1997Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1997 election for New Jersey Legislative District 7
New Jersey State Senate · New Jersey
Diane Allen (R) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating Robert P. Broderick (D) by 9.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Diane AllenRepublican · winner
53.7%30,875
Robert P. BroderickDemocrat
44.4%25,501
Norman E. WahnerIndependent
1.9%1,121
57,497 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