1993 New Jersey Senate election
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The 1993 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 2.
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The election took place alongside Christine Todd Whitman's election as Governor over incumbent Jim Florio. Republicans defended the large majority they gained in the 1991 landslide elections, though Democrats did win back two of the seats they lost in that election, and picked up a third seat in an upset over incumbent John H. Dorsey.
This election featured in the political rises of future Governors Jim McGreevey, who flipped one of the three Democratic gains by defeating Randy Corman, and Chris Christie, who unsuccessfully challenged Senator Dorsey in the Republican primary, possibly undermining Dorsey's re-election campaign.
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
- Matthew Feldman (District 37)
Republican edit
- John E. Dimon (District 30)
Summary of results by State Senate district edit
Close races edit
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
- Legislative District 4, 8.6%
- Legislative District 7, 2.2% gain
- Legislative District 15, 4.6%
- Legislative District 19, 2.5% gain
- Legislative District 25, 0.6% gain
- Legislative District 34, 4.6%
- Legislative District 36, 5.8%
- ^ Martin was appointed to complete the unexpired term of Senator Leanna Brown, who was appointed to the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.
- ^ Kenny was appointed to complete the unexpired term of Senator Bob Menendez, who resigned to take his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
District 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | James Cafiero (incumbent) | 36,420 | 62.0% | ||
Democratic | John Spahn | 21,446 | 36.5% | 1.5 | |
Libertarian | Joseph T. Ponczek | 957 | 1.6% | N/A | |
Total votes | 58,823 | 100.00% |
District 2 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | William Gormley (incumbent) | 32,059 | 61.6% | 8.3 | |
Democratic | Mark Roody | 19,973 | 38.4% | 8.3 | |
Total votes | 52,032 | 100.00% |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Raymond Zane (incumbent) | 40,940 | 67.6% | 6.7 | |
Republican | Edward J. Reynolds | 19,622 | 32.4% | 0.4 | |
Total votes | 60,562 | 100.00% |
District 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John J. Matheussen (incumbent) | 29,483 | 54.3% | 2.6 | |
Democratic | Bernard "Ben" Lynch | 24,799 | 45.7% | 2.6 | |
Total votes | 54,282 | 100.00% |
District 5 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Walter Rand (incumbent) | 29,152 | 69.2% | 2.1 | |
Republican | Anthony J. De Gerolamo | 12,959 | 30.8% | 2.1 | |
Total votes | 42,111 | 100.00% |
District 6 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John Adler (incumbent) | 38,235 | 59.8% | 4.4 | |
Republican | Louise Di Renzo Donaldson | 25,752 | 40.2% | 4.4 | |
Total votes | 63,987 | 100.00% |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jack Casey | 27,995 | 50.4% | 4.0 | |
Republican | Bradford S. Smith (incumbent) | 26,795 | 48.2% | 5.4 | |
United Independents | James C. Lewis | 789 | 1.4% | N/A | |
Total votes | 55,579 | 100.00% |
District 8 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | C. William Haines (incumbent) | 36,767 | 61.0% | 5.3 | |
Democratic | Mary P. McKeon Stosuy | 23,480 | 39.0% | 5.3 | |
Total votes | 60,247 | 100.0 |
District 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Leonard T. Connors (incumbent) | 50,464 | 65.2% | 4.7 | |
Democratic | Joseph Meglino | 26,947 | 34.8% | 4.7 | |
Total votes | 77,411 | 100.00% |
District 10 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Andrew R. Ciesla (incumbent) | 43,246 | 61.7% | 0.1 | |
Democratic | Anthony Carracino | 25,122 | 35.8% | 2.6 | |
Conservative | Louis B. Wary, Jr. | 1,766 | 2.5% | N/A | |
Total votes | 70,134 | 100.00% |
District 11 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joseph A. Palaia (incumbent) | 40,612 | 65.6% | 0.4 | |
Democratic | Richard C. Schwartz | 19,163 | 30.9% | 0.8 | |
Conservative | Tom Appleby | 1,313 | 2.1% | 1.1 | |
Libertarian | Barbara A. Jones | 858 | 1.4% | N/A | |
Total votes | 61,946 | 100.00% |
District 12 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John O. Bennett (incumbent) | 43,490 | 65.0% | 2.2 | |
Democratic | George E. Ball | 20,926 | 31.3% | 3.5 | |
Conservative | Rich Pezzullo | 1,609 | 2.4% | N/A | |
Libertarian | Virginia A. Flynn | 881 | 1.3% | 0.4 | |
Total votes | 66,906 | 100.00% |
District 13 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joe Kyrillos (incumbent) | 40,140 | 64.0% | 3.8 | |
Democratic | Patrick D. Healy | 22,603 | 36.0% | 3.8 | |
Total votes | 62,743 | 100.00% |
District 14 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Peter Inverso (incumbent) | 40,638 | 59.8% | 5.2 | |
Democratic | Donald B. Dileo | 27,361 | 40.2% | 3.4 | |
Total votes | 67,999 | 100.00% |
District 15 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Dick LaRossa (incumbent) | 28,311 | 52.3% | 1.4 | |
Democratic | Gerald R. Stockman | 25,814 | 47.7% | 1.4 | |
Total votes | 54,125 | 100.00% |
District 16 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John H. Ewing (incumbent) | 43,060 | 61.6% | 6.8 | |
Democratic | Marybeth Kohut | 26,841 | 38.4% | 6.8 | |
Total votes | 69,901 | 100.00% |
District 17 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John A. Lynch Jr. (incumbent) | 24,806 | 56.7% | 4.7 | |
Republican | Edward R. Tiller | 14,981 | 34.2% | 13.8 | |
Independent | Valorie Caffee | 3,989 | 9.1% | N/A | |
Total votes | 43,776 | 100.00% |
District 18 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Jack Sinagra (incumbent) | 36,736 | 58.2% | 4.7 | |
Democratic | Samuel V. Convery, Jr. | 25,106 | 39.8% | 6.7 | |
Voter's Independence Coalition | Kevin Michael Criss | 1,261 | 2.0% | N/A | |
Total votes | 63,103 | 100.00% |
District 19 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | James E. McGreevey | 26,721 | 47.6% | 3.2 | |
Republican | Randy Corman (incumbent) | 25,278 | 45.1% | 10.5 | |
"People's Choice" | Leonard R. Sendelsky | 4,092 | 7.3% | N/A | |
Total votes | 56,091 | 100.00% |
District 20 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Raymond Lesniak (incumbent) | 23,845 | 59.9 | 2.8 | |
Republican | William P. Wnuck | 15,945 | 40.1 | 2.8 | |
Total votes | 39,790 | 100.00% |
District 21 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | C. Louis Bassano (incumbent) | 45,589 | 64.3% | 7.3 | |
Democratic | Cathie Perselay Seidman | 24,267 | 34.2% | 5.8 | |
Public Servant/Leader | Linda S. Dye | 1,036 | 1.5% | N/A | |
Total votes | 70,892 | 100.0 |
District 22 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Donald DiFrancesco (incumbent) | 50,539 | 69.2% | 9.0 | |
Democratic | Eli Hoffman | 22,461 | 30.8% | N/A | |
Total votes | 73,000 | 100.0 |
District 23 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | William E. Schluter (incumbent) | 51,856 | 91.7% | 19.3 | |
Libertarian | Roger Bacon | 4,675 | 8.3% | N/A | |
Total votes | 56,531 | 100.0 |
District 24 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Robert Littell (incumbent) | 47,382 | 83.3% | 8.5 | |
Libertarian | William J. Dundas | 9,502 | 16.7% | N/A | |
Total votes | 56,884 | 100.0 |
District 25 edit
Republican primary edit
Dorsey initially faced a primary challenge from Chris Christie, but Christie was disqualified when Dorsey challenged his nominating petition signatures as invalid, leaving Dorsey unopposed in the Republican primary.[2]
Democratic primary edit
Lou Calesso was nominated in the initial Democratic primary, but withdrew thereafter in favor of former Senator Gordon MacInnes.[3]
General election edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Gordon MacInnes | 34,646 | 50.3% | 22.0 | |
Republican | John H. Dorsey (incumbent) | 34,291 | 49.7% | 22.0 | |
Total votes | 68,937 | 100.00% |
District 26 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Robert Martin (incumbent) | 45,217 | 69.4% | 8.8 | |
Democratic | E. Drew Britcher | 19,935 | 30.6% | 8.8 | |
Total votes | 65,152 | 100.0 |
District 27 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Richard Codey (incumbent) | 33,138 | 75.1% | 7.0 | |
Republican | Dr. Zal Velez | 10,979 | 24.9% | 7.0 | |
Total votes | 44,117 | 100.0 |
District 28 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Ronald Rice (incumbent) | 25,107 | 100.00% | 32.8 | |
Total votes | 25,107 | 100.0 |
District 29 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Wynona Lipman (incumbent) | 20,734 | 100.00% | ||
Total votes | 20,734 | 100.0 |
District 30 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Robert W. Singer | 32,678 | 65.7% | 0.7 | |
Democratic | Lyle M. (Peggi) Sturmfels | 17,047 | 34.3% | 0.7 | |
Total votes | 49,725 | 100.0 |
District 31 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Edward T. O'Connor Jr. (incumbent) | 28,358 | 68.4 | 13.3 | |
Republican | Peter J. Varsalona | 13,128 | 31.6 | 13.3 | |
Total votes | 41,486 | 100.0 |
District 32 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nicholas Sacco | 28,280 | 59.3% | 2.2 | |
Republican | James E. Humphreys | 17,509 | 36.7% | 2.7 | |
Politicians Are Crooks | Herbert H. Shaw | 1,350 | 2.8% | 0.6 | |
Conservative | Patricia M. Armstrong | 560 | 1.2% | N/A | |
Total votes | 47,699 | 100.0 |
District 33 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Bernard Kenny (incumbent) | 25,510 | 63.3 | 5.6 | |
Republican | Fernando A. Alonso | 14,325 | 35.6 | 4.5 | |
Impact 93 | Carlos Chirino | 445 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Total votes | 40,280 | 100.0 |
District 34 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joseph Bubba (incumbent) | 32,681 | 52.3% | 0.2 | |
Democratic | Patricia A. Royer | 29,845 | 47.7% | 12.7 | |
Total votes | 62,526 | 100.0 |
District 35 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John Girgenti (incumbent) | 21,836 | 66.5% | 13.3 | |
Republican | Beltran Lopez | 10,550 | 32.1% | 14.7 | |
Independent | Vijay “Viji” Sargis | 442 | 1.3% | N/A | |
Total votes | 32,828 | 100.0 |
District 36 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John P. Scott (incumbent) | 28,020 | 52.9% | 0.9 | |
Democratic | Gabe Ambrosio | 24,945 | 47.1% | 0.9 | |
Total votes | 52,965 | 100.0 |
District 37 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Byron Baer | 35,941 | 60.5% | 6.9 | |
Republican | Mauro A. Mecca, M.D. | 22,368 | 37.6% | 8.8 | |
Conservative | Joe Marino | 1,107 | 1.9% | N/A | |
Total votes | 59,416 | 100.00% |
District 38 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Louis F. Kosco (incumbent) | 40,276 | 63.3% | 7.9 | |
Democratic | James Krone | 23,348 | 36.7% | 4.4 | |
Total votes | 63,624 | 100.00% |
District 39 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Gerald Cardinale (incumbent) | 48,803 | 62.5% | 4.4 | |
Democratic | Stephen H. Jaffe | 29,268 | 37.5% | 4.4 | |
Total votes | 78,071 | 100.00% |
District 40 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Henry McNamara (incumbent) | 49,041 | 67.7% | 7.8 | |
Democratic | Bea O’ Rourke | 23,380 | 32.3% | 7.8 | |
Total votes | 72,421 | 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 List, General Election Returns for the Office of Senate and Assembly for Election Held November 2, 1993" (PDF). Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ Lizza, Ryan (April 14, 2014). "CROSSING CHRISTIE". The New Yorker. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
- ^ "Primary Election Returns for the Office of Senate and Assembly for Election Held June 8, 1993" (PDF). Retrieved November 11, 2021.