Paul Juliano looks like a sure bet for re-election as Bergen County Democratic chairman after securing endorsements from 58 municipal chairs and a long list of federal, state, county, and municipal elected officials.
Juliano, who has chaired the county organization since 2019, won backing from Bergen County’s entire Democratic congressional delegation, every Democratic state senator and assemblymember representing Bergen, countywide officials, 33 mayors, municipal chairs, district leaders, and state committee members.
Endorsements came from Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-Tenafly) and Nellie Pou (D-North Haledon), Bergen County Executive James Tedesco, State Sens. Paul Sarlo (D-Wood-Ridge), Gordon Johnson (D-Englewood), Joseph Lagana (D-Paramus), Benjie Wimberley (D-Paterson), and former Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck).
Also backing Juliano are Sheriff Anthony Cureton, County Clerk John Hogan, State Assembly members Al Abdelaziz (D-Paterson), Kenyatta Stewart (D-Paterson), Clinton Calabrese Jr. (D-Cliffside Park), Gary Schaer (D-Passaic), Shama Haider (D-Tenafly), Ellen Park (D-Englewood Cliffs), Lisa Swain (D-Fair Lawn), and Christopher Tully (D-Bergenfield), and County Commissioners Mary Amoroso, Rafael Marte, Germaine Ortiz, Tracy Silna-Zur, Thomas Sullivan, Steven Tanelli and Joan Voss.
“I’m deeply grateful for the support of so many dedicated public servants and community leaders from across Bergen County,” Juliano said. “Our party is stronger than ever, and so is our shared commitment to delivering results for our families and communities.”
Juliano’s municipal chair endorsements: Mayor Paul Tomasko, Alpine; Jesse Velten, Allendale; Mayor Arvin Amatorio, Bergenfield; Michelle Rupar, Bogota; Walter Beese, Carlstadt; Gerald Calabrese Jr., Cliffside Park; Larry Garguilo, Closter; Kathy Savas, Cresskill; Mayor Brian Bernstein, Demarest; Damon Englese, Dumont; Kevin O’Connor, Edgewater; Sandra Balistrieri, Elmwood Park; Wilfredo Ortiz, Emerson; Melvina Cobb, Englewood; Patricia Drimones, Englewood Cliffs; Danielle Leigh, East Rutherford; Russell Martin, Fairview; Daniel Zwillenberg, Fair Lawn; Patrick Hunter, Franklin Lakes; Marcantonio Macri, Fort Lee; Lou Ann Visotcky, Garfield; Kristine Sova, Glen Rock; Lynne Hurwitz, Hackensack; John Schettino, Harrington Park; Dana Reyngoudt, Hasbrouck Heights; Glenn Poosikian, Haworth; Lawrence Meyerson, Hillsdale; Dennis McNerney, Ho-Ho-Kus; Mayor Mauro Raguseo, Little Ferry; Vincent Martin, Lodi; Lauren Peccoralo, Leonia; Louis Stellato, Lyndhurst; Sarah Monahan, Mahwah; Katherine Bennin, Maywood; Marion Plumley, Midland Park; Mayor Dennis Vaccaro, Moonachie; Jay Kimball, Montvale; Randi Duffie, New Milford; Nicholas Antonicello Sr., North Arlington; John Hogan, Northvale; Tom Brizzolara, Norwood; John Biale, Oakland; John Shahdanian, Old Tappan; Robert Metzdorf, Park Ridge; Melissa Caminiti, Paramus; Andrew Mattson, Rochelle Park; Marie Papaleo, River Edge; Catherine Suarez, Ridgefield; Junior Hernandez, Ridgefield Park; Jennifer Crandall, Ramsey; David Gierek, Saddle Brook; Janice Anzevino, South Hackensack; James Edmonds, Teaneck; Julie O’Connor, Tenafly; Jessica Ponchak, Washington Township; Walter Wargacki Jr., Wallington; Erin Collins, Westwood; and Donna Abene, Woodcliff Lake.
Additional mayors backing Juliano for re-election: Thomas Calabrese, Cliffside Park; Michael McPartland, Edgewater; Jeffrey Lahullier, East Rutherford; Violetta Berisha, Fairview; Cristina Cutrone, Fair Lawn; Mark Sokolich, Fort Lee; Kristine Morieko, Glen Rock; Caseen Gaines, Hackensack; Heather Wasser, Haworth; Michael Sheinfield, Hillsdale; Scott Luna, Lodi; Bill Ziegler, Leonia; Robert Giangeruso, Lyndhurst; Richard Bolan, Maywood; Michael Putrino, New Milford; Chong Paul Kim, Palisades Park; Keith Misciagna, Park Ridge; Tommy Miller, Rochelle Park; Thomas Papaleo, River Edge; Hugo Jimenez, Ridgefield; Paul Vagianos, Ridgewood; Frank Nunziato, Rutherford; Bob White, Saddle Brook; James Anzevino, South Hackensack; Mark Schwartz, Teaneck; and Mark Zinna, Tenafly.
Other party leaders announcing their support of Juliano: District Chairs Bernadette McPherson, John Bang, Esther Fletcher, Todd Sherer, and Frank Del Vecchio; state committee members Maria Concetta Sarlo, Ken Corcoran, Lorraine Joewono, Kenneth Martin, and June Montag; Bergen County Democratic Vice Chair Balpreet Grewal-Virk; Young Democrats of Bergen County President Amanda Karpinski; and former Oakland Mayor Linda Schwager, the Democratic nominee for Surrogate.