Mayor Gina LaPlaca Wiki, Age, Husband, Salary, Political Party
Gina LaPlaca Biography – Gina LaPlaca Wiki
Gina LaPlaca is the mayor of Lumberton Township in Burlington County, New Jersey. She was first elected to the Lumberton Township Committee in 2020. She was elected mayor by the five-member committee in 2021 and won reelection in 2023, 2024 and 2025. Her term as mayor ends on December 31, 2025.
LaPlaca worked for the Jersey Shore-area Neptune Township since November 2021, serving as the assistant business administrator before being elevated to business administrator in January 2022. She resigned from the position before a township committee meeting on March 10, 2025, the Asbury Park Press reported.
“I’m extremely proud of the work I’ve done for the past three plus years in Neptune Township and grateful for the opportunity to work with some of the best and most talented employees around,” LaPlaca said in a statement to the Asbury Park Press. “I would have loved to continue that work, but unfortunately the changing political environment in town compelled me to take my talents elsewhere. I look forward to the next challenge and using my knowledge skills and abilities to the benefit of the public.”
LaPlaca held several counsel roles including a nearly three-year stint in the New Jersey General Assembly Majority Office. She then worked in the private sector for 11 years, first as the director of state affairs with Verizon, before taking on the regional director role at American brewery giant Anheuser-Busch for seven months, according to her LinkedIn profile.
LaPlaca attended Marlboro High School in Marlboro, New Jersey. She graduated with a B.A. in Political Science & Communications from the University of Pennsylvania and earned her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.
Gina LaPlaca Age
Gina M. LaPlaca was born on June 30, 1979 in New York, NY.
Gina LaPlaca Husband
Lumberton Township Mayor Gina LaPlaca is married to Jason Carty, a political activist and firefighter. Carty has been a firefighter for 25 years and currently serves as captain in the Ewing Township Fire Department in Mercer County. At a Mount Holly Fire Commissioners meeting on March 5,2025, the public was vocally criticizing the appointment of her husband. LaPlaca spoke in defense of her husband and members of the crowd heckled some of her statements about her husband’s character.
In 2023, LaPlaca was arrested at her home in late October after a domestic incident resulted in LaPlaca being accused of assaulting her husband. The charges filed against her would later be dismissed and she was granted an expungement, removing that October arrest from her record. Carty said that he took responsibility for the incident and that his wife did nothing wrong.
Gina LaPlaca Salary
Gina LaPlaca earns an annual salary of $ 4,421.70 in 2025 as the mayor of Lumberton. The position of Mayor in Lumberton Township is part time. She received $160,200 in 2023, serving as the business administrator for the Neptune Township.
Gina LaPlaca Political Party
Gina LaPlaca is a Democrat. She is the chairwoman of the Democratic Party for the Lumberton Township.
DUI
Lumberton Township Mayor Gina LaPlaca, a Democrat, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence on March 17, 2025. Police also charged LaPlaca with reckless driving and endangering the welfare of a child, according to court records viewed by The New York Post. She was released with a summons to appear in court on April 28, 2025.
LaPlaca’s husband, Jason Carty, a former executive director of the New Jersey Brewers Guild, defended his wife, saying she had been struggling with addiction and is getting the needed help, calling on critics to not attack his children’s mother.
“Please ignore the exaggerated political hyperbole and keep in mind her passion for helping others. This should not erase all the things she has accomplished for our community,” Jason Carty wrote on Facebook.
Religion
She is a Catholic.
