LAMBERTVILLE — Lambertville Mayor David DelVecchio is considering running for Assembly now that his town has been put in a Democrat-friendly legislative district. A 20-year mayor, DelVecchio said he is “taking a serious look” at the prospect of running for the state Legislature. “I’ve accomplished a lot in transforming Lambertville,” he said. DelVecchio is president of the New Jersey...
Now that the new legislative redistricting map has been announced, Lambertville Mayor David DelVecchio, shown left in this 2008 file photo, says he's considering a run for the state Assembly.LAMBERTVILLE — Lambertville Mayor David DelVecchio is considering running for Assembly now that his town has been put in a Democrat-friendly legislative district.
A 20-year mayor, DelVecchio said he is “taking a serious look” at the prospect of running for the state Legislature.
“I’ve accomplished a lot in transforming Lambertville,” he said.
DelVecchio is president of the New Jersey Conference of Mayors.
DelVecchio would be running in the 15th Legislative District, which is currently represented by state Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Mercer), Assembly members Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer) and Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer).
Gusciora’s hometown of Princeton, however, has been drawn out of the district in the legislative district map that was just adopted and put into a largely Republican district, potentially dashing his political future. Gusciora has said he plans to run in the 15th Legislative District, and plans to move into it.
Previous coverage:
• Redistricting commission approves Democratic-proposed legislative map
• Democratic State Senator might move to increase reelection chances
• Minority coalition sides with Democrats' proposed N.J. redistricting map
• Both parties to make final pitches to tiebreaker in N.J. redistricting meetings
• N.J. minority groups say they're unhappy with legislative redistricting process
• Gov. Christie arrives in New Brunswick for N.J. redistricting commission meetings