Preceded by Walter Kern Political party Republican Children two Role American Politician | Nationality American Spouse(s) Rosemarie Adamiak Name David Russo Party Republican Party | |
Born October 8, 1953 (age 70)
Jersey City, New Jersey ( 1953-10-08 ) Alma mater College of William and Mary (B.A.)
Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D.) Residence Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States Education Seton Hall University, College of William & Mary, Seton Hall University School of Law | ||
Assemblyman David C. Russo speaks at Surrogate Michael Dressler's Swearing-In PART 4
David C. Russo (born October 8, 1953) is an American Republican Party politician, who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he has represented the 40th legislative district since 1990.
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Biography
Russo was born in Jersey City. He graduated with a B.A. from the College of William and Mary in history in 1975 and received a J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1978.
Russo served as Attorney for the Borough of Bergenfield from 2002-2005 and served as attorney for Bergenfield's Zoning Board of Adjustment from 1988-1989. He was the Municipal Prosecutor for the Township of Wyckoff from 1987-1988 and served as an attorney for the Bergen County Office on Aging from 1986-1987.
Having been admitted to the bar in 1979, he is a partner at the Teaneck law firm Russo and Russo. He currently resides in Ridgewood with wife Rosemarie (nee Adamiak) with whom he has two children.
Political career
Russo began his elected career in 1989 when he defeated long-time assemblyman Walter Kern in the June Republican primary, though Kern had been disbarred after a scandal was exposed. He has since been easily re-elected every two years to the Assembly. As of 2015, he is the longest-serving current member of the General Assembly, though not the earliest-serving member (Ralph R. Caputo served non-consecutive terms in the Assembly in the 1960s and 1970s). He serves in the Assembly on the Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee.
Russo ran for the Republican congressional nomination in New Jersey's 5th congressional district in 2002, coming in second to fellow Assemblyman Scott Garrett in the primary in the race to succeed Marge Roukema. Russo received 26% of the vote, ahead of 39th District Senator Gerald Cardinale (by 190 votes) and two minor candidates, but Garrett won 45% of the vote. Garrett subsequently won the general election and was sworn into the United States Congress in January 2003.
District 40
Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 40th District for the 2014-2015 Legislative Session are: