Anthony Verrelli once walked into the Statehouse wearing a tool belt, and now he will go in there as a voting member of that statewide governing body. Verrelli – president of Carpenters Local 254 – tonight prevailed in his bid to fill the LD15 Assembly vacancy.
He won by five votes over rival Jeff Laurenti.
99-94.
Outdueled in his first bid for an LD15 vacancy when Liz Muoio went to the Murphy Administration to serve as treasury secretary, Verrelli – a Mercer County Freeholder – tonight won the assembly seat vacated by Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora.