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The 2007 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 4.
The election took place midway through Jon Corzine's term as Governor of New Jersey. Democrats gained an additional seat by winning two Republican seats in South Jersey, though one-term Senator Ellen Karcher lost re-election to Jennifer Beck. The Democratic gains in South Jersey laid the groundwork for a transfer of power within the Democratic Party, culminating in Steve Sweeney's election as Senate President midway through the 2008–12 term. [1]
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jeff Van Drew | 28,240 | 55.7% | N/A | |
Republican | Nicholas Asselta (incumbent) | 22,469 | 44.3% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 50,709 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jim Whelan | 27,913 | 57.1% | ![]() | |
Republican | Sonny McCullough (incumbent) | 21,013 | 42.9% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 48,926 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Stephen M. Sweeney | 29,908 | 57.3% | ![]() | |
Republican | Mark Cimino | 20,645 | 39.6% | ![]() | |
Get a Grip | William F. Mead | 1,635 | 3.1% | N/A | |
Total votes | 52,188 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Fred Madden (incumbent) | 21,395 | 59.8% | ![]() | |
Republican | Shelley Lovett | 14,364 | 40.2% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 35,759 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Dana Redd | 16,918 | 62.9% | ![]() | |
Republican | Hans Berg | 9,983 | 37.1% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 26,901 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John H. Adler (incumbent) | 25,737 | 61.9% | ![]() | |
Republican | Joseph A. Adolf | 15,846 | 38.1% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 41,583 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Diane Allen (incumbent) | 23,185 | 55.6% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Richard S. Dennison Jr. | 18,511 | 44.4% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 41,696 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Phil Haines | 28,148 | 60.9% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Francis L. Bodine | 18,066 | 39.1% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 46,214 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Christopher J. Connors | 35,504 | 62.3% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Russell K. Corby | 21,524 | 37.7% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 57,028 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Andrew R. Ciesla (incumbent) | 30,164 | 62.9% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Britta Forsberg Wenzel | 15,712 | 32.8% | ![]() | |
Libertarian | Jim Miller | 2,042 | 4.3% | N/A | |
Total votes | 47,918 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Sean T. Kean | 28,403 | 63.3% | ![]() | |
Democratic | John A. Villapiano | 16,465 | 36.7% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 44,868 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Jennifer Beck | 26,743 | 53.9% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Ellen Karcher (incumbent) | 22,844 | 46.1% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 49,587 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joe Kyrillos (incumbent) | 25,119 | 60.7% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Leonard L. Inzerillo | 16,267 | 39.3% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 41,386 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Bill Baroni | 33,207 | 62.3% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Seema Singh | 20,081 | 37.7% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 53,288 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Shirley K. Turner (incumbent) | 20,100 | 62.8% | ![]() | |
Republican | Bob Martin | 11,924 | 37.2% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 32,024 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Kip Bateman | 27,846 | 61.6% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Wayne G. Fox | 17,378 | 38.4% | N/A | |
Total votes | 45,224 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Bob Smith (incumbent) | 16,898 | 61.7% | ![]() | |
Republican | John Costello | 10,506 | 38.3% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 27,404 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Barbara Buono (incumbent) | 21,365 | 62.4% | ![]() | |
Republican | Daniel H. Brown | 12,896 | 37.6% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 34,261 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Joe Vitale (incumbent) | 18,864 | 66.4% | ![]() | |
Republican | Donald H. Nelsen Jr. | 9,557 | 33.6% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 28,421 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Raymond Lesniak (incumbent) | 9,760 | 58.7% | ![]() | |
Republican | Linda Gaglione | 4,478 | 26.9% | ![]() | |
Clean Up Government | Stanley J. Moskal | 2,387 | 14.4% | N/A | |
Total votes | 16,625 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Thomas H. Kean Jr. (incumbent) | 29,795 | 59.7% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Gina Genovese | 20,092 | 40.3% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 49,887 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nicholas Scutari (incumbent) | 14,711 | 56.9% | ![]() | |
Republican | Rose McConnell | 11,139 | 43.1% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 25,850 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Leonard Lance (incumbent) | 32,198 | 67.0% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Harvey Baron | 13,124 | 27.3% | ![]() | |
For State Senate | Daniel Z. Seyler | 2,763 | 5.7% | N/A | |
Total votes | 48,085 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Steve Oroho | 31,143 | 69.5% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Edwin C. Selby | 13,694 | 30.5% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 44,837 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Anthony R. Bucco (incumbent) | 23,754 | 61.5% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Frank Herbert | 14,881 | 38.5% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 38,635 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joe Pennacchio | 26,567 | 66.4% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Wasim A. Khan | 13,442 | 33.6% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 40,009 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Richard Codey (incumbent) | 23,631 | 78.8% | ![]() | |
Republican | Joseph A. Fischer | 6,368 | 21.2% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 29,999 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Ronald Rice (incumbent) | 12,821 | 77.0% | ![]() | |
Republican | Herbert Glenn | 3,838 | 23.0% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 16,659 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Teresa Ruiz (incumbent) | 10,816 | 57.2% | ![]() | |
"The People's Choice" | Luis A. Quintana | 3,687 | 19.5% | N/A | |
Independent-Experienced-Unbossed | William D. Payne | 3,653 | 19.3% | N/A | |
Republican | Al-Samar Douglas | 547 | 2.9% | N/A | |
Pro Life Conservative | Dick Hester | 123 | 0.7% | N/A | |
Socialist Workers | Sara J. Lobman | 96 | 0.5% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 18,922 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Robert Singer (incumbent) | 23,072 | 61.6% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Steven Morlino | 14,365 | 38.4% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 37,437 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Sandra Bolden Cunningham | 10,821 | 87.7% | ![]() | |
Eliminate Primary Elections | Louis Vernotico | 1,511 | 12.3% | N/A | |
Total votes | 12,332 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nicholas Sacco (incumbent) | 16,780 | 82.8% | ![]() | |
Republican | John Pluchino | 3,474 | 17.2% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 20,254 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Brian P. Stack | 20,313 | 100.0% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 20,313 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Nia Gill (incumbent) | 17,178 | 100.0% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 17,178 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John A. Girgenti | 14,265 | 100.0% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 14,265 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Michael A. Guarino | 11,317 | 43.2% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 26,212 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Loretta Weinberg (incumbent) | 24,118 | 75.3% | ![]() | |
Republican | Clara S. Nibot | 7,924 | 24.7% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 32,042 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert M. Gordon | 22,351 | 59.9% | ![]() | |
Republican | Robert Colletti | 14,949 | 40.1% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 37,300 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Gerald Cardinale (incumbent) | 27,623 | 55.4% | ![]() | |
Democratic | Joseph Ariyan | 22,272 | 44.6% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 48,895 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Kevin J. O'Toole | 26,214 | 66.2% | ![]() | |
Democratic | John Zunic | 13,395 | 33.8% | ![]() | |
Total votes | 39,609 | 100.0% |
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Senate Democrats emerged from a Statehouse meeting room a few minutes ago, saying Sen. Steve Sweeney (D-Gloucester) has been voted Senate president, replacing Richard Codey, the Essex County Democrat who long led the Senate's Democratic caucus. Codey left the second-floor caucus room at 2:50 p.m. and made only a brief comment to reporters waiting outside.