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 Steady Steady
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

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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

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Democratic

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Republican

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Summary of results by State Senate district

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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

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

District 1

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dawn Marie Addiego 22,396 100.0
Total votes 22,396 100.0

District 9

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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New Jersey general election, 2011[1]
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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an "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.
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