Thomas Howard Kean is an American businessman,academic administrator and politician who served as the 48th governor of New Jersey from 1982 to 1990 as a Republican. Kean is best known globally,however,for his 2002 appointment as Chairman of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States,widely known as the 9/11 Commission,which was responsible for investigating the causes of the September 11 attacks and providing recommendations to prevent future terrorist attacks. He was appointed to this post by U.S. President George W. Bush. Upon the completion of his second term as Governor,he served as the President of Drew University for 15 years until his retirement in 2005.
James Joseph Florio is an American Democratic politician who served as the 49th governor of New Jersey from 1990 to 1994,the first Italian American to hold the position. He also served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for 15 years between 1975 and 1990.
John William Griggs was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician,who served as the 29th governor of New Jersey,from 1896 to 1898. As Governor of New Jersey Griggs gained a reputation for siding with "the little guy" in conflicts between impoverished workers and their employers,he was also an advocate of civil rights for African-Americans. Griggs only left the Governor's mansion when he stepped down to accept the position of the United States Attorney General from 1898 to 1901.
Richard Hartvig Bagger is an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey,and former State Senator who later served as chief of staff to Governor Chris Christie. He left the Christie administration in early 2012,and is now an Executive Vice President with Celgene. He is a resident of Westfield,New Jersey.
Kevin J. O'Toole is an American Republican Party politician,who served in the New Jersey Senate. O'Toole represented the 40th legislative district,which consists of parts of Bergen,Essex,Morris,and Passaic counties from 2008 to 2017.
Gary Saul Stein is an American attorney and former Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court,He served on New Jersey's Supreme Court for 17 years where he wrote over 365 published opinions. From 1982 until 1985,he served as the Director of the New Jersey Governor's Office of Policy and Planning. He also served as the Paramus Borough Attorney and serves on the boards of Trustees of The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood,New Jersey and Drew University in Madison,New Jersey.
John J. Degnan was the Attorney General of New Jersey from 1978 until 1981. He was vice chairman and chief operating officer of The Chubb Corporation until 2010,and Chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) from 2014 to 2017.
Peter Shapiro is a retired financial services executive,former member of the Board of Directors of New Israel Fund and former politician from New Jersey. He was the youngest person ever elected to the New Jersey General Assembly and went on to serve as Essex County Executive and as the Democratic nominee for Governor of New Jersey in 1985 against incumbent Thomas Kean.
Frank J. "Pat" Dodd was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as President of the New Jersey Senate from 1974 to 1975.
Francis "Frank" X. McDermott was an American Republican Party politician who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature.
Christopher Jarvis Daggett is the president and CEO of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation,one of the largest foundations in New Jersey. A former regional administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection,he ran as an independent candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 2009,garnering 5.8% of the vote.
Ralph A. Loveys was an American Republican Party politician who was elected to three terms in the New Jersey General Assembly,where he represented the 26th Legislative District. In 1988,Loveys was nominated to serve as head of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority by Governor Thomas Kean,but resigned after a year in office when Governor James Florio would not support a toll increase package Loveys had supported.
Joseph Aloysius "Bo" Sullivan was chairman of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and a Republican Party politician who sought the nomination for Governor of New Jersey in the 1981 primary.
The 1985 New Jersey gubernatorial election was a race for Governor of New Jersey held on November 5,1985. Incumbent Republican Governor Thomas Kean sought reelection for a second term following his 1797-vote win in the 1981 election. Kean's 40-point landslide victory against the Democratic candidate,Essex County Executive Peter Shapiro,is the largest plurality in terms of percentage and raw votes in all modern New Jersey gubernatorial elections. Kean won 564 out of 567 municipalities and his coattails led the Republicans to win the General Assembly with a 50-seat majority. To date,Kean is the last Republican to win Essex and Hudson counties in a statewide election.
Hazel Sara Frank Gluck is an American Republican Party politician and lobbyist who served in the New Jersey General Assembly and held several posts in the cabinet of Governor Thomas Kean. She was a top advisor to NJ Governor Christine Todd Whitman as well as a founding member of one of NJ's largest lobbying firms.
Marlene Lynch Ford is an American Democratic Party politician,prosecutor and jurist who served in the New Jersey General Assembly.
Richard Carl Leone was an American Democratic Party politician who served as New Jersey State Treasurer from 1974 to 1977 and as Chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from 1990 to 1994. Leone also worked for Lyndon B. Johnson,Robert F. Kennedy and Edmund Muskie.
Alan Louis Sagner was an American Democratic Party politician,businessman and philanthropist who served as New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation,as Chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,and as Chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Anthony M. Villane,Jr. is an American dentist and Republican Party politician who was elected to serve seven terms in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1976 to 1988,and served as head of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs from 1988 to 1990,when he was named as regional administrator of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Michael F. Adubato was an American Democratic Party politician who served nine consecutive terms,a total of 18 years,in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1974 to 1992,representing the 28th Legislative District for four terms and then being shifted after redistricting to the 30th Legislative District where he served for an additional five terms.
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