Richard McGlynn is an American Republican Party politician who sought the Republican nomination for Governor of New Jersey in 1981. A former Superior Court Judge and Commissioner of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, he won just 1% of the vote as a candidate for Governor, finishing last in a field of 8 candidates. He now serves as Counsel at United Water Resources. He is a graduate of Princeton University and Rutgers University Law School.
McGlynn's brother,
Edward R. McGlynn, later served as Chief of Staff to Governor
Thomas Kean, the winner of the 1981 primary. His father,
William E. McGlynn, was a two-term Councilman in
Kearny, New Jersey and an unsuccessful candidate for Congress against
Peter Rodino
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. (June 7, 1909 – May 7, 2005) was an American Democratic politician. He represented parts of Newark, New Jersey and surrounding Essex and Hudson counties for twenty terms from 1949 to 1989. He was the longest-serving ...
in 1954.
1981 Republican Gubernatorial Primary election
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