sentences:  Helstoski, a Democrat, then ran for the House of Representatives seat for New Jersey's 9th congressional district.The anti-Vietnam War Helstoski beat the nine-term Republican incumbent Frank C. Osmers, Jr. by 2,428 votes to win the election, and he was sworn into the 89th United States Congress on January 3, 1965.In 1969, Helstoski ran for Governor of New Jersey, becoming a candidate in the election just thirty minutes before the filing deadline, and he finished third in the Democratic primary behind former governor Robert B. Meyner.