May 1, 2025
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President Donald Trump sits at a desk as he and religious leaders listen to a musical performance before Trump signs an executive order during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Former Vice President Kamala Harris delivers the keynote speech at the Emerge 20th Anniversary Gala in San Francisco, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
A woman works at a brick kiln during May Day, on the outskirts of Hyderabad, Pakistan, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)
Tre Cool, from left, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Mike Dirnt of Green Day pose with their new star during a ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Several groups of Morris dancers gather at Putney Mountain Summit in Putney, Vt., just before sunrise to celebrate May Day on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)
Palestinians search the rubble of a house targeted by an Israeli army strike that killed killing at least five members of the Abu Sahloul family in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Islam Abu Sahloul, center, mourns the death of her sister Lamia, 32, who was killed when an Israeli army strike hit a house killing at least five people, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Thomas Slater waves an American flag during the NYCLU's May Day rally for workers and immigrants' rights, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Cubans march to Revolution Square to mark May Day, in Havana, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Activists and workers scuffle briefly with police as they tried to remove the barricades during a May Day rally near the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A protester holds a flare during an International Workers' Day march marking May Day in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)
Emergency personnel work at the site of a residential building destroyed by a Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)
Ultra-Orthodox Jews who oppose Zionism and the Israeli state hold a procession with the Palestinian flag as they protest against Israel's 77th Independence Day, in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
United States' Coco Gauff returns the ball to Iga Swiatek of Poland during the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Graduating students runners participate in the 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) Fun Run of Beirut International Marathon in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
An Order of the Sunrise follower attends an annual ceremony known as the "Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator," at the group's lakeside temple in Planaltina, Brazil, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Ottawa Senators fans are bathed in red light as they wave towels before Game 6 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Ottawa, Ontario, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Jasmine Flores wears indigenous Mexican clothing as she and thousands of people march in a May Day rally and protest Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
A man swims in the Sky Pool on a sunny day in London, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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President Donald Trump sits at a desk as he and religious leaders listen to a musical performance before Trump signs an executive order during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Former Vice President Kamala Harris delivers the keynote speech at the Emerge 20th Anniversary Gala in San Francisco, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
A woman works at a brick kiln during May Day, on the outskirts of Hyderabad, Pakistan, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)
Tre Cool, from left, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Mike Dirnt of Green Day pose with their new star during a ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Several groups of Morris dancers gather at Putney Mountain Summit in Putney, Vt., just before sunrise to celebrate May Day on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)
Palestinians search the rubble of a house targeted by an Israeli army strike that killed killing at least five members of the Abu Sahloul family in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Islam Abu Sahloul, center, mourns the death of her sister Lamia, 32, who was killed when an Israeli army strike hit a house killing at least five people, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Thomas Slater waves an American flag during the NYCLU's May Day rally for workers and immigrants' rights, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Cubans march to Revolution Square to mark May Day, in Havana, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Activists and workers scuffle briefly with police as they tried to remove the barricades during a May Day rally near the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A protester holds a flare during an International Workers' Day march marking May Day in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)
Emergency personnel work at the site of a residential building destroyed by a Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)
Ultra-Orthodox Jews who oppose Zionism and the Israeli state hold a procession with the Palestinian flag as they protest against Israel's 77th Independence Day, in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
United States' Coco Gauff returns the ball to Iga Swiatek of Poland during the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Graduating students runners participate in the 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) Fun Run of Beirut International Marathon in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
An Order of the Sunrise follower attends an annual ceremony known as the "Day of the Spiritual Indoctrinator," at the group's lakeside temple in Planaltina, Brazil, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Ottawa Senators fans are bathed in red light as they wave towels before Game 6 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Ottawa, Ontario, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Jasmine Flores wears indigenous Mexican clothing as she and thousands of people march in a May Day rally and protest Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
A man swims in the Sky Pool on a sunny day in London, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Richard “Dick” Codey, a former acting governor of New Jersey and the longest serving legislator in the state's history, died Sunday. He was 79.
Codey’s wife, Mary Jo Codey, confirmed her husband’s death to The Associated Press.
“Gov. Richard J. Codey passed away peacefully this morning at home, surrounded by family, after a brief illness,” Codey's family wrote in a Facebook post on Codey's official page.
"Our family has lost a beloved husband, father and grandfather -- and New Jersey lost a remarkable public servant who touched the lives of all who knew him," the family said.
Known for his feisty, regular-guy persona, Codey was a staunch advocate of mental health awareness and care issues. The Democrat also championed legislation to ban smoking from indoor areas and sought more money for stem cell research.
Codey, the son of a northern New Jersey funeral home owner, entered the state Assembly in 1974 and served there until he was elected to the state Senate in 1982. He served as Senate president from 2002 to 2010.
Codey first served as acting governor for a brief time in 2002, after Christine Todd Whitman’s resignation to join President George W. Bush’s administration. He held the post again for 14 months after Gov. Jim McGreevey resigned in 2004.
At that time, New Jersey law mandated that the Senate president assume the governor’s role if a vacancy occurred, and that person would serve until the next election.
Codey routinely drew strong praise from residents in polls, and he gave serious consideration to seeking the Democratic nomination for governor in 2005. But he ultimately chose not to run when party leaders opted to back wealthy Wall Street executive Jon Corzine, who went on to win the office.
Codey would again become acting governor after Corzine was incapacitated in April 2007 due to serious injuries he suffered in a car accident. He held the post for nearly a month before Corzine resumed his duties.
After leaving the governor’s office, Codey returned to the Senate and also published a memoir that detailed his decades of public service, along with stories about his personal and family life.
“He lived his life with humility, compassion and a deep sense of responsibility to others,” his family wrote. “He made friends as easily with Presidents as he did with strangers in all-night diners.”
Codey and his wife often spoke candidly about her past struggles with postpartum depression, and that led to controversy in early 2005, when a talk radio host jokingly criticized Mary Jo and her mental health on the air.
Codey, who was at the radio station for something else, confronted the host and said he told him that he wished he could “take him outside.” But the host claimed Codey actually threatened to “take him out,” which Codey denied.
His wife told The Associated Press that Codey was willing to support her speaking out about postpartum depression, even if it cost him elected office.
“He was a really, really good guy,” Mary Jo Codey said. “He said, ‘If you want to do it, I don’t care if I get elected again.’”
Jack Brook contributed reporting from New Orleans.
FILE - New Jersey State Sen. and former Democratic Gov. Richard Codey is seen before New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature at the statehouse, in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)