John N. Dennis (born February 25, 1933) is an American Republican Party politician and business executive who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1968 to 1974, and again from 1976 to 1978.
[2] In the general election, Dennis and Rinaldi defeated Democrats Ralph G. Conte and John T.
[3] Legislative redistricting in 1969 placed three incumbents in two Assembly seats: Dennis, Republican Kenneth T. Wilson, and Democrat Frank J. Dodd.
In 1971, when Rinaldi declined to seek re-election, Dennis ran with Republican Carl Orechio.
[5] Dennis lost his bid for re-election to a fourth term in the Democratic landslide of 1973, running in the newly created 27th district, which included northern Essex County suburbs of Nutley, Montclair, Bloomfield, Glen Ridge, Verona, Caldwell, Essex Fells and Cedar Grove.