1987 general · October 24, 1987
1987 New Jersey General Assembly election results, district by district
Every New Jersey General Assembly district in the 1987 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 80 seats
After the electionD 38 · R 42
Races40
Changed party0
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated2
Every district
D 38 · R 42
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Frank A. Lobiondo · Edward H. Salmon (REP) | 2.2 | |
| LD-2 | J. Edward Kline · Dolores G. Cooper (R) | 13.6 | |
| LD-3 | Gary W. Stuhltrager · Jack Collins (R) | 3.5 | |
| LD-4 | Anthony S. Marsella · Dennis L. Riley (D) | 4.9 | |
| LD-5 | Wayne R. Bryant · Joseph J. Roberts Jr. (D) | 18.3 | |
| LD-6 | John A. Rocco · Thomas J. Shusted (R) | 6.0 | |
| LD-7 | Barbara F. Kalik · Thomas P. Foy (D) | 8.7 | |
| LD-8 | Harold L. Colburn · Robert C. Shinn (R) | 16.0 | |
| LD-9 | John T. Hendrickson Jr. · Jeffrey W. Moran (R) | 11.6 | |
| LD-10 | John Paul Doyle · Bob Singer (DEM) | 0.7 | |
| LD-11 | Joseph A. Palaia · Anthony M. Villane Jr. (R) | 6.3 | |
| LD-12 | John O. Bennett · Clare M. Farragher (R) | 10.4 | |
| LD-13 | Joann H. Smith · Joe Kyrillos Jr. (R) | 2.3 | |
| LD-14 | Anthony J. Cimino · Joseph D. Patero (D) | 10.1 | |
| LD-15 | Gerard S. Naples · John S. Watson (D) | 15.1 | |
| LD-16 | Walter J. Kavanaugh · John S. Penn (R) | 18.0 | |
| LD-17 | David C. Schwartz · Bob Smith (D) | 12.6 | |
| LD-18 | Frank M. Pelly · George A. Spadoro (D) | 7.8 | |
| LD-19 | George J. Otlowski · Alan J. Karcher (D) | 3.1 | |
| LD-20 | Thomas J. Deverin · George Hudak (D) | 24.7 | |
| LD-21 | Chuck Hardwick · Peter Genova (R) | 5.4 | |
| LD-22 | Maureen Ogden · Bob Franks (R) | 19.6 | |
| LD-23 | William E. Schluter · Dick Kamin (R) | 21.1 | |
| LD-24 | Garabed Haytaian · Robert E. Littel (R) | 19.9 | |
| LD-25 | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen · Arthur R. Albohn (R) | 15.9 | |
| LD-26 | Robert J. Martin · Ralph A. Loveys (R) | 17.3 | |
| LD-27 | Harry McEnroe · Stephanie R. Bush (D) | 22.5 | |
| LD-28 | Michael F. Adubato · James Zangari (D) | 24.9 | |
| LD-29 | Willie B. Brown · Jackie R. Mattison (D) | 29.5 | |
| LD-30 | John V. Kelly · Marion Crecco (R) | 15.6 | |
| LD-31 | Joseph Charles Jr. · Joseph V. Doria Jr. (D) | 26.3 | |
| LD-32 | Anthony Impreveduto · David C. Kronick (D) | 9.9 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-33 | Bernard F. Kenny Jr. · Robert Menendez (D) | 8.7 | Incumbent lost |
| LD-34 | Gerald Zecker · Newton Miller (R) | 3.8 | |
| LD-35 | John A. Girgenti · Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D) | 17.7 | |
| LD-36 | Louis J. Gill · Thomas J. Duch (D) | 3.6 | |
| LD-37 | D. Bennett Mazur · Byron Baer (D) | 12.3 | |
| LD-38 | William P. Schuber · Patrick J. Roma (R) | 1.0 | |
| LD-39 | Elizabeth E. Randall · John Rooney (R) | 12.6 | |
| LD-40 | Walter Kern · Nicholas R. Felice (R) | 18.0 |
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