1977 general · November 8, 1977
1977 New Jersey General Assembly election results, district by district
Every New Jersey General Assembly district in the 1977 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 80 seats
After the electionD 54 · R 26
Races40
Changed party0
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated2
Every district
D 54 · R 26
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | James R. Hurley · Joseph W. Chinnici (R) | 9.1 | |
| LD-2 | Michael J. Matthews · William L. Gormley (DEM) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-3 | H. Donald Stewart · Martin A. Herman (D) | 4.7 | |
| LD-4 | Kenneth A. Gewertz · Francis J. Gorman (D) | 13.0 | |
| LD-5 | Ernest F. Schuck · Walter Rand (D) | 15.2 | |
| LD-6 | Mary Keating Croce · Barbara Berman (D) | 0.1 | |
| LD-7 | Herman T. Costello · Barbara F. Kalik (D) | 4.5 | |
| LD-8 | Clifford W. Snedecker · H. James Saxton (R) | 5.5 | |
| LD-9 | John Paul Doyle · Daniel F. Newman (D) | 11.8 | |
| LD-10 | Anthony M. Villane Jr. · William F. Dowd (R) | 5.7 | |
| LD-11 | Marie A. Muhler · Walter J. Kozloski (REP) | 0.2 | |
| LD-12 | Richard Vanwagner · William E. Flynn (D) | 7.5 | |
| LD-13 | Francis J. McManimon · Helen Chiarello Szabo (D) | 18.8 | |
| LD-14 | Karl Weidel · Barbara W. McConnell (REP) | 1.2 | |
| LD-15 | Donald J. Albanese · Robert E. Littel (R) | 8.2 | |
| LD-16 | Walter J. Kavanaugh · Elliott F. Smith (R) | 2.5 | |
| LD-17 | Joseph D. Patero · David C. Schwartz (D) | 8.9 | |
| LD-18 | James Bornheimer · John H. Froude (D) | 10.0 | |
| LD-19 | George J. Otlowski · Alan J. Karcher (D) | 16.1 | |
| LD-20 | C. Louis Bassano · Chuck Hardwick (R) | 2.8 | |
| LD-21 | Raymond Lesniak · Thomas J. Deverin (D) | 22.3 | |
| LD-22 | Donald Difrancesco · William Maguire (R) | 3.8 | |
| LD-23 | James J. Barry Jr. · Rosemarie Totaro (REP) | 2.3 | |
| LD-24 | Barbara A. Curran · Dean Gallo (R) | 15.2 | |
| LD-25 | Jane Burgio · Frederic Remington (R) | 6.6 | |
| LD-26 | Richard J. Codey · Mildred Barry Garvin (D) | 17.2 | |
| LD-27 | Carl A. Orechio · A. Joseph Fortunato (REP) | 1.7 | |
| LD-28 | Peter Shapiro · Mary M. Scanlon (D) | 15.7 | |
| LD-29 | Willie B. Brown · Eugene H. Thompson (D) | 39.3 | |
| LD-30 | Michael F. Adubato · John F. Cali (D) | 7.9 | |
| LD-31 | Patrick C. Pasculli · Charles Mays (D) | 18.3 | |
| LD-32 | Thomas F. Cowan Sr. · Robert C. Janiszewski (D) | 19.2 | |
| LD-33 | Christopher J. Jackman · Thomas A. Gallo (D) | 22.3 | |
| LD-34 | William J. Bate · Emil Olszowsky (DEM) | 3.9 | |
| LD-35 | Vincent Pellecchia · John A. Girgenti (D) | 1.8 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-36 | Robert P. Hollenbeck · Richard F. Visotcky (D) | 3.9 | |
| LD-37 | Byron Baer · Albert Burstein (D) | 12.9 | |
| LD-38 | Paul Contillo · Robert Burns (D) | 3.0 | |
| LD-39 | Harold Martin · Greta Kiernan (D) | 2.7 | |
| LD-40 | W. Cary Edwards · Walter Kern (R) | 5.7 |
New Jersey General Assembly
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner