Wayne Dumont represented Warren County in the New Jersey Senate from 1952 to 1966 and northwestern New Jersey more broadly from 1968 until his retirement in 1990.
10 Facts About Wayne Dumont
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Wayne Dumont was the Republican nominee for Governor of New Jersey in 1965, losing to Richard J Hughes.
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Wayne Dumont was elected in 1951 as a Republican to represent Warren County in the New Jersey Senate; he was the first Republican to represent the county in nearly 75 years.
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Wayne Dumont was re-elected in 1955,1959 and 1963, during which time he served as Senate Majority Leader, Senate President and Acting Governor of New Jersey.
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Wayne Dumont was responsible for sponsoring well over 500 bills during his legislative career including the state's first school aid bill and farmland preservation law.
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Wayne Dumont ran for Governor of New Jersey three times in 1957,1961, and 1965.
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Wayne Dumont narrowly won the Republican nomination in 1965 against fellow State Senator Charles W Sandman.
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Wayne Dumont's support of a state sales tax was an issue in the primary campaign, possibly attributing to the narrow margin.
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Wayne Dumont made a campaign issue out of the pro-Marxist speeches of Rutgers University professor Eugene D Genovese.
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Wayne Dumont died at the age of 77 on March 19,1992, due to congestive heart failure suffered at Warren Hospital in Phillipsburg, New Jersey.