Carmen A. Orechio is an American

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 Democratic Party

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 politician who served as President of the New Jersey Senate

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 and as Commissioner and Mayor of Nutley, New Jersey

Mayor of Nutley, New Jersey

Mayor of Nutley, New Jersey:*Joanne Cocchiola 2010 to present.*Garry Furnari 1996 to 2003.*Carmen A. Orechio 1992 to 1996.*John Vincent Kelly, Sr. 1988 to 1992.*Carmen A. Orechio 1980 to 1984....

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Biography

Orechio was born in 1926 in Nutley, New Jersey

Nutley, New Jersey

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. He graduated from Nutley High School

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 and Rutgers University

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. During World War II

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 he served in the U.S. Army

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 with the European Occupational Forces.

Orechio was elected to the Nutley Board of Commissioners in 1968. During his tenure as commissioner he served as Director of the Department of Public Safety and as Director of the Department of Public Affairs. He served as Mayor of Nutley three times: 1972-1976, 1980-1984, and 1992-1996. He was the first Italian-American

Italian American

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 Mayor of Nutley, New Jersey

Mayor of Nutley, New Jersey

Mayor of Nutley, New Jersey:*Joanne Cocchiola 2010 to present.*Garry Furnari 1996 to 2003.*Carmen A. Orechio 1992 to 1996.*John Vincent Kelly, Sr. 1988 to 1992.*Carmen A. Orechio 1980 to 1984....

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In 1973 Orechio was elected to the New Jersey Senate

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 from Essex County

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. He served as Senate Majority Leader in 1981 and as Senate President from 1982 to 1985. In 1991, due to redistricting following the 1990 census, the 30th Legislative District represented by Orechio was moved to the south to form a new district. Rather than run in the 36th District against fellow Democratic incumbent Gabriel M. Ambrosio of Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst, New Jersey

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, Orechio announced that he would not seek re-election to the Senate.

In 2008, after 40 years of service on the Nutley Board of Commissioners, Orechio lost his 11th re-election bid by 29 votes.

External links

• Carmen A. Orechio at The Political Graveyard
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