1983 New Jersey Senate election
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The 1983 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 8.
The election took place mid-way through the first term of Governor Thomas Kean. Democrats gained a net of two seats.
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]- Herman T. Costello (District 7)
- Frank E. Rodgers (District 32)
- Nicholas LaRocca (District 33) (ran for Assembly)
Summary of results by State Senate district
[edit]- ^ Gormley won a September 1982 special election to complete the unexpired term of Senator Steven P. Perskie, who resigned to become a judge of the New Jersey Superior Court.
Close races
[edit]Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
- District 21, 1.0%
- District 18, 1.2%
- District 38, 1.4%
- District 12, 1.8%
- District 11, 1.9%
- District 34, 2.0%
- District 39, 2.4%
- District 13, 8.2%
- District 30, 9.6%
District 1
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | James R. Hurley (incumbent) | 30,141 | 59.8% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Christopher H. Riley | 20,232 | 40.2% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 50,373 | 100.00% |
District 2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | William Gormley (incumbent) | 27,616 | 56.8% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Arlene Groch | 19,937 | 41.0% | ![]() | |
Senate Independent | James T. Hagen | 1,062 | 2.2% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 48,615 | 100.00% |
District 3
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Raymond Zane (incumbent) | 30,179 | 63.0% | ![]() | |
Republican | Mary Ruth Talley | 17,743 | 37.0% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 47,922 | 100.00% |
District 4
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Daniel Dalton | 21,891 | 63.9% | ![]() | |
Republican | Christopher Michaele | 12,379 | 36.1% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 34,270 | 100.00% |
District 5
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Walter Rand (incumbent) | 23,446 | 66.0% | ![]() | |
Republican | Gregory B. Montgomery | 12,090 | 34.0% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 35,536 | 100.00% |
District 6
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Lee B. Laskin (incumbent) | 29,783 | 63.3% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Francis J. Ward | 17,235 | 36.7% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 47,018 | 100.00% |
District 7
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Catherine A. Costa | 26,697 | 63.1% | ![]() | |
Republican | Henry W. Metzger | 15,616 | 36.9% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 42,313 | 100.00% |
District 8
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Jim Saxton (incumbent) | 22,714 | 63.1% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Charles H. Ryan | 13,303 | 36.9% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 36,017 | 100.00% |
District 9
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Leonard T. Connors (incumbent) | 31,028 | 63.3 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Anthony M. Sellitto, Jr. | 17,989 | 36.7 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 49,017 | 100.00% |
District 10
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John F. Russo (incumbent) | 31,807 | 63.3 | ![]() | |
Republican | Bob Fall | 18,413 | 36.7 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 50,220 | 100.00% |
District 11
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Frank Pallone | 24,339 | 50.4% | ![]() | |
Republican | Brian T. Kennedy (incumbent) | 23,412 | 48.5% | ![]() | |
Bull Moose | Edgar Van Houten | 508 | 1.1% | N/A | |
Total votes | 48,259 | 100.00% |
District 12
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | S. Thomas Gagliano (incumbent) | 24,294 | 50.9% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Alexander D. Lehrer | 23,414 | 49.1% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 47,708 | 100.00% |
District 13
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Richard Van Wagner | 26,522 | 54.1% | ![]() | |
Republican | John P. Gallagher (incumbent) | 22,508 | 45.9% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 49,030 | 100.00% |
District 14
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Francis J. McManimon (incumbent) | 30,376 | 63.5% | ![]() | |
Republican | Charles B. W. Durand | 17,448 | 36.5% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 47,824 | 100.00% |
District 15
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Gerald R. Stockman (incumbent) | 29,967 | 67.3% | ![]() | |
Republican | Robert A. Gladstone | 14,543 | 32.7% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 44,510 | 100.00% |
District 16
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John H. Ewing (incumbent) | 27,383 | 67.4% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Alfred A. Wicklund | 13,242 | 32.6% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 40,625 | 100.00% |
District 17
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John A. Lynch Jr. (incumbent) | 19,703 | 65.3% | ![]() | |
Republican | Frank A. Santoro | 10,449 | 34.7% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 30,152 | 100.00% |
District 18
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Peter P. Garibaldi | 24,397 | 47.9% | ![]() | |
Democratic | James W. Bornheimer (incumbent) | 23,814 | 46.7% | ![]() | |
Independent | Robert S. Maurer | 2,769 | 5.4% | N/A | |
Total votes | 50,980 | 100.00% |
District 19
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Laurence S. Weiss (incumbent) | 28,251 | 59.0 | ![]() | |
Republican | James W. Inman | 19,603 | 41.0 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 47,854 | 100.00% |
District 20
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Raymond Lesniak (incumbent) | 23,246 | 64.5% | ![]() | |
Republican | Alfred D. Palermo | 11,868 | 32.9% | ![]() | |
Inflation Fighting Housewife | Rose Zeidwerg Monyek | 389 | 1.1% | ![]() | |
Beam the Bomb | Joseph P. Scanlon | 305 | 0.8% | N/A | |
Independent | Harold J. Young | 217 | 0.6% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 36,025 | 100.00% |
District 21
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | C. Louis Bassano (incumbent) | 29,300 | 50.5% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Anthony E. Russo | 28,734 | 49.5% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 58,034 | 100.00% |
District 22
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Donald DiFrancesco (incumbent) | 29,005 | 66.6% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Thomas M. McCormack | 14,576 | 33.4% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 43,581 | 100.00% |
District 23
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Walter E. Foran (incumbent) | 27,224 | 69.2% | ![]() | |
Democratic | William Martin, Jr. | 12,101 | 30.8% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 39,325 | 100.00% |
District 24
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Wayne Dumont (incumbent) | 29,279 | 75.6% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Clarence W. Sickles | 9,431 | 24.4% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 38,710 | 100.00% |
District 25
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John H. Dorsey (incumbent) | 25,529 | 65.4% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Allen Hantman | 13,524 | 34.6% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 39,053 | 100.0 |
District 26
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Leanna Brown | 24,348 | 68.2% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Anthony Calvino | 11,342 | 31.8% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 35,690 | 100.00% |
District 27
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Richard Codey (incumbent) | 18,943 | 75.2% | ![]() | |
Republican | James J. Brown | 6,255 | 24.8% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 25,198 | 100.00% |
District 28
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John P. Caufield (incumbent) | 11,829 | 72.9% | ![]() | |
Republican | Joseph N. Mastrangelo | 4,392 | 27.1% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 16,221 | 100.00% |
District 29
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Wynona Lipman (incumbent) | 12,906 | 85.5 | ![]() | |
Republican | Willie M. Brascher | 2,182 | 14.5 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 15,088 | 100.00% |
District 30
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Carmen A. Orechio (incumbent) | 28,613 | 53.8% | ![]() | |
Republican | Ralph J. Salerno | 23,523 | 44.2% | ![]() | |
Regular Organization | Martin G. Scaturo | 1,061 | 2.0% | N/A | |
Total votes | 53,197 | 100.00% |
District 31
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Edward T. O'Connor Jr. (incumbent) | 23,894 | 80.7% | ![]() | |
Republican | Helen Kozak | 5,698 | 19.3% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 29,592 | 100.00% |
District 32
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Thomas F. Cowan | 23,510 | 63.8% | ![]() | |
Republican | Joseph A. Plonski | 11,997 | 32.6% | ![]() | |
Politicians Are Crooks | Herbert H. Shaw | 1,318 | 3.6 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 36,825 | 100.00% |
District 33
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Christopher Jackman | 18,916 | 66.5% | ![]() | |
Republican | Carlos E. Munoz | 9,532 | 33.5% | ![]() ( ![]() | |
Total votes | 28,448 | 100.00% |
District 34
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joseph Bubba (incumbent) | 23,993 | 51.0% | ![]() | |
Democratic | James W. Roe | 23,019 | 49.0% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 47,012 | 100.00% |
District 35
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Frank X. Graves Jr. (incumbent) | 23,646 | 74.3% | ![]() | |
Republican | Richard Fontanella | 8,161 | 25.7% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 31,807 | 100.00% |
District 36
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Joseph Hirkala (incumbent) | 28,325 | 58.3% | ![]() | |
Republican | Joseph F. Job | 20,222 | 41.7% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 48,547 | 100.00% |
District 37
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Matthew Feldman (incumbent) | 32,645 | 64.3% | ![]() | |
Republican | Michael L. Kingman | 18,143 | 35.7% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 50,788 | 100.00% |
District 38
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Paul Contillo | 22,422 | 50.7% | ![]() | |
Republican | John B. Paolella (incumbent) | 21,827 | 49.3% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 44,249 | 100.00% |
District 39
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Gerald Cardinale (incumbent) | 27,199 | 51.2% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Francis Herbert | 25,942 | 48.8% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 53,141 | 100.0 |
District 40
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Garrett W. Hagedorn (incumbent) | 28,755 | 65.5% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Charles F. Ryan | 15,152 | 34.5% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 43,907 | 100.00% |