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2013Final results

2013 election for New Jersey Legislative District 3

New Jersey State Senate · New Jersey

Stephen M. Sweeney (D) won with 54.8% of the vote, defeating Niki A. Trunk (R) by 9.6 points.

Stephen M. SweeneyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.8%31,045
Niki A. TrunkRepublican
45.2%25,599
56,644 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 2013

Races before and after

EvenD+8.12003D+17.72007D+11.22011D+9.62013D+17.52017R+3.42021

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