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Frank Pallone Jr. shows up on the website house.org when entering the zip code 08901. Frank Pallone, Jr was born on October 30, 1951, in Long Branch, NJ. Pallone was raised, attended public schools and grew up in Long Branch, where he still resides. Pallone attended local public schools and earned an academic scholarship in Middlebury College. After graduating from Middlebury in 1973, Pallone received his master 's degree in international relations at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in 1974. He earned his law degree at Rutgers University in 1978. Moreover he has been admitted to the bar in four states, which are New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Florida. Pallone is a Democratic member and New Jersey’s Sixth District representative for the United States House of Representatives. Before Pallone become a member of the United States House of Representatives, he began his political career in his home city of Long Branch. He was first elected as a council member of the Long Branch City Council in 1982, and served total six years till 1988. A year after he became a council member of the Long Branch City Council, he was first elected a New Jersey state senator from the 11th district, from 1984 to 1988. In 1983, “he defeated incumbent Republican State Senator Brian T. Kennedy 50%- 49%. In 1987, he won reelection with 60% of the vote, defeating Councilwoman Gerri C. Popkin of Neptune City”(Wallye). At that same year, he was elected as a United States

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