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The 2011 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 4. The election took place midway through Chris Christie's first term as Governor of New Jersey. No seats changed hands, though Democrats had gained one seat in a 2010 special election with Linda Greenstein's victory over Tom Goodwin.
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This was the first election under maps drawn after the 2010 census. Three incumbents retired from the Senate including Sean Kean, who was redistricted into Jennifer Beck's district and ran for Assembly rather than challenge her.
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
- John Girgenti (District 35)
Republican edit
- Andrew Ciesla (District 10)
- Sean T. Kean (District 11) (ran for Assembly)
Summary of results by State Senate district edit
- ^ Norcross was appointed to the seat after Senator Dana Redd resigned to become mayor of Camden.
- ^ Beach was appointed to the seat after Senator John Adler resigned to take his seat in the United States House of Representatives.
- ^ Addiego was appointed after Senator Phil Haines resigned to take a seat on the New Jersey Superior Court.
- ^ Redistricted to District 11.
- ^ Greenstein won a special election to complete the unexpired term of Senator Bill Baroni, who resigned to become Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority. She defeated interim Senator Tom Goodwin.
- ^ Doherty won a special election to complete the unexpired term of Senator Leonard Lance, who resigned to take his seat in the United States House of Representatives. He defeated interim Senator Marcia Karrow in the Republican primary.
Close races edit
- District 38, 6.07%
- District 2, 6.83%
- District 1, 8.15%
- District 16, 9.30%
District 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jeff Van Drew | 24,557 | 54.1 | |
Republican | David S. DeWeese | 20,857 | 45.9 | |
Total votes | 45,414 | 100.0 |
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jim Whelan | 24,075 | 53.4 | |
Republican | Vince Polistina | 20,997 | 46.6 | |
Total votes | 45,072 | 100.0 |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Stephen M. Sweeney | 25,299 | 55.6 | |
Republican | Michael M. Mulligan | 20,197 | 44.4 | |
Total votes | 45,496 | 100.0 |
District 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Fred H. Madden | 23,868 | 62.1 | |
Republican | Giancarlo D'Orazio | 14,569 | 37.9 | |
Total votes | 38,437 | 100.0 |
District 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald W. Norcross | 17,712 | 56.8 | |
Republican | Keith Walker | 13,444 | 43.2 | |
Total votes | 31,156 | 100.0 |
District 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James Beach | 25,297 | 62.1 | |
Republican | Phil Mitsch | 15,415 | 37.9 | |
Total votes | 40,712 | 100.0 |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Diane Allen | 27,011 | 57.0 | |
Democratic | Gail Cook | 20,370 | 43.0 | |
Total votes | 47,381 | 100.0 |
District 8 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dawn Marie Addiego | 22,396 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 22,396 | 100.0 |
District 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Christopher J. Connors | 32,027 | 64.9 | |
Democratic | Dorothy A. Ryan | 17,320 | 35.1 | |
Total votes | 49,347 | 100.0 |
District 10 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Holzapfel | 28,675 | 64.0 | |
Democratic | Charles P. Tivenan | 16,105 | 36.0 | |
Total votes | 44,780 | 100.0 |
District 11 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jennifer Beck | 20,226 | 56.6 | |
Democratic | Raymond Santiago | 15,487 | 43.4 | |
Total votes | 35,713 | 100.0 |
District 12 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Samuel D. Thompson | 22,578 | 59.9 | |
Democratic | Robert "Bob" Brown | 15,125 | 40.1 | |
Total votes | 37,703 | 100.0 |
District 13 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joe Kyrillos, Jr. | 24,121 | 59.9 | |
Democratic | Christopher G. Cullen | 14,785 | 36.7 | |
Constitution | Stephen J. Boracchia | 556 | 1.4 | |
Keep Monmouth Green | Karen Anne Zaletel | 519 | 1.3 | |
Jobs-Economy-Honesty | Mac Dara F. Lyden | 260 | 0.6 | |
Total votes | 40,241 | 100.0 |
District 14 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Linda R. Greenstein | 26,206 | 55.3 | |
Republican | Richard J. Kanka | 21,176 | 44.7 | |
Total votes | 47,382 | 100.0 |
District 15 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Shirley K. Turner | 21,512 | 66.4 | |
Republican | Donald J. Cox | 10,900 | 33.6 | |
Total votes | 32,412 | 100.0 |
District 16 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Christopher "Kip" Bateman | 21,040 | 54.6 | |
Democratic | Maureen Vella | 17,460 | 45.4 | |
Total votes | 38,500 | 100.0 |
District 17 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bob Smith | 15,507 | 64.0 | |
Republican | Jordan Rickards | 8,715 | 36.0 | |
Total votes | 24,222 | 100.0 |
District 18 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Barbara Buono | 19,631 | 60.1 | |
Republican | Gloria S. Dittman | 13,042 | 39.9 | |
Total votes | 32,673 | 100.0 |
District 19 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joseph F. Vitale | 18,623 | 66.9 | |
Republican | Paul Lund, Jr. | 9,232 | 33.1 | |
Total votes | 27,855 | 100.0 |
District 20 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Raymond J. Lesniak | 12,510 | 75.5 | |
Republican | Helen S. Rosales | 4,052 | 24.5 | |
Total votes | 16,562 | 100.0 |
District 21 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | 27,750 | 67.5 | |
Democratic | Paul Swanicke | 13,351 | 32.5 | |
Total votes | 41,101 | 100.0 |
District 22 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Nicholas Scutari | 16,104 | 61.6 | |
Republican | Michael W. Class | 10,024 | 38.4 | |
Total votes | 26,128 | 100.0 |
District 23 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Michael J. Doherty | 21,596 | 61.3 | |
Democratic | John Graf, Jr. | 12,579 | 35.7 | |
For State Senate | Daniel Z. Seyler | 1,040 | 3.0 | |
Total votes | 35,215 | 100.0 |
District 24 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steven V. Oroho | 21,044 | 66.0 | |
Democratic | Edwin Selby | 10,837 | 34.0 | |
Total votes | 31,881 | 100.0 |
District 25 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Anthony R. Bucco | 19,228 | 61.0 | |
Democratic | Rick Thoeni | 12,298 | 39.0 | |
Total votes | 31,526 | 100.0 |
District 26 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joe Pennacchio | 20,230 | 64.3 | |
Democratic | Wasim Khan | 10,317 | 32.8 | |
Scafa For Senate | Joseph Scafa | 913 | 2.9 | |
Total votes | 31,460 | 100.0 |
District 27 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Richard J. Codey | 27,089 | 61.8 | |
Republican | William H. Eames | 16,741 | 38.2 | |
Total votes | 43,830 | 100.0 |
District 28 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ronald L. Rice | 14,781 | 76.6 | |
Republican | Russell Mollica | 4,519 | 23.4 | |
Total votes | 19,300 | 100.0 |
District 29 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | M. Teresa Ruiz | 9,076 | 82.2 | |
Republican | Aracelis Sanabria Tejada | 1,598 | 14.5 | |
Independent | Laurie J. Taylor | 363 | 3.3 | |
Total votes | 11,037 | 100.0 |
District 30 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Robert W. Singer | 21,990 | 65.9 | |
Democratic | Steve Morlino | 11,376 | 34.1 | |
Total votes | 33,366 | 100.0 |
District 31 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sandra Bolden Cunningham | 13,275 | 80.8 | |
Republican | Donnamarie James | 2,836 | 17.3 | |
Eliminate Primary Elections | Louis Vernotico | 320 | 1.9 | |
Total votes | 16,431 | 100.0 |
District 32 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Nicholas J. Sacco | 16,413 | 80.8 | |
Republican | Edward T. O'Neill | 3,312 | 16.3 | |
Politicians Are Crooks | Herbert H. Shaw | 588 | 2.9 | |
Total votes | 20,313 | 100.0 |
District 33 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brian P. Stack | 20,223 | 86.6 | |
Republican | Beth Hamburger | 3,136 | 13.4 | |
Total votes | 23,359 | 100.0 |
District 34 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Nia H. Gill | 17,118 | 79.6 | |
Republican | Ralph Bartnik | 4,386 | 20.4 | |
Total votes | 21,504 | 100.0 |
District 35 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Nellie Pou | 14,386 | 74.7 | |
Republican | Ken Pengitore | 4,867 | 25.3 | |
Total votes | 19,253 | 100.0 |
District 36 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul A. Sarlo | 18,582 | 62.7 | |
Republican | Donald E. DiOrio | 11,055 | 37.3 | |
Total votes | 29,637 | 100.0 |
District 37 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Loretta Weinberg | 23,141 | 69.9 | |
Republican | Robert S. Lebovics | 9,980 | 30.1 | |
Total votes | 33,121 | 100.0 |
District 38 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert M. Gordon | 22,299 | 53.0 | |
Republican | John J. Driscoll, Jr. | 19,745 | 47.0 | |
Total votes | 42,044 | 100.0 |
District 39 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gerald Cardinale | 28,041 | 63.5 | |
Democratic | Lorraine M. Waldes | 16,097 | 36.5 | |
Total votes | 44,138 | 100.0 |
District 40 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Kevin J. O'Toole | 22,821 | 62.4 | |
Democratic | John Zunic | 13,733 | 37.6 | |
Total votes | 36,554 | 100.0 |