1971Final results
1971 election for New Jersey Legislative District 12
New Jersey General Assembly · New Jersey
David Friedland (D) won with 46.7% of the vote, defeating Meyer Kaplan (Oth) by 15.7 points.
David FriedlandDemocrat · winner · incumbent
46.7%69,970
Meyer KaplanOther party
31.0%46,425
Rae S. ZalkinRepublican
22.3%33,428
149,823 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1971
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET