Thomas Howard Kean is an American politician,statesman,and academic administrator from the state of New Jersey. A Republican,Kean served as the 48th governor of New Jersey from 1982 to 1990.
The 1954 United States Senate elections was a midterm election in the first term of Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. The 32 Senate seats of Class 2 were contested in regular elections,and six special elections were held to fill vacancies. Eisenhower's Republican party lost a net of two seats to the Democratic opposition. This small change was just enough to give Democrats control of the chamber with the support of an Independent who agreed to caucus with them,he later officially joined the party in April 1955.
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. A member of the Republican Party,Kean is the son of former New Jersey governor Thomas Kean.
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.
The 2009 New Jersey gubernatorial election took place on November 3,2009. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jon Corzine ran for a second term against Republican Chris Christie,Independent Christopher Daggett,and nine others,in addition to several write-in candidates. Christie won the election,with about 48.5 percent of the vote,to 44.9 percent for Corzine and 5.8 percent for Daggett. He assumed office on January 19,2010. This was the first election to fill the newly created office of lieutenant governor,with the candidates for governor choosing their running mates. Kim Guadagno,Christie's running mate,became New Jersey's first lieutenant governor following her inauguration.
James Harold Wallwork is 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.
Frederic Remington Jr. was an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1978 to 1982.
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.
The 2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 2,2021,to elect the governor of New Jersey.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey were held on November 8,2022,to elect the 12 U.S. representatives from the state of New Jersey,one from each of the state's 12 congressional districts.
