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The 1987 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 3.
The election took place mid-way through the second term of Governor Thomas Kean. The elections were marked by extreme stability; only one seat, that of Peter P. Garibaldi, did not return its incumbent Senator. Multiple Senators were re-elected unopposed.
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]Every incumbent Senator ran for re-election.
Summary of results by State Senate district
[edit]- ^ Haines won a 1984 special election to complete the term of Jim Saxton, who resigned to take a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
- ^ Zimmer won a March special election to complete the unexpired term of Senator Walter E. Foran, who died in December 1986.
- ^ Rice won a special November 1986 election to complete the unexpired term of John P. Caufield, who died in August 1986.
- ^ Ambrosio won a March special election to complete the unexpired term of Joseph Hirkala, who died in January.
- ^ McNamara won a November 1985 special election to complete the unexpired term of Senator Garrett Hagedorn, who died in August 1985.
Close races
[edit]Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
- District 13, 2.0%
- District 36, 2.4%
- District 38, 5.2%
- District 25, 5.4%
- District 30, 5.9%
- District 1, 6.8%
- District 6, 6.4%
- District 21, 7.6%
- District 34, 7.8%
District 1
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | James R. Hurley (incumbent) | 29,272 | 53.4% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Donald H. Rainear | 25,512 | 46.6% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 54,784 | 100.00% |
District 2
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | William Gormley (incumbent) | 30,665 | 73.4% | ![]() | |
Democratic | William J. Polistina | 11,119 | 26.6% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 41,784 | 100.00% |
District 3
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Raymond Zane (incumbent) | 32,720 | 63.0% | ![]() | |
Republican | John A. Ward | 19,224 | 37.0% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 51,944 | 100.00% |
District 4
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Daniel Dalton (incumbent) | 24,574 | 58.9% | ![]() | |
Republican | William F. Thomson | 17,148 | 41.1% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 41,722 | 100.00% |
District 5
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Walter Rand (incumbent) | 24,784 | 68.3% | ![]() | |
Republican | Mary Jo Tate | 11,477 | 31.7% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 36,261 | 100.00% |
District 6
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Lee B. Laskin (incumbent) | 31,162 | 53.2% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Maria Barnaby Greenwald | 27,444 | 46.8% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 58,606 | 100.00% |
District 7
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Catherine A. Costa (incumbent) | 27,244 | 63.4% | ![]() | |
Republican | James A. Bristow | 15,745 | 36.6% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 42,989 | 100.00% |
District 8
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | C. William Haines (incumbent) | 28,731 | 66.5% | ![]() | |
Democratic | James B. Smith | 14,444 | 33.5% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 43,175 | 100.00% |
District 9
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Leonard T. Connors (incumbent) | 35,456 | 64.0% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Joan M. Tredy | 19,964 | 36.0% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 55,420 | 100.00% |
District 10
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John F. Russo (incumbent) | 30,655 | 58.4% | ![]() | |
Republican | Tom Blomquist | 21,876 | 41.6% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 52,531 | 100.00% |
District 11
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Frank Pallone (incumbent) | 28,223 | 60.1% | ![]() | |
Republican | Gerri Chappell Popkin | 18,751 | 39.9% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 46,974 | 100.00% |
District 12
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | S. Thomas Gagliano (incumbent) | 31,188 | 67.6% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Bernard B. Finan | 14,965 | 32.4% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 46,153 | 100.00% |
District 13
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Richard Van Wagner (incumbent) | 24,155 | 51.0% | ![]() | |
Republican | Joseph Azzolina | 23,244 | 49.0% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 47,399 | 100.00% |
District 14
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Francis J. McManimon (incumbent) | 30,873 | 64.2% | ![]() | |
Republican | Michael S. Richmond | 17,222 | 35.8% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 48,095 | 100.00% |
District 15
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Gerald R. Stockman (incumbent) | 29,747 | 71.0% | ![]() | |
Republican | Norbert E. Donelly | 12,132 | 29.0% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 41,879 | 100.00% |
District 16
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John H. Ewing (incumbent) | 28,433 | 70.7% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Frank M. Reskin | 11,764 | 29.3% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 40,197 | 100.00% |
District 17
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John A. Lynch Jr. (incumbent) | 18,585 | 63.4% | ![]() | |
Republican | James J. Spera | 10,729 | 36.6% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 29,314 | 100.00% |
District 18
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Thomas H. Paterniti | 30,790 | 59.2% | ![]() | |
Republican | Peter P. Garibaldi (incumbent) | 21,253 | 40.8% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 52,043 | 100.00% |
District 19
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Laurence S. Weiss (incumbent) | 25,997 | 58.3% | ![]() | |
Republican | John G. O’Sullivan | 18,570 | 41.7% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 44,567 | 100.00% |
District 20
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Raymond Lesniak (incumbent) | 23,183 | 100.00% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 23,183 | 100.00% |
District 21
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | C. Louis Bassano (incumbent) | 28,663 | 53.8% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Anthony E. Russo | 24,656 | 46.2% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 53,319 | 100.00% |
District 22
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Donald DiFrancesco (incumbent) | 27,502 | 67.5% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Thomas J. Gartland | 13,267 | 32.5% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 40,769 | 100.00% |
District 23
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Dick Zimmer (incumbent) | 27,699 | 100.00% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 27,699 | 100.00% |
District 24
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Wayne Dumont | 34,617 | 100.0% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 34,617 | 100.00% |
District 25
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John H. Dorsey (incumbent) | 20,463 | 52.7% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Gordon MacInnes | 18,381 | 47.3% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 38,844 | 100.00% |
District 26
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Leanna Brown (incumbent) | 25,260 | 74.1% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Helen Litwin | 8,839 | 25.9% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 34,099 | 100.00% |
District 27
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Richard Codey (incumbent) | 17,064 | 76.4% | ![]() | |
Republican | Felix (Phil) Graziano | 5,270 | 23.6% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 22,334 | 100.00% |
District 28
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Ronald Rice (incumbent) | 10,327 | 77.3% | ![]() | |
Republican | Michael J. Volk | 3,040 | 22.7% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 13,367 | 100.00% |
District 29
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Wynona M. Lipman (incumbent) | 10,678 | 100.0% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 10,678 | 100.00% |
District 30
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Carmen A. Orechio (incumbent) | 20,949 | 50.1% | ![]() | |
Republican | Thomas P. Zampino | 18,455 | 44.2% | ![]() | |
Independent | John W. Kinder | 2,371 | 5.7% | N/A | |
Total votes | 41,775 | 100.00% |
District 31
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Edward T. O'Connor Jr. (incumbent) | 22,980 | 78.1% | ![]() | |
Republican | William V. Connelly | 6,437 | 21.9% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 29,417 | 100.00% |
District 32
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Thomas F. Cowan (incumbent) | 27,065 | 66.4% | ![]() | |
Republican | Charles J. Catrillo | 13,241 | 32.5% | ![]() | |
Politicians Are Crooks | Herbert H. Shaw | 451 | 1.1% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 40,757 | 100.00% |
District 33
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Christopher Jackman (incumbent) | 19,944 | 60.6% | ![]() | |
Republican | Ronald Dario | 12,668 | 38.5% | ![]() | |
"Pride-Responsibility" | Hector Morales | 282 | 0.9% | N/A | |
Total votes | 32,894 | 100.00% |
District 34
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joseph Bubba (incumbent) | 24,622 | 53.9% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Donald P. Hetchka | 21,053 | 46.1% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 45,675 | 100.00% |
District 35
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Frank X. Graves Jr. (incumbent) | 21,793 | 100.00% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 21,793 | 100.00% |
District 36
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Gabriel M. Ambrosio (incumbent) | 22,746 | 51.2% | ![]() | |
Republican | Kathleen A. Donovan | 21,716 | 48.8% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 44,462 | 100.00% |
District 37
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Matthew Feldman (incumbent) | 31,342 | 66.6% | ![]() | |
Republican | Shel Haas | 15,731 | 33.4% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 47,073 | 100.00% |
District 38
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Paul Contillo (incumbent) | 23,574 | 52.6% | ![]() | |
Republican | Louis F. Kosco | 21,206 | 47.4% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 44,780 | 100.00% |
District 39
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Gerald Cardinale (incumbent) | 31,585 | 67.1% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Louis B. Redisch | 15,499 | 32.9% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 47,084 | 100.00% |
District 40
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Henry McNamara | 29,365 | 71.9% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Terry R. Driller | 11,453 | 28.1% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 40,818 | 100.00% |