Anthony J. Cimino

Anthony J. Cimino
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
from the 14th district
In office
January 12, 1988 – January 14, 1992
Preceded byJoseph L. Bocchini Jr.
John K. Rafferty
Succeeded byPaul Kramer
Barbara Wright
Personal details
Born (1947-11-29) November 29, 1947 (age 77)
Trenton, New Jersey
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materProvidence College

Anthony J. "Skip" Cimino (born November 29, 1947) is an American politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from the 14th Legislative District from 1988 to 1992.[1][2]

Early life and education

Cimino earned his undergraduate degree from Providence College and graduated from the New Jersey Military Academy as a commissioned second lieutenant.[2]

Career

Cimino has served as a Mercer County Freeholder and a member of the Hamilton Township School District Board of Education.[2]

New Jersey State Assembly

Cimino represented New Jersey's 14th legislative district from 1988 to 1992. As an assemblyman, he introduced the nation's first bicycle helmet law for children under the age of 15, a policy which was later adopted in at least twenty other states.[2]

He was unseated in the 1991 Republican wave election in New Jersey.[1]

Florio administration

After leaving the Assembly, Cimino served as commissioner of personnel in the James Florio administration.[2]

Later work

For five years, Cimino was the president and chief executive of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton. After leaving that role, he became a lobbyist with the lobbying firm Kaufman Zita Group.[2]

In 2017, Cimino joined the New Jersey Assembly Majority office under the leadership of Speaker Craig Coughlin as executive director.[2] In 2018, the New Jersey Globe named him the 65th most powerful unelected person in New Jersey.[3] In 2020, the Globe ranked him 38th.[4]

Following the January 6, 2021 storming of the United States Capitol building, Cimino advised all Assembly Democrats to close their district offices until at least January 20.[5]

Personal life

Cimino's wife, Roseann, died on August 1, 2022. Their son, John, has served as a Mercer County Commissioner (formerly Freeholder) since 2009.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b King, Wayne (1991-11-06). "New Jersey Elections – With Anti-Florio Voting Wave, Republicans Win the Legislature". New York Times. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Hetrick, Christian (15 Dec 2017). "Coughlin Picks Cimino to Lead Assembly Majority Office". Observer.
  3. ^ "Political Power List For 2018". New Jersey Globe. 2019. p. 47.
  4. ^ "Political Power List for 2020" (PDF). New Jersey Globe. 2021. p. 44.
  5. ^ Biryukov, Nikita (12 Jan 2021). "Assembly memo advises members to close district offices until at least Jan. 20". New Jersey Globe. "'Given the events that occurred last Wednesday, in Washington DC, and the increased internet chatter and subsequent potential demonstrations that may occur in our own State Capitol, Trenton, we are advising you to close the district office and work remotely until further notice,' Assembly Democrats Executive Director Skip Cimino said in a memo to members."
  6. ^ Wildstein, David (2 Aug 2022). "Roseann Cimino, devoted wife, mothers, dies at 74". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved 2 Aug 2022.


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