THE  CORRADO TEAM FILES FOR DISTRICT 40 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY  ELECTION

                                                                                                                                                              March 30, 2017

The District 40 Republican legislative team of Kristin M. Corrado for Senate, Kevin J. Rooney and Christopher P. DePhillips for General Assembly filed their candidate petitions yesterday for the June 6 Republican Primary Election.

Corrado, Rooney and DePhillips will run together as a team in all four counties that make up District 40 – Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic.

“Over  the past year I have come to know Kevin and Chris and am proud to call them my runningmates. We are running as a united team for the state legislature because we believe it’s time for fresh faces and new ideas in Trenton. It’s time to turn New Jersey around and make it affordable for working families and senior citizens,” said Corrado.

“For too long our communities have been left to bear the brunt of high taxes with no regard for how unaffordable New Jersey has become. That won’t happen when we are elected. Our focus is on ensuring that whatever happens in Trenton we will work to ensure that New Jersey becomes affordable for all of our citizens,” said Corrado.

The team will focus their campaign on addressing issues of primary concern to the district including property taxes, equitable education funding, and creating jobs and growing the economy.

“Property taxes are crushing families and forcing senior citizens to make the devastating decision to leave their homes, family and friends behind and move to a more affordable state. We will make sure Trenton begins addressing this issue in a meaningful and impactful way. We will fight to cut spending at the state level and ensure that our communities are receiving their fair share of resources from the state,” says Rooney.

DePhillips said the team also wants to focus on growing the state economy and creating more well paying jobs, especially for young people. “Businesses are fleeing New Jersey, which has one of the worst business climates in the nation because of the state’s high taxes and excessive regulations. There is a perception that New Jersey doesn’t want businesses to locate and invest here. I am confident that we will change that perception and help grow our economy and create good jobs for all New Jerseyans,” said DePhillips.

 BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Kristin M. Corrado

Corrado is a resident of Totowa and currently serves in her second term as the Passaic County Clerk. She is a graduate of East Stroudsburg University and Seton Hall University School of Law and entered into a private law practice, which she has maintained for 15 years. Prior to being elected county clerk, she worked as  the borough attorney for Totowa. She is married to Stan Alcala and has three step-children, two granddaughters

Kevin Rooney

Rooney has committed himself to more than 20 years of public service and is a former three time mayor and township committeeman, Kevin was elected to the Wyckoff Township Committee in November 2009 serving as deputy mayor in 2010 and 2014 and mayor in 2011, 2015 and 2016. He was selected to serve an unexpired term in the state Assembly in November 2016.  He devoted much of his adult life to arboriculture and was a vice president of multi-state company. Today he is a partner in HMS Global Holdings headquartered in Wyckoff. He and his wife Hayley have lived in Wyckoff for over 25 years where they raised their four children. Rooney is also a grandfather of two.

Christopher DePhillips

DePhillips is an attorney and has practiced law for the past 24 years. He is a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and of the Seton Hall University School of Law. Chris was elected to the Wyckoff Township Committee in November 2009 and served until January 1, 2013.  He served as mayor of the township in 2012.Chris is a member of the Wyckoff Republican County Committee and the Chairman of the District 40 Republican County Committee. He has been a Commissioner of the Northwest Bergen County Utilities Authority since April 2012. He and his wife of 21 years, Patricia Reynolds-DePhillips, have lived in Wyckoff for 15 years and are the parents of four children. They are parishioners of St. Elizabeth Church in Wyckoff.