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1991 general · October 19, 1991

1991 New Jersey State Senate election results, district by district

Every New Jersey State Senate district in the 1991 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 40 seats

After the electionD 13 · R 27
Races40
Changed party12
Unopposed2%1 races
Incumbents defeated5

Every district

D 13 · R 27

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1James S. Cafiero (R)23.9
LD-2William L. Gormley (R)6.6
LD-3Raymond J. Zane (D)29.0
LD-4John Matheussen (R)3.4Flipped
LD-5Walter Rand (D)34.2
LD-6John H. Adler (D)10.8FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-7Bradford S. Smith (R)7.2Flipped
LD-8C. William Haines (R)32.7
LD-9Leonard T. Connors Jr. (R)39.9
LD-10Andrew R. Ciesla (R)23.2Flipped
LD-11Joseph A. Palaia (R)35.2
LD-12John O. Bennett (R)39.4
LD-13Joe Kyrillos Jr. (R)35.5Flipped
LD-14Peter Inverso (R)17.7FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-15Dick Larossa (R)1.8FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-16John H. Ewing (R)36.9
LD-17John A. Lynch (D)4.1
LD-18Jack Sinagra (R)7.0Flipped
LD-19Randy Corman (R)11.2FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-20Raymond Lesniak (D)14.1
LD-21C. Louis Bassano (R)43.2
LD-22Donald Difrancesco (R)56.4
LD-23William E. Schluter (R)44.8
LD-24Robert E. Littel (R)57.6
LD-25John H. Dorsey (R)43.3
LD-26Leanna Brown (R)56.3
LD-27Richard J. Codey (D)36.2
LD-28Ronald L. Rice (D)37.3
LD-29Wynona M. Lipman (D)Unopposed
LD-30John E. Dimon (R)30.0Flipped
LD-31Edward T. Oconnor Jr. (D)10.3
LD-32Thomas F. Cowan Sr. (D)17.7
LD-33Robert Menendez (D)37.8
LD-34Joseph Bubba (R)17.5
LD-35John A. Girgenti (D)6.4
LD-36John P. Scott (R)4.1Flipped
LD-37Matthew Feldman (D)7.2
LD-38Louis F. Kosco (R)14.3FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-39Gerald Cardinale (R)33.9
LD-40Henry P. McNamara (R)51.0

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