2007Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2007 election for New Jersey Legislative District 2
New Jersey State Senate · New Jersey
Jim Whelan (D) won with 57.1% of the vote, defeating James McCullough (R) by 14.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jim WhelanDemocrat · winner
57.1%27,913
James McCulloughRepublican
42.9%21,013
48,926 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 2007
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET