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 |
Incumbents not running for re-election edit
Democratic edit
- Jack Casey (District 7)
- Jim McGreevey (District 17) (ran for Governor)
Republican edit
- John H. Ewing (District 16)
Summary of results by State Senate district edit
Close races edit
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.
District 1 edit
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% |
District 2 edit
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% |
District 3 edit
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% |
District 4 edit
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% |
District 5 edit
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% |
District 6 edit
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% |
District 7 edit
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% |
District 8 edit
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% |
District 9 edit
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% |
District 10 edit
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% |
District 11 edit
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% |
District 12 edit
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% |
District 13 edit
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% |
District 14 edit
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% |
District 15 edit
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% |
District 16 edit
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% |
District 17 edit
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% |
District 18 edit
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% |
District 19 edit
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% |
District 20 edit
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% |
District 21 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | C. Louis Bassano (incumbent) | 43,997 | 100.00% | 35.7 | |
Total votes | 43,997 | 100.00% |
District 22 edit
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% |
District 23 edit
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% |
District 24 edit
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% |
District 25 edit
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% |
District 26 edit
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% |
District 27 edit
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% |
District 28 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Ronald Rice (incumbent) | 31,069 | 100.00% | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 31,069 | 100.00% |
District 29 edit
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% |
District 30 edit
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% |
District 31 edit
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% |
District 32 edit
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% |
District 33 edit
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% |
District 34 edit
Republican primary edit
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 edit
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% |
District 35 edit
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% |
District 36 edit
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% |
District 37 edit
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% |
District 38 edit
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% |
District 39 edit
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% |
District 40 edit
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% |
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an "Official Results, General Election Returns for the Office of State Senate for Election Held November 4, 1997" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "THE 1997 ELECTIONS: RESULTS; The Races for New Jersey Senate". The New York Times. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
- ^ "NJ State Senate 12". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "NJ State Senate 32". Our Campaigns. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- ^ "Primary Election Results for office of State Senate" (PDF).