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1983 general · June 21, 1983

1983 New Jersey election results

Every race on New Jersey's ballot in the 1983 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races80
Changed party0
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated6

New Jersey State Senate

D 23 · R 17

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1James R. Hurley (R)19.7
LD-2William L. Gormley (R)15.8
LD-3Raymond J. Zane (D)26.0
LD-4Daniel J. Dalton (D)27.8
LD-5Walter Rand (D)32.0
LD-6Lee B. Laskin (R)26.7
LD-7Catherine A. Costa (D)26.2
LD-8H. James Saxton (R)26.1
LD-9Leonard T. Connors Jr. (R)26.6
LD-10John F. Russo (D)26.7
LD-11Frank Pallone (D)1.9Incumbent lost
LD-12S. Thomas Gagliano (R)1.8
LD-13Richard Vanwagner (D)8.2Incumbent lost
LD-14Francis J. McManimon (D)27.0
LD-15Gerald Stockman (D)34.7
LD-16John H. Ewing (R)34.8
LD-17John A. Lynch (D)30.7
LD-18Peter P. Garibaldi (R)1.1Incumbent lost
LD-19Laurence S. Weiss (D)18.1
LD-20Raymond Lesniak (D)31.6
LD-21C. Louis Bassano (R)1.0
LD-22Donald Difrancesco (R)33.1
LD-23Walter E. Foran (R)38.5
LD-24Wayne Dumont Jr. (R)51.3
LD-25John H. Dorsey (R)30.7
LD-26Leanna Brown (R)36.4
LD-27Richard J. Codey (D)50.5
LD-28John P. Caufield (D)45.8
LD-29Wynona M. Lipman (D)71.1
LD-30Carmen A. Orechio (D)9.6
LD-31Edward T. Oconnor Jr. (D)61.5
LD-32Thomas F. Cowan Sr. (D)31.3
LD-33Christopher J. Jackman (D)33.0
LD-34Joseph Bubba (R)2.1
LD-35Frank X. Graves Jr. (D)48.7
LD-36Joseph Hirkala (D)16.7
LD-37Matthew Feldman (D)28.6
LD-38Paul Contillo (D)1.3Incumbent lost
LD-39Gerald Cardinale (R)2.4
LD-40Garrett W. Hagedorn (R)31.0

New Jersey General Assembly

D 44 · R 36

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1Joseph W. Chinnici · Guy F. Muziani (R)0.2
LD-2J. Edward Kline · Dolores G. Cooper (R)4.9
LD-3Martin A. Herman · Thomas A. Pankok (D)3.9
LD-4Anthony S. Marsella · Dennis L. Riley (D)9.9
LD-5Wayne R. Bryant · Francis J. Gorman (D)17.4
LD-6John A. Rocco · Thomas J. Shusted (R)4.5
LD-7Barbara F. Kalik · Thomas P. Foy (D)8.6
LD-8C. William Haines · Robert J. Meyer (R)11.9
LD-9John T. Hendrickson Jr. · Jorge A. Rod (R)11.1
LD-10John Paul Doyle · Marlene Lynch Ford (D)2.1Incumbent lost
LD-11Joseph A. Palaia · Anthony M. Villane Jr. (R)8.5
LD-12John O. Bennett · Marie A. Muhler (R)9.1
LD-13William E. Flynn · Jacqueline Walker (D)3.0
LD-14Joseph L. Bocchini Jr. · Joseph D. Patero (D)5.7
LD-15Gerard S. Naples · John S. Watson (D)10.9
LD-16Walter J. Kavanaugh · John S. Penn (R)14.0
LD-17David C. Schwartz · Angela L. Perun (D)14.1
LD-18Thomas H. Paterniti · Frank M. Pelly (D)6.4
LD-19George J. Otlowski · Alan J. Karcher (D)6.8
LD-20Thomas J. Deverin · Thomas Long (D)19.4
LD-21Chuck Hardwick · Edward K. Gill (R)2.3
LD-22Maureen Ogden · Bob Franks (R)16.3
LD-23Richard Zimmer · Karl Weidel (R)17.1
LD-24Robert E. Littel · Garabed Haytaian (R)19.5
LD-25Rodney P. Frelinghuysen · Arthur R. Albohn (R)9.8
LD-26Dean Gallo · Ralph A. Loveys (R)17.2
LD-27Harry McEnroe · Mildred Barry Garvin (D)22.7
LD-28Michael F. Adubato · James Zangari (D)19.8
LD-29Willie B. Brown · Eugene H. Thompson (D)33.0
LD-30A. Joseph Fortunato · Stephen Adubato Jr. (D)1.3Incumbent lost
LD-31Joseph V. Doria Jr. · Joseph Charles Jr. (D)29.4
LD-32Paul Cuprowski · Anthony P. Vainieri (D)14.8
LD-33Robert A. Ranieri · Nicholas J. Larocca (D)14.3
LD-34Newton Miller · Gerald Zecker (R)2.7
LD-35John A. Girgenti · Vincent Pellecchia (D)21.3
LD-36Robert P. Hollenbeck · Richard F. Visotcky (D)9.1
LD-37Byron Baer · D. Bennett Mazur (D)12.0
LD-38Louis F. Kosco · William P. Schuber (R)3.2
LD-39John W. Markert · John Rooney (R)6.8
LD-40Walter Kern · Nicholas R. Felice (R)17.9

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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner