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The 1987 New Jersey Senate election was 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 |
Every incumbent Senator ran for re-election.
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James R. Hurley (incumbent) | 29,272 | 53.4% | 6.4 | |
Democratic | Donald H. Rainear | 25,512 | 46.6% | 6.4 | |
Total votes | 54,784 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | William Gormley (incumbent) | 30,665 | 73.4% | 16.6 | |
Democratic | William J. Polistina | 11,119 | 26.6% | 14.4 | |
Total votes | 41,784 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Raymond Zane (incumbent) | 32,720 | 63.0% | 0.0 | |
Republican | John A. Ward | 19,224 | 37.0% | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 51,944 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Daniel Dalton (incumbent) | 24,574 | 58.9% | 5.0 | |
Republican | William F. Thomson | 17,148 | 41.1% | 5.0 | |
Total votes | 41,722 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Walter Rand (incumbent) | 24,784 | 68.3% | 2.3 | |
Republican | Mary Jo Tate | 11,477 | 31.7% | 2.3 | |
Total votes | 36,261 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Lee B. Laskin (incumbent) | 31,162 | 53.2% | 10.1 | |
Democratic | Maria Barnaby Greenwald | 27,444 | 46.8% | 10.1 | |
Total votes | 58,606 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Catherine A. Costa (incumbent) | 27,244 | 63.4% | 0.3 | |
Republican | James A. Bristow | 15,745 | 36.6% | 0.3 | |
Total votes | 42,989 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | C. William Haines (incumbent) | 28,731 | 66.5% | 5.2 | |
Democratic | James B. Smith | 14,444 | 33.5% | 5.2 | |
Total votes | 43,175 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Leonard T. Connors (incumbent) | 35,456 | 64.0% | 0.7 | |
Democratic | Joan M. Tredy | 19,964 | 36.0% | 0.7 | |
Total votes | 55,420 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John F. Russo (incumbent) | 30,655 | 58.4% | 4.9 | |
Republican | Tom Blomquist | 21,876 | 41.6% | 4.9 | |
Total votes | 52,531 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Frank Pallone (incumbent) | 28,223 | 60.1% | 9.7 | |
Republican | Gerri Chappell Popkin | 18,751 | 39.9% | 8.6 | |
Total votes | 46,974 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | S. Thomas Gagliano (incumbent) | 31,188 | 67.6% | 16.7 | |
Democratic | Bernard B. Finan | 14,965 | 32.4% | 16.7 | |
Total votes | 46,153 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard Van Wagner (incumbent) | 24,155 | 51.0% | 3.1 | |
Republican | Joseph Azzolina | 23,244 | 49.0% | 3.1 | |
Total votes | 47,399 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Francis J. McManimon (incumbent) | 30,873 | 64.2% | 0.7 | |
Republican | Michael S. Richmond | 17,222 | 35.8% | 0.7 | |
Total votes | 48,095 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Gerald R. Stockman (incumbent) | 29,747 | 71.0% | 3.7 | |
Republican | Norbert E. Donelly | 12,132 | 29.0% | 3.7 | |
Total votes | 41,879 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John H. Ewing (incumbent) | 28,433 | 70.7% | 3.3 | |
Democratic | Frank M. Reskin | 11,764 | 29.3% | 3.3 | |
Total votes | 40,197 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John A. Lynch Jr. (incumbent) | 18,585 | 63.4% | 1.9 | |
Republican | James J. Spera | 10,729 | 36.6% | 1.9 | |
Total votes | 29,314 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Thomas H. Paterniti | 30,790 | 59.2% | 12.5 | |
Republican | Peter P. Garibaldi (incumbent) | 21,253 | 40.8% | 7.1 | |
Total votes | 52,043 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Laurence S. Weiss (incumbent) | 25,997 | 58.3% | 0.7 | |
Republican | John G. O’Sullivan | 18,570 | 41.7% | 0.7 | |
Total votes | 44,567 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Raymond Lesniak (incumbent) | 23,183 | 100.00% | 35.5 | |
Total votes | 23,183 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | C. Louis Bassano (incumbent) | 28,663 | 53.8% | 3.3 | |
Democratic | Anthony E. Russo | 24,656 | 46.2% | 3.3 | |
Total votes | 53,319 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Donald DiFrancesco (incumbent) | 27,502 | 67.5% | 0.9 | |
Democratic | Thomas J. Gartland | 13,267 | 32.5% | 0.9 | |
Total votes | 40,769 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dick Zimmer (incumbent) | 27,699 | 100.00% | 19.1 | |
Total votes | 27,699 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Wayne Dumont | 34,617 | 100.0% | 24.4 | |
Total votes | 34,617 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John H. Dorsey (incumbent) | 20,463 | 52.7% | 12.7 | |
Democratic | Gordon MacInnes | 18,381 | 47.3% | 12.7 | |
Total votes | 38,844 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Leanna Brown (incumbent) | 25,260 | 74.1% | 5.9 | |
Democratic | Helen Litwin | 8,839 | 25.9% | 5.9 | |
Total votes | 34,099 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard Codey (incumbent) | 17,064 | 76.4% | 1.2 | |
Republican | Felix (Phil) Graziano | 5,270 | 23.6% | 1.2 | |
Total votes | 22,334 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ronald Rice (incumbent) | 10,327 | 77.3% | 3.2 | |
Republican | Michael J. Volk | 3,040 | 22.7% | 11.5 | |
Total votes | 13,367 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Wynona M. Lipman (incumbent) | 10,678 | 100.0% | 14.5 | |
Total votes | 10,678 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Carmen A. Orechio (incumbent) | 20,949 | 50.1% | 3.7 | |
Republican | Thomas P. Zampino | 18,455 | 44.2% | 0.0 | |
Independent | John W. Kinder | 2,371 | 5.7% | N/A | |
Total votes | 41,775 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Edward T. O'Connor Jr. (incumbent) | 22,980 | 78.1% | 2.6 | |
Republican | William V. Connelly | 6,437 | 21.9% | 2.6 | |
Total votes | 29,417 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Thomas F. Cowan (incumbent) | 27,065 | 66.4% | 2.6 | |
Republican | Charles J. Catrillo | 13,241 | 32.5% | 0.1 | |
Politicians Are Crooks | Herbert H. Shaw | 451 | 1.1% | 2.5 | |
Total votes | 40,757 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Christopher Jackman (incumbent) | 19,944 | 60.6% | 5.9 | |
Republican | Ronald Dario | 12,668 | 38.5% | 5.0 | |
"Pride-Responsibility" | Hector Morales | 282 | 0.9% | N/A | |
Total votes | 32,894 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Joseph Bubba (incumbent) | 24,622 | 53.9% | 2.9 | |
Democratic | Donald P. Hetchka | 21,053 | 46.1% | 2.9 | |
Total votes | 45,675 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Frank X. Graves Jr. (incumbent) | 21,793 | 100.00% | 25.7 | |
Total votes | 21,793 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Gabriel M. Ambrosio (incumbent) | 22,746 | 51.2% | 8.4 | |
Republican | Kathleen A. Donovan | 21,716 | 48.8% | 8.4 | |
Total votes | 44,462 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Matthew Feldman (incumbent) | 31,342 | 66.6% | 2.3 | |
Republican | Shel Haas | 15,731 | 33.4% | 2.3 | |
Total votes | 47,073 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Paul Contillo (incumbent) | 23,574 | 52.6% | 1.9 | |
Republican | Louis F. Kosco | 21,206 | 47.4% | 1.9 | |
Total votes | 44,780 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald Cardinale (incumbent) | 31,585 | 67.1% | 15.9 | |
Democratic | Louis B. Redisch | 15,499 | 32.9% | 15.9 | |
Total votes | 47,084 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Henry McNamara | 29,365 | 71.9% | 3.2 | |
Democratic | Terry R. Driller | 11,453 | 28.1% | 3.2 | |
Total votes | 40,818 | 100.00% |
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