Paul J Contillo was an American Democratic Party politician who represented the Bergen County-based 38th Legislative District in the New Jersey State Legislature during three separate tenures.
16 Facts About Paul Contillo
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Paul Contillo was born in Manhattan and raised in Marine Park, Brooklyn where he attended James Madison High School.
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Paul Contillo was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 1973, entering the race after the Democratic nominee, Paramus Councilman Alphonso DeFilippo dropped out of the race after the primary.
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Paul Contillo was the top votegetter and won by more than 8,000 votes.
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Paul Contillo sought re-election to a second term in 1975, running with Hasbrouck Heights Councilman Robert Burns after Hynes chose not to run.
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Paul Contillo defeated former Meadowlands Chamber of Commerce President Richard Fritzky in the Democratic primary by just 797 votes.
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Paul Contillo was viewed as especially vulnerable in 1977 after voting for Governor Brendan Byrne's unpopular state income tax.
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Paul Contillo sought re-election to a fourth term in 1979, but lost by 374 votes to Kosco and his running mate, attorney John Paolella.
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In 1983, Paul Contillo ran for State Senator against Paolella, who had ousted two-term Democrat John Skevin two years earlier.
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Paul Contillo was re-elected to a second term in the Senate in 1987, defeating Assemblyman Kosco by 2,368 votes.
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Paul Contillo was a leading advocate for using state funds to remediate hazardous waste sites and to preserve land owned by the Hackensack Water Company from development.
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Paul Contillo played a key role in advancing legislation that mandated personal financial disclosures for members of local governing bodies, as well as planning and zoning boards.
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Paul Contillo sought a comeback in 1993, but lost the Democratic Senate primary to Garfield Councilman James Krone by 851 votes.
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In 2013, at age 84 and after 22 years out of office, Paul Contillo was again elected to the State Assembly.
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Paul Contillo took office on November 18,2013, and served until January 14,2014.
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Paul Contillo was assigned to the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee, and the Assembly Higher Education Committee.