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1991Final results

1991 election for New Jersey Legislative District 3

New Jersey State Senate · New Jersey

Raymond J. Zane (D) won with 60.9% of the vote, defeating G. Erwin Sheppard (R) by 29.0 points.

Raymond J. ZaneDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.9%31,648
32.0%16,600
7.1%3,683
51,931 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 1991

Races before and after

EvenD+26.41981D+26.01983D+26.01987D+29.01991D+35.21993D+3.02001

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