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1981 general · November 3, 1981

1981 New Jersey election results

Every race on New Jersey's ballot in the 1981 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races81
Changed party12
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated5

Governors

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
New JerseyThomas H. Kean (R)0.1Flipped

New Jersey State Senate

D 22 · R 18 · 11 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1James R. Hurley (R)7.6
LD-2Steven P. Perskie (D)3.4
LD-3Raymond J. Zane (D)26.4
LD-4Daniel J. Dalton (D)26.7
LD-5Walter Rand (D)43.9
LD-6Lee B. Laskin (R)13.3
LD-7Herman T. Costello (D)14.3
LD-8H. James Saxton (R)31.4
LD-9Leonard T. Connors Jr. (R)28.9Flipped
LD-10John F. Russo (D)17.3Flipped
LD-11Brian T. Kennedy (R)16.7
LD-12S. Thomas Gagliano (R)18.3Flipped
LD-13John P. Gallagher (R)3.2FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-14Francis J. McManimon (D)15.3Flipped
LD-15Gerald Stockman (D)12.7Flipped
LD-16John H. Ewing (R)30.9
LD-17John A. Lynch (D)24.6
LD-18James Bornheimer (D)4.2
LD-19Laurence S. Weiss (D)20.9
LD-20John T. Gregorio (D)4.7
LD-21C. Louis Bassano (R)3.8FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-22Donald Difrancesco (R)35.9
LD-23Walter E. Foran (R)50.2
LD-24Wayne Dumont Jr. (R)54.8
LD-25John H. Dorsey (R)36.0
LD-26James P. Vreeland (R)39.8Flipped
LD-27Richard J. Codey (D)47.8
LD-28John P. Caufield (D)50.1
LD-29Wynona M. Lipman (D)76.6
LD-30Carmen A. Orechio (D)1.7
LD-31Edward T. Oconnor Jr. (D)50.8
LD-32Francis E. Rodgers (D)29.0
LD-33William V. Musto (D)24.0
LD-34Joseph Bubba (R)5.4Flipped
LD-35Frank X. Graves Jr. (D)49.2
LD-36Joseph Hirkala (D)13.4
LD-37Matthew Feldman (D)23.4
LD-38John B. Paolella (R)4.5FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-39Gerald Cardinale (R)16.4FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-40Garrett W. Hagedorn (R)33.7

New Jersey General Assembly

D 43 · R 37

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Joseph W. Chinnici · Guy F. Muziani (R)1.8
LD-2William L. Gormley · Michael J. Matthews (REP)4.5
LD-3Martin A. Herman · Thomas A. Pankok (D)3.5
LD-4Anthony S. Marsella · Dennis L. Riley (D)11.2
LD-5Francis J. Gorman · Wayne R. Bryant (D)21.7
LD-6John A. Rocco · Thomas J. Shusted (R)2.0
LD-7Catherine A. Costa · Barbara F. Kalik (D)9.3
LD-8C. William Haines · Robert J. Meyer (R)12.7
LD-9John T. Hendrickson Jr. · Jorge A. Rod (R)11.0
LD-10Warren H. Wolf · John Paul Doyle (REP)2.7
LD-11Anthony M. Villane Jr. · Joseph A. Palaia (R)9.0
LD-12Marie A. Muhler · John O. Bennett (R)10.3
LD-13Richard Vanwagner · William E. Flynn (D)3.5
LD-14Joseph D. Patero · Joseph L. Bocchini Jr. (D)0.6
LD-15John S. Watson · Gerard S. Naples (D)3.5Incumbent lost
LD-16Walter J. Kavanaugh · Elliott F. Smith (R)15.7
LD-17David C. Schwartz · Angela L. Perun (D)11.7
LD-18Thomas H. Paterniti · Frank M. Pelly (D)4.7
LD-19George J. Otlowski · Alan J. Karcher (D)11.3
LD-20Raymond Lesniak · Thomas J. Deverin (D)12.2
LD-21Chuck Hardwick · Edward K. Gill (R)5.1
LD-22Maureen Ogden · Bob Franks (R)15.3
LD-23Karl Weidel · Richard Zimmer (R)17.3
LD-24Robert E. Littel · Garabed Haytaian (R)15.7
LD-25James J. Barry Jr. · Arthur R. Albohn (R)11.3
LD-26Dean Gallo · Leanna Brown (R)20.8
LD-27Mildred Barry Garvin · Harry McEnroe (D)17.4
LD-28Michael F. Adubato · James Zangari (D)22.2
LD-29Willie B. Brown · Eugene H. Thompson (D)39.4
LD-30A. Joseph Fortunato · John V. Kelly (DEM)0.8
LD-31Joseph V. Doria Jr. · Joseph Charles Jr. (D)24.6
LD-32Robert C. Janiszewski · Thomas F. Cowan Sr. (D)14.6
LD-33Thomas A. Gallo · Christopher J. Jackman (D)16.2
LD-34S. M. Terry Lacorte · Newton Miller (R)6.5
LD-35John A. Girgenti · Vincent Pellecchia (D)15.1
LD-36Robert P. Hollenbeck · Richard F. Visotcky (D)3.2
LD-37D. Bennett Mazur · Byron Baer (D)8.8
LD-38Louis F. Kosco · William P. Schuber (R)0.9
LD-39Joan M. Wright · John W. Markert (R)10.4
LD-40W. Cary Edwards · Walter Kern (R)21.0

New Jersey

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner