1985 general · November 5, 1985
1985 New Jersey General Assembly election results, district by district
Every New Jersey General Assembly district in the 1985 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 80 seats
After the electionD 30 · R 50
Races40
Changed party0
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated10
Every district
D 30 · R 50
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Joseph W. Chinnici · Guy F. Muziani (R) | 14.4 | |
| LD-2 | J. Edward Kline · Dolores G. Cooper (R) | 8.0 | |
| LD-3 | Jack Collins · Gary W. Stuhltrager (R) | 1.3 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-4 | Anthony S. Marsella · Dennis L. Riley (D) | 3.6 | |
| LD-5 | Francis J. Gorman · Wayne R. Bryant (D) | 11.1 | |
| LD-6 | John A. Rocco · Thomas J. Shusted (R) | 13.2 | |
| LD-7 | Barbara F. Kalik · Thomas P. Foy (D) | 6.5 | |
| LD-8 | Harold L. Colburn · Robert C. Shinn (R) | 19.2 | |
| LD-9 | John T. Hendrickson Jr. · Jeffrey W. Moran (R) | 12.0 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-10 | John Paul Doyle · Bob Singer (DEM) | 1.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-11 | Joseph A. Palaia · Anthony M. Villane Jr. (R) | 18.4 | |
| LD-12 | John O. Bennett · Marie A. Muhler (R) | 13.5 | |
| LD-13 | Joseph Azzolina · Joann H. Smith (R) | 1.5 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-14 | Joseph L. Bocchini Jr. · John K. Rafferty (DEM) | 1.2 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-15 | John S. Watson · Gerard S. Naples (D) | 5.7 | |
| LD-16 | Walter J. Kavanaugh · John S. Penn (R) | 24.2 | |
| LD-17 | David C. Schwartz · Bob Smith (D) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-18 | Thomas H. Paterniti · Frank M. Pelly (D) | 2.1 | |
| LD-19 | George J. Otlowski · Alan J. Karcher (D) | 1.2 | |
| LD-20 | Thomas J. Deverin · George Hudak (D) | 4.4 | |
| LD-21 | Chuck Hardwick · Peter Genova (R) | 12.7 | |
| LD-22 | Maureen Ogden · Bob Franks (R) | 21.3 | |
| LD-23 | Richard Zimmer · Karl Weidel (R) | 28.2 | |
| LD-24 | Robert E. Littel · Garabed Haytaian (R) | 19.8 | |
| LD-25 | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen · Arthur R. Albohn (R) | 19.2 | |
| LD-26 | Robert J. Martin · Ralph A. Loveys (R) | 25.0 | |
| LD-27 | Harry McEnroe · Mildred Barry Garvin (D) | 12.6 | |
| LD-28 | Michael F. Adubato · James Zangari (D) | 8.5 | |
| LD-29 | Willie B. Brown · Eugene H. Thompson (D) | 17.6 | |
| LD-30 | John V. Kelly · Marion Crecco (R) | 2.5 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-31 | Joseph V. Doria Jr. · Joseph Charles Jr. (D) | 11.5 | |
| LD-32 | Frank J. Gargiulo · Charles J. Catrillo (R) | 4.1 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-33 | Ronald Dario · Jose O. Arango (R) | 3.1 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-34 | Gerald Zecker · Newton Miller (R) | 14.1 | |
| LD-35 | John A. Girgenti · Vincent Pellecchia (D) | 4.3 | |
| LD-36 | Kathleen A. Donovan · Paul Digaetano (R) | 3.6 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-37 | D. Bennett Mazur · Byron Baer (D) | 3.0 | |
| LD-38 | William P. Schuber · Louis F. Kosco (R) | 10.5 | |
| LD-39 | Elizabeth E. Randall · John Rooney (R) | 13.9 | |
| LD-40 | Walter Kern · Nicholas R. Felice (R) | 21.5 |
New Jersey General Assembly
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