May 10, 2006 - 11:01am
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Chiappone's comeback

Former Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone was the top vote-getter in his bid for re-election to the Bayonne City Council, avoiding a runoff. Chiappone had won a State Assembly seat in 2003, ousting eleven-term Assemblyman (and former Speaker) Joseph Doria, the Mayor of Bayonne, in the Democratic primary on an anti-organization ticket headed by Jersey City Mayor Glenn Cunningham. When Cunningham died the following year, Chiappone ran as an Independent in a Special Election for State Senate and lost to Doria. The Hudson County Democratic Organization refused to back him for a second term in 2005 and he lost the primary to Charles Epps.

WALLY EDGE can be reached via email at politicsnj@aol.com.

Comments

The "Comeback Kid"


Reports of his demise were greatly exaggerated. He's a standup guy who fights hard. A well deserved victory which may propel him back into the Assembly.

04/01/07 6:14 pm