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immediately held a news conference professing his innocence, but he quickly became a political liability to Byrne. Byrne soon asked
Crabiel to resign, but Crabiel told him to keep his suggestions to himself. Crabiel was essentially frozen out of the Byrne Administration. He was later indicted on charges that he conspired to control highway construction contracts. A judge eventually dismissed the charges because the
436:(more commonly known as One Man, One Vote), required redistricting by state legislatures for congressional districts to keep represented populations equal, as well as requiring both houses of state legislatures to have districts drawn that contained roughly equal populations, and to perform redistricting when needed. Because of its population, Middlesex County gained a second Senate seat.
483:'s landslide defeat, Crabiel cast himself as an organization centrist, saying in his announcement: "I'm an organization man from way back. I represent the center of my party, and in the recent presidential election the majority of the people overwhelmingly indicated that they want to move back to the center." He became the second Democrat to enter the race, following former Assemblyman
459:), Crabiel won by a margin of sightly less than 8,000 votes over the top Republican vote=getter, Milltown GOP Chairman John A. Bradley. In his 1971 re-election campaign for a third term, Crabiel won by an impressive 31,000 vote margin. Crabiel served as the Senate Minority Leader from 1968 to 1973.
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Crabiel was "the principal target of a state grand jury investigation of corruption in New Jersey highway construction involving alleged collusive bidding and kickbacks to local politicians." Crabiel
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On May 2, Crabiel dropped out and endorsed Byrne. That led to two county organizations that had been with
Crabiel, Middlesex and Passaic, to back Byrne. Crabiel complained that it was too late for him to seek a fourth term in the state senate; his hand-picked successor, Edison Mayor
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Crabiel, saying his nomination would be "disaster for the Democratic party in the November elections." He cited "lucrative" state highway contracts to Crabiel's construction company, and Crabiel's refusal to release his personal financial information.
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Sullivan, Ronald (5 December 1973). "Crabiel Chosen by Byrne To Be
Secretary of State; Senator Minority Leader, First Selection for Cabinet, Is Expected to Manage Governor's Legislative Policies".
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Leaders View Withdrawal as Giving the Judge a Firm Hold on Nomination for Governor Impropriety Denied Hearing Granted Cites 'Personal Scars'".
403:. He continued to serve in the U.S. Naval Reserves until his retirement in 1953. He was married for 52 years to Doris Young Crabiel; they had a daughter and three grandchildren.
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Sullivan, Ronald (25 April 1973). "Byrne Quits Court to Run For Jersey Governorship; Byrne Quits Superior Court to Run for Governor Pressure on Coffee Bugged Conversation Cited".
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