Gregory P. McGuckin

Gregory P. McGuckin (born July 2, 1961) is an American Republican Party politician who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly, representing the 10th Legislative District since January 10, 2012.

Early life[]

McGuckin was born in East Orange, New Jersey and raised in Brick Township, where his father John McGuckin was the town's first directly elected mayor.^[1][2] He earned a B.A. degree from Providence College in 1983 and a J.D. degree from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1987 (New Jersey Governor Chris Christie graduated the same year^[3]). He interned for U.S. District Court judge John W. Bissell in 1986 and clerked for Judges of the New Jersey Superior Court in Ocean County in 1987–1988.^[4] He became an associate with the Forked River law firm of Dasti, Murphy & Wellerson, and was named a partner in the firm, now known as Dasti, Murphy, McGuckin, Ulaky, Cherkos & Connors.^[2] McGuckin was elected to the Toms River Township Council in 2003 and was re-elected in 2005 and 2009. He was selected as Council President, serving from 2004 to 2011.^[5]

In 2008, Mcguckin launched a bid to run for Toms River Township council. He suspended his political campaign after it was reported that he had more than $120,000 in federal leins placed against him by the IRS for failure to pay taxes.

New Jersey Assembly[]

In 2011, incumbent Assemblyman James W. Holzapfel ran for the New Jersey Senate seat of the retiring Andrew R. Ciesla,^[6] and McGuckin ran for the open Assembly seat. He and his running mate David W. Wolfe defeated the Democratic candidates Bette Wary and Eli Eytan,^[7] and he was sworn in on January 10, 2012.^[3]

Committees[]

• Homeland Security and State Preparedness
• Transportation and Independent Authorities

Government Legal Work[]

In 2020, McGuckin was appointed the Director of Public Law for the Township of Toms River. Toms River Councilman Daniel Rodrick filed a lawsuit against McGuckin claiming he was illegally hired for the job. The lawsuit was dismissed by the Assignment Judge of the New Jersey Superior Court, Ocean County, with prejudice due to Rodrick's complaint having no merit. Rodrick cost that taxpayers of Toms River Township thousands of dollars in legal fees to defend the frivolous lawsuit.

Electoral history[]

Assembly[]

New Jersey general election, 2017^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dave Wolfe	39,265	31.7	0.2
	Republican	Gregory P. McGuckin	37,896	30.6	0.6
	Democratic	Michael B. Cooke	23,417	18.9	0.9
	Democratic	Raymond Baker	23,174	18.7	0.2
Total votes			'123,752'	'100.0'

New Jersey general election, 2015^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dave Wolfe	19,882	31.9	3.1
	Republican	Gregory P. McGuckin	18,543	30.0	3.4
	Democratic	Kimberley S. Casten	12,302	19.8	3.6
	Democratic	Valter Must	11,513	18.5	3.1
Total votes			'62,240'	'100.0'

New Jersey general election, 2013^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dave Wolfe	44,627	35.0	3.0
	Republican	Gregory P. McGuckin	42,586	33.4	2.7
	Democratic	Susan Kane	20,647	16.2	3.1
	Democratic	Amber Gesslein	19,658	15.4	2.6
Total votes			'127,518'	'100.0'

References[]

External links[]

• Assemblyman Gregory P. McGuckin's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature
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• New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms
  • 2012^{[permanent dead link]} **&**
• 2011^{[permanent dead link]}