BettyLou DeCroce

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BettyLou DeCroce
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
from the 26th district
In office
January 25, 2012 – January 11, 2022
Serving with Jay Webber
Preceded byAlex DeCroce
Succeeded byChristian Barranco
Personal details
Born (1958-11-17) November 17, 1958 (age 63)
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Alex DeCroce (1994–2012; his death)
ChildrenTwo
Residence(s)Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey
WebsiteLegislative Website

BettyLou DeCroce born November 17, 1958 is an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2012 to 2022, where she represented the 26th Legislative District after being appointed to fill the seat following the death of her husband, Alex DeCroce.[1]

Biography and early career[]

DeCroce is a realtor who is the president and owner of the firm ERA Gallo & DeCroce, Inc. She served as a member of the Township Council of Mine Hill Township from 1981 to 1983. She served on the Roxbury Township planning board from 1984 to 1987, and was employed by the township as its deputy township manager from 1991 through 2002 and as its Township Clerk from 1988 to 2010. She has served on the Morris County Joint Insurance Fund and was the North Jersey Health Insurance Fund Commissioner. She was Deputy Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs from 2010 to 2012 in Governor Chris Christie's administration.[2] During this time, she authored the Best Practices for Municipalities, which became a statewide model for identifying efficiencies in local government for reducing property taxes. DeCroce attended Berkeley College and Rutgers University.[2] She married Alex DeCroce, who had been in the Assembly for two terms, in 1994.[3] She currently resides in Parsippany-Troy Hills and has two sons and four grandchildren.[4]

New Jersey Assembly[]

Alex DeCroce, who had served in the Assembly since 1993, died on January 9, 2012, at the age of 75, shortly after the 214th Legislature had ended.[5] On January 25, 2012, BettyLou DeCroce, his widow, was selected by the Morris County Republican Committee to replace him in the Assembly winning 120 votes to former Kinnelon councilman Larry Casha who received 67 votes.[3][6] She won a November 2012 special election for the remainder of the term, defeating the Democratic candidate Joseph Raich.[7] On June 8th 2021, DeCroce lost her reelection bid against former Pompton Lakes City Councilman Christian Barranco.[8]

Committee assignments[]

  • Financial Institutions and Insurance
  • Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Transportation and Independent Authorities
  • Joint Committee on the Public Schools
  • New Jersey Legislative Select Oversight
  • Intergovernmental Relations Commission

District 26[]

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 representatives from the 26th District for the 218th New Jersey Legislature are:[9]

Electoral history[]

New Jersey Assembly[]

New Jersey general election, 2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jay Webber 31,810 28.2 Decrease 2.1
Republican BettyLou DeCroce 31,766 28.2 Decrease 1.9
Democratic Joseph R. Raich 24,732 22.0 Increase 2.6
Democratic E. William Edge 24,362 21.6 Increase 2.8
Total votes '112,670' '100.0'
New Jersey general election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jay Webber 13,739 30.3 Decrease 2.3
Republican BettyLou DeCroce 13,666 30.1 Decrease 2.8
Democratic Avery Hart 8,805 19.4 Increase 2.0
Democratic Wayne B. Marek 8,525 18.8 Increase 1.7
Green Jimmy D. Brash 666 1.5 N/A
Total votes '45,401' '100.0'
New Jersey general election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican BettyLou DeCroce 35,352 32.9 Increase 0.9
Republican Jay Webber 35,028 32.6 Increase 1.2
Democratic Elliot Isibor 18,720 17.4 Increase 0.6
Democratic Joseph Raich 18,379 17.1 Decrease 0.5
Total votes '107,479' '100.0'
Special election, November 6, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Betty Lou DeCroce 51,485 60.5
Democratic Joseph R. Raich 33,618 39.5
Total votes 85,103 100.0

References[]

  1. ^ "New legislators take office at noon in historic shift of N.J. Legislature". New Jersey Globe. 2022-01-11. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  2. ^ a b Assemblywoman DeCroce's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed April 15, 2008.
  3. ^ a b Wright, Peggy (January 25, 2012). "BettyLou DeCroce wins 26th District seat held by late husband". Daily Record. Retrieved September 15, 2015. BettyLou DeCroce bested Larry Casha, 120-67, at a special convention Wednesday night, where GOP county committee delegates chose her to fill the state Assembly seat left vacant by her husband’s death. ... BettyLou (nee Bisson), who married Alex DeCroce in 1994, had served as a Mine Hill councilwoman when she was in her mid-20s.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce". New Jersey Assembly Republicans. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  5. ^ Staff. "N.J. Assemblyman Alex DeCroce collapses, dies in Statehouse after long legislative session", The Star-Ledger, January 10, 2012. Accessed October 10, 2012. "Longtime Assemblyman Alex DeCroce, the leading Republican of the state’s lower house who represented Morris County for 23 years, collapsed and died in a bathroom inside the Statehouse late Monday night, just moments after the 214th Legislature held its final voting session."
  6. ^ Goldberg, Dan. "BettyLou DeCroce to assume N.J. Assembly seat, succeed husband in 2 weeks", The Star-Ledger, January 26, 2012. Accessed October 10, 2012. "It will be about two weeks before BettyLou DeCroce officially takes her seat in the state Assembly. She was selected Wednesday night by the Republican County Committee to fill the seat left vacant by the death on Jan. 9 of her husband, Alex DeCroce, the Assembly minority leader."
  7. ^ Rizzo, Salvador (November 7, 2012). "N.J. Assemblywomen secure seats in special election". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  8. ^ "Barranco, Webber win GOP nods in district 26". New Jersey Globe. 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  9. ^ Legislative Roster 2014-2015 Session, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed February 4, 2015.

External links[]

New Jersey General Assembly
Preceded by Member of the New Jersey General Assembly for the 26th District
January 25, 2012 – January 11, 2022
With: Jay Webber 		Succeeded by
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