Alfred Fontanella

Alfred E. Fontanella (July 27, 1923 – October 12, 2002) was an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly. Born in Paterson, New Jersey, he was a graduate of Seton Hall University Law School and served as an Assistant Passaic County Prosecutor from 1966 to 1967.^[1] He was elected to the State Assembly in 1967, and was re-elected in 1969. He was the Republican nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1970, but lost to freshman Democratic incumbent Robert A. Roe by a 61%-39% margin.^[2] In 1971, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the New Jersey State Senate. He ran again for the State Senate in 1977 and was defeated.^[3]