[caption id="attachment_17940" align="alignnone" width="4608"] Lopez[/caption]

Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez (D-19) takes the oath of office as the replacement for retired Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-19) and slate mate of Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-19).

[caption id="attachment_17941" align="alignnone" width="4608"] Prieto[/caption]

Assemblyman Vincent Prieto (D-32) is all smiles on his way in to the War Memorial and the Coughlin denouement.

[caption id="attachment_17942" align="alignnone" width="4608"] Parlavecchio[/caption]

Newark East Ward icon Joe Parlavecchio (center) arrives with an Ironbound retinue.

[caption id="attachment_17943" align="alignnone" width="3639"] McCabe[/caption]

Middlesex County Democratic Committee Chairman Kevin McCabe was the prime Central JErsey mover behind securing the speakership for Coughlin of Woodbridge.

[caption id="attachment_17944" align="alignnone" width="4608"] Greenwald[/caption]

A powerful moment for Assembly Majority Leader Lou Greenwald (D-6).

[caption id="attachment_17945" align="alignnone" width="4045"] Bramnick, left, and Coughlin.[/caption]

Bipartisan fun.

[caption id="attachment_17946" align="alignnone" width="2467"] Kean and Tucker.[/caption]

Assemblyman Sean Kean (R-30) and Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker (D-28) enter the auditorium behind the fife and drum corps.

[caption id="attachment_17947" align="alignnone" width="4608"] Freiman[/caption]

Assemblyman Roy Freiman (D-16) of Hillsborough assumes the oath of office.

[caption id="attachment_17948" align="alignnone" width="4608"] Mastrangelo[/caption]

Morris County Freeholder Tom Mastrangelo, second from right, joins the party.

[caption id="attachment_17949" align="alignnone" width="4608"] Hughes[/caption]

The towering figure of Mercer County Democratic Party politics: County Executive Brian Hughes.