BettyLou DeCroce

Who is BettyLou DeCroce?

BettyLou DeCroce is an American Republican Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2012, where she has represented the 26th Legislative District after being appointed to fill the seat following the death of her husband, Alex DeCroce.

Alex DeCroce, who had served in the Assembly since 1993, died on January 9, 2012, at the age of 75, shortly after the 214th Legislature had ended. On January 25, 2012, BettyLou DeCroce, his widow, was selected by the Morris County Republican Committee to replace him in the Assembly. She won a November 2012 special election for the remainder of the term, defeating the Democratic candidate Joseph Raich.

DeCroce serves in the Assembly on the Education Committee, the Women and Children Committee and the Joint Committee on the Public Schools.

Assemblywoman DeCroce is a realtor with the firm of ERA Gallo & DeCroce, Inc. She served as a member of the Township Council of Mine Hill Township from 1981 to 1983. She served on the Roxbury Township planning board from 1984 to 1987, and was employed by the township as its deputy township manager from 1991 through 2002 and as its Township Clerk from 1988 to 2010. She has served on the Morris County Joint Insurance Fund and was the North Jersey Health Insurance Fund Commissioner. She was Deputy Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs from 2010 to 2012.