1997_New_Jersey_State_Senate_election
1997 New Jersey Senate election
US State election
The 1993 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 4.
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The election took place alongside Christine Todd Whitman's re-election as Governor over Senator Jim McGreevey. Republicans defended the large majority they gained in the 1991 landslide elections.
Four seats changed hands with no impact on the overall balance of power. Republicans Anthony R. Bucco and Diane Allen unseated incumbent Gordon MacInnes and gained the seat of retiring Senator Jack Casey, respectively. Democrats Shirley Turner and Garry Furnari unseated incumbent Republicans Dick LaRossa and John P. Scott, respectively. One Senator, Republican Joseph Bubba, lost a primary. His challenger, Norman M. Robertson, held the seat for the Republicans. This remains the last time that Republicans won a Senate majority.
Contents Incumbents not running • Summary of results By District: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 |
Democratic
- Jack Casey (District 7)
- Jim McGreevey (District 17) (ran for Governor)
Republican
- John H. Ewing (District 16)
Close races
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
- Legislative District 4, 4.6%
- Legislative District 6, 8.0%
- Legislative District 7, 9.3%
- Legislative District 8, 9.8%
- Legislative District 15, 7.8% gain
- Legislative District 36, 6.2% gain
- Bryant was appointed to complete the unexpired term of Senator Walter Rand, who died on January 6, 1995.
- Bark was appointed to complete the unexpired term of Senator C. William Haines, who died on December 18, 1996.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | James Cafiero (incumbent) | 35,573 | 60.8% | 1.2 | |
Democratic | John Rauh | 21,340 | 36.5% | ||
Conservative | Geraldine Caiafa | 1,579 | 2.7% | N/A | |
Total votes | 58,492 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | William Gormley (incumbent) | 34,814 | 65.2% | 3.6 | |
Democratic | John R. Piatt | 18,569 | 34.8% | 3.6 | |
Total votes | 53,383 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Raymond Zane (incumbent) | 46,551 | 84.5% | 16.9 | |
Conservative | Mary A. Whittam | 8,121 | 14.7% | N/A | |
Republican | N/A | 415 | 0.8% | 31.6 | |
Total votes | 55,087 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John J. Matheussen (incumbent) | 29,429 | 50.7% | 3.6 | |
Democratic | Sean F. Dalton | 26,780 | 46.1% | 0.4 | |
Conservative | Jim Barber | 1,872 | 3.2% | N/A | |
Total votes | 58,081 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Wayne R. Bryant (incumbent) | 29,809 | 71.9 | 3.1 | |
Republican | Mel Suplee | 11,624 | 28.1 | 3.1 | |
Total votes | 41,433 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John Adler (incumbent) | 34,073 | 53.0% | 6.8 | |
Republican | John A. Rocco | 28,938 | 45.0% | 4.8 | |
Conservative | Kenneth L. Mayo | 1,257 | 2.0% | N/A | |
Total votes | 64,268 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Diane Allen | 30,875 | 53.7 | 5.5 | |
Democratic | Robert P. Broderick | 25,501 | 44.4 | 6.0 | |
Conservative | Norman E. Wahner | 1,121 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Total votes | 57,497 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Martha W. Bark (incumbent) | 34,597 | 54.9 | 6.1 | |
Democratic | Marie Hall | 28,401 | 45.1 | 6.1 | |
Total votes | 62,998 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Leonard T. Connors (incumbent) | 45,880 | 60.0 | 5.2 | |
Democratic | Bill Zimmermann, Jr. | 28,508 | 37.3 | 2.5 | |
Conservative | Leonard P. Marshall | 2,139 | 2.8 | N/A | |
Total votes | 76,527 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Andrew R. Ciesla (incumbent) | 41,409 | 60.6 | 1.1 | |
Democratic | Judith G. Leone | 24,217 | 35.5 | 0.3 | |
Libertarian | Steve Nagle | 1,381 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Agnes A. James | 1,015 | 1.5 | 1.0 | |
Green | Edith Gbur | 278 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Total votes | 68,300 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joseph A. Palaia (incumbent) | 39,579 | 66.2 | 0.6 | |
Democratic | Eugene M. LaVergne | 18,981 | 31.7 | 0.8 | |
Conservative | Christian P. Olsen | 1,228 | 2.1 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 59,788 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John O. Bennett (incumbent) | 41,171 | 62.8 | 2.2 | |
Democratic | George E. Ball | 20,289 | 30.9 | 0.4 | |
Conservative | John P. Desmond | 2,780 | 4.2 | 1.8 | |
Natural Law | Mary Jo Christian | 1,354 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Total votes | 65,594 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joe Kyrillos (incumbent) | 36,047 | 63.2 | 0.8 | |
Democratic | Mike Caffrey | 19,733 | 34.6 | 1.4 | |
Conservative | Jerome Bowe | 1,299 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Total votes | 57,079 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Peter Inverso (incumbent) | 38,195 | 55.3 | 4.5 | |
Democratic | Gilbert W. Lugossy | 28,866 | 41.8 | 1.6 | |
Conservative | Joseph Fabrizi | 1,997 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Total votes | 69,058 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Shirley Turner | 29,995 | 53.9 | 6.2 | |
Republican | Dick LaRossa (incumbent) | 25,630 | 46.1 | 6.2 | |
Total votes | 55,625 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Walter J. Kavanaugh | 44,171 | 63.8 | 2.2 | |
Democratic | Mitchell E. Ignatoff | 22,545 | 32.6 | 5.8 | |
Conservative | Richard C. Martin | 2,541 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Total votes | 69,257 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John A. Lynch Jr. (incumbent) | 27,748 | 68.0 | 11.3 | |
Republican | Timothy J. O’Brien | 13,061 | 32.0 | 2.2 | |
Total votes | 40,809 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Jack Sinagra (incumbent) | 35,400 | 58.5 | 0.3 | |
Democratic | Thomas H. Paterniti | 25,110 | 41.5 | 1.7 | |
Total votes | 60,510 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Joe Vitale | 32,454 | 60.2 | 12.6 | |
Republican | Stephen A. Mikulak | 21,445 | 39.8 | 5.3 | |
Total votes | 53,899 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Raymond Lesniak (incumbent) | 26,699 | 69.1 | 9.2 | |
Republican | Gene Andre | 11,928 | 30.9 | 9.2 | |
Total votes | 38,627 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | C. Louis Bassano (incumbent) | 43,997 | 100.00% | 35.7 | |
Total votes | 43,997 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Donald DiFrancesco (incumbent) | 46,249 | 67.0 | 2.2 | |
Democratic | Margaret Ault | 20,962 | 30.4 | 0.4 | |
Conservative | Frank J. Festa, Jr. | 1,778 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Total votes | 68,989 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | William E. Schluter (incumbent) | 42,221 | 61.3 | 30.4 | |
Democratic | Austin “Ken” Kutscher, M.D. | 23,094 | 33.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Michael P. Kelly | 2,770 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Daniel Z. Seyler | 762 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Total votes | 68,847 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Robert Littell (incumbent) | 44,342 | 73.0 | 10.3 | |
Democratic | John G. Wingler | 13,551 | 22.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ron Pondiscio | 2,868 | 4.7 | N/A | |
Total votes | 60,761 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Anthony R. Bucco | 37,048 | 54.8 | 5.1 | |
Democratic | Gordon MacInnes (incumbent) | 29,515 | 43.7 | 6.6 | |
Conservative | Joseph Long | 1,033 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Total votes | 67,596 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Robert Martin (incumbent) | 43,994 | 92.6 | 23.2 | |
Conservative | Virginia P. Bauer | 3,505 | 7.4 | N/A | |
Total votes | 47,499 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Richard Codey (incumbent) | 35,770 | 79.5 | 4.4 | |
Republican | Richard R. Klattenberg | 9,250 | 20.5 | 4.4 | |
Total votes | 45,020 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Ronald Rice (incumbent) | 31,069 | 100.00% | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 31,069 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Wynona Lipman (incumbent) | 27,480 | 86.7 | 13.3 | |
Republican | Elaine L. Guarino | 4,226 | 13.3 | N/A | |
Total votes | 31,706 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Robert Singer (incumbent) | 27,837 | 53.7 | 12.0 | |
Democratic | Kenneth A. Kurtz | 20,815 | 40.2 | 5.9 | |
Libertarian | Bob Mondgock | 1,932 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Fred Rasiewicz | 1,208 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Total votes | 51,792 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Edward T. O'Connor Jr. (incumbent) | 30,993 | 77.6 | 9.2 | |
Republican | Richard Freda | 8,935 | 22.4 | 9.2 | |
Total votes | 39,928 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nicholas Sacco (incumbent) | 29,386 | 66.7 | 7.4 | |
Republican | John Pluchino | 12,541 | 28.5 | 8.2 | |
Politicians Are Crooks | Herbert H. Shaw | 1,569 | 3.6 | 0.8 | |
Conservative | Pat Armstrong | 532 | 1.2 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 44,028 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Bernard Kenny (incumbent) | 27,914 | 72.6% | 9.3 | |
Republican | Gerald Spike | 10,517 | 27.4% | 8.2 | |
Total votes | 38,431 | 100.00% |
Republican primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Norman M. Robertson | 6,203 | 66.0% | |
Republican | Joseph Bubba (incumbent) | 3,202 | 34.0% | |
Total votes | 56,451 | 100.00% |
General election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Norman M. Robertson | 30,450 | 53.9% | 1.6 | |
Democratic | Joan Waks | 26,001 | 46.1% | 1.6 | |
Total votes | 56,451 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John Girgenti (incumbent) | 24,552 | 69.8 | 3.3 | |
Republican | Brian A. Duncan | 10,644 | 30.2 | 1.9 | |
Total votes | 35,196 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Garry Furnari | 25,844 | 53.1% | 6.0 | |
Republican | John P. Scott (incumbent) | 22,806 | 46.9% | 6.0 | |
Total votes | 48,650 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Byron Baer (incumbent) | 30,844 | 59.0 | 1.5 | |
Republican | Steve Lonegan | 20,543 | 39.3 | 1.7 | |
Natural Law | Helen Hamilton | 855 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Total votes | 52,242 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Louis F. Kosco (incumbent) | 30,538 | 55.2% | 8.1 | |
Democratic | Valerie Huttle | 23,350 | 42.2% | 5.5 | |
Conservative | Denise A. Richardson | 1,390 | 2.5% | N/A | |
Total votes | 55,278 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Gerald Cardinale (incumbent) | 46,424 | 66.3 | 3.8 | |
Democratic | Ilan Plawker | 22,466 | 32.1 | 5.4 | |
Conservative | Michael W. Koontz | 1,166 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Total votes | 70,056 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Henry McNamara (incumbent) | 42,751 | 67.5% | 0.2 | |
Democratic | Michael Greenspan | 20,537 | 32.5% | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 63,288 | 100.00% |
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