Brendan Thomas Byrne was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician who served as the 47th Governor of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982.
Charles Leighton Hardwick is an American Republican Party politician and business leader who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and was a candidate for Governor of New Jersey.
Thomas P. Giblin is an American Democratic Party politician,who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly where he represents the 34th legislative district,having taken office on January 10,2006. He has been the Assembly's Deputy Majority Leader since 2008.
Matthew Feldman was an American Democratic Party politician who served as a New Jersey State Senator and Mayor of Teaneck,New Jersey.
Joseph Leo McGahn was an American obstetrician and Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who served in the New Jersey Senate from 1972 to 1978,where he was a key figure in bringing casino gambling to Atlantic City.
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.
Francis "Frank" X. McDermott was an American Republican Party politician who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature.
Alexander J. Menza was an American Democratic Party politician. He served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1972 to 1974 and in the New Jersey Senate from 1974 to 1978,where he represented the 20th Legislative District,which covers portions of Union County. He was later appointed to serve as a judge on New Jersey Superior Court.
George Marvin Wallhauser Jr. was an American Republican Party politician who served as the Chairman of the Essex County Republican Organization and was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 1968. He served on the New Jersey Public Utilities Commission and was an insurance consultant for the North Jersey Water Supply Commission. He served as chairman of East Orange General Hospital. He served as Chairman of the New Jersey Highway Authority.
Ralph C. DeRose was an American Democratic Party official who served in the New Jersey Senate and twice sought the Democratic nomination for Governor of New Jersey. DeRose was elected to the state senate in 1971. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor in 1973,finishing third with 95,085 votes (22%),behind Brendan Byrne with 193,120 votes (45%) and Ann Klein with 116,705 (27%). Byrne later appointed him to serve as a Commissioner of the Waterfront Commission of New York and New Jersey. In 1975,Byrne tried to remove DeRose from the post,and cut DeRose's $30,500 salary. DeRose resigned in 1977 to challenge Byrne in the Democratic gubernatorial primary;he finished third with 99,948 votes (17%). Byrne won with 175,448 (30%),and U.S. Rep. Robert Roe finished second with 134,116 (23%). U.S. Rep. James Florio finished fourth with 87,743 votes (15%),followed by ex-State Labor Commissioner Joseph Hoffman with 58,835 (10%) and State Sen. Raymond Garramone with 6,602 (1%).
Joseph Edward Crabiel was an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey Legislature and as New Jersey Secretary of State until a scandal ended his political career. Known as "Steady Eddie," and later as "Concrete Eddie," he was briefly a candidate for the 1973 Democratic nomination for Governor of New Jersey.
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 1977 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 8,1977. Incumbent Democratic governor Brendan Byrne defeated Republican State Senator Raymond Bateman with 55.71% of the vote.
The 1973 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 6,1973. Incumbent Governor William T. Cahill ran for reelection,but was defeated in the Republican primary by Charles W. Sandman Jr. In the general election,Democratic nominee Brendan Byrne defeated Sandman with 66.67% of the vote.
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.
The County Executive of Hudson County,New Jersey,United States is the chief officer of the county's executive branch who oversees the administration of county government and works in collaboration with the nine-member Board of County Commissioners,which acts in a legislative role. The New Jersey Superior Court subsumed and replaced county courts in 1983. The office of the county executive is in the Hudson County Courthouse in the county seat,Jersey City.
