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1983Final results

1983 election for New Jersey Legislative District 19

New Jersey State Senate · New Jersey

Laurence S. Weiss (D) won with 59.0% of the vote, defeating James W. Inman (R) by 18.1 points.

Laurence S. WeissDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.0%28,251
James W. InmanRepublican
41.0%19,603
47,854 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1983

Races before and after

EvenD+20.91981D+18.11983D+16.71987R+11.21991D+2.61993D+20.41997

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET