2011 New Jersey Senate election

2011 New Jersey Senate elections

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All 40 seats in the New Jersey State Senate 21 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Steve Sweeney Thomas Kean Jr. Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 3rd (West Deptford) 21st (Westfield) Last election 23 17 Seats before 24 16 Seats won 24 16 Seat change Popular vote 677,435 645,569 Percentage 51.1% 48.7%
Results by district      Democratic hold      Republican hold
Senate President before election Steve Sweeney Democratic Elected Senate President Steve Sweeney Democratic

The 2011 New Jersey Senate election was held on November 4. The election took place midway through Chris Christie's first term as Governor of New Jersey. No seats changed hands, though Democrats had gained one seat in a 2010 special election with Linda Greenstein's victory over Tom Goodwin.

This was the first election under maps drawn after the 2010 census. Three incumbents retired from the Senate including Sean Kean, who was redistricted into Jennifer Beck's district and ran for Assembly rather than challenge her.

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

Incumbents not running for re-election

Democratic

• John Girgenti (District 35)

Republican

• Andrew Ciesla (District 10)
• Sean T. Kean (District 11) (ran for Assembly)

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Ballotpedia [1]	Lean D	October 31, 2011

Summary of results by State Senate district

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1st Legislative District	Jeff Van Drew		Dem	Jeff Van Drew		Dem
2nd Legislative District	Jim Whelan		Dem	Jim Whelan		Dem
3rd Legislative District	Steve Sweeney		Dem	Steve Sweeney		Dem
4th Legislative District	Fred Madden		Dem	Fred Madden		Dem
5th Legislative District	Donald Norcross [a]		Dem	Donald Norcross		Dem
6th Legislative District	James Beach [b]		Dem	James Beach		Dem
7th Legislative District	Diane Allen		Rep	Diane Allen		Rep
8th Legislative District	Dawn Addiego [c]		Rep	Dawn Addiego		Rep
9th Legislative District	Christopher Connors		Rep	Christopher Connors		Rep
10th Legislative District	Andrew R. Ciesla		Rep	Jim Holzapfel		Rep
11th Legislative District	Sean T. Kean		Rep	Jennifer Beck		Rep
12th Legislative District	Jennifer Beck [d]		Rep	Samuel D. Thompson		Rep
13th Legislative District	Joe Kyrillos		Rep	Joe Kyrillos		Rep
14th Legislative District	Linda Greenstein [e]		Dem	Linda Greenstein		Dem
15th Legislative District	Shirley Turner		Dem	Shirley Turner		Dem
16th Legislative District	Kip Bateman		Rep	Kip Bateman		Rep
17th Legislative District	Bob Smith		Dem	Bob Smith		Dem
18th Legislative District	Barbara Buono		Dem	Barbara Buono		Dem
19th Legislative District	Joe Vitale		Dem	Joe Vitale		Dem
20th Legislative District	Raymond Lesniak		Dem	Raymond Lesniak		Dem
21st Legislative District	Tom Kean Jr.		Rep	Tom Kean Jr.		Rep
22nd Legislative District	Nicholas Scutari		Dem	Nicholas Scutari		Dem
23rd Legislative District	Michael Doherty [f]		Rep	Michael Doherty		Rep
24th Legislative District	Steve Oroho		Rep	Steve Oroho		Rep
25th Legislative District	Anthony Bucco		Rep	Anthony Bucco		Rep
26th Legislative District	Joe Pennacchio		Rep	Joe Pennacchio		Rep
27th Legislative District	Richard Codey		Dem	Richard Codey		Dem
28th Legislative District	Ronald Rice		Dem	Ronald Rice		Dem
29th Legislative District	Teresa Ruiz		Dem	Teresa Ruiz		Dem
30th Legislative District	Robert W. Singer		Rep	Robert W. Singer		Rep
31st Legislative District	Sandra Bolden Cunningham		Dem	Sandra Bolden Cunningham		Dem
32nd Legislative District	Nicholas Sacco		Dem	Nicholas Sacco		Dem
33rd Legislative District	Brian Stack		Dem	Brian Stack		Dem
34th Legislative District	Nia Gill		Dem	Nia Gill		Dem
35th Legislative District	John Girgenti		Dem	Nellie Pou		Dem
36th Legislative District	Paul Sarlo		Dem	Paul Sarlo		Dem
37th Legislative District	Loretta Weinberg		Dem	Loretta Weinberg		Dem
38th Legislative District	Robert M. Gordon		Dem	Robert M. Gordon		Dem
39th Legislative District	Gerald Cardinale		Rep	Gerald Cardinale		Rep
40th Legislative District	Kevin O'Toole		Rep	Kevin O'Toole		Rep

1. Norcross was appointed to the seat after Senator Dana Redd resigned to become mayor of Camden.
2. Beach was appointed to the seat after Senator John Adler resigned to take his seat in the United States House of Representatives.
3. Addiego was appointed after Senator Phil Haines resigned to take a seat on the New Jersey Superior Court.
4. Redistricted to District 11.
5. Greenstein won a special election to complete the unexpired term of Senator Bill Baroni, who resigned to become Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority. She defeated interim Senator Tom Goodwin.
6. Doherty won a special election to complete the unexpired term of Senator Leonard Lance, who resigned to take his seat in the United States House of Representatives. He defeated interim Senator Marcia Karrow in the Republican primary.

Close races

1. District 38, 6.07%
2. District 2, 6.83%
3. District 1, 8.15%
4. District 16, 9.30%

District 1

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Van Drew	24,557	54.1
	Republican	David S. DeWeese	20,857	45.9
Total votes			45,414	100.0

District 2

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Whelan	24,075	53.4
	Republican	Vince Polistina	20,997	46.6
Total votes			45,072	100.0

District 3

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephen M. Sweeney	25,299	55.6
	Republican	Michael M. Mulligan	20,197	44.4
Total votes			45,496	100.0

District 4

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fred H. Madden	23,868	62.1
	Republican	Giancarlo D'Orazio	14,569	37.9
Total votes			38,437	100.0

District 5

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald W. Norcross	17,712	56.8
	Republican	Keith Walker	13,444	43.2
Total votes			31,156	100.0

District 6

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Beach	25,297	62.1
	Republican	Phil Mitsch	15,415	37.9
Total votes			40,712	100.0

District 7

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Diane Allen	27,011	57.0
	Democratic	Gail Cook	20,370	43.0
Total votes			47,381	100.0

District 8

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dawn Marie Addiego	22,396	100.0
Total votes			22,396	100.0

District 9

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher J. Connors	32,027	64.9
	Democratic	Dorothy A. Ryan	17,320	35.1
Total votes			49,347	100.0

District 10

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Holzapfel	28,675	64.0
	Democratic	Charles P. Tivenan	16,105	36.0
Total votes			44,780	100.0

District 11

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jennifer Beck	20,226	56.6
	Democratic	Raymond Santiago	15,487	43.4
Total votes			35,713	100.0

District 12

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samuel D. Thompson	22,578	59.9
	Democratic	Robert "Bob" Brown	15,125	40.1
Total votes			37,703	100.0

District 13

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Kyrillos, Jr.	24,121	59.9
	Democratic	Christopher G. Cullen	14,785	36.7
	Constitution	Stephen J. Boracchia	556	1.4
	Keep Monmouth Green	Karen Anne Zaletel	519	1.3
	Jobs-Economy-Honesty	Mac Dara F. Lyden	260	0.6
Total votes			40,241	100.0

District 14

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda R. Greenstein	26,206	55.3
	Republican	Richard J. Kanka	21,176	44.7
Total votes			47,382	100.0

District 15

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shirley K. Turner	21,512	66.4
	Republican	Donald J. Cox	10,900	33.6
Total votes			32,412	100.0

District 16

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher "Kip" Bateman	21,040	54.6
	Democratic	Maureen Vella	17,460	45.4
Total votes			38,500	100.0

District 17

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Smith	15,507	64.0
	Republican	Jordan Rickards	8,715	36.0
Total votes			24,222	100.0

District 18

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Buono	19,631	60.1
	Republican	Gloria S. Dittman	13,042	39.9
Total votes			32,673	100.0

District 19

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph F. Vitale	18,623	66.9
	Republican	Paul Lund, Jr.	9,232	33.1
Total votes			27,855	100.0

District 20

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raymond J. Lesniak	12,510	75.5
	Republican	Helen S. Rosales	4,052	24.5
Total votes			16,562	100.0

District 21

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas H. Kean, Jr.	27,750	67.5
	Democratic	Paul Swanicke	13,351	32.5
Total votes			41,101	100.0

District 22

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nicholas Scutari	16,104	61.6
	Republican	Michael W. Class	10,024	38.4
Total votes			26,128	100.0

District 23

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael J. Doherty	21,596	61.3
	Democratic	John Graf, Jr.	12,579	35.7
	For State Senate	Daniel Z. Seyler	1,040	3.0
Total votes			35,215	100.0

District 24

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven V. Oroho	21,044	66.0
	Democratic	Edwin Selby	10,837	34.0
Total votes			31,881	100.0

District 25

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anthony R. Bucco	19,228	61.0
	Democratic	Rick Thoeni	12,298	39.0
Total votes			31,526	100.0

District 26

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Pennacchio	20,230	64.3
	Democratic	Wasim Khan	10,317	32.8
	Scafa For Senate	Joseph Scafa	913	2.9
Total votes			31,460	100.0

District 27

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard J. Codey	27,089	61.8
	Republican	William H. Eames	16,741	38.2
Total votes			43,830	100.0

District 28

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronald L. Rice	14,781	76.6
	Republican	Russell Mollica	4,519	23.4
Total votes			19,300	100.0

District 29

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	M. Teresa Ruiz	9,076	82.2
	Republican	Aracelis Sanabria Tejada	1,598	14.5
	Independent	Laurie J. Taylor	363	3.3
Total votes			11,037	100.0

District 30

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert W. Singer	21,990	65.9
	Democratic	Steve Morlino	11,376	34.1
Total votes			33,366	100.0

District 31

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sandra Bolden Cunningham	13,275	80.8
	Republican	Donnamarie James	2,836	17.3
	Eliminate Primary Elections	Louis Vernotico	320	1.9
Total votes			16,431	100.0

District 32

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nicholas J. Sacco	16,413	80.8
	Republican	Edward T. O'Neill	3,312	16.3
	Politicians Are Crooks	Herbert H. Shaw	588	2.9
Total votes			20,313	100.0

District 33

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian P. Stack	20,223	86.6
	Republican	Beth Hamburger	3,136	13.4
Total votes			23,359	100.0

District 34

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nia H. Gill	17,118	79.6
	Republican	Ralph Bartnik	4,386	20.4
Total votes			21,504	100.0

District 35

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nellie Pou	14,386	74.7
	Republican	Ken Pengitore	4,867	25.3
Total votes			19,253	100.0

District 36

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul A. Sarlo	18,582	62.7
	Republican	Donald E. DiOrio	11,055	37.3
Total votes			29,637	100.0

District 37

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Loretta Weinberg	23,141	69.9
	Republican	Robert S. Lebovics	9,980	30.1
Total votes			33,121	100.0

District 38

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert M. Gordon	22,299	53.0
	Republican	John J. Driscoll, Jr.	19,745	47.0
Total votes			42,044	100.0

District 39

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Cardinale	28,041	63.5
	Democratic	Lorraine M. Waldes	16,097	36.5
Total votes			44,138	100.0

District 40

New Jersey general election, 2011 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin J. O'Toole	22,821	62.4
	Democratic	John Zunic	13,733	37.6
Total votes			36,554	100.0

See also

• 2011 New Jersey elections
• 2011 New Jersey General Assembly election

References

1. "Projected outcomes of state legislative elections, 2011". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
2. "Official List, Candidate Returns for State Senate for November 2011 General Election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.