1987 New Jersey Senate election

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1987 New Jersey Senate elections
Flag of New Jersey.svg
  1983 November 3, 1987 1991  

All 40 seats in the New Jersey State Senate
21 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Leader John F. Russo S. Thomas Gagliano
(stepped down)
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 10th
Last election2317
Seats before2317
Seats won2416
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1

1987 New Jersey State Senate election.svg
Results by district
     Democratic hold     Democratic gain
     Republican hold

Senate President before election

John F. Russo
Democratic

Elected Senate President

John F. Russo
Democratic

The 1987 New Jersey Senate election was held on November 3.

Contents

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 in the 18th district, did not return its incumbent Senator. Multiple Senators were re-elected unopposed.

Contents
Incumbents not runningSummary of results
By District: 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940

Incumbents not running for re-election

Every incumbent Senator ran for re-election.

Summary of results by State Senate district

District Incumbent PartyElected SenatorParty
1st Legislative District James R. Hurley RepJames R. HurleyRep
2nd Legislative District William Gormley RepWilliam GormleyRep
3rd Legislative District Raymond Zane DemRaymond ZaneDem
4th Legislative District Daniel Dalton DemDaniel DaltonDem
5th Legislative District Walter Rand DemWalter RandDem
6th Legislative District Lee Laskin RepLee LaskinRep
7th Legislative District Catherine A. Costa DemCatherine A. CostaDem
8th Legislative District C. William Haines [a] RepC. William HainesRep
9th Legislative District Leonard T. Connors RepLeonard T. ConnorsRep
10th Legislative District John F. Russo DemJohn F. RussoDem
11th Legislative District Frank Pallone DemFrank PalloneDem
12th Legislative District S. Thomas Gagliano RepS. Thomas GaglianoRep
13th Legislative District Richard Van Wagner DemRichard Van WagnerDem
14th Legislative District Francis J. McManimon DemFrancis J. McManimonDem
15th Legislative District Gerald R. Stockman DemGerald R. StockmanDem
16th Legislative District John H. Ewing RepJohn H. EwingRep
17th Legislative District John A. Lynch Jr. DemJohn A. Lynch Jr.Dem
18th Legislative District Peter P. Garibaldi Rep Thomas H. Paterniti Dem
19th Legislative District Laurence Weiss DemLaurence WeissDem
20th Legislative District Raymond Lesniak DemRaymond LesniakDem
21st Legislative District C. Louis Bassano RepC. Louis BassanoRep
22nd Legislative District Donald DiFrancesco RepDonald DiFrancescoRep
23rd Legislative District Dick Zimmer [b] RepDick ZimmerRep
24th Legislative District Wayne Dumont RepWayne DumontRep
25th Legislative District John H. Dorsey RepJohn H. DorseyRep
26th Legislative District Leanna Brown RepLeanna BrownRep
27th Legislative District Richard Codey DemRichard CodeyDem
28th Legislative District Ronald Rice [c] DemRonald RiceDem
29th Legislative District Wynona Lipman DemWynona LipmanDem
30th Legislative District Carmen Orechio DemCarmen OrechioDem
31st Legislative District Edward T. O'Connor Jr. DemEdward T. O'Connor Jr.Dem
32nd Legislative District Thomas F. Cowan DemThomas F. CowanDem
33rd Legislative District Christopher Jackman DemChristopher JackmanDem
34th Legislative District Joseph Bubba RepJoseph BubbaRep
35th Legislative District Frank X. Graves Jr. DemFrank X. Graves Jr.Dem
36th Legislative District Gabriel M. Ambrosio [d] DemGabriel M. AmbrosioDem
37th Legislative District Matthew Feldman DemMatthew FeldmanDem
38th Legislative District Paul Contillo DemPaul ContilloDem
39th Legislative District Gerald Cardinale RepGerald CardinaleRep
40th Legislative District Henry McNamara [e] RepHenry McNamaraRep
  1. 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.
  2. Zimmer won a March special election to complete the unexpired term of Senator Walter E. Foran, who died in December 1986.
  3. Rice won a special November 1986 election to complete the unexpired term of John P. Caufield, who died in August 1986.
  4. Ambrosio won a March special election to complete the unexpired term of Joseph Hirkala, who died in January.
  5. McNamara won a November 1985 special election to complete the unexpired term of Senator Garrett Hagedorn, who died in August 1985.

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 13, 2.0%
  2. District 36, 2.4%
  3. District 38, 5.2%
  4. District 25, 5.4%
  5. District 30, 5.9%
  6. District 1, 6.8%
  7. District 6, 6.4%
  8. District 21, 7.6%
  9. District 34, 7.8%

District 1

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican James R. Hurley (incumbent) 29,272 53.4% Decrease2.svg 6.4
Democratic Donald H. Rainear25,51246.6%Increase2.svg 6.4
Total votes54,784 100.00%

District 2

1987 general election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican William Gormley (incumbent) 30,665 73.4% Increase2.svg 16.6
Democratic William J. Polistina11,11926.6%Decrease2.svg 14.4
Total votes41,784 100.00%

District 3

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Raymond Zane (incumbent) 32,720 63.0% Steady2.svg 0.0
Republican John A. Ward19,22437.0%Steady2.svg 0.0
Total votes51,944 100.00%

District 4

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Daniel Dalton (incumbent) 24,574 58.9% Decrease2.svg 5.0
Republican William F. Thomson17,14841.1%Increase2.svg 5.0
Total votes41,722 100.00%

District 5

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Walter Rand (incumbent) 24,784 68.3% Increase2.svg 2.3
Republican Mary Jo Tate11,47731.7%Decrease2.svg 2.3
Total votes36,261 100.00%

District 6

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Lee B. Laskin (incumbent) 31,162 53.2% Decrease2.svg 10.1
Democratic Maria Barnaby Greenwald 27,44446.8%Increase2.svg 10.1
Total votes58,606 100.00%

District 7

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Catherine A. Costa (incumbent) 27,244 63.4% Increase2.svg 0.3
Republican James A. Bristow15,74536.6%Decrease2.svg 0.3
Total votes42,989 100.00%

District 8

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican C. William Haines (incumbent) 28,731 66.5% Decrease2.svg 5.2
Democratic James B. Smith14,44433.5%Increase2.svg 5.2
Total votes43,175 100.00%

District 9

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Leonard T. Connors (incumbent) 35,456 64.0% Increase2.svg 0.7
Democratic Joan M. Tredy19,96436.0%Decrease2.svg 0.7
Total votes55,420 100.00%

District 10

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic John F. Russo (incumbent) 30,655 58.4% Decrease2.svg 4.9
Republican Tom Blomquist21,87641.6%Increase2.svg 4.9
Total votes52,531 100.00%

District 11

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Frank Pallone (incumbent) 28,223 60.1% Increase2.svg 9.7
Republican Gerri Chappell Popkin18,75139.9%Decrease2.svg 8.6
Total votes46,974 100.00%

District 12

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican S. Thomas Gagliano (incumbent) 31,188 67.6% Increase2.svg 16.7
Democratic Bernard B. Finan14,96532.4%Decrease2.svg 16.7
Total votes46,153 100.00%

District 13

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Richard Van Wagner (incumbent) 24,155 51.0% Decrease2.svg 3.1
Republican Joseph Azzolina 23,24449.0%Increase2.svg 3.1
Total votes47,399 100.00%

District 14

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Francis J. McManimon (incumbent) 30,873 64.2% Increase2.svg 0.7
Republican Michael S. Richmond17,22235.8%Decrease2.svg 0.7
Total votes48,095 100.00%

District 15

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Gerald R. Stockman (incumbent) 29,747 71.0% Increase2.svg 3.7
Republican Norbert E. Donelly12,13229.0%Decrease2.svg 3.7
Total votes41,879 100.00%

District 16

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican John H. Ewing (incumbent) 28,433 70.7% Increase2.svg 3.3
Democratic Frank M. Reskin11,76429.3%Decrease2.svg 3.3
Total votes40,197 100.00%

District 17

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic John A. Lynch Jr. (incumbent) 18,585 63.4% Decrease2.svg 1.9
Republican James J. Spera10,72936.6%Increase2.svg 1.9
Total votes29,314 100.00%

District 18

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Thomas H. Paterniti 30,790 59.2% Increase2.svg 12.5
Republican Peter P. Garibaldi (incumbent)21,25340.8%Decrease2.svg 7.1
Total votes52,043 100.00%

District 19

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Laurence S. Weiss (incumbent) 25,997 58.3% Decrease2.svg 0.7
Republican John G. O’Sullivan18,57041.7%Increase2.svg 0.7
Total votes44,567 100.00%

District 20

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Raymond Lesniak (incumbent) 23,183 100.00% Increase2.svg 35.5
Total votes23,183 100.00%

District 21

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican C. Louis Bassano (incumbent) 28,663 53.8% Increase2.svg 3.3
Democratic Anthony E. Russo 24,65646.2%Decrease2.svg 3.3
Total votes53,319 100.00%

District 22

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Donald DiFrancesco (incumbent) 27,502 67.5% Increase2.svg 0.9
Democratic Thomas J. Gartland13,26732.5%Decrease2.svg 0.9
Total votes40,769 100.00%

District 23

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Dick Zimmer (incumbent) 27,699 100.00% Increase2.svg 19.1
Total votes27,699 100.00%

District 24

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Wayne Dumont 34,617 100.0% Increase2.svg 24.4
Total votes34,617 100.00%

District 25

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican John H. Dorsey (incumbent) 20,463 52.7% Decrease2.svg 12.7
Democratic Gordon MacInnes 18,38147.3%Increase2.svg 12.7
Total votes38,844 100.00%

District 26

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Leanna Brown (incumbent) 25,260 74.1% Increase2.svg 5.9
Democratic Helen Litwin8,83925.9%Decrease2.svg 5.9
Total votes34,099 100.00%

District 27

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Richard Codey (incumbent) 17,064 76.4% Increase2.svg 1.2
Republican Felix (Phil) Graziano5,27023.6%Decrease2.svg 1.2
Total votes22,334 100.00%

District 28

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Ronald Rice (incumbent) 10,327 77.3% Increase2.svg 3.2
Republican Michael J. Volk3,04022.7%Increase2.svg 11.5
Total votes13,367 100.00%

District 29

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Wynona M. Lipman (incumbent) 10,678 100.0% Increase2.svg 14.5
Total votes10,678 100.00%

District 30

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Carmen A. Orechio (incumbent) 20,949 50.1% Decrease2.svg 3.7
Republican Thomas P. Zampino18,45544.2%Steady2.svg 0.0
Independent John W. Kinder2,3715.7%N/A
Total votes41,775 100.00%

District 31

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Edward T. O'Connor Jr. (incumbent) 22,980 78.1% Decrease2.svg 2.6
Republican William V. Connelly6,43721.9%Increase2.svg 2.6
Total votes29,417 100.00%

District 32

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Thomas F. Cowan (incumbent) 27,065 66.4% Increase2.svg 2.6
Republican Charles J. Catrillo 13,24132.5%Decrease2.svg 0.1
Politicians Are Crooks Herbert H. Shaw 4511.1%Decrease2.svg 2.5
Total votes40,757 100.00%

District 33

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Christopher Jackman (incumbent) 19,944 60.6% Decrease2.svg 5.9
Republican Ronald Dario12,66838.5%Increase2.svg 5.0
"Pride-Responsibility"Hector Morales2820.9%N/A
Total votes32,894 100.00%

District 34

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Joseph Bubba (incumbent) 24,622 53.9% Increase2.svg 2.9
Democratic Donald P. Hetchka21,05346.1%Decrease2.svg 2.9
Total votes45,675 100.00%

District 35

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Frank X. Graves Jr. (incumbent) 21,793 100.00% Increase2.svg 25.7
Total votes21,793 100.00%

District 36

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Gabriel M. Ambrosio (incumbent) 22,746 51.2% Decrease2.svg 8.4
Republican Kathleen A. Donovan 21,71648.8%Increase2.svg 8.4
Total votes44,462 100.00%

District 37

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Matthew Feldman (incumbent) 31,342 66.6% Increase2.svg 2.3
Republican Shel Haas15,73133.4%Decrease2.svg 2.3
Total votes47,073 100.00%

District 38

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Paul Contillo (incumbent) 23,574 52.6% Increase2.svg 1.9
Republican Louis F. Kosco 21,20647.4%Decrease2.svg 1.9
Total votes44,780 100.00%

District 39

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Gerald Cardinale (incumbent) 31,585 67.1% Increase2.svg 15.9
Democratic Louis B. Redisch15,49932.9%Decrease2.svg 15.9
Total votes47,084 100.00%

District 40

New Jersey general election, 1987 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Henry McNamara 29,365 71.9% Increase2.svg 3.2
Democratic Terry R. Driller11,45328.1%Decrease2.svg 3.2
Total votes40,818 100.00%

See also

References

  1. 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 "Candidates for the Offices of State Senate and General Assembly" (PDF). Retrieved June 26, 2021.