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2011Final results

2011 election for New Jersey Legislative District 1

New Jersey State Senate · New Jersey

Jeff Van Drew (D) won with 54.1% of the vote, defeating David S. Deweese (R) by 8.1 points.

Jeff Van DrewDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.1%24,557
45.9%20,857
45,414 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 2011

Races before and after

EvenR+24.31997R+0.72001D+11.42007D+8.12011D+20.22013D+30.82017

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET