Skip to Content Facebook Feature Image

PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Month May 2025

News

PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Month May 2025
News

News

PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Month May 2025

2025-06-01 12:01 Last Updated At:12:12

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

Bayern's Jamal Musiala is doused with beer after the German Bundesliga's soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Moenchengladbach in Munich, Germany, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Bayern's Jamal Musiala is doused with beer after the German Bundesliga's soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Moenchengladbach in Munich, Germany, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Traffic crosses a bridge over the Woodhead Reservoir in Derbyshire as England experiences a significant drought, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Traffic crosses a bridge over the Woodhead Reservoir in Derbyshire as England experiences a significant drought, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Afghan wrestlers fight during a match at the Chaman-e-Hozari Park in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Afghan wrestlers fight during a match at the Chaman-e-Hozari Park in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

The masted Mexican Navy training ship, the Cuauhtémoc, is stranded after colliding with the Brooklyn Bridge, May 17, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

The masted Mexican Navy training ship, the Cuauhtémoc, is stranded after colliding with the Brooklyn Bridge, May 17, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

People in swimsuits vote at a polling booth near Sydney's Bondi Beach, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

People in swimsuits vote at a polling booth near Sydney's Bondi Beach, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Supporters of presidential candidate Nicusor Dan touch foreheads after polls closed for the second round of the country's presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Supporters of presidential candidate Nicusor Dan touch foreheads after polls closed for the second round of the country's presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Mountaineers form a queue as they approach the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Kunga Sherpa)

Mountaineers form a queue as they approach the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Kunga Sherpa)

Hailey Burton stands in a hallway at Churchill Downs before the 151st running of the Kentucky Oaks horse race, May 2, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Hailey Burton stands in a hallway at Churchill Downs before the 151st running of the Kentucky Oaks horse race, May 2, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Workers clean a roof at the Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, May 22, 2025, as Panama and Venezuela prepare to resume commercial flights nearly a year after suspending them when Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino refused to recognize the re-election of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Workers clean a roof at the Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, May 22, 2025, as Panama and Venezuela prepare to resume commercial flights nearly a year after suspending them when Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino refused to recognize the re-election of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Congregants attend an Indigenous blessing ceremony for communion wafers that will be taken to a priest to be consecrated in the Simojovel municipality, Mexico, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Isabel Mateos)

Congregants attend an Indigenous blessing ceremony for communion wafers that will be taken to a priest to be consecrated in the Simojovel municipality, Mexico, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Isabel Mateos)

Rwandan refugees who were living in eastern Congo since the 1994 Rwanda genocide are repatriated by bus from Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Rwandan refugees who were living in eastern Congo since the 1994 Rwanda genocide are repatriated by bus from Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Allegheny County Airport, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Allegheny County Airport, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Cadets and young volunteers unfurl a replica of the Soviet Flag of Victory as they mark Victory Day celebrating 80 years after the victory in World War II, The Great Patriotic War for the Soviet Union, next to Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Cadets and young volunteers unfurl a replica of the Soviet Flag of Victory as they mark Victory Day celebrating 80 years after the victory in World War II, The Great Patriotic War for the Soviet Union, next to Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Didi-Stone poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'The History of Sound' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, May 21, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Didi-Stone poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'The History of Sound' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, May 21, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Nimarak holds her child as she inspects her house damaged by artillery shelling from Pakistan, in the border village of Gingal, north of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Nimarak holds her child as she inspects her house damaged by artillery shelling from Pakistan, in the border village of Gingal, north of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Relatives mourn near the body of Amarjeet Singh, 51, killed in Pakistani artillery shelling in Poonch along the Line of Control, Indian-controlled Kashmir, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Relatives mourn near the body of Amarjeet Singh, 51, killed in Pakistani artillery shelling in Poonch along the Line of Control, Indian-controlled Kashmir, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

PSG's Desire Doue celebrates after scoring his side's second goal against Inter Milan during the Champions League final soccer match at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

PSG's Desire Doue celebrates after scoring his side's second goal against Inter Milan during the Champions League final soccer match at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Sri Wahyuni, also known as Ayu, performs in the "wall of death", locally known as "tong setan" or satan's barrel, at a fairground in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

Sri Wahyuni, also known as Ayu, performs in the "wall of death", locally known as "tong setan" or satan's barrel, at a fairground in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

Quinceañeras ride in a limousine as part of their celebration in Bogota, Colombia, May 2, 2025. The Sueños Hechos Foundation, led by a former police officer, is hosting a quinceañera celebration for 24 disadvantaged teen girls. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Quinceañeras ride in a limousine as part of their celebration in Bogota, Colombia, May 2, 2025. The Sueños Hechos Foundation, led by a former police officer, is hosting a quinceañera celebration for 24 disadvantaged teen girls. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

A woman processes gold at a mining site in the Kedougou region of Senegal, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

A woman processes gold at a mining site in the Kedougou region of Senegal, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

A home lays in ruins after a severe storm passed London, Kentucky, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

A home lays in ruins after a severe storm passed London, Kentucky, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives for a press conference at the Prague Castle, Czech Republic, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives for a press conference at the Prague Castle, Czech Republic, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Ukrainian soldiers walk after a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in the Chernyhiv region of Ukraine, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukrainian soldiers walk after a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in the Chernyhiv region of Ukraine, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

President Donald Trump on stage at the Al Udeid Air Base, May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Donald Trump on stage at the Al Udeid Air Base, May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Faithful react after the announcement of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Faithful react after the announcement of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Palestinian Maha Elayan weeps as she embraces the body of her 7-year-old son, Qasim, who was killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike on a UN school used as a shelter, ahead of his burial at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinian Maha Elayan weeps as she embraces the body of her 7-year-old son, Qasim, who was killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike on a UN school used as a shelter, ahead of his burial at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A bird flies above Alcatraz Island, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, California. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A bird flies above Alcatraz Island, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, California. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Magalí Maisonnave poses for a photo with her six-year-old dachshund Sandro in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Magalí Maisonnave poses for a photo with her six-year-old dachshund Sandro in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

More Images
Bayern's Jamal Musiala is doused with beer after the German Bundesliga's soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Moenchengladbach in Munich, Germany, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Bayern's Jamal Musiala is doused with beer after the German Bundesliga's soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Moenchengladbach in Munich, Germany, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Traffic crosses a bridge over the Woodhead Reservoir in Derbyshire as England experiences a significant drought, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Traffic crosses a bridge over the Woodhead Reservoir in Derbyshire as England experiences a significant drought, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Afghan wrestlers fight during a match at the Chaman-e-Hozari Park in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Afghan wrestlers fight during a match at the Chaman-e-Hozari Park in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

The masted Mexican Navy training ship, the Cuauhtémoc, is stranded after colliding with the Brooklyn Bridge, May 17, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

The masted Mexican Navy training ship, the Cuauhtémoc, is stranded after colliding with the Brooklyn Bridge, May 17, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

People in swimsuits vote at a polling booth near Sydney's Bondi Beach, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

People in swimsuits vote at a polling booth near Sydney's Bondi Beach, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Supporters of presidential candidate Nicusor Dan touch foreheads after polls closed for the second round of the country's presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Supporters of presidential candidate Nicusor Dan touch foreheads after polls closed for the second round of the country's presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Mountaineers form a queue as they approach the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Kunga Sherpa)

Mountaineers form a queue as they approach the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Kunga Sherpa)

Hailey Burton stands in a hallway at Churchill Downs before the 151st running of the Kentucky Oaks horse race, May 2, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Hailey Burton stands in a hallway at Churchill Downs before the 151st running of the Kentucky Oaks horse race, May 2, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Workers clean a roof at the Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, May 22, 2025, as Panama and Venezuela prepare to resume commercial flights nearly a year after suspending them when Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino refused to recognize the re-election of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Workers clean a roof at the Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, May 22, 2025, as Panama and Venezuela prepare to resume commercial flights nearly a year after suspending them when Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino refused to recognize the re-election of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Congregants attend an Indigenous blessing ceremony for communion wafers that will be taken to a priest to be consecrated in the Simojovel municipality, Mexico, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Isabel Mateos)

Congregants attend an Indigenous blessing ceremony for communion wafers that will be taken to a priest to be consecrated in the Simojovel municipality, Mexico, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Isabel Mateos)

Rwandan refugees who were living in eastern Congo since the 1994 Rwanda genocide are repatriated by bus from Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Rwandan refugees who were living in eastern Congo since the 1994 Rwanda genocide are repatriated by bus from Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Allegheny County Airport, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Allegheny County Airport, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Cadets and young volunteers unfurl a replica of the Soviet Flag of Victory as they mark Victory Day celebrating 80 years after the victory in World War II, The Great Patriotic War for the Soviet Union, next to Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Cadets and young volunteers unfurl a replica of the Soviet Flag of Victory as they mark Victory Day celebrating 80 years after the victory in World War II, The Great Patriotic War for the Soviet Union, next to Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Didi-Stone poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'The History of Sound' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, May 21, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Didi-Stone poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'The History of Sound' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, May 21, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Nimarak holds her child as she inspects her house damaged by artillery shelling from Pakistan, in the border village of Gingal, north of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Nimarak holds her child as she inspects her house damaged by artillery shelling from Pakistan, in the border village of Gingal, north of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Relatives mourn near the body of Amarjeet Singh, 51, killed in Pakistani artillery shelling in Poonch along the Line of Control, Indian-controlled Kashmir, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Relatives mourn near the body of Amarjeet Singh, 51, killed in Pakistani artillery shelling in Poonch along the Line of Control, Indian-controlled Kashmir, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

PSG's Desire Doue celebrates after scoring his side's second goal against Inter Milan during the Champions League final soccer match at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

PSG's Desire Doue celebrates after scoring his side's second goal against Inter Milan during the Champions League final soccer match at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Sri Wahyuni, also known as Ayu, performs in the "wall of death", locally known as "tong setan" or satan's barrel, at a fairground in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

Sri Wahyuni, also known as Ayu, performs in the "wall of death", locally known as "tong setan" or satan's barrel, at a fairground in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

Quinceañeras ride in a limousine as part of their celebration in Bogota, Colombia, May 2, 2025. The Sueños Hechos Foundation, led by a former police officer, is hosting a quinceañera celebration for 24 disadvantaged teen girls. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Quinceañeras ride in a limousine as part of their celebration in Bogota, Colombia, May 2, 2025. The Sueños Hechos Foundation, led by a former police officer, is hosting a quinceañera celebration for 24 disadvantaged teen girls. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

A woman processes gold at a mining site in the Kedougou region of Senegal, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

A woman processes gold at a mining site in the Kedougou region of Senegal, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

A home lays in ruins after a severe storm passed London, Kentucky, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

A home lays in ruins after a severe storm passed London, Kentucky, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives for a press conference at the Prague Castle, Czech Republic, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives for a press conference at the Prague Castle, Czech Republic, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Ukrainian soldiers walk after a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in the Chernyhiv region of Ukraine, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukrainian soldiers walk after a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in the Chernyhiv region of Ukraine, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

President Donald Trump on stage at the Al Udeid Air Base, May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Donald Trump on stage at the Al Udeid Air Base, May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Faithful react after the announcement of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Faithful react after the announcement of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Palestinian Maha Elayan weeps as she embraces the body of her 7-year-old son, Qasim, who was killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike on a UN school used as a shelter, ahead of his burial at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinian Maha Elayan weeps as she embraces the body of her 7-year-old son, Qasim, who was killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike on a UN school used as a shelter, ahead of his burial at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A bird flies above Alcatraz Island, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, California. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A bird flies above Alcatraz Island, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, California. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Magalí Maisonnave poses for a photo with her six-year-old dachshund Sandro in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Magalí Maisonnave poses for a photo with her six-year-old dachshund Sandro in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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)

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)

Recommended Articles