Richard Alan Zimmer is an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey,who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature and in the United States House of Representatives. He was the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate from New Jersey in 1996 and 2008. In March 2010,he was appointed by Governor Chris Christie to head the New Jersey Privatization Task Force.
The 1996 United States Senate elections coincided with the presidential election of the same year,in which Democrat Bill Clinton was re-elected president.
Robert Douglas Franks was an American Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.
Upendra Chivukula is a Democratic politician who currently serves as a Commissioner on the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities after serving more than 12 years in the New Jersey General Assembly,where he had been the Deputy Speaker.
Michael J. Doherty is an American Republican Party politician who serves in the New Jersey Senate representing the 23rd Legislative District. He was sworn into the State Senate on November 23,2009,having won the seat held by Marcia A. Karrow,who had earlier been selected by a party convention to succeed Leonard Lance after his election to the United States House of Representatives. Doherty had served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2002 to 2009.
Joseph Pennacchio is an American Republican Party politician,who has served in the New Jersey Senate since January 8,2008,where he represents the 26th Legislative District. Pennacchio has served in the Senate as the Deputy Republican Leader since 2022. He served in the General Assembly from 2001 to 2008.
Rush Dew Holt Jr. is an American scientist and politician who served as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district from 1999 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party and son of former West Virginia U.S. Senator Rush D. Holt Sr. He worked as a professor of public policy and physics,and during his tenure in Congress he was one of two physicists and the only Quaker there.
Frank Joseph Pallone Jr. is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 6th congressional district,serving since 1988. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district,numbered as the 3rd district from 1988 to 1993,is in the north-central part of the state and includes New Brunswick,Woodbridge Township,Perth Amboy,Sayreville,Edison,Piscataway and Asbury Park. Pallone is the chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
The 2008 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 4,2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg won re-election to a fifth,non-consecutive term,defeating former Republican congressman Dick Zimmer. Zimmer had also been the nominee for this seat in 1996.
The 2008 congressional elections in New Jersey were held on November 4,2008 to determine who would represent the state of New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives. New Jersey has thirteen seats in the House,apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected serve din the 111th Congress from January 4,2009 until January 3,2011. The election coincided with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
John DiMaio is an American Republican Party politician,who was selected on February 21,2009 to fill the New Jersey General Assembly seat for the 23rd legislative district vacated by Marcia A. Karrow,after Karrow filled the vacancy for the New Jersey Senate in the same district. He has been co-chair of the Republican Conference,alongside Nancy Munoz,since January 14,2020. He was elected Minority Leader of the General Assembly after Jon Bramnick was elected to the State Senate.
Erik C. Peterson is an American Republican Party politician who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 23rd Legislative District. Peterson,who previously served on the Hunterdon County Board of Chosen Freeholders,replaced Assemblyman Michael J. Doherty,who was elected to the New Jersey Senate. He was sworn in on December 7,2009,to fill Doherty's vacant Assembly seat.
The 1996 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 5,1996. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bill Bradley decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. The seat was won by Democratic congressman Robert Torricelli.
New Jersey's 16th Legislative District is one of 40 in the New Jersey Legislature. As of the 2011 apportionment,the district includes the Hunterdon County municipalities of Delaware Township,Flemington Borough,Raritan Township,Readington Township and Stockton Borough;the consolidated Mercer County municipality of Princeton;the Middlesex County municipality of South Brunswick Township;and the Somerset County municipalities of Branchburg Township,Hillsborough Township,Manville Borough,Millstone Borough,Montgomery Township,Rocky Hill Borough and Somerville Borough.
New Jersey's 23rd Legislative District is one of 40 in the New Jersey Legislature. As of the 2011 apportionment,the district includes the Hunterdon County municipalities of Alexandria Township,Bethlehem Township,Bloomsbury,Califon,Clinton Town,Clinton Township,Franklin Township,Frenchtown,Glen Gardner,Hampton,High Bridge,Holland Township,Kingwood Township,Lebanon Borough,Lebanon Township,Milford,Tewksbury Township and Union Township,the Somerset County municipalities of Bedminster Township,Bound Brook,Bridgewater Township,Peapack-Gladstone,Raritan and South Bound Brook,and the Warren County municipalities of Alpha,Franklin Township,Greenwich Township,Hackettstown Town,Harmony Township,Lopatcong Township,Mansfield Township,Phillipsburg Town,Pohatcong Township,Washington Borough and Washington Township.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,and elected the 12 U.S. Representatives from the state of New Jersey,a loss of one seat following the 2010 United States Census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate.
Christopher Charles Pappas is an American politician and businessman who has served as the U.S. representative for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district since 2019. From 2013 to 2019,he represented the 4th district on the New Hampshire Executive Council. This includes Manchester along with two additional towns in Hillsborough,six towns in Merrimack,eight towns in Rockingham,and two towns in Strafford County.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014 to elect the 12 U.S. representatives from the state of New Jersey,one from each of the state's 12 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2014 United States midterm elections for other federal and state offices,including U.S. House elections in other states and a U.S. Senate election in New Jersey.
Andrew P. Zwicker is an American physicist and politician who has served in the New Jersey Senate from the 16th Legislative District since 2022. He previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the 16th District from 2016 to 2022. Zwicker was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in New Jersey's 12th congressional district in 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party as well as the head of the Science Education Department of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Roy Freiman is an American Democratic Party politician who has represented the 16th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2018,replacing Jack Ciattarelli,who did not seek re-election to his seat to run unsuccessfully for Governor of New Jersey in the 2017 primaries.
