1997 general · November 4, 1997

1997 New Jersey election results

Every race on New Jersey's ballot in the 1997 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races81
Changed party4
Unopposed2%2 races
Incumbents defeated2

Governors

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
New JerseyChristine Todd Whitman (R)1.1

New Jersey State Senate

D 16 · R 24 · 4 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1John C. Gibson · Nicholas Asselta (R)1.5
LD-2Kenneth C. Lefevre · Frank Blee (R)13.1
LD-3Jack Collins · Gary W. Stuhltrager (R)13.5
LD-4George F. Geist · Gerald J. Luongo (R)1.1
LD-5Joseph J. Roberts Jr. · Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D)23.7
LD-6Lou Greenwald · Mary T. Previte (D)5.6
LD-7Herb Conaway · Jack Conners (D)0.1
LD-8Francis L. Bodine · Larry Chatzidakis (R)5.9
LD-9Jeffrey W. Moran · Christopher J. Connors (R)14.7
LD-10David W. Wolfe · Jim Holzapfel (R)13.1
LD-11Steven J. Corodemus · Tom Smith (R)12.7
LD-12Michael J. Arnone · Clare M. Farragher (R)12.0
LD-13Joseph Azzolina · Samuel D. Thompson (R)7.2
LD-14Paul Kramer · Barbara Wright (R)2.9
LD-15Bonnie Watson Coleman · Reed Gusciora (D)10.6
LD-16Christopher Bateman · Peter J. Biondi (R)12.5
LD-17Bob Smith · Jerry Green (D)15.9
LD-18Barbara A. Buono · Peter J. Barnes Jr. (D)5.2
LD-19John S. Wisniewski · Arline M. Friscia (D)15.6
LD-20Joseph Suliga · Neil M. Cohen (D)19.7
LD-21Kevin J. Otoole · Joel M. Weingarten (R)12.8
LD-22Richard H. Bagger · Alan M. Augustine (R)15.0
LD-23Leonard Lance · Connie Myers (R)9.9
LD-24Scott Garrett · Guy R. Gregg (R)23.3
LD-25Michael Patrick Carroll · Rick Merkt (R)13.1
LD-26Carol Murphy · Alex Decroce (R)19.9
LD-27Leroy J. Jones Jr. · Nia H. Gill (D)47.2
LD-28Wilfredo Caraballo · Craig A. Stanley (D)28.7
LD-29William D. Payne · Donald Tucker (D)36.2
LD-30Joseph R. Malone III · Melvin Cottrell (R)7.9
LD-31Joseph V. Doria Jr. · Joseph Charles Jr. (D)27.9
LD-32Anthony Impreveduto · Joan M. Quigley (D)18.1
LD-33Raul Garcia · Louis A. Romano (D)21.9
LD-34Gerald Zecker · Marion Crecco (R)4.1
LD-35Alfred Steele · Nellie Pou (D)9.8
LD-36John V. Kelly · Paul Digaetano (R)1.1
LD-37Loretta Weinberg · Charles K. Zisa (D)14.0
LD-38Rose Marie Heck · Guy F. Talarico (R)3.9
LD-39Charlotte Vandervalk · John Rooney (R)15.0
LD-40Nicholas R. Felice · David C. Russo (R)18.7

New Jersey

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: English Wikipedia; Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner