Alex DeCroce (June 10, 1936 – January 9, 2012) was an American Republican Party politician who served in the

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, where he represented the 26th Legislative District from 1989 until his death. He was the Assembly's Republican Leader since 2003, served as the Republican Conference Leader from 2002 to 2003, and was the Deputy Speaker from 1994 to 2001. DeCroce served in the Assembly on the Legislative Services Commission.Assemblyman DeCroce's legislative web page

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. Accessed April 15, 2008. DeCroce served on the Morris County

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from 1984 to 1989 and as the Freeholder Director in 1986. DeCroce was born in Morristown and attended

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and

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. He resided in Parsippany-Troy Hills.

Death

DeCroce died on January 9, 2012, after collapsing in a bathroom inside the Statehouse, just moments after the 214th Legislature held its final voting session.N.J. Assemblyman Alex DeCroce collapses, dies in Statehouse after long legislative session

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. Accessed April 15, 2008. He was 75. On January 25, 2012, his widow,

BettyLou DeCroce BettyLou DeCroce (born November 17, 1952) is an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2012 to 2022, where she represented the 26th Legislative District. Biography and early career Born and r ...

, was selected by the Morris County Republican Committee to replace him in the Assembly until a November 2012 special election was held. She won the special election to fill the remainder of his unexpired term, and has since been reelected four times in her own right.

References

External links

Assemblyman DeCroce's legislative web page

*''New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms''
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Decroce, Alex 1936 births 2012 deaths American people of Italian descent Boonton High School alumni Republican Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly County commissioners in New Jersey People from Morristown, New Jersey People from Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey Seton Hall University alumni 21st-century American politicians