Gov. Murphy Helps Swear In Essex County Executive DiVincenzo In For 6th Term

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr., who has held that job for 19 years, was sworn into his sixth term as Essex County Executive Tuesday morning by State and Essex County Democratic Committee Chairman LeRoy Jones.

DiVincenzo took the oath of office in the Essex County Martin Luther King Jr. Justice Building in Newark — the city where he'd graduated from high school and worked as a teacher before running for office.

Holding the Bible on Tuesday were Gov. Phil Murphy and DiVincenzo’s son Joseph.

“This is my sixth term, but it still feels like my first term,” said DiVincenzo, a Democrat. “I love coming to work. Every morning I wake up and think about what we can do to continue moving Essex County forward."

Before taking office as county executive in 2003, DiVincenzo was a county freeholder throughout the 1990s.

According to a campaign biography, DiVincenzo graduated from Barringer High School in Newark. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Health Education from Jersey City State College.

He then worked as a teacher at Hawkins Elementary School in Newark and as an assistant football coach at Marist High School in Bayonne.

He later worked as a supervisor in the Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs, as recreation director for the Newark Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs, and served as an athletic coordinator for the Newark Public Schools.