Personal
Kean and his wife Deborah have three children, a daughter, Alexandra, and twin sons, Tom and Reed. They live in Bedminster Township, New Jersey. Kean's son, Tom, Jr., is a New Jersey State Senator and Minority Leader of the New Jersey Senate, representing New Jersey's 21st district. Kean Jr. was the Republican Senatorial nominee in the November 2006 general election, losing to Democrat Bob Menendez. The race was expected to be close, but Menendez won by a 9-point margin.
Kean is also a weekly columnist for The Star-Ledger, a Newark, New Jersey newspaper, where he and former New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne (his immediate predecessor as New Jersey Governor) address issues of the day in a column titled "Kean-Byrne Dialogue". Although the two sometimes disagree (as Kean is a Republican, while Byrne is a Democrat), they occasionally see eye to eye on topics, and both men have expressed great mutual respect for each other.
Kean is an advisor to, and has been inducted into, Alpha Phi Omega, a national service fraternity.
Kean is a partner in Quad Partners, a private equity firm that invests in the education industry.
On November 19, 2007, Kean endorsed John McCain for the 2008 presidential race.
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