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2001 general · November 6, 2001

2001 New Jersey State Senate election results, district by district

Every New Jersey State Senate district in the 2001 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

The chamber was tied · 40 seats

After the electionD 20 · R 20
Races40
Changed party4
Unopposed5%2 races
Incumbents defeated3

Every district

D 20 · R 20

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1James S. Cafiero (R)0.7
LD-2William L. Gormley (R)73.1
LD-3Stephen M. Sweeney (D)3.0Incumbent lost
LD-4John Matheussen (R)16.5
LD-5Wayne R. Bryant (D)38.6
LD-6John H. Adler (D)33.4
LD-7Diane Allen (R)8.1
LD-8Martha W. Bark (R)21.3
LD-9Leonard T. Connors Jr. (R)18.2
LD-10Andrew R. Ciesla (R)13.6
LD-11Joseph A. Palaia (R)24.1
LD-12John O. Bennett (R)17.5
LD-13Joe Kyrillos Jr. (R)28.8
LD-14Peter Inverso (R)4.2
LD-15Shirley Turner (D)39.4
LD-16Walter J. Kavanaugh (R)33.2
LD-17Bob Smith (D)37.8
LD-18Barbara A. Buono (D)29.9Flipped
LD-19Joe Vitale (D)54.7
LD-20Raymond Lesniak (D)60.0
LD-21Richard H. Bagger (R)17.2
LD-22Joseph Suliga (D)18.1Flipped
LD-23Leonard Lance (R)38.5
LD-24Robert E. Littel (R)48.8
LD-25Tony Bucco (R)31.0
LD-26Robert J. Martin (R)31.7
LD-27Richard J. Codey (D)31.9
LD-28Ronald L. Rice (D)39.8
LD-29Sharpe James (D)Unopposed
LD-30Bob Singer (R)23.3
LD-31Joseph Charles Jr. (D)48.3
LD-32Nicholas J. Sacco (D)39.6
LD-33Bernard F. Kenny Jr. (D)50.7
LD-34Nia H. Gill (D)30.5FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-35John A. Girgenti (D)Unopposed
LD-36Garry J. Furnari (D)3.0
LD-37Byron Baer (D)32.8
LD-38Joseph Congilio (D)6.4FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-39Gerald Cardinale (R)26.8
LD-40Henry P. McNamara (R)24.5

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