Assemblymen Chris DePhillips and Al Barlas Announce 2025 LD 40 Campaign

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Wyckoff NJ, Assemblymen Chris DePhillips and Al Barlas are excited to announce their campaign for  reelection to the NJ State Assembly. Additionally, DePhillips and Barlas are humbled to  announce overwhelming support from Republican Party and elected officials from across the  district. 

“I am proud to serve in the Assembly alongside Al Barlas representing the 40th legislative  district. As your representative, I work to deliver real results for our community – from flood  mitigation, to ensuring our schools get their fair share of funding, to fixing our roads and  bridges. I am excited for the campaign ahead and another term fighting for what’s right,” said  Assemblyman Chris DePhillips. 

Assemblyman Al Barlas added, “As I finish my first term, I am more energized than ever to  continue my service with Assemblyman DePhillips. Our communities and families face many  challenges – from high costs due to inflation, reckless policies threatening the overdevelopment  of our communities to ever increasing taxes that are strangling small business and families. I am  seeking reelection to continue my fight against these extreme policies and to put people before  reckless ideology,” said Assemblyman Al Barlas 

Assemblyman Chris DePhillips serves as the Conference Leader of the Assembly Republican Caucus, and a member  of the Science, Innovation & Technology Committee and the Transportation and Independent Authorities  Committee. 

Assemblyman Al Barlas serves as the Co-Chair of the Select Committee on Ballot Design and as a member of the  Budget Committee, Community Development and Women’s Affair Committee and the Labor Committee. 

Endorsing the DePhillips – Barlas team are: 

State Senator Kristin M. Corrado 

Bergen County Republican Chairman Jack DeLorenzo 

District 40 Chairwoman Drita McNamara 

Essex County GOP First Vice Chair Mary Devon O’Brien 

Essex County GOP Second Vice Chair Joy Freeman  

Passaic County Republican Organization Chairman Peter Murphy 

New Jersey Republican State Committee Vice Chair Darlene Shotmeyer

Caldwell Mayor and GOP Municipal Chairman Garrett Jones Caldwell Council President Kris Brown 

Caldwell Councilwoman Barbara Buechner 

Caldwell Councilman Darren Daniolowicz 

Caldwell Councilman Rick Alonso  

Caldwell Councilwoman-elect Dana Hunkele 

Cedar Grove Mayor Melissa Skabich 

Cedar Grove Deputy Mayor Michele Mega 

Cedar Grove Councilman & GOP Municipal Chairman Joe Maceri Cedar Grove Councilwoman Kerry Peterson 

Cedar Grove Councilman John Zazzali 

Essex Fells Mayor Ed Davis 

Essex Fells Councilman Bill Sullivan 

Essex Fells Councilman John King 

Essex Fells Councilwoman Maggie O’Connor 

Essex Fells Councilman Bernard D’Avella 

Essex Fells Councilman Michael Cecere 

Essex Fells Councilwoman Carolyn Goldman  

Essex Fells Republican Municipal Chairman Ed Abbott 

Fairfield Mayor Bill Galese 

Fairfield Council President Joe Cifelli 

Fairfield Councilman Michael McGlynn 

Fairfield Councilman John LaForgia 

Fairfield Councilman Peter Campisi 

Fairfield Republican Municipal Chairman Anthony Lipari 

Franklin Lakes Mayor Charles J.X. Kahwaty 

Franklin Lakes Council President Gary Sheppard 

Franklin Lakes Councilmember Joel Ansh 

Franklin Lakes Councilmember Michele DeLuccia Franklin Lakes Councilmember Gail Kelly  

Franklin Lakes Councilmember Thomas Lambrix 

Franklin Lakes Republican Municipal Chairman Dennis Bonagura 

Hawthorne Mayor John Lane 

Hawthorne Councilman Bruce Bennett 

Hawthorne Councilwoman Rayna Laiosa 

Hawthorne Councilman Dominic Mele 

Hawthorne Councilman Mike Sciarra 

Hawthorne Councilwoman Anna Marie Sasso 

Hawthorne Councilman Frank E. Matthews

Hawthorne Municipal Republican Committee Chair John Bertollo  

Little Falls Councilwoman Jayna Patel 

Little Falls Councilman & GOP Municipal Chair Michael Murphy 

North Caldwell Councilman Ken Tilton 

North Caldwell Republican Municipal Chairman John Chiaia 

Ridgewood Councilmember Siobhan Crann Winograd Ridgewood Councilmember Evan Weitz 

Ridgewood Republican Municipal Chairman Mahmoud Hamza 

Totowa Mayor John Coiro 

Totowa Council President Lou D’Angelo 

Totowa Councilman Anthony Picarelli 

Totowa Councilman Bill Bucher 

Totowa Councilman John Capo 

Totowa Councilman Patrick Fierro 

Totowa Councilman Sanders Reynoso 

Totowa Republican Municipal Committee Chairman Peter Murphy 

Wayne Mayor Chris Vergano 

Wayne Council President Jay DeStefano 

Wayne Councilwoman Jill Sasso 

Wayne Councilman David Varano 

Wayne Councilman Rich Jasterzbski 

Wayne Councilman Al Sadowski 

Wayne Councilman Michael Fattal 

Wayne Councilman Joe Scuralli 

Wayne Councilman Jonathan Ettman 

Wayne Municipal Republican Committee Chair Brian Burns 

West Caldwell Mayor Joseph Tempesta Jr. 

West Caldwell Councilman Stephen Wolsky 

West Caldwell Councilman Michael Docteroff 

West Caldwell Councilwoman Kathy Canale 

West Caldwell Councilman Joseph Cecere 

West Caldwell Councilman Michael Crudele 

West Caldwell Councilman Stanley Hladik 

West Caldwell Councilman-elect Robert Schott 

West Caldwell Republican Municipal Chairman Chris Smith Woodland Park Republican Municipal Chair Laura Vargas

Wyckoff Mayor Peter Melchionne 

Wyckoff Committeeman & GOP Municipal Chair Rudy Boonstra Wyckoff Committeeman Tom Madigan 

Wyckoff Committeeman Roger Lane 

Wyckoff Committeewoman-elect Mae Bogdansky  Verona GOP Municipal Committee Chairman Michael Nochimson