Michael Venezia is an American Democratic Party politician serving as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly for the 34th legislative district, having taken office on January 9, 2024.
[4] Council members voted in Gamble over Councilwoman Jenny Mundell by a 4-2 vote; he will serve on an interim basis until the November 2024 general election, when a candidate will be chosen to serve the balance of Venezia's term of office.
[5] In the wake of the 2021 apportionment, the reconfiguration of municipalities in the district and the incumbent Assembly members in those districts choosing to retire or run for other elective office, the Essex County Democratic Organization chose newcomers Carmen Morales and Venezia to run for the two Assembly seats.
[6] Morales and Venezia defeated Republicans Clenard H. Childress Jr. and James McGuire in the 2023 New Jersey General Assembly election.
[7][8] Venezia was one of 27 members elected for the first time in 2023 to serve in the General Assembly, more than one-third of the seats.