Alfred E. Fontanella (July 27, 1923 – October 12, 2002) was an AmericanRepublican Party politician who served in theNew Jersey General Assembly. Born inPaterson, New Jersey, he was a graduate ofSeton Hall University Law School and served as an Assistant Passaic County Prosecutor from 1966 to 1967.[1] He was elected to the State Assembly in 1967, and was re-elected in 1969. He was the Republican nominee for theU.S. House of Representatives in 1970, but lost to freshman Democratic incumbentRobert A. Roe by a 61%-39% margin.[2] In 1971, he was an unsuccessful candidate for theNew Jersey State Senate. He ran again for the State Senate in 1977 and was defeated.[3]
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