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1977 general · November 8, 1977

1977 New Jersey State Senate election results, district by district

Every New Jersey State Senate district in the 1977 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 40 seats

After the electionD 27 · R 13
Races40
Changed party5
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated5

Every district

D 27 · R 13

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1James S. Cafiero (R)24.0
LD-2Steven P. Perskie (D)17.5Incumbent lost
LD-3Raymond J. Zane (D)31.6
LD-4Joseph A. Maressa (D)30.0
LD-5Angelo J. Errichetti (D)38.7
LD-6Lee B. Laskin (R)4.1Flipped
LD-7Charles B. Yates (D)19.0
LD-8Barry T. Parker (R)10.8
LD-9John F. Russo (D)29.5
LD-10Brian T. Kennedy (R)9.5FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-11S. Thomas Gagliano (R)10.8
LD-12Eugene J. Bedell (D)12.3
LD-13Joseph P. Merlino (D)39.1
LD-14Walter E. Foran (R)13.6
LD-15Wayne Dumont Jr. (R)21.4
LD-16John H. Ewing (R)30.5
LD-17William J. Hamilton Jr. (D)23.0
LD-18Bernard Dwyer (D)17.5
LD-19Laurence S. Weiss (D)32.6
LD-20Anthony E. Russo (D)1.7
LD-21John T. Gregorio (D)14.6Incumbent lost
LD-22Peter J. McDonough (R)12.8
LD-23John H. Dorsey (R)8.6FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-24James P. Vreeland (R)34.1
LD-25James H. Wallwork (R)21.2
LD-26Frank J. Dodd (D)50.7
LD-27Carmen A. Orechio (D)1.8
LD-28Martin L. Greenberg (D)19.0
LD-29Wynona M. Lipman (D)81.3
LD-30Francis E. Rodgers (D)12.7FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-31Walter N. Sheil (D)41.2
LD-32David Friedland (D)37.8
LD-33William V. Musto (D)51.2
LD-34Joseph Hirkala (D)39.3
LD-35Frank X. Graves Jr. (D)15.9Flipped
LD-36Anthony Scardino Jr. (D)27.7
LD-37Matthew Feldman (D)18.9
LD-38John M. Skevin (D)12.2
LD-39Francis X. Herbert (D)5.7
LD-40Garrett W. Hagedorn (R)16.9

New Jersey State Senate

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