# Vince Mazzeo

Vincent Mazzeo (born January 6, 1964) is an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2014 to 2022, representing the 2nd Legislative District.

## Early life

Mazzeo is part owner of B.F. Mazzeo, a grocery store. Prior to serving as mayor, Mazzeo served on the Northfield City Council from 2003 until 2007 and was the president of the council. He then served as Mayor from 2008-2014. He received a bachelor's degree from Glassboro State College (now Rowan University) and is married to Gerri. They have two children.

## New Jersey Assembly

In the 2013 elections, Mazzeo ran for a seat in the General Assembly and was declared the winner by 32 votes over Republican Party incumbent John F. Amodeo. Amodeo filed for a recount after Mazzeo had been declared the winner by a margin of 38 votes among the more than 100,000 ballots cast and conceded to Mazzeo shortly after a month-long process showed Mazzeo ahead by 51 votes. With Republican Chris A. Brown leaving the Assembly to run for Senate in the November 2017 general election, Mazzeo and his running mate, newcomer John Armato, defeated Republican challengers Vince Sera and Brenda Taube to win both Assembly seats from the district for the Democrats.

### Tenure

Mazzeo has said he might challenge Chris A. Brown for New Jersey Senate in 2021.

## Electoral history
### Assembly

2019 New Jersey General Assembly election for the 2nd Legislative District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Vince Mazzeo (Incumbent) | 23,211 | 26.71% | 1.85% |
| | Democratic | John Armato (Incumbent) | 21,895 | 25.19 | 1.39% |
| | Republican | John W. Risley | 20,906 | 24.05 | 1.85 |
| | Republican | Phil Guenther | 20,905 | 24.05 | 1.39% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 86,717 | 100.0% | |
2017 New Jersey General Assembly election for the 2nd Legislative District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Vince Mazzeo (Incumbent) | 27,601 | 28.6 | 3.1 |
| | Democratic | John Armato | 25,683 | 26.6 | 2.2 |
| | Republican | Vince Sera | 20,814 | 21.5 | 5.0 |
| | Republican | Brenda Taube | 20,611 | 21.3 | 2.3 |
| | Independent, Honest, Reliable | Heather Gordon | 1,208 | 1.3 | N/A |
| | Green | Mico Lucide | 718 | 0.7 | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | '96,635' | '100.0' | |
2015 New Jersey General Assembly election for the 2nd Legislative District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Chris Brown (Incumbent) | 18,959 | 26.5 | 0.9 |
| | Democratic | Vincent Mazzeo (Incumbent) | 18,279 | 25.5 | 0.7 |
| | Democratic | Colin Bell | 17,433 | 24.4 | 0.9 |
| | Republican | Will Pauls | 16,907 | 23.6 | 1.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | '71,578' | '100.0' | |
2013 New Jersey General Assembly election for the 2nd Legislative District :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Chris Brown (Incumbent) | 26,022 | 25.6 | 1.5 |
| | Democratic | Vincent Mazzeo | 25,182 | 24.77 | 1.8 |
| | Republican | John F. Amodeo (Incumbent) | 25,131 | 24.72 | 4.5 |
| | Democratic | Nick Russo | 23,921 | 23.5 | 2.8 |
| | Brownie Plus Me | Gary Stein | 1,394 | 1.4 | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | '101,650' | '100.0' | |