Fran Rein Archives - New Jersey Globe

Kennedy demolished Carter in New Jersey

February 21, 2022 12:18 amFebruary 19, 2022 4:29 pm

The final day of the race for the race for the 1980 Democratic nomination came down to New Jersey and seven other states as Jimmy Carter and Ted Kennedy battled for delegates in a rare bid to deny a sitting...

Kennedy demolished Carter in New Jersey

February 15, 2021 12:18 amFebruary 14, 2021 7:17 pm

The final day of the race for the race for the 1980 Democratic nomination came down to New Jersey and seven other states as Jimmy Carter and Ted Kennedy battled for delegates in a rare bid to deny a sitting...

Fran Rein, Democratic consultant who ran Kennedy NJ campaign, dies at 75

October 14, 2019 11:29 amOctober 14, 2019 4:02 pm

Fran Rein, one of New Jersey’s top Democratic political operatives in the 1970s and 1980s, died this morning. She was 75. In 1980, Rein became Ted Kennedy’s New Jersey State Director during his bid to wrestle the Democratic presidential nomination...