James Joseph Florio was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 49th governor of New Jersey from 1990 to 1994. He was previously the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 1st congressional
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Florio's congressional portrait, 1983
Florio at the White House with President Ronald Reagan in 1984
Christine Temple Whitman is an American politician and author currently serving as National Co-chair of the Forward Party since 2022. She was New Jersey's first female governor.
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…the governor was "Florio-free in '93." Due in large part to the tax hikes, Florio lost his bid for re-election to Republican Somerset County freeholder Christine Todd Whitman and became the first Democratic governor since the adoption of the state's current constitution in 1947 to lose a re-election vote. (Republican William…
Whitman with Princeton President Harold Tafler Shapiro in October 1994
FEMA Director James Lee Witt meets with Governor Whitman and other New Jersey officials to discuss the response to Hurricane Floyd, September 21, 1999.
Whitman in a meeting with President George W. Bush, Colin Powell, and Spencer Abraham in February 2003