Frank LoBiondo

Frank LoBiondo
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 2nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 1995
Preceded by	Bill Hughes
Member of the New Jersey House of Representatives from the 1st district
In office January 1, 1988 – January 3, 1995
Preceded by	Guy Muziani
Succeeded by	Nicholas Asselta
Personal details
Born	May 12, 1946 (1946-05-12) Bridgeton, New Jersey
Political party	Republican
Residence	Ventnor City, New Jersey
Alma mater	St. Joseph's University
Occupation	small business owner
Religion	Roman Catholic

Frank A. LoBiondo (born May 12, 1946) is the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 2nd congressional district, serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is at the southern end of New Jersey, and by far the biggest Congressional District in the state. It includes all of Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Salem Counties and parts of Camden, Gloucester and Burlington Counties.

Early life, education, and business career

Born in Bridgeton, New Jersey, LoBiondo attended Georgetown Preparatory School, and received a B.A. in Business Administration from Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He worked for twenty-six years in a family-owned trucking company.

Early political career

LoBiondo served on the Cumberland County Board of Chosen Freeholders from 1985 to 1987. In 1987, he was elected to NJ's 1st Legislative district in the lower chamber of the New Jersey General Assembly and served from 1988 to 1994. He won re-election in 1989, 1991, and 1993.

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

In 1992, LoBiondo ran for the U.S. House of Representatives, but was defeated by incumbent Democrat William Hughes by a wide margin. When Hughes declined to run for re-election in 1994, LoBiondo ran again and was elected to the House. He was a member of the Republican "freshman class" elected in the 1994 midterm election and was part of Speaker Newt Gingrich's Contract with America. Since then, he won every re-election bid with at least 59% of the vote.

Tenure

He is a member of the moderate Republican Main Street Partnership. He is viewed as conservative when compared to other members of the Republican Main Street Partnership. He has opposed federal funding for stem cell research and voted to limit abortion. He voted for the Flag Desecration Amendment, the Iraq War Resolution, banning gay adoption, banning gay marriage and banning affirmative action. The National Rifle Association has given him an "A" rating, and the ACLU has given him a 13% percent rating because of his strong stance against illegal drugs, support for the death penalty and other conservative positions.

LoBiondo's record on several issues, particularly the environment, fits a moderate Republican. In 2005 the National Journal ranked him as the most liberal Republican Representative in New Jersey and more liberal than most of New York's Republican Congressional representatives. The Americans for Democratic Action in 2005 did not go that far, but placed him in a higher liberal quotient than most of the Republican representatives in those two states.

Campaign embezzlement

On March 4, 2011, Andrew J. McCrosson Jr., who served as treasurer of LoBiondo's congressional campaign committee from 1995 until August 2010, pleaded guilty in federal district court to charges of embezzling more than $458,000 from campaign accounts over a fifteen year period. The charges included one count of wire fraud and one count of and converting funds contributed to a federal candidate. McCrosson was sentenced 30 months in prison.

Committee assignments

• Committee on Armed Services
  • Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
  • Subcommittee on Readiness
• Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Subcommittee on Aviation
  • Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation (Chairman)
  • Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
• Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Caucus memberships

• Congressional Arts Caucus

Electoral history

New Jersey's 2nd congressional district: Results 1992–2010

Year		Democrat	Votes	Pct		Republican	Votes	Pct		3rd Party	Party	Votes	Pct		3rd Party	Party	Votes	Pct		3rd Party	Party	Votes	Pct		3rd Party	Party	Votes	Pct
1992		William J. Hughes	132,465	56%		Frank A. LoBiondo	98,315	41%		Roger W. Bacon	Libertarian	2,575	1%		Joseph Ponczek	Anti-Tax	2,067	1%		Andrea Lippi	Freedom, Equality, Prosperity	1,605	1%
1994		Louis N. Magazzu	56,151	35%		Frank A. LoBiondo	102,566	65%
1996		Ruth Katz	83,890	38%		Frank A. LoBiondo	133,131	60%		David Rodger Headrick	Independent	1,439	1%		Judith Lee Azaren	Independent	1,174	1%		Andrea Lippi	Independent	1,084	<1%
1998		Derek Hunsberger	43,563	31%		Frank A. LoBiondo	93,248	66%		Glenn Campbell	Independent	2,955	2%		Mary A. Whittam	Independent	1,748	1%
2000		Edward G. Janosik	74,632	32%		Frank A. LoBiondo	155,187	66%		Robert Gabrielsky	Independent	3,252	1%		Constantino Rozzo	Independent	788	<1%
2002		Steven A. Farkas	47,735	28%		Frank A. LoBiondo	116,834	69%		Roger Merle	Green	1,739	1%		Michael J. Matthews, Jr.	Libertarian	1,720	1%		Costantino Rozzo	Socialist	771	<1%
2004		Timothy J. Robb	86,792	33%		Frank A. LoBiondo	172,779	65%		Willie Norwood	Jobs Equality Business	1,993	1%		Michael J. Matthews, Jr.	Libertarian	1,767	1%		Jose David Alcantara	Green	1,516	1%		Costantino Rozzo	Socialist Party USA	595	<1%
2006		Viola Thomas-Hughes	62,364	35%		Frank A. LoBiondo	109,040	62%		Robert E. Mullock	Preserve Green Space	1,993	2%		Lynn Merle	A New Direction	957	1%		Thomas Fanslau	We The People	587	<1%		Willie Norwood	Socialist Party USA	368	<1%
2008		David C. Kurkowski	110,990	39%		Frank A. LoBiondo	167,701	59%		Jason M. Grover	Green	1,763	1%		Peter Frank Boyce	Constitution	1,551	1%		Gary Stein	Rock the Boat	1,312	<1%		Costantino Rozzo	Socialist Party USA	648	<1%
2010		Gary Stein	51,690	31%		Frank A. LoBiondo	109,460	66%		Peter Frank Boyce	Constitution	4,120	2%		Mark Lovett	Independent	1,123	1%		Vitov Valdes-Munoz	American Labor Party	727	<1%

External links

• Congressman Frank A. LoBiondo official U.S. House site
• Frank LoBiondo for Congress official campaign site
• Biography at WhoRunsGov.com at The Washington Post
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Congressional profile at GovTrack
• Congressional profile at OpenCongress
• Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
• Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
• Staff salaries, trips and personal finance at LegiStorm.com
• Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
• Appearances on C-SPAN programs
• Collected news and commentary at The New York Times

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by William J. Hughes	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 2nd congressional district 1995–Present	Succeeded by Incumbent
United States order of precedence
Preceded by Steve LaTourette R-Ohio	United States Representatives by seniority 107th	Succeeded by Zoe Lofgren D-California