New Jersey's 23rd legislative district | |
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Senator | Doug Steinhardt (R) |
Assembly members | John DiMaio (R) Erik Peterson (R) |
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Population | 222,231 |
Voting-age population | 177,008 |
Registered voters | 174,110 |
New Jersey's 23rd legislative district is one of 40 in the New Jersey Legislature. The district includes the Hunterdon County municipalities of Alexandria Township, Bethlehem Township, Bloomsbury, Califon, Franklin Township, Glen Gardner, Hampton, Holland Township, Lebanon Township, Milford, Tewksbury Township and Union Township, the Somerset County municipalities of Bedminster Township, Bound Brook, Bridgewater Township, Manville, and Raritan.
As well as the Warren County municipalities of Alpha, Belvidere Town, Blairstown Township, Franklin Township, Frelinghuysen Township, Greenwich Township, Hardwick Township, Hope Township, Knowlton Township, Liberty Township, Hackettstown Town, Harmony Township, Lopatcong Township, Mansfield Township, Oxford Township, Phillipsburg Town, Pohatcong Township, Washington Borough and Washington Township. [1] [2] [3]
As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 222,231, of whom 177,008 (79.7%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 160,381 (72.2%) White, 10,593 (4.8%) African American, 630 (0.3%) Native American, 19,106 (8.6%) Asian, 56 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 12,743 (5.7%) from some other race, and 18,722 (8.4%) from two or more races. [4] [5] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 29,551 (13.3%) of the population. [6]
The 23rd district had 174,110 registered voters as of December 1, 2021, of whom 61,978 (35.6%) were registered as unaffiliated, 61,046 (35.1%) were registered as Republicans, 49,004 (28.1%) were registered as Democrats, and 2,082 (1.2%) were registered to other parties. [7]
As of 2000, the district had the largest population of any in the state and the second-highest land area, making it one of the least densely populated districts in the state. The district had a small minority population, with comparatively few African American, Asian and Hispanic residents. The district had the highest municipal tax rate in the state, but lower than average school and county taxes leave the overall rate near the statewide median. Registered Republicans outnumber Democrats by a 2-1 margin. [8] [9]
For the 2024-2025 session , the 23rd legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Doug Steinhardt ( R , Lopatcong Township ) and in the General Assembly by John DiMaio (R, Hackettstown ) and Erik Peterson (R, Franklin Township ). [10]
The legislative district overlaps with 7th and 12th congressional districts.
Upon the creation of the 40-district legislative map in 1973, the 23rd district consisted of central Morris County including Madison, Morristown, Dover, and Town and Township of Boonton. [11] Following the 1981 redistricting, the 23rd shifted to the rural areas of western New Jersey including the Borough and Township of Hopewell and Pennington in Mercer County, all of Hunterdon County except East Amwell Township, in Warren County Franklin Township, Greenwich Township, and the Borough and Township of Washington, western Morris County, and Stanhope in Sussex County. [12] For the 1991 redistricting following the 1990 census, the district shifted to most of Hunterdon County except for some municipalities in the northern part of the county, all of Warren County, and the Mercer County portion remaining unchanged. [13]
In the 2001 redistricting, the Mercer County municipalities were eliminated from the 23rd with the district only consisting of Hunterdon County save for Tewksbury Township and Califon and all of Warren County. [14] The district experienced a major change following the 2011 redistricting; the 23rd currently consists of southern Warren County including Phillipsburg, Washington, and Hackettstown, most of northern Hunterdon County, and a spur into Somerset County with Bedminster, Peapack-Gladstone, Bridgewater, Raritan Borough, Bound Brook, and South Bound Brook.
Despite the historic Republican nature of Morris County, Democrats swept the three legislative seats up for election in 1973: Stephen B. Wiley, who was also elected in a special election to complete an unexpired Senate term under the old at-large Morris County district, was elected to a four-year Senate term from this district, Gordon MacInnes and Rosemarie Totaro won both Assembly seats as well. [15] MacInnes and Totaro would both be defeated for re-election in 1975 but Totaro would again serve one term in the Assembly after winning in 1977 and MacInnes would later serve four years in the Senate from the geographically similar 25th district in 1993. Governor of New Jersey Brendan Byrne nominated State Senator Wiley to the New Jersey Supreme Court in 1977, his nomination was approved by the Senate, but was rejected by the Supreme Court, which ruled that as Wiley had voted to raise the salary of justices of the Supreme Court in 1974, he could not be appointed to serve on the court until after his term of office expired. [16] Wiley served the remainder of his term in the Senate but was defeated for re-election in 1977 by Republican John H. Dorsey.
After the 1981 redistricting, Senator Walter E. Foran and Assemblyman Karl Weidel, who had been elected from the 14th district in the previous election, became representatives from the 23rd. Following the death of Foran in 1986, Dick Zimmer filled the vacant seat in the Senate and William E. Schluter won Zimmer's Assembly seat, and then continued on to the State Senate after Zimmer succeeded Jim Courter in the United States House of Representatives in 1991. [17] Schluter's Assembly seat was filled by Leonard Lance.
On January 24, 2009, a special election was held by a convention of Republican committee members from Hunterdon and Warren counties to fill the Senate vacancy created when Leonard Lance was elected to Congress. Marcia A. Karrow defeated Michael J. Doherty in the special election by a margin of 195 votes to 143. Doherty announced he would run against Karrow a second time in the June 2009 primary, when she would be running as the incumbent. [18] The Hunterdon and Warren County Republican committee members held another special convention on February 21, 2009 to fill Karrow's vacant Assembly seat. In the contest, Warren County Freeholder John DiMaio defeated Hunterdon County Freeholders Matt Holt and Erik Peterson. [19] [20]
On June 2, 2009, Doherty defeated Karrow in the Republican Senate primary by a margin of 52%-48%, making her the only incumbent to lose a primary battle that year. [21] Doherty went on to win the November special election, defeating Democratic candidate Harvey Baron to fill the remaining two years of the term. [22] Karrow's Senate term ended on November 23, 2009 when Doherty was sworn into office. [23]
Doug Steinhardt took office on December 19, 2022, succeeding Michael J. Doherty, who resigned to take the position as Warren County Surrigate. [24]
Senators and Assembly members elected from the district are as follows: [25]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Michael J. Doherty | 46,554 | 60.9 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Denise T. King | 29,830 | 39.1 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 76,384 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Michael J. Doherty | 35,676 | 59.1 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Christine Lui Chen | 24,730 | 40.9 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 60,406 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Michael J. Doherty | 37,477 | 67.6 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Gerard R. Bowers | 17,311 | 31.2 | ![]() | |
Seyler. Us | Daniel Z. Seyler | 672 | 1.2 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 55,460 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Michael J. Doherty | 51,960 | 71.4 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Harvey Baron | 20,851 | 28.6 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 72,811 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Leonard Lance | 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 | Leonard Lance | 29,775 | 68.0 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Frederick P. Cook | 13,994 | 32.0 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 43,769 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Leonard Lance | 43,721 | 69.3 | |
Democratic | Frederick P. Cook | 19,407 | 30.7 | |
Total votes | 63,128 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Bill Schluter | 42,221 | 61.3 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Austin “Ken” Kutscher, M.D. | 23,094 | 33.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Michael P. Kelly | 2,770 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Daniel Z. Seyler | 762 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Total votes | 68,847 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Bill Schluter | 51,856 | 91.7 | ![]() | |
Libertarian | Roger Bacon | 4,675 | 8.3 | N/A | |
Total votes | 56,531 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Schluter | 34,936 | 72.4 | |
Democratic | George Goceljak | 13,317 | 27.6 | |
Total votes | 48,253 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Richard A. Zimmer | 27,699 | 100.0 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 27,699 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Richard A. Zimmer | 5,616 | 80.9 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Marianne Nelson | 1,327 | 19.1 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 6,943 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Walter E. Foran | 27,224 | 69.2 | ![]() | |
Democratic | William Martin, Jr. | 12,101 | 30.8 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 39,325 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter E. Foran | 37,494 | 75.1 | |
Democratic | Samuel J. Gugliemini | 12,431 | 24.9 | |
Total votes | 49,925 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John H. Dorsey | 30,882 | 54.3 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Stephen B. Wiley | 25,981 | 45.7 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 56,863 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Stephen B. Wiley | 27,303 | 53.1 | |
Republican | Josephine S. Margetts | 24,157 | 46.9 | |
Total votes | 51,460 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John DiMaio | 46,020 | 30.7 | ![]() | |
Republican | Erik Peterson | 44,801 | 29.9 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Hope Kaufman | 29,894 | 19.9 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Nicholas F. LaBelle | 29,146 | 19.4 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 149,861 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John DiMaio | 28,620 | 30.2 | ![]() | |
Republican | Erik Peterson | 28,485 | 30.1 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Denise T. King | 18,910 | 20.0 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Marisa Trofimov | 18,771 | 19.8 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 94,786 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John DiMaio | 33,880 | 29.4 | ![]() | |
Republican | Erik Peterson | 32,233 | 27.9 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Laura Shaw | 24,386 | 21.1 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Charles Boddy | 21,690 | 18.8 | ![]() | |
End the Corruption | Tyler J. Gran | 1,921 | 1.7 | N/A | |
We Define Tomorrow | Michael Estrada | 1,256 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Total votes | 115,366 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John DiMaio | 17,654 | 32.4 | ![]() | |
Republican | Erik Peterson | 17,071 | 31.3 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Maria Rodriguez | 10,056 | 18.4 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Marybeth Maciag | 9,759 | 17.9 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 54,540 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Erik Peterson | 35,604 | 33.8 | ![]() | |
Republican | John DiMaio | 35,458 | 33.6 | ![]() | |
Democratic | John Valentine | 17,828 | 16.9 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Ralph Drake | 16,548 | 15.7 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 105,438 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John DiMaio | 21,289 | 31.2 | |
Republican | Erik Peterson | 21,074 | 30.9 | |
Democratic | Karen Carroll | 13,369 | 19.6 | |
Democratic | Scott McDonald | 12,420 | 18.2 | |
Total votes | 68,152 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John DiMaio | 49,137 | 35.3 | ![]() | |
Republican | Erik Peterson | 48,067 | 34.5 | ![]() | |
Democratic | William J. Courtney | 21,997 | 15.8 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Tammeisha Smith | 19,939 | 14.3 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 139,140 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Marcia A. Karrow | 28,904 | 31.0 | ![]() | |
Republican | Michael J. Doherty | 28,857 | 31.0 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Dominick C. Santini Jr. | 18,333 | 19.7 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Peter G. Maurer | 17,119 | 18.4 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 93,213 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Michael J. Doherty | 41,753 | 31.8 | ![]() | |
Republican | Marcia A. Karrow | 38,623 | 29.4 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Janice L. Kovach | 27,485 | 20.9 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Scott McDonald | 23,387 | 17.8 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 131,248 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Connie Myers | 26,122 | 30.9 | ![]() | |
Republican | Michael J. Doherty | 25,554 | 30.3 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Brian D. Smith | 17,100 | 20.3 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Cynthia L. Ege | 15,658 | 18.5 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 84,434 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Connie Myers | 39,313 | 32.4 | |
Republican | Mike Doherty | 35,345 | 29.2 | |
Democratic | J. Rebecca Goff | 19,995 | 16.5 | |
Democratic | Thomas E. Palmieri | 19,454 | 16.1 | |
Warren/Hunterdon Independent | Mike King | 7,060 | 5.8 | |
Total votes | 121,167 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Leonard Lance | 27,770 | 34.4 | ![]() | |
Republican | Connie Myers | 25,499 | 31.6 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Thomas E. Palmieri | 14,762 | 18.3 | ![]() | |
Democratic | J. Rebecca Goff | 12,637 | 15.7 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 80,668 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Leonard Lance | 41,880 | 32.7 | ![]() | |
Republican | Connie Myers | 37,852 | 29.6 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Sharon B. Ransavage | 25,237 | 19.7 | ![]() | |
Democratic | John Patrick Barnes | 19,798 | 15.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Paul Wallace | 3,242 | 2.5 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 128,009 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Leonard Lance | 24,134 | 33.5 | ![]() | |
Republican | Connie Myers | 21,358 | 29.7 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Frank C. Van Horn | 16,067 | 22.3 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Michael Kelly | 5,913 | 8.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Paul Wallace | 4,533 | 6.3 | N/A | |
Total votes | 72,005 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Garabed “Chuck” Haytaian | 47,251 | 41.3 | ![]() | |
Republican | Leonard Lance | 45,643 | 39.9 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Edward F. Dragan | 21,425 | 18.7 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 114,319 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Garabed “Chuck” Haytaian | 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 | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Bill Schluter | 38,345 | 40.3 | ![]() | |
Republican | Dick Kamin | 36,853 | 38.7 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Jane L. Weller | 20,032 | 21.0 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 95,230 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | William E. Schluter | 23,589 | 36.3 | ![]() | |
Republican | Dick Kamin | 23,073 | 35.5 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Edward J. Boccher | 9,344 | 14.4 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Frederick J. Katz, Jr. | 9,012 | 13.9 | N/A | |
Total votes | 65,018 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William E. Schluter | 2,577 | 75.2 | |
Democratic | George Murtaugh | 848 | 24.8 | |
Total votes | 3,425 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | C. Richard Kamin | 4,474 | 57.4 | |
Democratic | Ted Savage | 2,957 | 37.9 | |
Independent | Richard C. Allen | 369 | 4.7 | |
Total votes | 7,800 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Richard A. Zimmer | 34,051 | 44.0 | ![]() | |
Republican | Karl Weidel | 32,587 | 42.1 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Richard C. Allen | 10,774 | 13.9 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 77,412 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Richard A. Zimmer | 26,311 | 34.6 | ![]() | |
Republican | Karl Weidel | 26,084 | 34.3 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Barbara J. MacDonald | 13,070 | 17.2 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Claiborne L. Northrop | 10,523 | 13.8 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 75,988 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Karl Weidel | 34,588 | 35.6 | |
Republican | Richard A. Zimmer | 33,463 | 34.5 | |
Democratic | James H. Knox | 16,631 | 17.1 | |
Democratic | Frederick J. Katz, Jr. | 12,438 | 12.8 | |
Total votes | 97,120 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | James J. Barry, Jr. | 24,232 | 31.5 | ![]() | |
Republican | Arthur R. Albohn | 20,856 | 27.1 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Rosemarie Totaro | 17,782 | 23.1 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Douglas H. Romaine | 14,152 | 18.4 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 77,022 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | James J. Barry, Jr. | 32,479 | 30.0 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Rosemarie Totaro | 28,526 | 26.4 | ![]() | |
Republican | Joseph J. Maraziti | 25,996 | 24.0 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Jerome C. Kessler | 21,253 | 19.6 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 108,254 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | James J. Barry, Jr. | 24,770 | 25.6 | ![]() | |
Republican | John H. Dorsey | 24,734 | 25.6 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Rosemarie Totaro | 24,160 | 25.0 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Gordon A. MacInnes, Jr. | 23,058 | 23.8 | ![]() | |
Total votes | 96,722 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gordon A. MacInnes, Jr. | 27,876 | 28.0 | |
Democratic | Rosemarie Totaro | 24,660 | 24.8 | |
Republican | John H. Dorsey | 23,757 | 23.8 | |
Republican | Albert W. Merck | 23,322 | 23.4 | |
Total votes | 99,615 | 100.0 |
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New Jersey's 13th Legislative District is one of 40 in the state, covering the Monmouth County municipalities of Aberdeen Township, Atlantic Highlands Borough, West Long Branch, Hazlet Township, Highlands Borough, Holmdel Township, Keansburg Borough, Keyport Borough, Little Silver Borough, Marlboro Township, Middletown Township, Monmouth Beach Borough, Oceanport Borough, Rumson Borough, Sea Bright Borough and Union Beach Borough.
New Jersey's 14th Legislative District is one of 40 in the New Jersey Legislature, covering the Mercer County municipalities of East Windsor Township, Hamilton Township, Hightstown Borough and Robbinsville Township; and the Middlesex County municipalities of Cranbury Township, Jamesburg Borough, Monroe Township, and Plainsboro Township.
New Jersey's 2nd legislative district is one of 40 in the state, covering the Atlantic County municipalities of Absecon, Atlantic City, Brigantine, Egg Harbor Township, Galloway Township, Hamilton Township, Linwood, Longport, Margate City, Northfield, Pleasantville, Port Republic, Somers Point and Ventnor City as of the 2021 apportionment. Since 1967, the 2nd District has been exclusively made up of municipalities from Atlantic County, except for an eight-year period from 1974 until 1982.
New Jersey's 8th legislative district is one of 40 in the New Jersey Legislature, covering the Burlington County municipalities of Bass River, Chesterfield Township, Eastampton Township, Evesham Township, Hainesport Township, Lumberton Township, Mansfield Township, Medford Township, Medford Lakes Borough, Mount Holly Township, New Hanover, Pemberton Borough, Pemberton Township, Shamong Township, Southampton Township, Springfield Township, Tabernacle Township, Washington Township, Westampton Township,Woodland Township, and Wrightstown Borough; and the Atlantic County municipalities of Egg Harbor City, New Jersey, Folsom, Hammonton, and Mullica.
New Jersey's 9th Legislative District is one of 40 in the New Jersey Legislature, covering the Ocean County municipalities of Barnegat Township, Barnegat Light Borough, Beach Haven Borough, Beachwood Borough, Berkeley Township, Eagleswood Township, Harvey Cedars Borough, Lacey Township, Lakehurst, New Jersey, Little Egg Harbor Township, Long Beach Township, Manchester, Ocean Township, Ocean Gate Borough, Pine Beach Borough, Ship Bottom Borough, Stafford Township, Surf City Borough and Tuckerton Borough.
New Jersey's 12th Legislative District is one of 40 in the state, covering the Burlington County municipalities of North Hanover Township; the Middlesex County municipalities of Helmetta, Old Bridge Township, and Spotswood; the Monmouth County municipalities of Allentown Borough, Englishtown Borough, Manalapan Township, Matawan Borough, Millstone Township, Roosevelt Borough and Upper Freehold Township; and the Ocean County municipalities of Jackson Township and Plumsted Township.
District 25: [ sic ] Democrats have won a few times in heavily Republican Morris County. They swept in 1973, when Stephen Wiley won a State Senate seat and Gordon MacInnes and Rosemarie Totaro went to the Assembly after beating John Dorsey and Assemblyman Albert Merck.