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The 1991 New Jersey General Assembly election was held on November 5, 1991.
The elections took place midway through Jim Florio's term as Governor of New Jersey. As in the State Senate elections, the Republican Party won a historic landslide, gaining 21 seats to win control of both chambers of the state legislature. As of 2025, the Republican Assembly majority of 58 seats is the largest for either party since 1973.
As required, the New Jersey legislature redistricted its state legislative districts in advance of the 1991 election. Redistricting was on balance considered to have favored Republicans. [1]
A centerpiece of the Florio administration's legislative agenda was the passage of a $2.8 billion tax increase. Republicans centered their 1991 campaign on opposition to the increase, as did even some incumbent Democrats, such as Senator Paul Contillo. [1] According to the Florio administration, the tax increase was designed to aid blue-collar workers, who were "also the people most upset by enactment of the taxes." [1]
A strict gun control measure was another major legislative achievement of the Florio administration. The bill's passage led the National Rifle Association of America to spend nearly $250,000 in the 1991 elections targeting candidates in both parties who had voted in favor of the bill and supporting those who pledged to repeal it. [2]
Additionally, several Democrats resigned their seats late in the 1991 campaign to join the Florio administration, including Joseph D. Patero, Edward H. Salmon, Frank M. Pelly.
Voters in each legislative district elect two members to the New Jersey General Assembly.
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 |
Districts where the difference of total votes between the top-two parties was under 10%:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Frank A. LoBiondo (incumbent) | 32,063 | 31.7% | |
Republican | John C. Gibson | 28,402 | 28.1% | |
Democratic | Jennifer R. Lookabaugh | 20,872 | 20.6% | |
Democratic | Raymond A. Batten (incumbent) | 19,803 | 19.6% | |
Total votes | 101,140 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John F. Gaffney | 21,833 | 26.5% | |
Republican | Fredrick P. Nickles | 20,948 | 25.4% | |
Democratic | Fred Scerni (incumbent) | 20,503 | 24.9% | |
Democratic | Tom Foley | 19,095 | 23.2% | |
Total votes | 82,379 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jack Collins (incumbent) | 30,117 | 29.4% | |
Republican | Gary W. Stuhltrager (incumbent) | 29,314 | 28.6% | |
Democratic | Benjamin W. Timberman | 20,241 | 19.8% | |
Democratic | Nancy L. Sungenis | 20,147 | 19.7% | |
Populist | James H. Orr Jr. | 1,354 | 1.3% | |
Populist | Albert S. Fogg, III | 1,302 | 1.3% | |
Total votes | 102,475 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Mary Virginia "Ginny" Weber | 21,262 | 26.2% | |
Republican | George F. Geist | 20,455 | 25.2% | |
Democratic | Ann A. Mullen (incumbent) | 20,143 | 24.8% | |
Democratic | Timothy D. Scaffidi | 19,285 | 23.8% | |
Total votes | 81,145 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Wayne R. Bryant (incumbent) | 24,592 | 32.3% | |
Democratic | Joe Roberts (incumbent) | 24,322 | 31.9% | |
Republican | Walter Jost | 14,124 | 18.5% | |
Republican | Rev. John Randall | 13,197 | 17.3% | |
Total votes | 76,235 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John A. Rocco (incumbent) | 31,533 | 28.5% | |
Republican | Lee A. Solomon (incumbent) | 31,095 | 28.1% | |
Democratic | Lewis “Robbie” Friedner | 24,231 | 21.9% | |
Democratic | Dr. Leonard P. Krivy | 23,920 | 21.6% | |
Total votes | 110,779 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Priscilla B. Anderson | 25,989 | 26.2% | |
Republican | Jose F. Sosa | 25,925 | 26.1% | |
Democratic | Barbara Faith Kalik (incumbent) | 23,953 | 24.2% | |
Democratic | John “Jack” Casey (incumbent) | 23,307 | 23.5% | |
Total votes | 99,174 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Robert C. Shinn (incumbent) | 27,834 | 32.5% | |
Republican | Harold L. Colburn (incumbent) | 27,631 | 32.3% | |
Democratic | James S. Brophy | 15,374 | 18.0% | |
Democratic | Arthur J. Zeichner | 14,726 | 17.2% | |
Total votes | 85,565 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Christopher J. Connors (incumbent) | 41,977 | 34.7% | |
Republican | Jeffrey W. Moran (incumbent) | 41,928 | 34.6% | |
Democratic | Len Morano | 18,821 | 15.5% | |
Democratic | Edward W. Frydendahl Jr. | 18,388 | 15.2% | |
Total votes | 121,114 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Virginia “Ginny” Haines | 35,093 | 31.6% | |
Republican | David W. Wolfe | 34,368 | 30.9% | |
Democratic | Marlene Lynch Ford (incumbent) | 21,384 | 19.2% | |
Democratic | Paul C. Brush | 20,311 | 18.3% | |
Total votes | 111,156 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tom Smith | 27,024 | 25.5% | |
Republican | Steve Corodemus | 26,966 | 25.4% | |
Democratic | John A. Villapiano (incumbent) | 23,703 | 22.4% | |
Democratic | Daniel P. Jacobson (incumbent) | 21,864 | 20.6% | |
Truth in Government | James W. Manning | 3,750 | 3.5% | |
I Represent You | Robert J. Furlong, Sr. | 2,653 | 2.5% | |
Total votes | 105,960 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Michael J. Arnone (incumbent) | 33,772 | 32.0% | |
Republican | Clare M. Farragher (incumbent) | 33,657 | 31.9% | |
Democratic | Michael A. Ferguson | 17,168 | 16.3% | |
Democratic | Arnold Bellush | 16,625 | 15.8% | |
Accountable Independent | James H. Dorn | 1,867 | 1.8% | |
Libertarian | Virginia A. Flynn | 1,396 | 1.3% | |
Libertarian | Donald W. Jamison | 971 | 0.9% | |
Total votes | 105,456 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Joseph M. Kyrillos Jr. (incumbent) | 31,934 | 27.9% | ||
Republican | Joann H. Smith (incumbent) | 30,259 | 26.4% | ||
Democratic | Richard A. Cooper | 26,391 | 23.0% | ||
Democratic | Irvin B. Beaver | 25,700 | 22.4% | ||
Libertarian | Claudia Montelione | 345 | 0.3% | ||
Total votes | '114,629' | '100.0' |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Paul Kramer | 31,944 | 29.1% | ||
Republican | Barbara Wright | 29,655 | 27.0% | ||
Democratic | Anthony J. “Skip” Cimino (incumbent) | 21,537 | 19.6% | ||
Democratic | Peter A. Cantu (incumbent) | 18,168 | 16.6% | ||
Regular Independent Organization | Kevin John Meara | 5,145 | 4.7% | ||
Senior Power | Paul Rizzo | 3,231 | 2.9% | ||
Total votes | 109,680 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Hartmann | 22,091 | 25.2% | |
Democratic | John S. Watson (incumbent) | 18,713 | 21.33% | |
Republican | Channell Wilkins | 18,578 | 21.18% | |
Democratic | Gerard S. Naples (incumbent) | 17,081 | 19.5% | |
Making Government Work | Steven Schlossstein | 5,148 | 5.9% | |
Making Government Work | W. Oliver “Bucky” Leggett | 4,655 | 5.3% | |
Coalition of One | Robert Gunderman | 1,448 | 1.7% | |
Total votes | 87,714 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Walter J. Kavanaugh (incumbent) | 33,849 | 35.5% | |
Republican | John S. Penn (incumbent) | 32,108 | 33.7% | |
Democratic | James C. Walker | 14,940 | 15.7% | |
Democratic | Julia Pepe Cino | 14,365 | 15.1% | |
Total votes | 95,262 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Bob Smith (incumbent) | 17,206 | 26.1% | |
Democratic | Jerry Green | 16,449 | 24.9% | |
Republican | Barbara “Bobbie” Weigel | 15,165 | 23.0% | |
Republican | Frank A. Santoro | 14,827 | 22.5% | |
Equal Justice Committee | Moses Williams | 818 | 1.2% | |
Populist | Al Olszewski | 759 | 1.2% | |
The People's Voice | Joseph S. Ginn | 728 | 1.1% | |
Total votes | 65,952 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Harriet Derman | 30,946 | 29.6% | |
Republican | Jeff Warsh | 29,631 | 28.4% | |
Democratic | George A. Spadoro (incumbent) | 22,132 | 21.2% | |
Democratic | Michael Baker (incumbent) | 21,674 | 20.8% | |
Total votes | 104,383 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Stephen A. Mikulak | 24,761 | 27.8% | |
Republican | Ernest L. Oros | 23,908 | 26.8% | |
Democratic | Thomas J. Deverin | 20,673 | 23.2% | |
Democratic | Jay Ziznewski | 19,774 | 22.2% | |
Total votes | 89,116 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | George Hudak (incumbent) | 15,032 | 26.7% | |
Democratic | Tom Dunn | 14,442 | 25.7% | |
Republican | Richard E. Hunt | 13,555 | 24.1% | |
Republican | Philip G. Gentile | 13,188 | 23.5% | |
Total votes | 56,217 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Maureen Ogden (incumbent) | 34,282 | 32.4% | |
Republican | Monroe Jay Lustbader | 33,914 | 32.1% | |
Democratic | Neil M. Cohen (incumbent) | 20,460 | 19.3% | |
Democratic | Frank Covello | 15,928 | 15.1% | |
Populist | Bill Ciccone | 1,212 | 1.1% | |
Total votes | 105,796 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bob Franks (incumbent) | 37,087 | 37.9% | |
Republican | Richard H. Bagger | 36,704 | 37.5% | |
Democratic | Edward Kahn | 12,241 | 12.5% | |
Democratic | Richard Kress | 11,900 | 12.2% | |
Total votes | 97,932 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Garabed “Chuck” Haytaian (incumbent) | 31,372 | 32.8% | |
Republican | Leonard Lance | 28,879 | 30.2% | |
Democratic | Rosemarie A. Albanese | 14,621 | 15.3% | |
Democratic | Diane Bowman | 12,278 | 12.8% | |
Citizen Not Politician | Charles D. Meyer | 5,163 | 5.4% | |
Reduce Insurance Rates | Frederick P. Cook | 2,373 | 2.5% | |
Populist | Joseph J. Notarangelo | 919 | 1.0% | |
Total votes | 95,605 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | E. Scott Garrett (incumbent) | 31,174 | 39.6% | |
Republican | Dick Kamin (incumbent) | 30,944 | 39.3% | |
Democratic | Michael J. Larose | 13,106 | 16.7% | |
Populist | Stuart Bacha | 1,957 | 2.5% | |
Populist | Compton C. Pakenham | 1,523 | 1.9% | |
Total votes | 78,704 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (incumbent) | 31,792 | 37.2% | |
Republican | Arthur R. Albohn (incumbent) | 29,461 | 34.5% | |
Democratic | Ann Avram Huber | 12,822 | 15.0% | |
Democratic | Marc N. Pindus | 11,405 | 13.3% | |
Total votes | 85,480 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Robert J. Martin (incumbent) | 32,337 | 37.6% | |
Republican | Alex DeCroce (incumbent) | 32,303 | 37.6% | |
Democratic | Patricia Pilson Scott | 10,363 | 12.1% | |
Democratic | Jerry Vitiello | 9,809 | 11.4% | |
Populist | Richard Hrazanek | 1,078 | 1.3% | |
Total votes | 85,890 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Stephanie R. Bush | 18,308 | 38.0% | |
Democratic | Robert L. Brown | 17,614 | 36.6% | |
Republican | Dorcas O’Neal-Williams | 9,976 | 20.7% | |
Direct Representative | Daniel L. Tindall Jr. | 2,247 | 4.7% | |
Total votes | 48,145 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harry McEnroe (incumbent) | 14,892 | 33.3% | |
Democratic | James Zangari (incumbent) | 14,470 | 32.4% | |
Republican | Phyllis C. Cedola | 6,933 | 15.5% | |
Republican | Consiglia Amato-DeMeo | 6,903 | 15.5% | |
Socialist Workers | Al Duncan | 762 | 1.7% | |
Socialist Workers | Marlene Karen Kopperud | 694 | 1.6% | |
Total votes | 44,654 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Willie B. Brown (incumbent) | 12,519 | 36.4% | |
Democratic | Jackie R. Mattison | 11,687 | 34.0% | |
Republican | Janie R. Thomas | 4,008 | 11.7% | |
Republican | Kurt A. Culbreath | 3,799 | 11.1% | |
Proven Leadership | Delores W. Battle | 1,720 | 5.0% | |
Socialist Workers | Don Mackle | 362 | 1.1% | |
Socialist Workers | Jason Redrup | 274 | 0.8% | |
Total votes | 34,369 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Robert W. Singer | 27,704 | 34.6% | |
Republican | Melvin Cottrell | 26,553 | 33.1% | |
Democratic | Ralph Adinolfe | 13,070 | 16.3% | |
Democratic | Michael G. Tamn | 12,804 | 16.0% | |
Total votes | 80,131 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joseph V. Doria Jr. (incumbent) | 17,189 | 28.8% | |
Democratic | Joseph Charles Jr. (incumbent) | 17,047 | 28.5% | |
Republican | Michael D. Webb | 12,881 | 21.6% | |
Republican | James Patrick White | 12,596 | 21.1% | |
Total votes | 59,713 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Anthony Impreveduto (incumbent) | 20,911 | 29.0% | |
Democratic | David Kronick (incumbent) | 19,764 | 27.5% | |
Republican | Robert MacMillan | 14,536 | 20.2% | |
Republican | Gaston Delgado | 14,145 | 19.6% | |
Politicians Are Crooks | Edith M. Shaw | 1,360 | 1.9% | |
Politicians Are Crooks | Vivian L. Shaw | 1,278 | 1.8% | |
Total votes | 71,994 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Bernard F. Kenny Jr. (incumbent) | 18,522 | 34.5% | |
Democratic | Louis A. Romano | 18,220 | 33.9% | |
Republican | Antonio Miguelez | 8,558 | 15.9% | |
Republican | A. Lazaro Guas | 8,435 | 15.7% | |
Total votes | 53,735 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Gerald H. Zecker (incumbent) | 32,153 | 34.3% | |
Republican | Marion Crecco (incumbent) | 32,014 | 34.1% | |
Democratic | Sabina O’Brien | 14,914 | 15.9% | |
Democratic | Victor Rabbat | 14,791 | 15.8% | |
Total votes | 93,872 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | William J. Pascrell Jr. (incumbent) | 17,394 | 28.8% | |
Republican | Frank Catania (incumbent) | 14,894 | 24.7% | |
Democratic | Eli M. Burgos | 14,266 | 23.6% | |
Republican | Martin G. Barnes | 13,848 | 22.9% | |
Total votes | 60,402 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John V. Kelly | 24,356 | 30.1% | |
Republican | Paul DiGaetano | 23,819 | 29.5% | |
Democratic | Alfred R. Restaino | 16,366 | 20.2% | |
Democratic | Louis J. Gill (incumbent) | 16,310 | 20.2% | |
Total votes | 80,851 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | D. Bennett Mazur (incumbent) | 23,456 | 26.1% | |
Democratic | Byron Baer (incumbent) | 23,308 | 25.9% | |
Republican | John R. Smith | 20,601 | 22.9% | |
Republican | Harvey Salb | 19,955 | 22.2% | |
Independent Party | Joseph Marino | 1,417 | 1.6% | |
Independent Party | John Gramuglia | 1,270 | 1.4% | |
Total votes | 90,007 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Patrick J. Roma (incumbent) | 31,958 | 32.0% | |
Republican | Rose Marie Heck (incumbent) | 28,552 | 28.6% | |
Democratic | Frank Biasco | 19,816 | 19.9% | |
Democratic | Thomas J. Duch | 19,398 | 19.5% | |
Total votes | 99,724 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Charlotte Vandervalk (incumbent) | 40,864 | 41.7% | |
Republican | John E. Rooney (incumbent) | 37,573 | 38.3% | |
Democratic | Andrew Vaccaro | 16,609 | 17.0% | |
Populist | Patricia Rainsford | 1,498 | 1.5% | |
Populist | Robert Reiss | 1,440 | 1.5% | |
Total votes | 97,984 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Nicholas R. Felice (incumbent) | 36,573 | 38.3% | |
Republican | David C. Russo (incumbent) | 35,650 | 37.4% | |
Democratic | William J. Branagh | 11,741 | 12.3% | |
Democratic | Martin Etler | 11,459 | 12.0% | |
Total votes | 95,423 | 100.0 |