Raymond Garramone

{{Short description|American politician (1926–1998)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Raymond Garramone

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|caption =

|state_senate = New Jersey

|district = 39th

|term_start = January 8, 1974

|term_end = January 10, 1978

|predecessor = District created

|successor = Frank Herbert

|birth_name =

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|8|13}}

|birth_place = New York City, New York

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|6|16|1926|8|13}}

|death_place =

|party = Democratic

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Raymond Garramone (August 13, 1926 – June 16, 1998) was an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1974 to 1978. An engineer and businessman, he served as Mayor of Haworth, New Jersey and was elected State Senator in 1973 from the 39th Legislative District, defeating Republican ex-Assemblyman Harry Randall, Jr. by 5,057 votes.{{cite web|title=1973 General Election Results|url=http://nj.gov/state/elections/1920-1970-results/1973-general-election.pdf|publisher=New Jersey Division of Elections|accessdate=24 December 2013}} He did not seek re-election to a second term in the Senate in 1977, but instead challenged incumbent Governor Brendan Byrne in the Democratic primary for Governor of New Jersey.{{cite news|last=Sullivan|first=Joseph F.|title=Garramone Enters the Race for Governor|newspaper=New York Times|date=2 March 1977}} He finished sixth in the primary with 6,602 votes (1%).{{cite web|title=1977 Primary Election Results|url=http://nj.gov/state/elections/1920-1970-results/1977-primary-election.pdf|publisher=New Jersey Division of Elections|accessdate=24 December 2013}}