1967 New Jersey Senate election

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1967 New Jersey Senate elections
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  1965 November 7, 1967 1971  

All 40 seats in the New Jersey State Senate
21 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Edwin B. Forsythe.png 3x4.svg
Leader Edwin B. Forsythe Sido L. Ridolfi
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 4B: Burlington 6th: Mercer
Last election1019
Seats before818
Seats won319
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 23Decrease2.svg 9
Popular vote3,053,3362,511,142

Senate President before election

Sido L. Ridolfi
Democratic

Elected Senate President

Edwin B. Forsythe
Republican

The 1967 New Jersey Senate elections were held on November 7, 1967.

Contents

The elections took place midway through Governor Richard J. Hughes's second term and resulted in a historic landslide for the Republican Party. The new state legislative map still elected most Senators county-wide, allowing Republicans to gain a large majority by sweeping every county except Mercer, Middlesex, and Hudson.

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 in 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 reapportioning. [1] In 1965, the Senate was increased to 29 members, with larger counties given multiple seats and some smaller counties sharing one or two senators.

For the 1967 election, the map was entirely redone. The 1967 Districts were organized by the 1966 New Jersey Constitutional Convention. The specific Assembly districts (used for the election Senator in multi-County multi-Senator Districts) were drawn by the New Jersey Apportionment Commission. Eleven new seats were added and county lines were generally followed (11 single county districts and 2 multi-county single senator districts). As a result of a New Jersey Supreme Court decision, several existing districts were split up into districts smaller than a single county. This was contrary to apportionment scheme in the New Jersey Constitution, following the 1966 New Jersey Constitutional Convention and popular ratification.

1965 DistrictCounties#1967 DistrictCounties#±
1Atlantic, Cape May, and Gloucester21Cape May and Cumberland1Increase2.svg 1
2Cumberland and Salem12Atlantic1
3Camden23ASalem and Gloucester (part)1
3BGloucester (part) and Camden (part)1
3CCamden (part)1
3DCamden (part)1
4Burlington14ABurlington (part) and Ocean1Increase2.svg 1
5Monmouth and Ocean24BBurlington (part)1
5Monmouth2
6Mercer16Mercer2Increase2.svg 1
7Middlesex27Middlesex3Increase2.svg 1
9Union29Union3Increase2.svg 1
11Essex411Essex6Increase2.svg 2
12Hudson312Hudson4Increase2.svg 1
13Bergen413Bergen5Increase2.svg 1
14Passaic214Passaic3Increase2.svg 1
8Hunterdon and Somerset18Somerset1Increase2.svg1
10Morris, Sussex, Warren210Morris2
15Hunterdon, Warren, and Sussex1

Incumbents not running for re-election

Republican

Summary of results by State Senate District

1964–66 District Incumbent PartyParty
District 1Vacant [3] [a] Robert E. Kay Rep
Frank S. Farley [b] RepSeat eliminated
District 2 John A. Waddington [c] Dem Frank S. Farley Rep
District 3 [d] Frederick J. ScholzRep John L. White Rep
Vacant [e] [2] Hugh A. KellyRep
New seat John L. Miller Rep
New seat Frank C. Italiano Rep
District 4 [f] New seatWilliam T. HieringRep
Edwin B. Forsythe RepEdwin B. ForsytheRep
District 5 Richard R. Stout RepRichard R. StoutRep
William T. Hiering [g] Rep Alfred N. Beadleston Rep
District 6 Sido L. Ridolfi DemSido L. RidolfiDem
New seat Richard J. Coffee Dem
District 7 John A. Lynch Sr. DemJohn A. Lynch Sr.Dem
J. Edward Crabiel DemJ. Edward CrabielDem
New seat Norman Tanzman Dem
District 8Vacant [4] [h] Raymond Bateman Rep
District 9 Nelson Stamler RepNicholas S. LaCorteRep
Mildred Barry Hughes Dem Frank X. McDermott Rep
New seat Matt Rinaldo Rep
District 10 Thomas J. Hillery Rep Harry L. Sears Rep
Milton Woolfenden Jr. [i] Rep Joseph J. Maraziti Rep
District 11 Nicholas Fernicola Dem Michael Giuliano Rep
Maclyn Goldman Dem Gerardo Del Tufo Rep
John J. Giblin Dem Alexander Matturri Rep
Hutchins F. Inge Dem James Wallwork Rep
New seat Milton Waldor Rep
New seat David W. Dowd Rep
District 12 William Musto DemWilliam MustoDem
William F. Kelly Jr.DemWilliam F. Kelly Jr.Dem
Frank J. Guarini DemFrank J. GuariniDem
New seatFrederick H. HauserDem
District 13Ned J. ParsekianDem Fairleigh Dickinson Jr. Rep
Matthew Feldman Dem Joseph C. Woodcock Rep
Jeremiah F. O'Connor Dem Alfred D. Schiaffo Rep
Alfred W. KieferDem Garrett W. Hagedorn Rep
New seatWillard B. KnowltonRep
District 14Anthony J. GrossiDemIra SchoemRep
Joseph M. KeeganDemFrank J. SciroRep
New seatEdward SiscoRep
District 15New seat Wayne Dumont Rep
  1. This seat had been vacant since Senator John E. Hunt resigned to take his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
  2. Redistricted to District 2.
  3. Redistricted to District 3A.
  4. Split into Districts 3A, 3B, 3C, and 3D.
  5. The seat had been vacant since Senator A. Donald Bigley resigned to become Camden County Prosecutor in June.
  6. Split into Districts 4A and 4B.
  7. Redistricted to District 4A
  8. The seat had been vacant since the July 10 resignation of Senator William E. Ozzard to accept a seat on the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
  9. Redistricted to District 15. Lost primary.

Close races

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

  1. District 1, 3.11%
  2. District 3A, 9.25% gain
  3. District 3D, 5.74% gain
  4. District 6A, 6.22%
  5. District 6B, 6.77% gain
  6. District 7A, 2.5%
  7. District 7B, 2.1%
  8. District 7C, 2.2% gain
  9. District 9A, 5.2%
  10. District 9B, 7.6% gain
  11. District 9C, 7.7% gain
  12. District 11A, 2.4% gain
  13. District 11B, 2.4% gain
  14. District 11C, 2.4% gain
  15. District 11D, 2.6% gain
  16. District 11E, 2.7% gain
  17. District 11F, 2.5% gain
  18. District 13A, 5.0% gain
  19. District 13B, 5.3% gain
  20. District 13C, 4.0% gain
  21. District 13D, 4.6% gain
  22. District 13E, 4.3% gain
  23. District 14A, 2.4% gain
  24. District 14B, 3.6% gain
  25. District 14C, 4.0% gain

District 1

District 1 (one seat) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Robert E. Kay 27,841 51.22%
Democratic Robert J. Halpin26,14948.11%
Conservative Linwood Erickson Jr.3640.67%
Total votes54,354 100.00%

District 2

District 2 (one seat) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Frank S. Farley 36,300 61.51%
Democratic Harry A. Gaines22,71638.49%
Total votes59,016 100.00%

District 3

District 3A

District 3A (one seat) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John L. White 28,456 54.60%
Democratic John A. Waddington (incumbent)23,63545.35%
Socialist Labor Albert Ronis280.05%
Total votes52,119 100.00%

District 3B

District 3B (one seat) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Hugh A. Kelly 30,514 55.68%
Democratic Joseph M. Sandone24,28544.32%
Total votes54,799 100.00%

District 3C

District 3C (one seat) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John L. Miller 29,483 61.50%
Democratic Richard S. Hyland18,45438.50%
Total votes47,937 100.00%

District 3D

District 3D (one seat) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Frank C. Italiano 18,735 52.63%
Democratic Alfred R. Pierce16,69046.89%
Socialist Labor Dominic W. Doganiero1710.48%
Total votes35,596 100.00%

District 4

District 4A

District 4A (one seat) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican William T. Hiering 35,639 71.07%
Democratic Eugene E. Helbig14,50528.93%
Total votes50,144 100.00%

District 4B

District 4B (one seat) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Edwin B. Forsythe 30,930 55.73%
Democratic Edward J. Hughes Jr. 24,35943.89%
Socialist Labor Bernardo S. Doganiero2070.37%
Total votes55,496 100.00%

District 5

District 5 (two seats) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Richard R. Stout (incumbent) 69,714 32.05%
Republican Alfred N. Beadleston 68,005 32.05%
Democratic Richard L. Bonello40,42618.59%
Democratic Paul J. Smith39,37018.10%
Total votes217,515 100.00%

District 6

District 6 (two seats) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sido L. Ridolfi (incumbent) 47,226 28.53%
Democratic Richard J. Coffee 45,960 27.77%
Republican Bruce M. Schragger36,92822.31%
Republican George Y. Schoch34,76221.00%
Socialist Labor Joseph J. Frank6530.39%
Total votes165,529 100.00%

District 7

District 7 (three seats) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John A. Lynch Sr. (incumbent) 77,363 18.2
Democratic J. Edward Crabiel (incumbent) 74,784 17.6
Democratic Norman Tanzman 74,739 17.6
Republican John A. Bradley34,76215.7
Republican William Shelley66,10215.5
Republican Edgar J. Hellriegel65,44715.4
Total votes100.00%

District 8

District 8 (one seat) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Raymond Bateman 35,223 68.0
Democratic Thomas Ryan15,18829.3
Conservative Robert K. Haelig Sr.1,3792.7
Total votes100.00%

District 9

District 9 (three seats) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Nicholas S. LaCorte 89,036 20.0
Republican Frank X. McDermott 88,378 19.8
Republican Matt Rinaldo 86,656 19.4
Democratic Mildred Barry Hughes (incumbent)65,99914.8
Democratic Lester Weiner54,36412.2
Democratic James J. Kinneally Sr.52,34711.7
Independent Alexander G. Wrigley [a] 5,5081.2
Independent Kenneth Allardice [b] 3,8540.9
Total votes100.00%
  1. Wrigley ran on the "No Unnecessary Taxes" line.
  2. Allardice ran on the "Union Conservative" line.

District 10

District 10 (two seats) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Harry L. Sears 63,791 35.1
Republican Joseph Maraziti 63,668 35.0
Democratic Dale W. Swann26,24814.4
Democratic Martin F. Quinn24,69413.6
Conservative Victor J. De Falco1,7080.9
Conservative Charles Covino1,6500.9
Total votes100.00%

District 11

District 11 (six seats) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michael Giuliano 122,354 9.6
Republican Gerardo Del Tufo 119,956 9.4
Republican Alexander Matturri 119,152 9.3
Republican James Wallwork 118,834 9.3
Republican Milton Waldor 117,280 9.2
Republican David W. Dowd 115,568 9.0
Democratic Nicholas Fernicola (incumbent)91,8127.2
Democratic John J. Giblin (incumbent)89,2977.0
Democratic Maclyn Goldman (incumbent)88,7966.9
Democratic David Mandelbaum 85,1316.7
Democratic Victor F. Addonizio83,5876.5
Democratic Hutchins Inge (incumbent)83,5436.5
Essex ConservativeJohn P. Keelan5,1960.4
Essex ConservativeMarlo Carluccio5,1400.4
Essex ConservativeWilliam Murray4,9060.4
Essex ConservativeJoseph R. Garrity4,6570.4
Essex ConservativeEdmund O. Matzal4,3370.3
Essex ConservativeJames W. Lomker4,0960.3
Conservative Harrison P. Smith Jr.2,4840.2
Independent James Larry Giordano [a] 2,4270.2
Conservative William Barbetta2,4120.2
Conservative Gladis P. Smith2,0860.2
Conservative James H. Flynn1,9870.2
Conservative Frank De George1,8040.1
Socialist Workers Joseph Carroll1,5070.1
Total votes1,278,349 100.00%
  1. Giordano ran on the "Public Employee Candidate" line.

District 12

District 12 (four seats) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic William Musto (incumbent) 115,534 16.6
Democratic Frank Guarini (incumbent) 111,741 16.0
Democratic William F. Kelly Jr. (incumbent) 111,331 16.0
Democratic Frederick H. Hauser 110,949 15.9
Republican Cresenzi Castaldo39,6675.7
Republican Eugene P. Kenny39,0495.6
Republican Norman H. Roth38,9855.6
Republican Geoffrey Gaulkin37,6095.4
Independent Michael J. Bell [a] 24,7773.6
Independent James B. Sansone [a] 19,7132.8
Independent Allen Zavodnick [a] 19,1062.7
Independent George Ahto [a] 19,0462.7
Conservative Frank Potocnie2,4670.4
Conservative Rita A. Bailey2,4280.3
Conservative Gabriel M. Masters2,2620.3
Conservative George A. Dunn2,2390.3
Total votes100.00%
  1. 1 2 3 4 Bell, Sanson, Zavodnick, and Ahto ran on the "No Additional Taxes" line.

District 13

District 7 (five seats) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Fairleigh Dickinson Jr. 191,260 13.1
Republican Joseph C. Woodcock 177,982 12.2
Republican Alfred D. Schiaffo 172,420 11.8
Republican Garrett W. Hagedorn 171,596 11.8
Republican Willard B. Knowlton 167,379 11.5
Democratic Ned J. Parsekian (incumbent)117,6098.1
Democratic Matthew Feldman (incumbent)114,7607.9
Democratic Jeremiah F. O'Connor (incumbent)113,8887.8
Democratic Gerald A. Calabrese105,4507.2
Democratic Alfred W. Kiefer (incumbent)104,8697.2
Conservative William Craig Kennedy4,9500.3
Conservative Thomas J. Moriarty4,7240.3
Conservative John J. Murray4,4020.3
Conservative Irving F. Kent4,1720.3
Conservative Frank Monte4,1540.3
Total votes100.00%

District 14

District 7 (three seats) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ira Schoem 63,858 18.5
Republican Frank J. Sciro 62,891 18.2
Republican Edward Sisco 62,720 18.2
Democratic Joseph A. Lazzara55,55216.1
Democratic Joseph M. Keegan50,37514.6
Democratic Charles J. Alfano48,96714.2
Socialist Labor Harry Santhouse7710.2
Total votes100.00%

District 15

District 15 (one seat) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Wayne Dumont 42,292 69.63
Democratic William R. Stem18,45030.37
Total votes60,742 100.00%

References

  1. "Jersey Ordered To Reapportion; Judge Finds Congressional Districts Unconstitutional". New York Times. May 21, 1965.
  2. 1 2 "Donald Bigley, former NJ Senator, dies at 93". September 2, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  3. Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey - Two Hundred and Eleventh Legislature (First Session) (PDF). Skinder-Strauss Associates. 2004. p. 305. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  4. Journal of the One Hundred and Twenty-Third Senate. 1967. pp.  808–809. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Results of the General Election Held November 7, 1967" (PDF). Secretary of State Robert J. Burkhardt . Retrieved June 27, 2021.