1997Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1997 election for New Jersey Legislative District 25
New Jersey State Senate · New Jersey
Tony Bucco (R) won with 54.8% of the vote, defeating Gordon Mac Innes (D) by 11.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tony BuccoRepublican · winner
54.8%37,048
Gordon Mac InnesDemocrat
43.7%29,515
Joseph LongIndependent
1.5%1,033
67,596 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 1997
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET