The New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) today announced its legislative endorsements,.    

The list reads almost as an as-is list of legislators.  Almost all are incumbents, with a couple notable exceptions.  The group did not endorse anyone in District 12, where Caroline Casagrande (R-Colts Neck) and Delan O’Scanlon (R-Little Silver) are up for reelection.  In District 31, they backed Democratic Assembly nominee Charles Mainor, a police detective, but not incumbent Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone (D-Bayonne), who earlier this month was indicted by state authorities on charges of official misconduct.  They endorsed Assemblywoman Linda Stender (D-Fanwood), but not her running mate, Assemblyman Jerry Green (D-Plainfield). 

The only challenger the group endorsed was Democrat Rebekah Conroy against Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll (R-Morris Plains).

Most new Assembly members did not get group’s endorsement either.  They passed on Nancy Munoz (R-Summit), who was recently sworn in to serve out the rest of the term of her late husband, Eric Munoz; and Assemblyman John DiMaio (R-Hackettstown), who won a special election to fill state Sen. Marcia Karrow’s (R-Raritan) old assembly seat. The group did back state Sen. James Beach (D-Voorhees).  

Below is the full list:

1              Milam, Albano        
2              Amodeo, Polistina    
3              Burzichelli, Riley        
4              Moriarity, Collins        
5              Norcross, Fuentes    
6              Greenwald, Rosen-Lampitt    
7              Conaway, Conners
8              Rudder, Addiego
9              Rumpf    
10            Holzapfel, Wolfe        
11            Rible, Angelini    
12            No Endorsement
13            Thompson, Handlin    
14            Greenstein, DeAngelo    
15            Watson-Coleman, Gusciora    
16            Biondi, Coyle        
17            Chivukula, Egan
18            Barnes III, Diegnan    
19            Wisniewski    
20            Cryan, Quijano    
21            Bramnick
22            Stender    
23            No Endorsements
24            McHose, Chiusano
25            Bucco, Conroy
26            DeCroce, Webber
27            McKeon, Jasey
28            Tucker, Caputo
29            Spencer, Coutinho
30            Dancer, Malone III
31            Mainor
32            Prieto, Quigley
33            Rodriguez, Ramos Jr
34            Giblin, Oliver
35            Pou, Evans
36            Schaer, Scalera
37            Huttle, Johnson
38            Voss, Wagner
39            Vandervalk
40            Russo, Rumana