David C. Russo

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American politician (born 1953)

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Field	Value
name	David C. Russo
state_assembly	New Jersey
district	40th
term_start	January 9, 1990
term_end	January 9, 2018
preceded	Walter Kern
succeeded	Christopher DePhillips
birth_date
birth_place	Jersey City, New Jersey
nationality	American
occupation	Attorney
residence	Ridgewood, New Jersey
spouse	Rosemarie Adamiak
children	two
alma_mater	College of William and Mary (BA)
Seton Hall University (JD)
party	Republican
website	Legislative web page
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David C. Russo (born October 8, 1953) is an American attorney and Republican Party politician, who represented the 40th legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1990 to 2017.

Biography

Born in Jersey City, and raised in Closter, New Jersey, Russo attended Bergen Catholic High School. He graduated with a B.A. from the College of William and Mary in history in 1975 and received a J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1978.

Russo served as Attorney for the Borough of Bergenfield from 2002-2005 and served as attorney for Bergenfield's Zoning Board of Adjustment from 1988-1989. He was the Municipal Prosecutor for the Township of Wyckoff from 1987-1988 and served as an attorney for the Bergen County Office on Aging from 1986-1987.

Having been admitted to the bar in 1979, he is a partner at the Teaneck law firm of Russo and Russo. He resides in Ridgewood with wife Rosemarie (née Adamiak) with whom he has two children.

Political career

Russo began his elected career in 1989 when he defeated long-time assemblyman Walter Kern in the June Republican primary, though Kern had been disbarred after a scandal was exposed. He had since been easily re-elected every two years to the Assembly. , he was the longest-serving current member of the General Assembly, though not the earliest-serving member (Ralph R. Caputo served non-consecutive terms in the Assembly in the 1960s and 1970s). He served in the Assembly on the Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee.

Russo ran for the Republican congressional nomination in in 2002, looking to replace the retiring Marge Roukema. Running primarily against 39th District Senator Gerald Cardinale of Demarest, who was endorsed by Roukema, and 24th District Assemblyman Scott Garrett of Wantage Township, who had made two unsuccessful attempts to unseat Roukema in the previous two primaries, Russo finished with 26% of the vote. While this was enough to defeat Senator Cardinale, who polled 25%, it was twenty points short of Assemblyman Garrett's total and left Russo in second place; Garrett would win election to the seat and be elected to six additional terms before being defeated in the 2016 election.

After 28 years in office, Russo chose not to run for re-election in 2017 and was succeeded by fellow Republican Christopher DePhillips.

References

[http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=4450 Assembly Member David C. Russo], [[Project Vote Smart]]. Accessed January 20, 2008.
[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-marriage-of-rose-adamiak-and/167258096/ "Weddings: Russo, Adamiak"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey). The Record]]'', May 22, 1980. Accessed March 5, 2025, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Rosemarie Adamiak and David C. Russo were married recently in St. Joseph's Church in Demarest.... The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfonse Russo of 247 Durie Ave., Closter.... Her husband was graduated from Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Va., and Seton Hall University Law School."
link. (2008-08-27 , [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 20, 2008.)
"Assemblyman David C. Russo". New Jersey Assembly Republicans.
Edge, Wally. (April 16, 2009). "In District 40, a history of incumbents losing primaries".
[[David Kocieniewski
(July 23, 2002). "Official List Candidate Returns for House of Representatives For June 2002 Primary Election". [[Secretary of State of New Jersey]].
Johnson, Brent. [http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/01/meet_the_new_nj_legislature_taking_office_today.html#incart_m-rpt-2 "Meet your brand-new state Legislature taking office today, Jersey"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], January 9, 2018. Accessed January 22, 2018. "David C. Russo, a Republican member of the Assembly from Bergen County who did not seek re-election after 28 years.... Chris DePhillips, a Republican who will succeed Russo in north Jersey's 40th District.

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