Hazel Gluck

Hazel Sara Frank Gluck (born September 6, 1934) is an American Republican Party politician and lobbyist who served in the New Jersey General Assembly and held several posts in the cabinet of Governor Thomas Kean.

[5] In 1981, Gluck gave up her Assembly seat and challenged two-term Democratic State Senator John F. Russo.

[6] Gluck later called her Senate bid a "stupid" mistake, saying that Russo had done a good job and there was no reason to throw him out.

[2] For a brief time in late 1981 and early 1982, Gluck served as the Ocean County Administrator, as the replacement for Frank B. Holman, who had become Executive Director of the New Jersey Republican State Committee.

After taking office in January 1982, Governor Tom Kean appointed Gluck to serve as Executive Director of the New Jersey Lottery Commission.

[7] Toward the end of Kean's second term, Gluck began to explore a possible bid for the Republican nomination for Governor of New Jersey in 1989.

[10] In 2013, she attempted to lobby New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to support marriage equality.