| Anthony J. Cimino | |
| State Assembly: | New Jersey |
| District: | 14th |
| Term Start: | January 12, 1988 |
| Term End: | January 14, 1992 |
| Alongside: | Joseph D. Patero and Peter A. Cantu |
| Predecessor: | Joseph L. Bocchini Jr. John K. Rafferty |
| Successor: | Paul Kramer Barbara Wright |
| Birth Date: | 29 November 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Trenton, New Jersey |
| Alma Mater: | Providence College |
| Party: | Democratic |
Anthony J. "Skip" Cimino (born November 29, 1947) is an American politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from the 14th Legislative District from 1988 to 1992.[1] [2]
Cimino earned his undergraduate degree from Providence College and graduated from the New Jersey Military Academy as a commissioned second lieutenant.[2]
Cimino has served as a Mercer County Freeholder and a member of the Hamilton Township School District Board of Education.[2]
Cimino represented New Jersey's 14th legislative district from 1988 to 1992. As an assemblyman, he introduced the nation's first bicycle helmet law for children under the age of 15, a policy which was later adopted in at least twenty other states.[2]
He was unseated in the 1991 Republican wave election in New Jersey.[1]
After leaving the Assembly, Cimino served as commissioner of personnel in the James Florio administration.[2]
For five years, Cimino was the president and chief executive of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton. After leaving that role, he became a lobbyist with the lobbying firm Kaufman Zita Group.[2]
In 2017, Cimino joined the New Jersey Assembly Majority office under the leadership of Speaker Craig Coughlin as executive director.[2] In 2018, the New Jersey Globe named him the 65th most powerful unelected person in New Jersey.[3] In 2020, the Globe ranked him 38th.[4]
Following the January 6, 2021 storming of the United States Capitol building, Cimino advised all Assembly Democrats to close their district offices until at least January 20.[5]
Cimino's wife, Roseann, died on August 1, 2022. Their son, John, has served as a Mercer County Commissioner (formerly Freeholder) since 2009.[6]