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1973Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1973 election for New Jersey Legislative District 3

New Jersey State Senate · New Jersey

Raymond J. Zane (D) won with 79.9% of the vote, defeating James M. Turner (R) by 59.9 points.

Raymond J. ZaneDemocrat · winner
79.9%34,266
James M. TurnerRepublican · incumbent
20.1%8,598
42,864 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 1973

Races before and after

EvenD+26.41981D+26.01983D+26.01987D+29.01991D+35.21993D+3.02001

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET