Ralph C. DeRose (September 7, 1928 – December 21, 2011) was an American Democratic Party official who served in the

New Jersey Senate The New Jersey Senate is the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature by the Constitution of 1844, replacing the Legislative Council. There are 40 legislative districts, representing districts with an average population of 232,225 (2020 figure ...

and twice sought the Democratic nomination for

Governor of New Jersey The governor of New Jersey is the head of government of the U.S. state of New Jersey. The office of governor is an elected position with a four-year term. There is a two consecutive term limit, with no limitation on non-consecutive terms. The ...

. 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 Brendan Thomas Byrne (April 1, 1924 – January 4, 2018) was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician who served as the 47th Governor of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982. Byrne began his career as a private attorney in Newark and Eas ...

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 James Joseph Florio (August 29, 1937 – September 25, 2022) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 49th governor of New Jersey from 1990 to 1994. He was previously the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 1st congressional dist ...

finished fourth with 87,743 votes (15%), followed by ex-State Labor Commissioner Joseph Hoffman with 58,835 (10%) and State Sen.

Raymond Garramone Raymond Garramone (August 13, 1926 – June 16, 1998) was an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1974 to 1978. An engineer and businessman, he served as Mayor of Haworth, New Jersey and was electe ...

with 6,602 (1%).

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