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1993Final results

1993 election for New Jersey Legislative District 1

New Jersey State Senate · New Jersey

James S. Cafiero (R) won re-election with 61.9% of the vote, defeating James Spahn (D) by 25.5 points.

James S. CafieroRepublican · winner · incumbent
61.9%36,420
James SpahnDemocrat
36.5%21,446
1.6%957
58,823 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 1993

Races before and after

EvenR+25.51993R+24.31997R+0.72001

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

The candidates

James S. Cafiero (R)James Spahn (D)

Also on the ballot: Joseph T. Ponczek (Libertarian), 1.6%