-Carson – Magnolia
Mayor Anthony Saporito – Maple Shade Township
Mayor Frank North – Borough of Merchantville
Mayor Michael Gabbianelli – Monroe
Mayor Joe Wolk – Borough of Mt. Ephraim
Mayor Mark Cooper – Borough of National Park
Mayor Robert Forbes – Borough of Oaklyn
Mayor Lauren Sheffler – Borough of Palmyra
Mayor Jack Killion – Pennsauken Township
Mayor Christopher Green – Borough of Pine Hill
Mayor Bertha “Sis” Kalvaitis – Runnemede
Mayor Gary J. Passanante – Borough of Somerdale
Mayor Michael R. Mignogna – Voorhees Township
Mayor Barbara Wallace – Township of Washington
Mayor Tommy Lombardo – Borough of Wenonah
Mayor Russell Welsh – Borough of Westville
Mayor Barry Wright – Winslow Township
Mayor Bill Volk – City of Woodbury
Mayor Harry Elton, Jr. – Boro of Woodbury Heights
Mayor Jeraldo Fuentes – Borough of Woodlynne
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CHAIRPERSONS
Chairman Fred Madden – Gloucester County
Co-Chairman Jim Beach – Camden County
Chairman Joe Andl – Burlington County Democrats
Fmr. Chairman Michael Angelini – Gloucester County
Chairman Jim Schroeder – Atlantic County
Chairman Steven Caltabiano – Salem County
Chairman Wyatt Earp – Ocean County
Chairman Bob Balicki – Cumberland County
Chairman Jim Pickering – Cape May County
Vice Chair Barb Holcomb – Camden County
MUNICIPAL DEMOCRATIC CHAIRPERSONS
Chair Mike DiVietro – Audubon
Chair Sandra Hook – Audubon Park
Chair Thomas Quackenbush – Barrington
Chair David A. Spector – Bellmawr
Chair Phyllis Magazzu – Berlin Twp
Chair Mike Mevoli – Brooklawn
Chair Angel Fuentes – Camden
Chair Dana Redd – Camden
Chair Jeffrey Nash – Cherry Hill
Chair Meryl Greene – Cherry Hill
Chair Michael Blunt – Chesilhurst
Chair Mark Armbruster – Clementon
Chair Robert N. Tonsberg – Collingswood
Chair John Vinci – Deptford
Chair Dalyn Currey – East Greenwich
Chair Mary Ann Procajlo – Gibbsboro
Chair Salvatore Fogarino – Glassboro
Chair Jay F. Brophy – Gloucester City
Chair Kevin Piccolo – Gloucester Township
Chair Gerry Michael – Greenwich
Chair David Capozzi – Haddon Heights
Chair Suzanne Discher – Haddon Township
Chair Salvatore J. Siciliano – Haddonfield
Chair Gary Tomar – Hi-Nella
Chair Rhonda Wardlow-Hurley – Lawnside
Chair Patricia Strippoli – Lindenwold
Chair Mary Martz – Magnolia
Chair Robert Wells – Maple Shade
Chair Timothy Higgins, Esq. – Merchantville
Chair Obie O’Brien – Monroe
Chair Bruce Greenwald – Mount Ephraim
Chair Lawrence J. Prelle, Sr. – National Park
Chair Jeanne Giampola – Paulsboro
Chair David A. Luthman – Pennsauken
Chair Melisa Shultz – Pine Hill
Chair James Perry – Somerdale
Chair Terry Armbruster – Stratford
Chair Joseph Lovallo – Voorhees
Chair Kurtis Stroemel – Voorhees
Chair Frank Cianci – Washington
Chair Philipp Kaeferle – Wenonah
Chair Gerry White – West Deptford
Chair Colleen Archer – Westville
Chair Marie Lawrence – Winslow Township
Chair Barry Wright – Winslow Township
Chair Chuck Rose – Woodbury
Chair Lou Deeck – Woodbury Heights
Chair Jeraldo Fuentes – Woodlynne
ORGANIZED LABOR
Sean McGarvey – President, North American’s Building Trades Unions
Bill Mullen – President, New Jersey State Building & Construction Trades Council
Dan Cosner – President, Southern New Jersey Building Trades Council
Ray Pocino – Vice President & Eastern Regional Manager, Laborer’s International Union of North America
Rich Tolsen – Director, Bricklayers & Allied Craft Workers Administrative District Council of New Jersey
Fred Dumont – Vice President, New Jersey State Building & Construction Trades Council
Charlie Wowkanech – President, New Jersey State AFL-CIO
Laurel Brennan – Vice President, New Jersey State AFL-CIO
Frank Spencer – Vice President, United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Sue Michielli – President, Southern New Jersey AFL-CIO
Jim Kehoe – Business Manager, UA Local 322
Ed Gant – Business Manager, IBEW Local 351
COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS
Anthony Perno
Mike Devlin
Jeannine LaRue
K.D. Patel – Asian-Indian Community Leader and Founder of NICE Inc.
Habib Quarashi – General Secretary of the Camden County Human Relations Committee and Pakistani-American Community Leader
Gwen DeVera, Filipino-American Community Leader
