Angelo Joseph Fortunato (born March 19, 1946), also known as Buddy Fortunato, is an American newspaper publisher and Democratic Party politician who served four terms in the New Jersey General Assembly.
[1] In 1977, Fortunato, a resident of Glen Ridge, was elected to the General Assembly from the 27th district encompassing the northern suburbs of Essex County.
[4] He again was reelected in 1983 but for the first time his Democratic running mate, Steve Adubato Jr., was also elected.
[1] In April 1985, he was indicted on allegedly accepting a bribe of $2,000 in exchange for getting the sons of Clifton resident Vito Maglione jobs at the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
[8] Fortunato was later acquitted of the bribery charges in 1987 and attempted to stage a comeback to the Assembly in 1989.