Daniel F. Newman

{{short description|American politician}}

Daniel Francis Newman, Sr. (July 25, 1935 – March 13, 2009) was an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly and as Mayor of Brick Township, New Jersey.{{Cite web|url=http://www1.gmnews.com/2009/03/19/brick-town-in-mourning-with-newmans-passing/|title=Brick 'town in mourning' with Newman's passing|last=Tomaselli|first=Troy|date=2009-03-19|website=GMNews Archive|access-date=2017-01-10}}

Newman was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, the son of John and Bertha (McGee) Newman, and moved to Brick in 1959. He owned two gas stations, a tire company, and a plumbing business. He served on the Board of Education of the Brick Public Schools, the Brick Planning Board, and the Brick Zoning Board of Adjustment.{{cite news|title=Daniel Francis Newman Sr.|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/app/obituary.aspx?pid=125173795|accessdate=22 March 2016|publisher=Asbury Park Press|date=16 March 2009}}

In 1973, Newman was elected to the State Assembly.{{cite news|last1=Sullivan|first1=Joseph F.|title=Jersey Democrats Solidify '73 Gains in the Assembly|work=The New York Times|date=5 November 1973}} He was re-elected in 1975 and 1977.{{cite book|last1=Gribbons|first1=Joseph|title=New Jersey Legislative Manual|date=1979|publisher=Fitzgeralds}} He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election to a fourth term in 1979, losing to Republican Hazel Gluck by 697 votes, 37,221-36,524.{{cite web|title=NJ General Assembly 09|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=397976|website=OurCampaigns.com|accessdate=22 March 2016}}

Newman served as Chairman of the Assembly Education Committee.{{cite news|last1=Waldron|first1=Martin|title=Assembly Will Vote on Allowing A Bigger Rise in School Budgets|work=The New York Times|date=30 November 1977}}

He was elected Mayor of Brick in 1981 and re-elected in 1985.{{cite news|title=Daniel Francis Newman Sr.|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/app/obituary.aspx?pid=125173795|accessdate=22 March 2016|publisher=Asbury Park Press|date=16 March 2009}}

He lost a bid for a third term in 1989.{{cite web|title=NEWMAN v. DELAHUNTY|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/1994784293NJSuper491_1749/NEWMAN%20v.%20DELAHUNTY|website=Leagle.com}}