Christopher DePhillips

Christopher P. DePhillips (born March 30, 1965) is an American Republican Party politician who has represented the 40th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2018.[6] He replaced David C. Russo, who decided against running for re-election after 28 years in office.[7] DePhillips had previously served as mayor of Wyckoff.

Christopher DePhillips
Member of the New Jersey Assembly
from the 40th District
Assumed office
January 9, 2018
Serving with Kevin J. Rooney
Preceded byDavid C. Russo
Commissioner of the Northwest
Bergen County Utilities Authority
In office
June 25, 2012 [1] – December 31, 2017
Preceded byPeter A. Dachnowicz [2]
Succeeded byBrian Chewcaskie [3]
Member of the
Wyckoff Township Committee
In office
January 1, 2010 – January 1, 2013
Preceded byDavid C. Alnor [4]
Succeeded byHaakon Jepsen [5]
Personal details
Born (1965-03-30) March 30, 1965
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Patricia Reynolds-DePhillips
ChildrenFour
ResidenceWyckoff, New Jersey
Alma materGeorgetown University
Seton Hall University School of Law[6]
OccupationAttorney
WebsiteLegislative Website

Personal and early life

DePhillips earned a bachelor of arts degree with a major in government from Georgetown University in 1987 and a juris doctor degree from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1992.[6] From 1987 to 1989 he worked in Washington, D.C. as an aide to Congresswoman Marge Roukema. A practicing attorney, DePhillips is Vice President and General Counsel of Porzio Life Sciences.[8] A member of the Wyckoff Township Committee from 2010 to 2013, DePhillips was unanimously chosen by his peers to serve as the township's mayor in 2012.[6][9] Appointed in June 2012, he served until 2017 as a Commissioner of the Northwest Bergen County Utilities Authority, which provides sewage treatment services to 75,000 residents in Bergen County.[6][10]

New Jersey Assembly

Tenure

DePhillips was sworn in on January 9, 2018. In February 2019, DePhillips, introduced a bill that would abolish New Jersey Schools Development Authority, it never came to a vote in Committee. [11]

Committee Assignments
  • Financial Institutions and Insurance [12]
  • Judiciary
  • Science, Innovation and Technology

District 40
New Jersey's 40th Legislative District (2012-2022 Apportionment)

Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. New Jersey's 40th Legislative District encompasses parts of Bergen, Passaic, Essex, and Morris Counites. The current representatives from the 40th District to the 219th New Jersey Legislature are [13]:

Electoral History

New Jersey Assembly

2019

In the 2019 General Election Democrats Maria Martini Cordonnier, and Micheal Sedon won the primary to challenge DePhillips and his running mate Kevin J. Rooney. However Sedon dropped out of the general election and was replaced with former Bergen County Freeholder Julie O'Brien. During the election DePhillips and Rooney skipped a debate hosted by the League of Women Voters claiming it was unfair. [14] The democrats lost to the incumbents. Rooney came in first place in Bergen, Passaic, Essex, and Morris Counites. [15]

2019 General Election in 40th District [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Kevin J. Rooney (Incumbent) 22,562 28.4% 1.7
Republican Christopher DePhillips (Incumbent) 21,955 27.6% 1.3
Democratic Julie O'Brien 17,557 22.1% 1.1
Democratic Maria Martini Cordonnier 17,332 21.8 0.8
Total votes '79,426' '100.0'

2017

In the 2013 general election, the last time all three legislative seats in the 40th District were up for vote simultaneously, the winners were Kevin J. O'Toole in the Senate and Scott Rumana and David C. Russo in the Assembly. By the 2017 primaries all would be gone, with O'Toole resigning in 2017 to become a Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (being replaced by Kristin Corrado), Rumana leaving in 2016 to become a Superior Court Judge (and be replaced By Kevin J. Rooney) and Russo's announcement that he would not run for another term of office, leaving a vacuum that led to a series of primary challenges. In the June 2017 Republican primary for the two Assembly seats, Rooney and DePhillips withstood a challenge from Joseph Bubba Jr. and the comeback attempt of former State Senator Norman M. Robertson by margins of 2-1; Kristin Corrado won the Senate nomination against former Assemblyman Paul DiGaetano.[17] Since 1973, the 40th District has always leaned Republican, never electing a Democrat through the 2017 general election.[18] However, a poll conducted by Democrats shortly before the election showed the two slates tied at 39%, with 21% of voters undecided.[19] In the November 2017 general election, DePhillips (with 30,610 votes; 26.3% of all ballots cast) and his running mate, incumbent Kevin J. Rooney (with 31,170; 26.8%), defeated Democratic challengers Christine Ordway (27,092; 23.3%) and Paul Vagianos (26,737; 23.0%) to win both Assembly seats from the district for the Republicans.[20][21]

2017 General Election in 40th District [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Kevin J. Rooney (Incumbent) 31,170 26.8 0.8
Republican Christopher DePhillips 30,610 26.3 1.7
Democratic Christine Ordway 27,092 23.3 1.0
Democratic Paul Vagianos 26,737 23.0 0.8
You Tell Me Anthony J. Pellechia 748 0.6 N/A
Total votes '116,357' '100.0'

References
  1. Mazzola, Jessica. "Former Mayor Officially Installed As Utilities CommissionerJohn DaPuzzo and Wyckoff Mayor Christopher DePhillips join NBCUA governing body", Mahwah Patch, June 25, 2012. Accessed February 9, 2020. "The Northwest Bergen County Utilities Authority (NBCUA) has officially installed two new commissioners on its governing board. They are Christopher P. DePhillips of Wyckoff, NJ, and John DaPuzzo of Mahwah, NJ."
  2. "Northwest Bergen County Utilities Authority - Overview". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  3. "NBCUA Commissioners". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  4. "ELECTED OFFICIALS SERVINGTHE TOWNSHIP DURING 2010". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  5. "ELECTED OFFICIALS SERVINGTHE TOWNSHIP DURING 2010". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  6. Legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 16, 2018.
  7. Johnson, Brent. "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.
  8. "Porzio Life Sciences VP Christopher DePhillips Elected to NJ State Assembly", Porzio Life Sciences, press release dated November 8, 2017. Accessed January 22, 2018.
  9. Gerace, Joseph M. "DePhillips in First Speech as Mayor: 'Wyckoff's Past, Present and Future are Strong'; New Mayor: 'Public service is an honor and responsibility, a duty.'", Wyckoff Patch, January 1, 2012. Accessed January 22, 2018. "At its reorganization meeting on January 1, Wyckoff's Township Committee unanimously voted Chris DePhillips as mayor for 2012."
  10. Mazzola, Jessica. "Former Mayor Officially Installed As Utilities CommissionerJohn DaPuzzo and Wyckoff Mayor Christopher DePhillips join NBCUA governing body", Mahwah Patch, June 25, 2012. Accessed January 22, 2018. "The Northwest Bergen County Utilities Authority (NBCUA) has officially installed two new commissioners on its governing board. They are Christopher P. DePhillips of Wyckoff, NJ, and John DaPuzzo of Mahwah, NJ."
  11. "DePhillips bill would eliminate the SDA". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  12. "Assemblyman Christopher P. DePhillips (R)". New Jersey Legislature. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  13. "Legislative Roster 2020-2021 Session". New Jersey Legislature. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  14. "Rooney, DePhillips decline second LWV debate, saying first one was unfair". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  15. "NJ General Assembly 40". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  16. "2019-official-general-results-general-assembly.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  17. Cowen, Richard. "Corrado slate wins GOP nod in 40th District", The Record (Bergen County), June 6, 2017. Accessed January 22, 2018. "Passaic County Clerk Kristin Corrado and her Bergen County running mates Kevin Rooney and Christopher DePhillips on Tuesday won the Republican primary in the 40th Legislative District, ending the comeback bids of Paul DiGaetano and Norman Robertson.... Corrado's running mates, Rooney and DePhillips, also beat their opponents in the race for state Assembly, Robertson and Joseph Bubba Jr., by margins of better than 2 to 1."
  18. Cowen, Richard. "District 40, always a GOP stronghold, up for grabs on Tuesday", The Record (Bergen County), November 4, 2017. Accessed January 22, 2018. "Democrats have never won a seat in the 40th District since it was formed in 1973, but that losing streak could end this coming Tuesday."
  19. Hetrick, Christian. "Democratic Poll Shows Close Assembly Race in Unlikely District", New York Observer, November 6, 2017. Accessed January 22, 2018. "Republicans have dominated Assembly races in New Jersey’s 40th legislative district going back at least four decades, but they could be in trouble this year, according to a poll commissioned by Democrats. Democratic Assembly candidates Christine Ordway and Paul Vagianos are tied with Assemblyman Kevin Rooney (R-Bergen) and his GOP running mate, Christopher DePhillips, according to an internal poll of likely voters. The Democratic and Republican tickets each got 39 percent support in the survey by Public Policy Polling, which had a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points and showed that 21 percent of respondents were undecided."
  20. Official List Candidates for General Assembly For General Election 11/07/2017 Election Archived 2017-12-05 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of State, dated November 29, 2017. Accessed January 22, 2018.
  21. Cowen, Richard. "Democratic turnout, money factors in Republican losses in Bergen and Passaic counties", The Record (Bergen County), November 9, 2017. Accessed January 22, 2018. "The split in the ranks of the Passaic Republicans is in part the result of the political dogfight in District 40. Former Passaic County Clerk Kristin Corrado captured the state Senate seat in District 40, beating Tom Duch. Her two Republican running mates for Assembly, Kevin Rooney and Chris DePhillips, both of Wyckoff, also beat back a challenge from Democrats Christine Ordway and Paul Vagianos."
  22. "2017-official-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
New Jersey General Assembly
Preceded by
David C. Russo		 Member of the New Jersey General Assembly for the 40th District
January 9, 2018 – present
With: Kevin J. Rooney		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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