Robert Torricelli

Robert Guy Torricelli (born August 27, 1951), nicknamed "the Torch," is an American politician from the U.S. state of New Jersey. Torricelli, a Democrat, served 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S. Senate. He served a single term in the Senate and decided not to run for reelection after being implicated in a bribery and campaign finance scandal involving David Chang, an imprisoned Chinese businessman.

Early Political Career

Torricelli was an assistant to the Governor Brendan Byrne from 1975 to 1977. In 1978 he served on the Staff of Vice President Walter Mondale, and managed the Carter-Mondale campaign in the Illinois primary, at the age of 28. At the Democratic National Convention in 1980, he served the Carter-Mondale campaign on the Rules Committee. In 1982, Torricelli leveraged his political contacts into a run for US Congress, defeating incumbent Republican Harold Hollenbeck 53% to 46%.

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Governor - Brendan Byrne - 1975 - Walter Mondale - Illinois - Democratic National Convention - 1980 - Carter - 1982 - Republican

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Torricelli served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1996 for New Jersey's 9th Congressional District, and then as a U.S. Senator from 1997 to 2003.

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1983 - 1996 - New Jersey's 9th - Congressional District - 1997 - 2003

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