Anthony Scardino

Anthony Scardino Jr. (born August 24, 1936) is an American Democratic Party politician and government official from New Jersey.

Born in Hoboken in 1936, he attended public schools in Lyndhurst and served in the United States Air Force.

[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate to the New Jersey General Assembly in 1971 running in District 13-A.

[2] However, two years later he was elected to the State Senate from the new 36th District encompassing southern Bergen County.

Following that agency's merger with the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, he became a commissioner there.