Vincent Prieto

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Vincent Prieto
170th Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly
Assumed office
January 14, 2014
Preceded by Sheila Oliver
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
from the 32nd district
Assumed office
December 13, 2004
Serving with Angelica M. Jimenez
Preceded by Anthony Impreveduto
Personal details
Born (1960-09-11) September 11, 1960 (age 64)
Cuba
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Marlene
Children two
Residence Secaucus, New Jersey
Alma mater Middlesex County College
Bergen Community College
Website Legislative website

Vincent Prieto (born September 11, 1960) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served as the 170th Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly since January 14, 2014.He has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since December 2004, where he represents the 32nd Legislative District. He is also the current Chairman of the Hudson County Democratic Organization.

Biography

Prieto is a Cuban-American. In 1971, he and his mother took a Freedom Flight (air-lift resettlement program offering alien resident status to Cuban exiles) and moved to North Hudson County at a time when it was known as Havana on the Hudson.[1]

He attended Middlesex County College receiving a degree in construction code technology and Bergen Community College where he received a degree for fire code technology. Outside of his legislative and political duties, he is the construction code official for the Town of Secaucus.[2][3] He is a resident of Secaucus with his wife Marlene and two children.[4]

Political career

Prieto served on the Secaucus Planning Board from 1998 to 2001.[2] He was selected by Hudson County Democratic Party leaders in December 2004 to fill the vacancy of Anthony Impreveduto, who resigned after pleading guilty to using campaign contributions for personal purposes.[5] In the heavily Democratic-leaning 32nd district, he has not faced significant opposition in any general election since being appointed.

He garnered the support of 41 of 48 colleagues and became the Assembly Speaker in November 2013 replacing Sheila Oliver.[6] He is the second Cuban-American to lead the Assembly after fellow Hudson County Democrat Albio Sires.[7][8]

Prieto serves as the Chairman of the Legislative Services Commission. Prieto served in the Assembly as the Deputy Majority Whip from 2006 to 2011. He previously served in the Assembly as chair on the Budget Committee, the Budget Oversight Committee, and the Regulated Professions Committee; he was also a member of the Appropriations Committee, the Transportation Committee, the Public Works Committee, and the Independent Authorities Committee.[2]

In 2013 the Hudson Reporter ranked him #7 in its list of Hudson County's 50 most influential people,[9] and #5 in 2015.[10] He replaced Bayonne mayor Mark Smith as the chairman of the Hudson County Democratic Organization in 2013.[11]

District 32

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 32nd District for the 2014-2015 Legislative Session are:

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Assemblyman Prieto's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed April 13, 2008.
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  5. ↑ Benson, Josh. "UP FRONT: WORTH NOTING; Prioritize, Prioritize", The New York Times, December 26, 2004. Accessed August 7, 2009.
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  9. ↑ Adriana Rambay Fernández, Stephen LaMarca, Gennarose Pope, Ray Smith, Al Sullivan and E. Assata Wright. "They've Got the Power". The Union City Reporter. January 8, 2012. Pages 1, 4-7 and 10-11.
  10. ↑ Sullivan, Al; Davis, Carlo; Schwartz, Art; Passantino, Joseph (January 18, 2015). The Union City Reporter, pp 1, 5, 9, 12
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

New Jersey General Assembly
Preceded by Member of the New Jersey General Assembly for the 32nd District
December 13, 2004 – present
With: Joan M. Quigley, Angelica M. Jimenez		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly
January 14, 2014 – present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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