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  Roe, Robert A.
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NameRobert A. Roe
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Born February 28, 1924
DiedJuly 15, 2014 (90 years)
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InfoRobert Aloysius Roe

Representative from New Jersey; born in Wayne, Passaic County, N.J., February 28, 1924; attended local schools and Oregon State and Washington State Universities; during the Second World War served with Army Infantry communications and reconnaissance forces in the European Theater; chairman, board of directors, Morris Canal & Banking Co.; committeeman, Wayne Township, 1955-1956; mayor, Wayne Township, 1956-1961; Passaic County Freeholder, 1959-1963; director, board of Chosen Freeholders, 1962-1963; member, Governor�s cabinet of New Jersey as commissioner, Conservation and Economic Development Department, 1963-1969; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-first Congress, by special election, November 4, 1969, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles S. Joelson; reelected to the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from November 4, 1969, to January 3, 1993; chairman, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (One Hundredth and One Hundred First Congresses), Committee on Public Works and Transportation (One Hundred Second Congress); unsuccessful candidate in 1977 for the Democratic nomination for governor of New Jersey; was not a candidate for renomination in 1992 to the One Hundred Third Congress; is a resident of Wayne, N.J.

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  11/06/1990 NJ District 8 Won 76.92% (+58.75%)
  06/05/1990 NJ District 8 - D Primary Won 79.64% (+59.28%)
  11/08/1988 NJ District 8 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/1986 NJ District 8 Won 62.79% (+25.57%)
  06/03/1986 NJ District 8 - D Primary Won 95.76% (+91.52%)
  11/06/1984 NJ District 8 Won 62.72% (+25.78%)
  06/05/1984 NJ District 8 - D Primary Won 88.86% (+77.71%)
  11/02/1982 NJ District 8 Won 70.69% (+42.16%)
  06/02/1981 NJ Governor - D Primary Lost 15.58% (-10.35%)
  11/04/1980 NJ District 8 Won 67.15% (+35.77%)
  11/07/1978 NJ District 8 Won 74.46% (+48.91%)
  06/07/1977 NJ Governor - D Primary Lost 23.16% (-7.14%)
  11/02/1976 NJ District 8 Won 70.59% (+41.55%)
  06/08/1976 NJ District 8 - D Primary Won 87.82% (+75.64%)
  11/05/1974 NJ District 8 Won 73.88% (+49.31%)
  06/04/1974 NJ District 8 - D Primary Won 92.31% (+84.63%)
  11/07/1972 NJ District 8 Won 63.09% (+26.18%)
  11/03/1970 NJ District 08 Won 60.99% (+21.98%)
  11/04/1969 NJ District 8 - Special Election Won 49.21% (+0.70%)
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