John F. Cali (May 9, 1928 – January 15, 1992) was an American Democratic Party politician who served three terms in the New Jersey General Assembly, representing the 30th Legislative District from 1974 to 1980.
After returning to New Jersey, he worked as an administrative assistant at the Hudson County Jail and was the secretary to the warden at the time of his service in the Assembly.
[1] In 1973, he ran for the General Assembly from the new 30th district encompassing western Hudson County plus Belleville and the Ironbound and North Ward neighborhoods of Newark.
[2] The two Democratic primary winners were ultimately successful in the general election that year and were also reelected in 1975 and 1977.
However, in 1979, Cali was defeated for a fourth term by Newark activist and former independent state legislator Anthony Imperiale running as a Republican; Adubato was reelected by coming in second place.