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1981 general · November 3, 1981

1981 New Jersey State Senate election results, district by district

Every New Jersey State Senate district in the 1981 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 22 · R 18
Races40
Changed party11
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated4

Every district

D 22 · R 18

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 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