1997 general · November 4, 1997
1997 New Jersey General Assembly election results, district by district
Every New Jersey General Assembly district in the 1997 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 80 seats
After the electionD 32 · R 48
Races40
Changed party0
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated0
Every district
D 32 · R 48
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | John C. Gibson · Nicholas Asselta (R) | 1.5 | |
| LD-2 | Kenneth C. Lefevre · Frank Blee (R) | 13.1 | |
| LD-3 | Jack Collins · Gary W. Stuhltrager (R) | 13.5 | |
| LD-4 | George F. Geist · Gerald J. Luongo (R) | 1.1 | |
| LD-5 | Joseph J. Roberts Jr. · Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D) | 23.7 | |
| LD-6 | Lou Greenwald · Mary T. Previte (D) | 5.6 | |
| LD-7 | Herb Conaway · Jack Conners (D) | 0.1 | |
| LD-8 | Francis L. Bodine · Larry Chatzidakis (R) | 5.9 | |
| LD-9 | Jeffrey W. Moran · Christopher J. Connors (R) | 14.7 | |
| LD-10 | David W. Wolfe · Jim Holzapfel (R) | 13.1 | |
| LD-11 | Steven J. Corodemus · Tom Smith (R) | 12.7 | |
| LD-12 | Michael J. Arnone · Clare M. Farragher (R) | 12.0 | |
| LD-13 | Joseph Azzolina · Samuel D. Thompson (R) | 7.2 | |
| LD-14 | Paul Kramer · Barbara Wright (R) | 2.9 | |
| LD-15 | Bonnie Watson Coleman · Reed Gusciora (D) | 10.6 | |
| LD-16 | Christopher Bateman · Peter J. Biondi (R) | 12.5 | |
| LD-17 | Bob Smith · Jerry Green (D) | 15.9 | |
| LD-18 | Barbara A. Buono · Peter J. Barnes Jr. (D) | 5.2 | |
| LD-19 | John S. Wisniewski · Arline M. Friscia (D) | 15.6 | |
| LD-20 | Joseph Suliga · Neil M. Cohen (D) | 19.7 | |
| LD-21 | Kevin J. Otoole · Joel M. Weingarten (R) | 12.8 | |
| LD-22 | Richard H. Bagger · Alan M. Augustine (R) | 15.0 | |
| LD-23 | Leonard Lance · Connie Myers (R) | 9.9 | |
| LD-24 | Scott Garrett · Guy R. Gregg (R) | 23.3 | |
| LD-25 | Michael Patrick Carroll · Rick Merkt (R) | 13.1 | |
| LD-26 | Carol Murphy · Alex Decroce (R) | 19.9 | |
| LD-27 | Leroy J. Jones Jr. · Nia H. Gill (D) | 47.2 | |
| LD-28 | Wilfredo Caraballo · Craig A. Stanley (D) | 28.7 | |
| LD-29 | William D. Payne · Donald Tucker (D) | 36.2 | |
| LD-30 | Joseph R. Malone III · Melvin Cottrell (R) | 7.9 | |
| LD-31 | Joseph V. Doria Jr. · Joseph Charles Jr. (D) | 27.9 | |
| LD-32 | Anthony Impreveduto · Joan M. Quigley (D) | 18.1 | |
| LD-33 | Raul Garcia · Louis A. Romano (D) | 21.9 | |
| LD-34 | Gerald Zecker · Marion Crecco (R) | 4.1 | |
| LD-35 | Alfred Steele · Nellie Pou (D) | 9.8 | |
| LD-36 | John V. Kelly · Paul Digaetano (R) | 1.1 | |
| LD-37 | Loretta Weinberg · Charles K. Zisa (D) | 14.0 | |
| LD-38 | Rose Marie Heck · Guy F. Talarico (R) | 3.9 | |
| LD-39 | Charlotte Vandervalk · John Rooney (R) | 15.0 | |
| LD-40 | Nicholas R. Felice · David C. Russo (R) | 18.7 |
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