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1997 general · November 4, 1997

1997 New Jersey State Senate election results, district by district

Every New Jersey State Senate district in the 1997 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 16 · R 24
Races40
Changed party4
Unopposed5%2 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 16 · R 24

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1James S. Cafiero (R)24.3
LD-2William L. Gormley (R)30.4
LD-3Raymond J. Zane (D)70.3
LD-4John Matheussen (R)4.6
LD-5Wayne R. Bryant (D)43.9
LD-6John H. Adler (D)8.0
LD-7Diane Allen (R)9.3Flipped
LD-8Martha W. Bark (R)9.8
LD-9Leonard T. Connors Jr. (R)22.7
LD-10Andrew R. Ciesla (R)25.2
LD-11Joseph A. Palaia (R)34.5
LD-12John O. Bennett (R)31.8
LD-13Joe Kyrillos Jr. (R)28.6
LD-14Peter Inverso (R)13.5
LD-15Shirley Turner (D)7.8FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-16Walter J. Kavanaugh (R)31.2
LD-17John A. Lynch (D)36.0
LD-18Jack Sinagra (R)17.0
LD-19Joe Vitale (D)20.4
LD-20Raymond Lesniak (D)38.2
LD-21C. Louis Bassano (R)Unopposed
LD-22Donald Difrancesco (R)36.7
LD-23William E. Schluter (R)27.8
LD-24Robert E. Littel (R)50.7
LD-25Tony Bucco (R)11.1Flipped
LD-26Robert J. Martin (R)85.2
LD-27Richard J. Codey (D)58.9
LD-28Ronald L. Rice (D)Unopposed
LD-29Wynona M. Lipman (D)73.3
LD-30Bob Singer (R)13.6
LD-31Edward T. Oconnor Jr. (D)55.2
LD-32Nicholas J. Sacco (D)38.3
LD-33Bernard F. Kenny Jr. (D)45.3
LD-34Norman Robertson (R)7.9
LD-35John A. Girgenti (D)39.5
LD-36Garry J. Furnari (D)6.2FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-37Byron Baer (D)19.7
LD-38Louis F. Kosco (R)13.0
LD-39Gerald Cardinale (R)34.2
LD-40Henry P. McNamara (R)35.1

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