2021_New_Jersey_State_Senate_election

2021 New Jersey State Senate election
All 40 seats in the New Jersey Senate; 21 seats needed for a majority
	Republican gain Republican hold; Democratic gain Democratic hold
Senate President before election; Steve Sweeney; Democratic	Elected Senate President ; Nicholas Scutari; Democratic

2021 New Jersey Senate election

State Senate elections of the U.S. state of New Jersey

The 2021 New Jersey State Senate election was held on November 2, 2021. New Jersey voters elected state senators in all of the state's legislative districts for a two-year term to the New Jersey Senate.^[2] This was the first election since 1991 where Republicans net gained state Senate seats. Democrats would later be restored to 25 seats following the party switch of Samuel D. Thompson in 2023.

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[18] Senator Chris A. Brown, who had already announced he would not stand for re-election, resigned on July 21 to join the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. Vince Polistina, the Republican nominee for the seat in the general election, won an August 4 special county convention to succeed Brown. The Senate did not convene until after Election Day. Although Polistina's election was certified by Secretary of State Tahesha Way, and he was administered the oath of office by a retired Superior Court judge, Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney refused to swear him in as Senator, and the non-partisan Office of Legislative Services did not consider Polistina the incumbent.^[16]

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Source	Ranking	As of
New Jersey Globe^[13]	Safe D	October 28, 2021
Elections Daily^[14]	Safe D	November 1, 2021

Parties		Candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Parties		Candidates	2017	2021	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic	40	25	24	1	60%	1,296,465	51.9%	7.2
	Republican	38	15	16	1	40%	1,199,006	48.0%	7.3
	Libertarian	1	0	0	0	0%	403	0.02%	0.01
	Independent	2	0	0	0	0%	1,460	0.1%	0.0
Total		81	40	40		100.00%	2,497,334	100.00%
Turnout
Registered

Senate District^[15]	Incumbent		Elected Senator
District 1	Mike Testa^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Rep	Mike Testa	Rep
District 2	Vacant^{[lower-alpha 2]}		Vincent J. Polistina	Rep
District 3	Stephen M. Sweeney	Dem	Edward Durr	Rep
District 4	Fred H. Madden	Dem	Fred H. Madden	Dem
District 5	Nilsa Cruz-Perez	Dem	Nilsa Cruz-Perez	Dem
District 6	James Beach	Dem	James Beach	Dem
District 7	Troy Singleton	Dem	Troy Singleton	Dem
District 8	Dawn Addiego	Dem^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Jean Stanfield	Rep
District 9	Christopher J. Connors	Rep	Christopher J. Connors	Rep
District 10	James W. Holzapfel	Rep	James W. Holzapfel	Rep
District 11	Vin Gopal	Dem	Vin Gopal	Dem
District 12	Samuel D. Thompson	Rep	Samuel D. Thompson	Rep
District 13	Declan O'Scanlon	Rep	Declan O'Scanlon	Rep
District 14	Linda R. Greenstein	Dem	Linda R. Greenstein	Dem
District 15	Shirley Turner	Dem	Shirley Turner	Dem
District 16	Kip Bateman	Rep	Andrew Zwicker	Dem
District 17	Bob Smith	Dem	Bob Smith	Dem
District 18	Patrick J. Diegnan	Dem	Patrick J. Diegnan	Dem
District 19	Joe F. Vitale	Dem	Joe F. Vitale	Dem
District 20	Joseph Cryan	Dem	Joseph Cryan	Dem
District 21	Thomas Kean Jr.	Rep	Jon Bramnick	Rep
District 22	Nicholas Scutari	Dem	Nicholas Scutari	Dem
District 23	Michael J. Doherty	Rep	Michael J. Doherty	Rep
District 24	Steve Oroho	Rep	Steve Oroho	Rep
District 25	Anthony M. Bucco	Rep	Anthony M. Bucco	Rep
District 26	Joseph Pennacchio	Rep	Joseph Pennacchio	Rep
District 27	Richard Codey	Dem	Richard Codey	Dem
District 28	Ronald Rice	Dem	Ronald Rice	Dem
District 29	Teresa Ruiz	Dem	Teresa Ruiz	Dem
District 30	Robert W. Singer	Rep	Robert W. Singer	Rep
District 31	Sandra Bolden Cunningham	Dem	Sandra Bolden Cunningham	Dem
District 32	Nicholas Sacco	Dem	Nicholas Sacco	Dem
District 33	Brian P. Stack	Dem	Brian P. Stack	Dem
District 34	Nia Gill	Dem	Nia Gill	Dem
District 35	Nellie Pou	Dem	Nellie Pou	Dem
District 36	Paul Sarlo	Dem	Paul Sarlo	Dem
District 37	Loretta Weinberg	Dem	Gordon M. Johnson	Dem
District 38	Joseph Lagana	Dem	Joseph Lagana	Dem
District 39	Holly Schepisi	Rep	Holly Schepisi	Rep
District 40	Kristin Corrado	Rep	Kristin Corrado	Rep

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Testa (incumbent)	13,845	100.0%
Total votes			13,845	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Yolanda E. Garcia Balicki	9,157	100.0%
Total votes			9,157	100.0%

Source	Ranking	As of
New Jersey Globe^[13]	Likely R	October 28, 2021
Elections Daily^[14]	Safe R	November 1, 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Testa (incumbent)	42,438	64.59
	Democratic	Yolanda E. Garcia Balicki	23,269	35.41
Total votes			65,707	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vince Polistina	7,479	69.5%
	Republican	Seth Grossman	3,277	30.5%
Total votes			10,756	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vince Mazzeo	9,408	100.0%
Total votes			9,408	100.0%

Source	Ranking	As of
New Jersey Globe^[13]	Tossup	October 28, 2021
Elections Daily^[14]	Lean D (flip)	November 1, 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vince Polistina	31,488	51.87
	Democratic	Vince Mazzeo	29,213	48.13
Total votes			60,701	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Sweeney (incumbent)	8,595	100.0%
Total votes			8,595	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edward Durr	8,393	100.0%
Total votes			8,393	100.0%

Source	Ranking	As of
New Jersey Globe^[13]	Likely D	October 28, 2021
Elections Daily^[14]	Likely D	November 1, 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edward Durr	33,761	51.68
	Democratic	Steve Sweeney (incumbent)	31,562	48.32
Total votes			65,323	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

Republican primary^[17]^[19]^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clyde Cook (write-in)	158	55.6
	Republican	Other write-ins	126	44.4
Total votes			284	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fred H. Madden (incumbent)	12,428	100.0%
Total votes			12,428	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stephen H. Pakradooni Jr.	6,981	100.0%
Total votes			6,981	100.0%

Source	Ranking	As of
New Jersey Globe^[13]	Solid D	October 28, 2021
Elections Daily^[14]	Safe D	November 1, 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fred H. Madden (incumbent)	38,062	54.42
	Republican	Stephen H. Pakradooni Jr.	31,878	45.58
Total votes			69,940	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nilsa Cruz-Perez (incumbent)	12,719	100.0%
Total votes			12,719	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nilsa Cruz-Perez (incumbent)	31,246	57.70
	Republican	Clyde Cook	22,903	42.30
Total votes			54,149	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Beach (incumbent)	17,758	100.0%
Total votes			17,758	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Foley	6,113	100.0%
Total votes			6,113	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Beach (incumbent)	48,508	64.85
	Republican	John Foley	26,292	35.15
Total votes			74,800	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Troy Singleton (incumbent)	14,694	100.0%
Total votes			14,694	100.0%

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michelle Arnold	6,571	100.0%
Total votes			6,571	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Troy Singleton (incumbent)	46,619	62.29
	Republican	Michelle Arnold	28,226	37.71
Total votes			74,845	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dawn Marie Addiego (incumbent)	9,759	100.0%
Total votes			9,759	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jean Stanfield	10,149	100.0%
Total votes			10,149	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jean Stanfield	39,648	51.11
	Democratic	Dawn Marie Addiego (incumbent)	37,927	48.89
Total votes			77,575	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher J. Connors (incumbent)	17,194	100.0%
Total votes			17,194	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David T. Wright	7,000	100.0%
Total votes			7,000	100.0%

Source	Ranking	As of
New Jersey Globe^[13]	Solid R	October 28, 2021
Elections Daily^[14]	Safe R	November 1, 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher J. Connors (incumbent)	62,401	69.40
	Democratic	David T. Wright	26,818	29.82
	Unaffiliated Best Choice	Regina Discenza	701	0.78
Total votes			89,920	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Holzapfel (incumbent)	15,285	100.0%
Total votes			15,285	100.0%