Thomas Howard Kean is an American politician,statesman,and academic administrator from the state of New Jersey. A Republican,Kean served two terms as the 48th governor of New Jersey from 1982 to 1990.
Bret Davis Schundler is an American politician from New Jersey who served as the 42nd mayor of Jersey City from 1992 to 2001. He remains the last Republican to hold that office. He also unsuccessfully ran for Governor of New Jersey in 2001 and 2005.
Thomas Howard Kean Jr. is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from New Jersey's 7th congressional district since 2023. He represented New Jersey's 21st legislative district in the New Jersey Senate from 2003 to 2022,serving as minority leader from 2008 to 2022.
Jon M. Bramnick is an American Republican Party politician and comedian,who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 2022,representing the 21st legislative district. He previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly,representing the 21st Legislative District from 2003 to 2022,where he was the Assembly Republican Leader from January 2012 to January 2022. He was appointed to the Assembly in 2003 to fill the unexpired term of the vacancy created upon the selection of Thomas Kean Jr. to fill an unexpired New Jersey Senate term. He was elected to a full two-year term later that year and was re-elected in 2005,2007,2009,2011,2013,2015,2017,and 2019. He was elected to the New Jersey Senate in 2021 and was re-elected in 2023. In January 2024,Bramnick announced he was running for Governor of New Jersey in 2025.
Dean Anderson Gallo was an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives,representing New Jersey's 11th congressional district from 1985 until his death from prostate cancer in Denville,New Jersey,in 1994.
The 2006 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 7,2006. Bob Menendez,who had served as an interim appointee,was elected to a six-year term in office. He defeated Republican Thomas Kean Jr. in the general election.
Robert Winthrop Kean was an American Republican Party politician from the state of New Jersey. Kean represented parts of Essex County,New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 to 1959. He retired from the House to run for United States Senate in 1958,but was defeated by Harrison A. Williams.
James Harold Wallwork was an American Republican Party politician who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature and twice sought the Republican nomination for Governor.
The 1988 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 8,1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg won re-election to a second term with a margin of 8.37%. This is the last time that a Senate candidate was elected to the United States Senate in New Jersey at the same time that a presidential candidate of the opposite party won New Jersey.
Carmine Robert Sarcone was an American Republican Party politician. He served in both houses of the New Jersey State Legislature,and sought the Republican nomination for Governor of New Jersey in 1977.
Nelson Frank Stamler was an American Republican Party politician,prosecutor and judge. He won considerable fame in the 1950s as a racket-busting Deputy state Attorney General who waged a war on illegal gambling operations. His work was also controversial,and eventually terminated by the state Attorney General. He later won elections to the State Assembly and State Senate and served as a Superior Court Judge.
The Rev. James A. Pindar was a Catholic priest,educator,and American Republican Party politician. He was a graduate of Seton Hall University,and the Darlington Seminary. He was ordained in 1954,and was an assistant pastor at St Mary's Church in Bayonne and St Brigid's Church in North Bergen. He received an MA in Communications from New York University and his law degree from Seton Hall University. He became a professor of communications at Seton Hall University in 1960. He served as the assistant superintendent of schools for the Newark Archdiocese from 1965 to 1967,as director of the archdiocese's radio and television office from 1967 to 1974,and of its communications office from 1974 to 1976.
Rocco M. Clarizio was an American Republican Party politician from Newark,New Jersey. He ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1964 and for the New Jersey State Senate in 1977,but lost both times in the Republican primary. In 1964,Clarizio became a candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s 10th district,seeking to challenge Democratic incumbent Peter W. Rodino. In a historic primary where he was the only white candidate,Clarizio finished third behind two Black Republicans,William L. Stubbs and Dr. Harold R. Scott. Stubbs,who became the first Black to win a major party nomination for Congressman from New Jersey,won 5,148 (63%) to 2,217 (26%) for Scott,with Clarizio finishing third with 892 votes (11%). In 1977,Clarizo sought the Republican nomination for State Senator in the 28th legislative district,where Democratic incumbent Martin L. Greenberg was seeking re-election to a second term. The GOP primary included three candidates,each aligned with a different candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor:Rev. James A. Pindar ran on a line with Assembly Minority Leader Thomas Kean;Joan Lacey Mazauskas ran with State Sen. Raymond Bateman,and Clarizio was allied with former Senate Minority Leader C. Robert Sarcone. Pindar defeated Mazauskas by just 207 votes,1,482 (42.04%) to 1,275 (36.17%),while Clarizio ran a distant third with 768 votes (21.79%).
Frederic Remington Jr. was an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1978 to 1982.
William Finley Tompkins was an American Republican Party politician who served as the U.S. Attorney from New Jersey and as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly.
Alfred Chapin Clapp was an American attorney,politician,and jurist who served as a member of the New Jersey Senate and as presiding judge of the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court.
The 1993 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 2,1993. Incumbent Democratic governor James Florio was narrowly defeated by Republican former Somerset County freeholder and 1990 U.S. Senate nominee Christine Todd Whitman. Primary elections were held on June 8,1993. In the Democratic primary,Governor Florio's only challenger,anti-tax activist John Budzash,was disqualified from the ballot due to invalid petition signatures. In the Republican primary,Whitman defeated W. Cary Edwards and James Wallwork.
The 1989 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 7,1989. Incumbent Republican Governor Thomas Kean was term-limited after two consecutive terms. Democrat James Florio,a U.S. Representative from Camden County and a twice-unsuccessful candidate for Governor,defeated Republican U.S. Representative Jim Courter by the lopsided margin of 61.2%-37.2%.
The 1985 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 5,1985. Incumbent Republican Governor Thomas Kean won a landslide re-election against the Democratic candidate,Essex County Executive Peter Shapiro. As of 2024,Kean's is the largest margin in terms of percentage and raw votes in all New Jersey gubernatorial elections. Kean was the first Republican to be re-elected governor since 1949,and the first Republican to ever win two four-year terms.
The 1981 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held November 3,1981. Republican Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly Thomas Kean narrowly defeated Democratic U.S. Representative James Florio,49.46%-49.38,following a recount. Kean's margin of victory was 1,797 votes out of more than two million votes cast. As of 2024,the 1981 gubernatorial election remains the closest gubernatorial contest in New Jersey history.
