1989 New Jersey General Assembly election

1989 New Jersey General Assembly election

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All 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Joe Doria Chuck Hardwick (stepped down) Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 31st 21st Last election 38 42 Seats before 39 41 Seats won 44 36 Seat change 5 5
Results:      Democratic gain      Democratic hold     Republican hold
Speaker before election Chuck Hardwick Republican Elected Speaker Joe Doria Democratic

The 1989 New Jersey General Assembly election was held on November 7, 1989.

The elections coincided with Jim Florio's landslide election as Governor of New Jersey. As a result, Democrats won back the Assembly for the first time since 1983. Democrats flipped one seat in districts 2, 10, 11, 21, and 34.

Incumbents not running for re-election

Democratic

• Dennis L. Riley (District 4) (lost party support)
• Alan Karcher (District 19) (ran for Governor)

Republican

• John T. Hendrickson Jr. (District 9) (resigned September 1)
• Joseph A. Palaia (District 11) (ran for State Senate)
• Peter J. Genova (District 21) (stepped aside after running mate lost gubernatorial primary ^[1] )

Summary of races

Voters in each legislative district elect two members to the New Jersey General Assembly.

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected	Party
1st Legislative District	Frank LoBiondo		Rep	Frank LoBiondo		Rep
	Edward H. Salmon		Dem	Edward H. Salmon		Dem
2nd Legislative District	J. Edward Kline		Rep	Fred Scerni		Dem
	Dolores G. Cooper		Rep	Dolores G. Cooper		Rep
3rd Legislative District	Jack Collins		Rep	Jack Collins		Rep
	Gary Stuhltrager		Rep	Gary Stuhltrager		Rep
4th Legislative District	Anthony S. Marsella		Dem	Anthony S. Marsella		Dem
	Dennis L. Riley		Dem	Ann A. Mullen		Dem
5th Legislative District	Joseph J. Roberts [a]		Dem	Joseph J. Roberts		Dem
	Wayne R. Bryant		Dem	Wayne R. Bryant		Dem
6th Legislative District	John A. Rocco		Rep	John A. Rocco		Rep
	Thomas J. Shusted		Rep	Thomas J. Shusted		Rep
7th Legislative District	Barbara Kalik		Dem	Barbara Kalik		Dem
	Thomas P. Foy		Dem	Thomas P. Foy		Dem
8th Legislative District	Harold L. Colburn Jr.		Rep	Harold L. Colburn Jr.		Rep
	Robert C. Shinn Jr.		Rep	Robert C. Shinn Jr.		Rep
9th Legislative District	Vacant [b]			Christopher Connors		Rep
	Jeffrey Moran		Rep	Jeffrey Moran		Rep
10th Legislative District	John Paul Doyle		Dem	John Paul Doyle		Dem
	Robert Singer		Rep	Marlene Lynch Ford		Dem
11th Legislative District	Joseph A. Palaia		Rep	Daniel P. Jacobson		Dem
	John Villapiano		Dem	John Villapiano		Dem
12th Legislative District	Clare Farragher		Rep	Clare Farragher		Rep
	Michael Arnone		Rep	Michael Arnone		Rep
13th Legislative District	Joe Kyrillos		Rep	Joe Kyrillos		Rep
	Joann H. Smith		Rep	Joann H. Smith		Rep
14th Legislative District	Joseph D. Patero		Dem	Joseph D. Patero		Dem
	Anthony Cimino		Dem	Anthony Cimino		Dem
15th Legislative District	John S. Watson		Dem	John S. Watson		Dem
	Gerald S. Naples		Dem	Gerald S. Naples		Dem
16th Legislative District	Walter J. Kavanaugh		Rep	Walter J. Kavanaugh		Rep
	John S. Penn		Rep	John S. Penn		Rep
17th Legislative District	David C. Schwartz		Dem	David C. Schwartz		Dem
	Bob Smith		Dem	Bob Smith		Dem
18th Legislative District	George A. Spadoro		Dem	George A. Spadoro		Dem
	Frank M. Pelly		Dem	Frank M. Pelly		Dem
19th Legislative District	George Otlowski		Dem	George Otlowski		Dem
	Alan Karcher		Dem	Jim McGreevey		Dem
20th Legislative District	Thomas J. Deverin		Dem	Thomas J. Deverin		Dem
	George Hudak		Dem	George Hudak		Dem
21st Legislative District	Chuck Hardwick		Rep	Chuck Hardwick		Rep
	Peter J. Genova		Rep	Neil M. Cohen		Dem
22nd Legislative District	Bob Franks		Rep	Bob Franks		Rep
	Maureen Ogden		Rep	Maureen Ogden		Rep
23rd Legislative District	Bill Schluter [c]		Rep	Bill Schluter		Rep
	Dick Kamin [d]		Rep	Dick Kamin		Rep
24th Legislative District	Robert E. Littell		Rep	Robert E. Littell		Rep
	Chuck Haytaian		Rep	Chuck Haytaian		Rep
25th Legislative District	Rodney Frelinghuysen		Rep	Rodney Frelinghuysen		Rep
	Arthur R. Albohn		Rep	Arthur R. Albohn		Rep
26th Legislative District	Robert J. Martin		Rep	Robert J. Martin		Rep
	Alex DeCroce [e]		Rep	Alex DeCroce		Rep
27th Legislative District	Harry A. McEnroe		Dem	Harry A. McEnroe		Dem
	Mildred Barry Garvin		Dem	Stephanie R. Bush		Dem
28th Legislative District	Michael Adubato		Dem	Michael Adubato		Dem
	James Zangari		Dem	James Zangari		Dem
29th Legislative District	Willie B. Brown		Dem	Willie B. Brown		Dem
	Eugene H. Thompson		Dem	Jackie Mattison		Dem
30th Legislative District	John V. Kelly		Rep	John V. Kelly		Rep
	Marion Crecco		Rep	Marion Crecco		Rep
31st Legislative District	Joe Doria		Dem	Joe Doria		Dem
	Joseph Charles		Dem	Joseph Charles		Dem
32nd Legislative District	Anthony Impreveduto		Dem	Anthony Impreveduto		Dem
	David C. Kronick		Dem	David C. Kronick		Dem
33rd Legislative District	Bernard Kenny		Dem	Bernard Kenny		Dem
	Bob Menendez		Dem	Bob Menendez		Dem
34th Legislative District	Gerald Zecker		Rep	Gerald Zecker		Rep
	Newton E. Miller		Rep	Joseph Mecca		Dem
35th Legislative District	John Girgenti		Dem	John Girgenti		Dem
	Bill Pascrell		Dem	Bill Pascrell		Dem
36th Legislative District	Louis J. Gill		Dem	Louis J. Gill		Dem
	Thomas J. Duch		Dem	Thomas J. Duch		Dem
37th Legislative District	D. Bennett Mazur		Dem	D. Bennett Mazur		Dem
	Byron Baer		Dem	Byron Baer		Dem
38th Legislative District	Pat Schuber		Rep	Pat Schuber		Rep
	Patrick J. Roma		Rep	Patrick J. Roma		Rep
39th Legislative District	John E. Rooney		Rep	John E. Rooney		Rep
	Elizabeth Randall		Rep	Elizabeth Randall		Rep
40th Legislative District	Walter M. D. Kern		Rep	David C. Russo		Rep
	Nicholas Felice		Rep	Nicholas Felice		Rep

1. Roberts won a July 1989 special election to complete the unexpired term of Assemblyman Francis J. Gorman, who resigned due to poor health.
2. Incumbent Assemblyman John T. Hendrickson, who was not seeking re-election, resigned on September 1.
3. Schluter won a July 1989 special election to complete the unexpired term of Assemblyman Dick Zimmer, who was elected to the State Senate.
4. Kamin won an August 1986 special election to complete the unexpired term of Assemblyman Karl Weidel, who resigned to join the Department of Insurance.
5. DeCroce was appointed to complete the unexpired term of Assemblyman Ralph A. Loveys, who resigned to head the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.

Incumbents not running for re-election • Summary of races • District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40

Close races

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

1. District 1, 6.4%
2. District 2, 2.0% gain D
3. District 3, 8.4%
4. District 6, 1.16%
5. District 9, 2.6%
6. District 12, 4.2%
7. District 13, 8.6%
8. District 19, 6.0%
9. District 21, 1.2% gain D
10. District 30, 5.4%
11. District 34, 3.0% gain D
12. District 38, 7.6%

District 1

See also: 1st Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edward H. Salmon	35,715	28.4	2.5
	Republican	Frank A. LoBiondo	32,600	25.9	1.0
	Democratic	Raymond A. Batten	31,193	24.8	1.2
	Republican	Martin L. Pagliughi	26,440	21.0	2.6
Total votes			'125,948'	'100.0'

District 2

See also: 2nd Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dolores G. Cooper	27,736	26.1	6.4
	Democratic	Fred Scerni	26,833	25.2	6.2
	Republican	J. Edward Kline	26,443	24.9	8.4
	Democratic	Mary Ellen Starn	25,351	23.8	8.6
Total votes			'106,363'	'100.0'

District 3

See also: 3rd Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jack Collins	33,680	28.0	1.3
	Republican	Gary W. Stuhltrager	31,526	26.2	0.9
	Democratic	Thomas A. Pankok	27,165	22.6	0.5
	Democratic	Robert P. Wooton	26,351	21.9	1.2
	Independent	James H. Orr, Jr.	1,680	1.4	N/A
Total votes			'120,402'	'100.0'

District 4

See also: 4th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Anthony S. Marsella	36,248	32.2	4.4
	Democratic	Ann A. Mullen	34,967	31.0	3.6
	Republican	Phil Donohue	21,486	19.1	3.4
	Republican	Frank J. Reed III	19,916	17.7	4.6
Total votes			'112,617'	'100.0'

District 5

See also: 5th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Wayne R. Bryant	32,479	37.1	2.2
	Democratic	Joe Roberts	31,906	36.5	2.3
	Republican	Jay L. Scott	11,779	13.5	1.5
	Republican	Raymond R. Groller	11,281	12.9	3.0
Total votes			'87,445'	'100.0'

District 6

See also: 6th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John A. Rocco	33,528	25.7	3.3
	Republican	Thomas J. Shusted	32,459	24.88	3.1
	Democratic	Barbara Berman	32,425	24.86	2.9
	Democratic	Mary Ellen Talbott	32,039	24.6	3.6
Total votes			'130,451'	'100.0'

District 7

See also: 7th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Barbara Faith Kalik	34,280	32.4	2.2
	Democratic	Thomas P. Foy	34,196	32.3	3.1
	Republican	Renee L. Borstad	18,709	17.7	2.3
	Republican	Vincent R. Farias	18,570	17.6	2.9
Total votes			'105,755'	'100.0'

District 8

See also: 8th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Harold L. Colburn	34,090	28.9	4.6
	Republican	Robert C. Shinn, Jr.	34,007	28.8	4.3
	Democratic	Jerome A. Sweeney	25,199	21.4	4.4
	Democratic	Sanford Schneider	24,657	20.9	4.5
Total votes			'117,953'	'100.0'

District 9

See also: 9th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Christopher J. Connors	38,013	25.8	5.9
	Republican	Jeffrey W. Moran	37,604	25.5	5.2
	Democratic	Lawrence J. Williams	35,933	24.4	5.3
	Democratic	Joseph Meglino	35,753	24.3	5.7
Total votes			'147,303'	'100.0'

District 10

See also: 10th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Paul Doyle	39,049	28.2	0.9
	Democratic	Marlene Lynch Ford	36,706	26.5	1.1
	Republican	Robert W. Singer	33,139	24.0	2.0
	Republican	John A. Peterson, Jr.	29,460	21.3	0.0
Total votes			'138,354'	'100.0'

District 11

See also: 11th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John A. Villapiano	36,655	30.6	9.1
	Democratic	Daniel P. Jacobson	30,282	25.2	4.9
	Republican	Paul A. Kapalko	28,100	23.4	4.7
	Republican	Dennis G. Sternberg	24,928	20.8	7.0
Total votes			'119,965'	'100.0'

District 12

See also: 12th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Clare M. Farragher	34,169	26.3	3.5
	Republican	Michael J. Arnone	33,506	25.8	5.9
	Democratic	Lynn Reich	31,515	24.2	4.8
	Democratic	Frank G. Abate	30,842	23.7	4.6
Total votes			'130,032'	'100.0'

District 13

See also: 13th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joseph M. Kyrillos, Jr.	31,934	27.9	1.9
	Republican	Joann H. Smith	30,259	26.4	0.2
	Democratic	Richard A. Cooper	26,391	23.0	0.7
	Democratic	Irvin B. Beaver	25,700	22.4	1.3
	Libertarian	Claudia Montelione	345	0.3	N/A
Total votes			'114,629'	'100.0'

District 14

See also: 14th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Anthony J. “Skip” Cimino	40,784	32.7	2.3
	Democratic	Joseph D. Patero	39,299	31.5	1.4
	Republican	Frank V. Ragazzo	23,620	18.9	1.1
	Republican	Calvin O. Iszard, Jr.	21,118	16.9	2.6
Total votes			'124,821'	'100.0'

District 15

See also: 15th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gerard S. Naples	32,966	33.9	0.7
	Democratic	John S. Watson	32,398	33.3	0.7
	Republican	Sharon H. Rousseau	16,005	16.5	1.0
	Republican	June C. Morreale	15,802	16.3	0.4
Total votes			'97,171'	'100.0'

District 16

See also: 16th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Walter J. Kavanaugh	39,268	32.5	3.3
	Republican	John S. Penn	37,092	30.7	2.8
	Democratic	Nicholas F. Cappuccino	22,651	18.7	3.2
	Democratic	Alfred A. Wicklund	21,799	18.0	2.8
Total votes			'120,810'	'100.0'

District 17

See also: 17th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bob Smith	26,999	33.6	2.4
	Democratic	David C. Schwartz	26,720	33.3	1.4
	Republican	George B. Gore	13,155	16.4	2.2
	Republican	Csilla Soproni	12,270	15.3	2.9
	Time For Change	Joseph F. Scalera III	1,210	1.5	N/A
Total votes			'80,354'	'100.0'

District 18

See also: 18th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frank M. Pelly	39,017	30.3	0.1
	Democratic	George A. Spadoro	38,443	29.9	1.1
	Republican	Cheryl Ann Rickards	25,933	20.2	0.8
	Republican	Charles Eibeler	25,181	19.6	0.3
Total votes			128,574	100.0

District 19

See also: 19th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	James E. McGreevey	27,726	27.7	1.1
	Democratic	George J. Otlowski	25,298	25.3	2.0
	Republican	Randy Corman	23,941	24.0	1.4
	Republican	Emery Z. Toth	22,957	23.0	0.5
Total votes			'99,922'	'100.0'

District 20

See also: 20th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	George Hudak	27,871	35.8	1.4
	Democratic	Thomas J. Deverin	27,848	35.8	2.0
	Republican	Thomas C. Cusmano	10,653	13.7	1.2
	Republican	Jeffrey B. Cohen	10,469	13.5	1.0
	Populist	Kevin F. Brown	973	1.3	N/A
Total votes			'77,814'	'100.0'

District 21

See also: 21st Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Chuck Hardwick	30,795	26.3	4.0
	Democratic	Neil M. Cohen	30,622	26.2	7.1
	Democratic	Brian W. Fahey	28,608	24.4	1.8
	Republican	Ronald J. Frigerio	27,035	23.1	4.9
Total votes			'117,060'	'100.0'

District 22

See also: 22nd Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Maureen Ogden	37,703	31.3	10.2
	Republican	Bob Franks	35,792	29.7	9.3
	Democratic	Peter J. DeCicco	24,007	19.9	0.5
	Democratic	William A. Carrollton	23,021	19.1	N/A
Total votes			'120,523'	'100.0'

District 23

See also: 23rd Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bill Schluter	38,345	40.3	4.0
	Republican	Dick Kamin	36,853	38.7	3.2
	Democratic	Jane L. Weller	20,032	21.0	6.6
Total votes			'95,230'	'100.0'

District 24

See also: 24th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert E. Littell	35,117	33.4	1.5
	Republican	Garabed “Chuck” Haytaian	34,579	32.9	2.9
	Democratic	Timothy P. McCabe	15,301	14.5	0.3
	Democratic	Robert T. Davis	13,585	12.9	2.1
	Reduce Insurance Rates	Frederick P. Cook	6,660	6.3	N/A
Total votes			'105,242'	'100.0'

District 25

See also: 25th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen	33,658	32.8	10.3
	Republican	Arthur R. Albohn	29,645	28.9	7.5
	Democratic	Kathleen Daley	21,029	20.5	N/A
	Democratic	George Stafford	18,290	17.8	2.7
Total votes			102,622	100.0

District 26

See also: 26th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert J. Martin	32,631	32.2	2.2
	Republican	Alex DeCroce	32,583	32.2	1.6
	Democratic	Carlton W. Hansen, Jr.	18,094	17.9	1.5
	Democratic	Fred Liebhauser	17,969	17.7	2.3
Total votes			'101,277'	'100.0'

District 27

See also: 27th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Stephanie R. Bush	26,536	37.1	0.9
	Democratic	Harry A. McEnroe	26,512	37.0	0.5
	Republican	Anthony Benevento	10,531	14.7	1.0
	Republican	Michael Webb	8,035	11.2	1.4
Total votes			'71,614'	'100.0'

District 28

See also: 28th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Michael F. Adubato	17,518	41.5	4.7
	Democratic	James Zangari	16,895	40.0	4.4
	Republican	Michael J. Grier	3,859	9.1	1.6
	Republican	Michael Volk	3,699	8.8	1.1
	Socialist Workers	Ernest M. Mailhot	281	0.7	N/A
Total votes			'42,252'	'100.0'

District 29

See also: 29th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Willie B. Brown	16,786	44.5	1.5
	Democratic	Jackie R. Mattison	15,440	40.9	1.5
	Republican	Kurt A. Culbreath	2,447	6.5	1.3
	Republican	David Blount	2,314	6.1	3.7
	Independent Conservative Radical	Harold J. Young	749	2.0	N/A
Total votes			'37,736'	'100.0'

District 30

See also: 30th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Marion Crecco	28,990	26.5	6.3
	Republican	John V. Kelly	28,690	26.2	7.7
	Democratic	Buddy Fortunato	28,050	25.6	8.4
	Democratic	Ann C. Mega	23,787	21.7	5.5
Total votes			'109,517'	'100.0'

District 31

See also: 31st Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joseph V. Doria, Jr.	33,196	41.2	2.7
	Democratic	Joseph Charles, Jr.	32,384	40.2	1.4
	Republican	James J. Richardson	7,499	9.3	2.9
	Republican	Theresa Lukachyk	7,413	9.2	1.2
Total votes			80,492	100.0

District 32

See also: 32nd Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Anthony Impreveduto	30,047	35.6	3.4
	Democratic	David C. Kronick	28,494	33.7	3.8
	Republican	Guy Catrillo	12,418	14.7	5.3
	Republican	Octavio J. Alfonso	11,975	14.2	2.7
	Car Insurance Stinks	Herbert H. Shaw	1,541	1.8	1.3
Total votes			'84,475'	'100.0'

District 33

See also: 33rd Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bernard F. Kenny, Jr.	24,294	34.4	4.8
	Democratic	Robert Menendez	23,767	33.7	4.7
	Republican	Ann Clark	11,738	16.6	3.6
	Republican	Antonio Miguelez	10,800	15.3	4.6
Total votes			'70,599'	'100.0'

District 34

See also: 34th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joseph A. Mecca	28,564	26.1	2.9
	Republican	Gerald H. Zecker	28,003	25.6	2.0
	Republican	Newton Miller	26,782	24.5	2.5
	Democratic	Robert J. Baran	24,534	22.4	0.3
	Auto Insurance Reform	Edward Schumacher	1,505	1.4	N/A
Total votes			'109,388'	'100.0'

District 35

See also: 35th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John A. Girgenti	24,359	37.0	1.4
	Democratic	William J. Pascrell, Jr.	23,633	35.9	1.6
	Republican	Joaquin Calcines, Jr.	9,093	13.8	2.8
	Republican	Jose L. Moore	8,707	13.2	0.3
Total votes			'65,792'	'100.0'

District 36

See also: 36th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Louis J. Gill	26,871	28.1	0.4
	Democratic	Thomas J. Duch	26,853	28.1	1.0
	Republican	Paul Di Gaetano	22,105	23.1	0.4
	Republican	William Kogut	19,764	20.7	1.0
Total votes			'95,593'	'100.0'

District 37

See also: 37th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Byron Baer	36,657	32.8	1.6
	Democratic	D. Bennett Mazur	35,997	32.2	0.8
	Republican	Anthony J. Cassano	19,552	17.5	1.4
	Republican	Arthur V. Gallagher	19,462	17.4	1.0
Total votes			'111,668'	'100.0'

District 38

See also: 38th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	William P. Schuber	29,652	27.5	0.4
	Republican	Patrick J. Roma	28,264	26.3	1.2
	Democratic	Joseph Cipolla	24,983	23.2	0.9
	Democratic	Greta Kiernan	24,739	23.0	0.7
Total votes			'107,638'	'100.0'

District 39

See also: 39th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Elizabeth E. Randall	36,010	30.1	2.2
	Republican	John E. Rooney	34,271	28.6	2.7
	Democratic	Gus D’Ercole	24,715	20.6	1.9
	Democratic	Robert P. Contillo	24,709	20.6	2.8
Total votes			119,705	100.0

District 40

See also: 40th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1989 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Nicholas R. Felice	33,746	28.9	4.7
	Republican	David C. Russo	33,432	28.6	6.0
	Democratic	Paul Lief Rosengren	25,106	21.5	5.9
	Democratic	Linda Villano	24,438	20.9	5.5
Total votes			'116,722'	'100.0'

References

1. Edge, Wally. "Andrews invokes the Hardwick rule" Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine , PolitickerNJ.com, September 3, 2008. Accessed 24 July 2021.
2. "Candidates for the Office of General Assembly" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2015.