C. Louis Bassano

Charles Louis Bassano (born October 29, 1942) is an American Republican Party politician who served in both the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Senate, where he represented the 20th Legislative District, which covers portions of Union County, New Jersey.

He was born on October 29, 1942. Bassano attended Bloomfield College, where he majored in business. He was an owner of Bassano Oil, a fuel oil distribution business. Active in the Young Republicans, Bassano was elected to the State Assembly in 1971, at the age of 29. He defeated three-term Democratic Assemblyman Henry F. Gavan by 2,572 votes; Bassano ran 304 votes ahead of his own running mate, two-term Assemblyman Herbert H. Kiehn. Gavan's running mate was Donald Lan, who later became New Jersey Secretary of State and briefly a candidate for the 1981 Democratic nomination for Governor. Bassano ran for re-election to a second term in 1973, but lost his seat in the Watergate Democratic landslide. Democrats Joseph L. Garrubbo and John J. McCarthy (New Jersey politician) defeated Bassano and his running mate, former Union County Freeholder Charles S. Tracy.

In 1974, Bassano ran for a seat on the Union Township Committee, where he served one three-year term. He was the Roads and Fire Departments Commissioner.

He returned to the Legislature in 1975, running for the Assembly with Frank X. McDermott, who had lost his State Senate seat two years earlier. Bassano and McDermott defeated Garrubbo and his running mate, Westfield Mayor Brian W. Fahey. Bassano won by 1,156 votes. He was re-elected in 1977 and 1979, running with Chuck Hardwick.

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