Arthur A. Manner (December 18, 1912 - August 1981) was an American Republican Party politician who served in the

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from 1972 to 1974. He served as a Mayor and Township Committeeman in

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and as a Union County Freeholder. When Republican Hugo Pfaltz declined to seek re-election in 1971, Manner ran for the State Assembly on a ticket with incumbent

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, defeating Democrats Eugene Campbell and A. Charles Walano by a wide margin. He lost his bid for re-election to a second term in 1973, a year when Democrats scored massive gains during the Watergate scandal. With McDonough running for the State in the newly drawn

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, Manner ran with another GOP Assemblyman,

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; they were beaten by Democrats

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and

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. Manner sought a comeback in 1975, but lost the Republican primary to

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, the Scotch Plains Municipal Attorney, by 1,067 votes.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Manner, Arthur 1912 births 1981 deaths County commissioners in New Jersey People from Berkeley Heights, New Jersey Politicians from Union County, New Jersey Republican Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly Westfield High School (New Jersey) alumni 20th-century American politicians