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2017Final results

2017 election for New Jersey Legislative District 3

New Jersey State Senate · New Jersey

Stephen M. Sweeney (D) won with 58.8% of the vote, defeating Fran Grenier (R) by 17.5 points.

Stephen M. SweeneyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.8%31,822
Fran GrenierRepublican
41.2%22,336
54,158 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 2017

Races before and after

EvenD+17.72007D+11.22011D+9.62013D+17.52017R+3.42021D+7.22023

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