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|name=Reed Gusciora |image=Reed Gusciora in 2003.jpg |office=Mayor of Trenton |order= |term_start=July 1, 2018 |term_end= |predecessor=Eric Jackson |successor= |state_assembly2=New Jersey |district2=15th Legislative |term_start2=January 9, 1996 |term_end2=July 1, 2018 |preceded2=Joseph Yuhas |succeeded2=Anthony Verrelli |birth_date={{birth date and age|1960|3|27}} |birth_place=Passaic, New Jersey, U.S. |residence=Trenton, New Jersey |party=Democrat |occupation=Attorney, Municipal Prosecutor |spouse= |website=reedgusciora.com }}Walter Reed Gusciora (born March 27, 1960) is an American Democratic Party politician who has served as the Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey since 2018. He previously served from 1996 to 2018 in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represented the 15th Legislative District. He also served as the prosecutor for Lawrence Township.[1] He defeated businessman Paul Perez to become Mayor of Trenton in 2018, earning 52 percent of the vote in a runoff election on June 12 since no candidate won the 50 percent threshold or more in the May 8 election.[2] Early lifeGusciora was born in Passaic, New Jersey and raised in Jamesburg, where he attended public schools and graduated from Jamesburg High School in 1978. He received a B.A. from The Catholic University of America (CUA) in Politics/International Relations and was awarded a J.D. in 1988 from the Seton Hall University School of Law.[3] He was, for much of his adult life, a resident of Princeton Borough. While an Assemblyman, he challenged Congressman Chris Smith in 2000, losing in the solidly Republican 4th district. In 2003, Gusciora lost a race for the Democratic nomination for Mayor of the Borough of Princeton to eventual winner Joseph O'Neill.[3] Legislative careerGusciora has been the Deputy Majority Leader since 2008, and was the Assembly's Assistant Minority Leader from 1998-2001. He currently serves as Chairman of the Assembly Regulatory Oversight, Federal Relations, and Reform Committee, and is a member of the Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance and Assembly Labor Committees.[4] He is a former Chairman of the Environment and Solid Waste Committee. Gusciora authored the "Paramount Safety" Law that changed the legal standard in child custody cases to protect the health and well being of the child when abuse has occurred. He is the author of a law that streamlines services for people with developmental disabilities through the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education. He is also the original prime sponsor of legislation that would allow patients to sue HMOs for malpractice and the "Senior Gold Prescription Discount Act," which expanded the state’s prescription drug program for seniors. 2011 redistrictingThe redistricting plan adopted following the 2010 U.S. Census moved Gusciora's hometown of Princeton Borough out of the 15th district and into the heavily-Republican 16th. Gusciora immediately announced that he would put his Princeton home on the market and move to Trenton, some {{convert|12|mi|km}} away.[5] Trenton was the largest city in the old 15th district and remained the largest city in the newly configured 15th district. District 15Each 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 15th District for the 2014–2015 Legislative Session are:
PoliticsGusciora is a supporter of gay rights and same-sex marriage.[6] In December 2006, he publicly acknowledged his homosexuality, thereby becoming the first ever openly gay member of the New Jersey Legislature.[7] In January 2012, he was joined by Assemblyman Tim Eustace, the openly gay mayor of Maywood, who was elected to the General Assembly from the 38th District.{{cn|date=December 2017}} On Governor Chris Christie's opposition to a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the state, Gusciora stated "Govs. Lester Maddox and George Wallace would have found allies in Chris Christie over efforts by the Justice Department to end segregation in the South", and "[Christie] would have been happy to have a referendum on civil rights rather than fighting and dying in the streets of the South."[8][9] Christie responded, "What I said was I’m sure that civil rights advocates would have liked to have this as another option but it was not available to them, yet you have numbnuts like Reed Gusciora who put out a statement comparing me to George Wallace and Lester Maddox."[8] The two later amended their differences.[10] Role as mayorIn September he requested the state government to audit the city's books, after finding inconsistencies.[11] References1. ^{{cite news|last=Galler|first=Joan|title=Lawrence prosecutor asks for change of venue in Sigmund case|url=http://trentonian.com/articles/2011/09/29/news/doc4e83cd1bc7b42415970879.txt|accessdate=2011-09-29|newspaper=Trentonian|date=2011-09-29|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427121544/http://www.trentonian.com/articles/2011/09/29/news/doc4e83cd1bc7b42415970879.txt|archivedate=2012-04-27|df=}} 2. ^2 elections later, Trenton has finally picked a new mayor 3. ^{{cite news|url=http://dailyprincetonian.com/news/2003/10/green-democrat-face-off-for-mayor|author=Henn, Brian|title=Green, Democrat face off for mayor|date=October 1, 2003|newspaper=The Daily Princetonian|quote=O'Neill defeated State Assemblyman Reed Gusciora in the Democratic primary in June|accessdate=September 1, 2015}} 4. ^1 Assemblyman Gusciora's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed December 28, 2016. 5. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.trentonian.com/articles/2011/04/03/news/doc4d9935fd672b5320049502.txt?viewmode=default|title=NJ redistricting prompts gay Assemblyman Reed Gusciora to move into Trenton|work=The Trentonian|date=April 3, 2011}} 6. ^Abdur-Rahman, Sulaiman. "Gay New Jersey Assemblyman Reed Gusciora's message to LGBT youths: It gets better", The Trentonian, October 24, 2010. Accessed March 25, 2011. 7. ^Schwaneberg, Robert. "California ruling on gay marriage cheers advocates in NJ", The Star-Ledger, May 15, 2008; accessed March 25, 2011. "But Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer), the state's first openly gay lawmaker, isn't so sure. 'I don't see the Legislature taking it up anytime soon," Gusciora said. "I think the political will is still not there.'" 8. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/01/calling_opponent_numbnuts_chri.html|title=Calling opponent 'numbnuts,' Christie refuses to back down from gay marriage comments|date=January 31, 2012|newspaper=The Star-Ledger|author=Statehouse Bureau Staff|accessdate=September 1, 2015}} 9. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2012/01/christie-calls-critic-numb-nuts-072169|title=Christie calls critic 'numb-nuts'|author=Lee, MJ|website=Politico|date=January 30, 2012|accessdate=September 1, 2015}} 10. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.centraljersey.com/top_news/mercer-county-gusciora-eyed-for-judgeship-in-superior-court/article_22963577-29be-5179-b1b8-5445d450e307.html|title=MERCER COUNTY: Gusciora eyed for judgeship in Superior Court|date=October 29, 2014|newspaper=Packet Media Group|author=Curran, Phillip Sean|accessdate=September 1, 2015}} 11. ^https://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2018/10/trenton_asks_state_to_forensically_audit_citys_boo.html External links
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