Gabriel M. Ambrosio (October 26, 1938 – March 28, 2013) was an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey Senate for 4½ years from the 36th Legislative District.
[1] In 1980, he sought the Democratic nomination for the United States House of Representatives from the 9th district defeating Fort Lee mayor Burt Ross and former Congressman Henry Helstoski.
[4] While in the Senate, he led a special panel investigating the tolls and expenditures of the New Jersey Highway Authority (then the operators of the Garden State Parkway).
Ambrosio generally compiled a liberal voting record including championing living will legislation, gun control, gay rights, and insurance reform matters.
This in addition to Ambrosio's support of Governor James Florio's unpopular tax increases led to his defeat by Republican John P. Scott in November.