1965 New Jersey Senate election

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1965 New Jersey Senate elections
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←  1963 November 2, 1965 1967  →
All 29 seats in the New Jersey State Senate
15 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  3x4.svg Charles W. Sandman.jpg
Leader John A. Lynch Sr. Charles W. Sandman
(not running)
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 7th district 1st district
Last election615
Seats before613
Seats won1910
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 13Decrease2.svg 3
Popular vote2,894,1552,394,089
Senate President before election

Charles Sandman
Republican

Elected Senate President

John A. Lynch Sr.
Democratic

The 1965 New Jersey Senate elections were held on November 2.

Contents

The elections were the first held after the Supreme Court's Reynolds v. Sims decision, which held that New Jersey's single-seat county apportionment was unconstitutional. The ruling forced New Jersey to grant multiple seats to its largest counties (and eventually, switch to single-member districts that did not follow county lines).

The election also coincided with a landslide re-election victory for Democratic Governor Richard J. Hughes. The result was a majority for the Democratic Party, the first since 1915.

Background

Reapportioning

Until 1965, the New Jersey State Senate was composed of 21 senators, with each county electing one senator. After the U.S. Supreme Court decision Reynolds v. Sims required legislative districts to be approximately equal in population (a principle known as "one man, one vote"), New Jersey entered a decade-long period of reapportionment. [1]

The overall effect of the reapportioning was to reduce representation for rural counties and increase representation for more populous urban counties, bringing the per person population closer to parity.

In 1965, the Senate was increased to 29 members, with larger counties given multiple seats and some smaller counties sharing one or two Senators:

County1965 District#∆
Atlantic12Decrease2.svg 1
Cape May
Gloucester
Cumberland21Decrease2.svg 1
Salem
Camden32Increase2.svg 1
Burlington41Steady2.svg
Monmouth52Steady2.svg
Ocean
Mercer61Steady2.svg
Middlesex72Increase2.svg 1
Hunterdon81Decrease2.svg 1
Somerset
Union92Increase2.svg 1
Morris102Decrease2.svg 1
Sussex
Warren
Essex114Increase2.svg 3
Hudson123Increase2.svg 2
Bergen134Increase2.svg 3
Passaic142Increase2.svg 1

Incumbents not running for re-election

Democratic

Republican

Summary of results by State Senate District

County Incumbent PartyNew DistrictElected SenatorParty
Atlantic Frank S. Farley RepDistrict 1John E. HuntRep
Cape May Charles W. Sandman RepFrank S. FarleyRep
Gloucester John E. Hunt RepSeat eliminated
CumberlandRobert H. WeberDemDistrict 2John A. WaddingtonDem
Salem John A. Waddington DemSeat eliminated
CamdenFrederick J. ScholzRepDistrict 3Frederick J. ScholzRep
New seatA. Donald BigleyDem
Burlington Edwin B. Forsythe RepDistrict 4Edwin B. ForsytheRep
Monmouth Richard R. Stout RepDistrict 5Richard R. StoutRep
Ocean W. Steelman Mathis RepWilliam T. HieringRep
Mercer Sido L. Ridolfi DemDistrict 6Sido L. RidolfiDem
Middlesex John A. Lynch DemDistrict 7John A. LynchDem
New seat J. Edward Crabiel Dem
HunterdonVacant [a] District 8William E. OzzardRep
Somerset William E. Ozzard RepSeat eliminated
Union Nelson F. Stamler RepDistrict 9Nelson F. StamlerRep
New seat Mildred Barry Hughes Dem
Morris Thomas J. Hillery RepDistrict 10Thomas J. HilleryRep
SussexVacant [b] Milton WoolfendenRep
Warren Wayne Dumont RepSeat eliminated
Essex C. Robert Sarcone RepDistrict 11 Nicholas Fernicola Dem
New seat Macyln Goldman Dem
New seat John J. Giblin Dem
New seat Hutchins Inge Dem
HudsonWilliam F. KellyDemDistrict 12 William Musto Dem
New seatWilliam F. KellyDem
New seat Frank Guarini Dem
Bergen Pierce H. Deamer Jr. RepDistrict 13Ned ParsekianDem
New seat Matt Feldman Dem
New seat Jeremiah F. O'Connor Dem
New seatAlfred W. KieferDem
PassaicAnthony J. GrossiDemDistrict 14Anthony J. GrossiDem
New seat Joseph M. Keegan Dem
  1. ↑ The seat was vacant following the death of Senator Raymond E. Bowkley in April 1965.
  2. ↑ The seat was vacant following the resignation of Senator George B. Harper, who resigned in 1964 to take office as New Jersey Auditor.

Close races

Districts where the difference of total votes between the top two parties was under 10%:

  1. District 1, 7.5%
  2. District 3, 0.8% gain D
  3. District 4, 5.38%
  4. District 8, 0.6%
  5. District 9, 4.6% gain D
  6. District 11, 9.3% gain
  7. District 13, 3.7% gain

District 1

District 1 (two seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John E. Hunt (incumbent) 75,373 27.9%
Republican Frank S. Farley (incumbent) 69,767 25.8%
Democratic Leo T. Clark65,05924.1%
Democratic Edward Savage59,95922.2%
Socialist Labor George Frenoy, Jr.2710.1
Total votes100.00%

District 2

District 2 (one seat) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John A. Waddington (incumbent) 32,292 56.97%
Republican John J. Spoltore 24,39043.03%
Total votes56,682 100.00%

District 3

District 3 (two seats) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Frederick J. Scholz 66,509 25.8%
Democratic A. Donald Bigley 62,396 24.2%
Democratic Alfred R. Pierce61,28523.8%
Republican John H. Mohrfeld III59,35923.0%
Independent Francis J. Werner5,2522.0
Independent Joseph E. Reilly1,8910.7
Socialist Labor Dominic W. Doganiero9330.4
Total votes100.00%

District 4

District 4 (one seat) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Edwin B. Forsythe 34,098 52.69%
Democratic George H. Barbour 30,61747.31%
Total votes64,715 100.00%

District 5

District 4 (one seat) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Richard R. Stout 99,688 28.4%
Republican William T. Hiering 95,282 27.2%
Democratic John J. Reilly80,83223.1%
Democratic Thomas J. Muccifori74,85721.2%
Total votes350,659 100.00%

District 6

1965 general election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sido L. Ridolfi (incumbent) 56,231 62.2%
Republican William E. Schluter 33,82137.4%
Socialist Labor Joseph J. Frank2840.3%
Total votes90,336 100.00%

District 7

1965 general election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John A. Lynch (incumbent) 114,955 34.2%
Democratic J. Edward Crabiel 111,893 33.3%
Republican Edgar Hellriegel55,15416.4%
Republican Albert L. Ichel54,47016.2%
Total votes336,472 100.00%

District 8

1965 general election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican William E. Ozzard (incumbent) 39,596 50.3%
Democratic Arthur S. Meredith39,18549.7%
Total votes78,781 100.0

District 9

1965 general election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Nelson Stamler (incumbent) 99,327 27.4%
Democratic Mildred Barry Hughes 92,102 25.4%
Republican Peter McDonough 90,26124.9%
Democratic William P. Hourihan81,22622.4%
Total votes362,916 100.00%

District 10

1965 general election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Thomas J. Hillery (incumbent) 89,839 31.4%
Republican Milton Woolfenden Jr. 85,192 29.8%
Democratic Ruth C. Mitchell57,03820.0%
Democratic Irene Mackey Smith53,82318.8%
Total votes285,892 100.00%

District 11

1965 general election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Nicholas Fernicola 145,589 13.7%
Democratic Maclyn Goldman 143,795 13.5%
Democratic John J. Giblin 143,040 13.4%
Democratic Hutchins F. Inge 135,959 12.8%
Republican C. Robert Sarcone (incumbent)128,81512.1%
Republican Irwin I. Kimmelman 116,20510.9%
Republican James E. Churchman, Jr.112,99510.6%
Republican William F. Tompkins 112,12810.5%
Independent George C. Richardson [a] 10,4091.0%
Independent Kenrick O. Stephenson [a] 5,9700.6%
Independent David Blumgart [a] 5,3050.5%
Independent Fredrick Waring [a] 4,4760.4%
Total votes1,064,686 100.00%
  1. 1 2 3 4 Richardson, Stephenson, Blumgart, and Waring ran on the "United Political Freedom" line.

District 12

1965 general election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic William Musto 154,183 24.7%
Democratic William F. Kelly Jr. (incumbent) 152,975 24.6%
Democratic Frank Guarini 152,263 24.4%
Republican William Bozzuffi52,3638.4%
Republican John J. Grossi, Jr.51,8918.3%
Republican Victoria Borsett50,6498.1%
Independent James C. Lynch [a] 3,2040.5%
Independent Beatrice Waiss [a] 2,7720.4%
Independent Willie Mae Mason [a] 2,7410.4%
Total votes623,041 100.00%
  1. 1 2 3 Lynch, Waiss, and Mason ran on "The New Frontier" line.

District 13

1965 general election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ned J. Parsekian 174,438 14.1%
Democratic Matthew Feldman 159,236 12.9%
Democratic Jeremiah F. O'Connor 156,888 12.7%
Democratic Alfred W. Kiefer 152,844 12.4%
Republican Peter Moraites 148,09212.0%
Republican Marion West Higgins 148,03512.0%
Republican Arthur W. Vervaet 144,89011.7%
Republican Nelson G. Gross 143,53211.6%
Conservative Thomas J. Moriarty4,4080.4%
Independent Louis Berns [a] 1,2560.1%
Total votes1,233,619 100.00%
  1. ↑ Berns ran on the "Fusion" line.

District 14

1965 general election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Anthony J. Grossi (incumbent) 75,497 28.8%
Democratic Joseph M. Keegan 73,698 28.1%
Republican Arthur J. Sullivan57,32621.9%
Republican John F. Evers55,04221.0%
Socialist Labor Harry Santhouse4420.2%
Total votes262,005 100.00%

References

  1. ↑ "Jersey Ordered to Reapportion – Judge Finds Congressional Districts Unconstitutional". New York Times. May 21, 1965.
  2. ↑ "Some Ocean County GOP History". Observer. August 13, 2009. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Results of the General Election Held November 7, 1965" (PDF). Secretary of State Robert J. Burkhardt. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
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