Thomas Kean Jr.

Tom Kean
Tom Kean
Minority Leader of the New Jersey Senate
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 8, 2008
Preceded by	Leonard Lance
Member of the New Jersey Senate; from the 21st district
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; March 1, 2003
Preceded by	Rich Bagger
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
	In office; April 19, 2001 – March 1, 2003
Preceded by	Alan Augustine
Succeeded by	Jon Bramnick
Constituency	22nd district (2001–02); 21st district (2002–03)
Personal details
Born	Thomas Howard Kean Jr.; September 5, 1968; Livingston, New Jersey, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Rhonda Kean
Children	2
Relatives	Thomas Kean (father)
Education	Dartmouth College (BA); Tufts University (MA)
Website	Official website; Legislative website

Thomas Howard Kean Jr. (/ˈkeɪn/;[1] born September 5, 1968) is an American Republican politician currently serving as Minority Leader of the New Jersey Senate. From 2001 until 2003, he was a New Jersey General Assemblyman, and represented the 21st Legislative District, which includes parts of Union, Morris, Somerset, and Essex Counties. In 2003, he was elected a New Jersey state senator representing the same district, and in January 2008 became Minority Leader of the New Jersey Senate.

After Governor Chris Christie was reelected in 2013, Christie attempted to remove Kean as Minority Leader, but ultimately failed.[2] Kean was frequently mentioned as a potential Republican candidate for governor in the 2017 New Jersey gubernatorial election, but did not seek the nomination.[3] Kean announced in April 2019 that he would be running in 2020 for New Jersey's 7th congressional district, against first-term incumbent Democrat Tom Malinowski, and he won the Republican primary on July 7, 2020.[4]

Early life

Kean was born in Livingston, New Jersey, the son of Deborah (née Bye)[5] and Thomas Kean. He grew up on the family's estate in Livingston.[6] Kean is a member of the Kean family, one of the oldest and most distinguished American families. His father is Thomas Kean, former governor of New Jersey. His grandfather is Robert Kean, a former Congressman from New Jersey. His great-grandfather, Hamilton Fish Kean, and great-great-uncle, John Kean, were both United States Senators. His grandmother's family are descendants of Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch colonial Governor of New Amsterdam (now known as New York). His great-grandmother, Katharine Winthrop, was a direct descendant of John Winthrop, the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He is also a direct descendant of Thomas Dudley, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a signer of Harvard College's charter. His second great-great-uncle was Hamilton Fish, a United States Senator, Governor of New York, and U.S. Secretary of State. He is also a relative of William Livingston, the first governor of New Jersey.[7]

Kean is a graduate of the Pingry School and Dartmouth College and holds a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where he completed doctoral studies ABD in international relations.[8] At Dartmouth, he was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. [9] He was an aide to former Congressman Bob Franks and a special assistant at the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the George H. W. Bush administration. He has also been a volunteer firefighter and a volunteer emergency medical technician. Presently, Kean resides in Westfield, New Jersey with his wife, Rhonda, and their two daughters.[10] On April 24, 2020, Deborah passed away at the age of 76.

Campaigns for Congress

2000

Kean sought the Republican nomination for New Jersey's 7th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, but lost the Republican primary to Mike Ferguson by about 4,000 votes, finishing second in a field of four candidates.[11]

2006

Senator John McCain with State Senator Tom Kean in New Jersey

Kean was the Republican nominee running for the United States Senate seat vacated by former U.S. Senator and former Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine, a seat now filled by Corzine's designated replacement, Bob Menendez. Kean was the winner of the June 6, 2006 primary against conservative John P. Ginty, by a 3–1 margin.[12] He lost the general election to Menendez by a margin of 53.3% to 44.3%. The New Jersey Senate race was the narrowest victory for an incumbent Democrat in the United States.[13] Kean was endorsed by The Courier-Post, The Press of Atlantic City, and Asbury Park Press.

2020

On April 16, 2019, Kean announced that he was running for New Jersey's 7th congressional district in 2020, challenging first-term Democratic incumbent Tom Malinowski.[14] In the first quarter of 2019 Kean nearly matched Malinowski's fundraising total of over $500,000. [15] In August 2019, Kean received an endorsement from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. [16]

New Jersey Assembly

Kean was appointed to the General Assembly, the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature, in April 2001, to fill out the unexpired term of Alan Augustine, who had resigned on March 21, 2001, due to health reasons. He was elected to a full term in the Assembly in November 2001.[17] In the Assembly, he was the chairman of the Republican Policy Committee and served as vice chairman for the State Government Committee.

New Jersey Senate

Kean with Kyrie Irving in 2010

In March 2003, he was appointed to the New Jersey Senate to fill out the unexpired term of Rich Bagger, and won election to that Senate seat in November 2003. In 2004, Kean was elected Senate Minority Whip, a position he held until 2007. He serves in the Senate on the Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee.[8] In the state legislature, Kean has been a proponent of ethics reform in New Jersey government. He was the original sponsor of legislation banning pay to play practices in New Jersey. He has sponsored legislation to streamline government, promote education, protect the environment, and lower property taxes. Kean was one of 24 elected officials chosen as an Aspen Rodel Fellow in Public Service.

In 2002, Kean was named one of 40 state leaders from the entire nation to be recognized as a Toll Fellow by the Council of State Governments for high achievement and service to state government.

In 2005, the New Jersey Conference of Mayors named Kean as a Legislative Leader. He has also received, for the second year in a row, the Amerigroup Foundation’s Champion for Children award for his advocacy on behalf of children's health issues. He also has been named Legislator of the year by the Fireman’s Benevolent Association and has received a 100% voting record with the National Federation of Independent Business.[18]

Keane was one of six Republicans in the state senate to vote for a 2019 appropriations bill which passed 31 to 6.[19]

Committees

Commerce
Higher Education
Legislative Oversight
Legislative Services Commission

District 21

The representatives to the New Jersey Legislature for the 21st District for the 218th Legislature are:

Senator Thomas Kean Jr. (R),
Assemblyman Jon Bramnick (R), and
Assemblywoman Nancy Munoz (R)

Electoral history

New Jersey Senate

New Jersey State Senate elections, 2017[20]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Thomas Kean Jr. (Incumbent)	37,579	54.7
Democratic	Jill Lazare	31,123	45.3
Republican hold

New Jersey State Senate elections, 2013[21]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Thomas Kean Jr. (Incumbent)	42,423	69.6
Democratic	Michael Komondy	18,517	30.4
Republican hold

New Jersey State Senate elections, 2011[22]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Thomas Kean Jr. (Incumbent)	27,750	67.5
Democratic	Paul Swanicke	13,351	32.5
Republican hold

New Jersey State Senate elections, 2007[23]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Thomas Kean Jr. (Incumbent)	29,795	59.7
Democratic	Gina Genovese	20,092	40.3
Republican hold

New Jersey general election, 2003[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Thomas Kean Jr. (Incumbent)	32,058	67.4	8.8
	Democratic	Francis D. McIntyre	14,470	30.4	11.0
	Green	Teresa Migliore-DiMatteo	1,055	2.2	N/A
Total votes			'*47,583'*	'*100.0'*

New Jersey Assembly

New Jersey general election, 2001[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas Kean Jr.	44,223	31.8
	Republican	Eric Munoz	39,457	28.4
	Democratic	Tom Jardim	28,499	20.5
	Democratic	J. Brooke Hern	26,896	19.3
Total votes			139,075	100.0

United States Senate

United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2006[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Bob Menendez (inc.)	1,200,843	53.3%	+3.1%
	Republican	Thomas Kean Jr.	997,775	44.3%	−2.8%
	Libertarian	Len Flynn	14,637	0.7%	+0.4%
	Marijuana	Edward Forchion	11,593	0.5%
	Independent	J.M. Carter	7,918	0.4	+0.2
	Independent	N. Leonard Smith	6,243	0.3%
	Independent	Daryl Brooks	5,138	0.2%
	Socialist Workers	Angela Lariscy	3,433	0.2%	+0.1%
	Socialist	Gregory Pason	2,490	0.1%	+0.0%
Majority			203,068	9.0%
Turnout			2,250,070
	Democratic hold		Swing	3.26%

References

Felzenberg, Alvin S. (2006). Governor Tom Kean. Rutgers University Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-8135-3799-3. From the time James Kean arrived in South Carolina, the Keans took pains to retain the proper pronunciation of their name, which rhymes with rain rather than with green.
Isherwood, Darryl (8 November 2013). "Democrats continue to savage Kean". NJ.com. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
Lizza, Ryan (14 April 2014). "Crossing Christie". New Yorker. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/new-jersey/
Staff. "Weddings; Dorian Drees, Reed Kean", The New York Times, December 10, 2000. Accessed September 5, 2019. "Dorian Drees, a daughter of Susan Drees Sugarman of Palm City, Fla., and the late John M. Drees, was married yesterday to Reed Stuyvesant Kean, a son of Thomas H. Kean, the former governor of New Jersey, and Deborah Bye Kean of Far Hills, N.J."
Chen, David W. "A Kean on the Ballot? What Else Is New?", The New York Times, September 16, 2006. Accessed February 24, 2011. "As he grew up at the family homestead in Livingston, the younger Mr. Kean said he was most impressed with the reception that his father received in the community."
Staff. "10 Things to Know About Tom Kean", The Star-Ledger, April 10, 2015. Accessed November 23, 2016.
Senator Thomas H. Kean Jr. legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed April 17, 2008.
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/23/nyregion/23kean.html
Chen, David W. "For Menendez and Kean, a Fierce First Debate", The New York Times, June 26, 2006. Accessed March 7, 2008. "Then, a few minutes later, the most dramatic exchange occurred when Mr. Kean sought to contrast his own background and record in Westfield, a wealthy suburb, with Mr. Menendez's in Hudson County."
"2000 Primary Election Results -- U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). New Jersey Division of Elections. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
Unofficial List - Candidates for US Senate - For June 2006 Primary Election Archived 2006-09-22 at the Wayback Machine, dated June 7, 2006
"CNN.com - Elections 2006". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
https://www.nj.com/politics/2019/04/big-name-nj-republican-tom-kean-jr-challenges-rookie-democrat-for-seat-in-congress.html
"Kean raises 500k for House bid". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
"House Minority Leader endorses Kean". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
Bowman, Bill. "Ex-governor's son swims upstream", Asbury Park Press, September 27, 2003. Accessed April 17, 2008. "Kean, who was appointed to the Assembly in March 2001 upon the resignation of the late Alan Augustine, won re-election in 2001. He was appointed to his 21st District Senate seat earlier this year after the resignation of Richard H. Bagger."
Senator Tom Kean, Jr., New Jersey Senate Republicans. Accessed November 23, 2016.
"Senate passes budget 31-6". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
"Official List Candidates for State Senate For General Election 11/07/2017 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. November 29, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
"Official List Candidates for State Senate For General Election 11/05/2015 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. December 4, 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2011 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, December 14, 2011. Accessed June 22, 2012.
Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2007 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, December 3, 2007. Accessed June 22, 2012.
"Official List, Candidate Returns for State Senate for November 2003 General Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
"2001-general-elect-gen-assembly-tallies.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
Official List: Candidates for US Senate For November 2006 General Election Archived 2007-11-26 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Elections, dated December 4, 2006. Accessed September 26, 2007.

External links

Official website
Senator Thomas H. Kean Jr. legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature
New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms
- 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
District 21 Candidates website Kean (Senate), Bramnick & Munoz (Assembly).
"The New Jersey X Factor", Mother Jones magazine, October 30, 2006.
Appearances on C-SPAN

New Jersey General Assembly
Preceded by Alan Augustine	Member of the New Jersey Assembly from the 22nd district 2001–2002 Served alongside: Rich Bagger	Succeeded by Jerry Green
Preceded by Joel Weingarten	Member of the New Jersey Assembly from the 21st district 2002–2003 Served alongside: Eric Munoz	Succeeded by Jon Bramnick
New Jersey Senate
Preceded by Rich Bagger	Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 21st district 2003–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Leonard Lance	Minority Leader of the New Jersey Senate 2008–present	Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Bob Franks	Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from New Jersey (Class 1) 2006	Succeeded by Joe Kyrillos

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[1] Felzenberg, Alvin S. (2006). Governor Tom Kean. Rutgers University Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-8135-3799-3. From the time James Kean arrived in South Carolina, the Keans took pains to retain the proper pronunciation of their name, which rhymes with rain rather than with green.

[Isherwood-2] Isherwood, Darryl (8 November 2013). "Democrats continue to savage Kean". NJ.com. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

[Lizza-3] Lizza, Ryan (14 April 2014). "Crossing Christie". New Yorker. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

[4] ttps://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/new-jersey/

[5] Staff. "Weddings; Dorian Drees, Reed Kean", The New York Times, December 10, 2000. Accessed September 5, 2019. "Dorian Drees, a daughter of Susan Drees Sugarman of Palm City, Fla., and the late John M. Drees, was married yesterday to Reed Stuyvesant Kean, a son of Thomas H. Kean, the former governor of New Jersey, and Deborah Bye Kean of Far Hills, N.J."

[6] Chen, David W. "A Kean on the Ballot? What Else Is New?", The New York Times, September 16, 2006. Accessed February 24, 2011. "As he grew up at the family homestead in Livingston, the younger Mr. Kean said he was most impressed with the reception that his father received in the community."

[7] Staff. "10 Things to Know About Tom Kean", The Star-Ledger, April 10, 2015. Accessed November 23, 2016.

[NJLEG-8] Senator Thomas H. Kean Jr. legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed April 17, 2008.

[9] ttps://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/23/nyregion/23kean.html

[10] Chen, David W. "For Menendez and Kean, a Fierce First Debate", The New York Times, June 26, 2006. Accessed March 7, 2008. "Then, a few minutes later, the most dramatic exchange occurred when Mr. Kean sought to contrast his own background and record in Westfield, a wealthy suburb, with Mr. Menendez's in Hudson County."

[11] "2000 Primary Election Results -- U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). New Jersey Division of Elections. Retrieved 24 December 2013.

[12] Unofficial List - Candidates for US Senate - For June 2006 Primary Election Archived 2006-09-22 at the Wayback Machine, dated June 7, 2006

[13] "CNN.com - Elections 2006". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2017-09-27.

[14] ttps://www.nj.com/politics/2019/04/big-name-nj-republican-tom-kean-jr-challenges-rookie-democrat-for-seat-in-congress.html

[15] "Kean raises 500k for House bid". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved July 8, 2019.

[16] "House Minority Leader endorses Kean". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved August 7, 2019.

[17] Bowman, Bill. "Ex-governor's son swims upstream", Asbury Park Press, September 27, 2003. Accessed April 17, 2008. "Kean, who was appointed to the Assembly in March 2001 upon the resignation of the late Alan Augustine, won re-election in 2001. He was appointed to his 21st District Senate seat earlier this year after the resignation of Richard H. Bagger."

[SenateNJ-18] Senator Tom Kean, Jr., New Jersey Senate Republicans. Accessed November 23, 2016.

[19] "Senate passes budget 31-6". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[Results2017-20] "Official List Candidates for State Senate For General Election 11/07/2017 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. November 29, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2018.

[Results2013-21] "Official List Candidates for State Senate For General Election 11/05/2015 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. December 4, 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2015.

[Results2011-22] Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2011 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, December 14, 2011. Accessed June 22, 2012.

[Results2007-23] Official List Candidate Returns for State Senate For November 2007 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, December 3, 2007. Accessed June 22, 2012.

[2003resultsSen-24] "Official List, Candidate Returns for State Senate for November 2003 General Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. Retrieved January 24, 2016.

[25] "2001-general-elect-gen-assembly-tallies.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

[26] Official List: Candidates for US Senate For November 2006 General Election Archived 2007-11-26 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Elections, dated December 4, 2006. Accessed September 26, 2007.

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Senate	Steve Sweeney (D), President Teresa Ruiz (D), President pro tempore Loretta Weinberg (D), Majority Leader Tom Kean (R), Minority Leader
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Members of the New Jersey Senate
218th Legislature (2018-2019) President of the Senate: Stephen M. Sweeney (D) President Pro Tempore: Nia Gill (D) Majority Leader: Loretta Weinberg (D) Minority Leader: Thomas Kean Jr. (R)
Mike Testa (R) Chris A. Brown (R) Stephen M. Sweeney (D) Fred H. Madden (D) Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D) James Beach (D) Troy Singleton (D) Dawn Addiego (D) Christopher J. Connors (R) James W. Holzapfel (R) Vin Gopal (D) Samuel D. Thompson (R) Declan O'Scanlon (R) Linda R. Greenstein (D) Shirley Turner (D) Kip Bateman (R) Bob Smith (D) Patrick J. Diegnan (D) Joe F. Vitale (D) Joseph Cryan (D) Thomas Kean Jr. (R) Nicholas Scutari (D) Michael J. Doherty (R) Steve Oroho (R) Anthony M. Bucco (R) Joseph Pennacchio (R) Richard Codey (D) Ronald Rice (D) Teresa Ruiz (D) Robert W. Singer (R) Sandra Bolden Cunningham (D) Nicholas Sacco (D) Brian P. Stack (D) Nia Gill (D) Nellie Pou (D) Paul Sarlo (D) Loretta Weinberg (D) Joseph Lagana (D) Gerald Cardinale (R) Kristin Corrado (R)
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