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10 of the 21 seats in the New Jersey State Senate 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1961 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 5.
The elections took place alongside the election of Governor Richard J. Hughes. Ten of New Jersey's 21 counties elected Senators; no seats changed hands.
Incumbents not running for re-election
[edit]Democratic
[edit]All four Democratic Senators up for re-election ran for another term.
Republican
[edit]- Walter H. Jones (Bergen) (ran for Governor)
- Wesley Lance (Hunterdon)
Summary of results by county
[edit]County | Incumbent | Party | Elected Senator | Party | ||
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Atlantic | Frank S. Farley | Rep | Frank S. Farley | Rep | ||
Bergen | Walter H. Jones | Rep | Pierce Deamer | Rep | ||
Burlington | Henry S. Haines | Dem | No election | |||
Camden | Joseph W. Cowgill | Dem | No election | |||
Cape May | Charles W. Sandman | Rep | No election | |||
Cumberland | Robert H. Weber | Dem | Robert H. Weber | Dem | ||
Essex | Donal C. Fox | Dem | No election | |||
Gloucester | Thomas F. Connery Jr. | Dem | No election | |||
Hudson | William F. Kelley Jr. | Dem | William F. Kelly Jr. | Dem | ||
Hunterdon | Wesley Lance | Rep | Raymond Bowkley | Rep | ||
Mercer | Sido Ridolfi | Dem | Sido Ridolfi | Dem | ||
Middlesex | John A. Lynch | Dem | No election | |||
Monmouth | Richard R. Stout | Rep | No election | |||
Morris | Thomas J. Hillery | Rep | Thomas J. Hillery | Rep | ||
Ocean | W. Steelman Mathis | Rep | W. Steelman Mathis | Rep | ||
Passaic | Anthony J. Grossi | Dem | Anthony J. Grossi | Dem | ||
Salem | John A. Waddington | Dem | No election | |||
Somerset | William E. Ozzard | Rep | No election | |||
Sussex | George B. Harper | Rep | George B. Harper | Rep | ||
Union | Robert C. Crane | Rep | No election | |||
Warren | Wayne Dumont | Rep | No election |
Close races
[edit]Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
- Ocean, 5.74%
- Hunterdon, 5.76%
- Cumberland, 9.27%
Atlantic
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Frank S. Farley (incumbent) | 34,949 | 57.93% | ||
Democratic | John M. Keeley | 25,381 | 42.07% | ||
Total votes | 60,330 | 100.0% |
Bergen
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Pierce H. Deamer Jr. | 160,125 | 55.81% | ||
Democratic | Fred C. Galda | 124,492 | 43.39% | ||
Conservative | Irving F. Kent | 1,626 | 0.57% | ||
Socialist Labor | Nathan Karp | 668 | 0.23% | ||
Total votes | 286,911 | 100.0% |
Cumberland
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Robert H. Weber (incumbent) | 19,123 | 54.61% | ||
Republican | Carlton E. Mason | 15,875 | 45.34% | ||
Socialist Labor | Walter C. Wright | 18 | 0.05% | ||
Total votes | 35,016 | 100.0% |
Hudson
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | William F. Kelley Jr. (incumbent) | 136,987 | 60.71% | ||
Republican | Norman H. Roth | 86,914 | 38.52% | ||
Conservative | Clifford R. Ensslin | 1,731 | 0.77% | ||
Total votes | 225,632 | 100.0% |
Hunterdon
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Raymond E. Bowkley | 10,629 | 52.33% | ||
Democratic | Frank W. Bohren | 9,458 | 46.57% | ||
Conservative | Robert W. Harris | 223 | 1.10% | ||
Total votes | 20,310 | 100.0% |
Mercer
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Sido L. Ridolfi (incumbent) | 57,895 | 64.45% | ||
Republican | Daniel A. O'Donnell | 31,929 | 35.55% | ||
Total votes | 89,824 | 100.0% |
Remarkably, Senator Ridolfi received the exact same number of votes he had received in 1957.[2]
Morris
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Thomas J. Hillery (incumbent) | 57,917 | 68.00% | ||
Democratic | Edward A. Dunbar | 27,259 | 32.00% | ||
Total votes | 85,176 | 100.0% |
Ocean
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | W. Steelman Mathis (incumbent) | 22,010 | 52.87% | ||
Democratic | Albert J. Cucci | 19,624 | 47.13% | ||
Total votes | 41,634 | 100.0% |
Passaic
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Anthony J. Grossi (incumbent) | 72,676 | 55.13% | ||
Republican | Paul G. DeMuro | 58,080 | 44.06% | ||
Conservative | Charles R. Checkley | 804 | 0.61% | ||
Socialist | Harry Santhouse | 255 | 0.19% | ||
Total votes | 131,815 | 100.0% |
Sussex
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | George B. Harper (incumbent) | 10,670 | 54.95% | ||
Democratic | Frank A. Dolan | 8,749 | 45.05% | ||
Total votes | 19,419 | 100.0% |