DemocratNot in office · last served 1991Last on a ballot: Nov 1989

Joseph D. Patero

Last held office: New Jersey General Assembly, District 14 (1987–1991). Ran in 9 elections between 1973 and 1989, winning 8.

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Career

Offices held, and every time Patero was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Margin: how far Patero finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1989	New Jersey General Assembly, District 14	General	Won	Anthony J. Cimino (D), Frank V. Ragazzo (R), Calvin O. Iszard Jr. (R)	31.5%	R+1.2
1987	New Jersey General Assembly, District 14	General	Won	Anthony J. Cimino (D), David J. Kenny (R), Walt Sodie (R)	30.1%	R+0.3
1985	New Jersey General Assembly, District 14	General	Lost	Joseph L. Bocchini Jr. (D), John K. Rafferty (R), Thomas Colitsas (R)	24.9%	R+1.6
1983	New Jersey General Assembly, District 14	General	Won	Joseph L. Bocchini Jr. (D), Donald J. Tamutus (R), Thomas Colitsas (R)	28.1%	R+0.5
1981	New Jersey General Assembly, District 14	General	Won	Joseph L. Bocchini Jr. (D), Paul Kramer (R), Gregory Switlik (R)	25.8%	D+0.3
1979	New Jersey General Assembly, District 17	General	Won	David C. Schwartz (D), William H. Christensen (R), Robert M. Sherr III (R)	31.2%	D+0.3
1977	New Jersey General Assembly, District 17	General	Won	David C. Schwartz (D), Jeffrey M. Brindle (R), Charles B. W. Durand (R)	29.9%	D+1.6
1975	New Jersey General Assembly, District 17	General	Won	William J. Hamilton Jr. (D), Charles F. Williams (R), Kenneth C. Brennan (R)	28.1%	R+0.4
1973	New Jersey General Assembly, District 17	General	Won	William J. Hamilton Jr. (D), Elizabeth T. Lyons (R), Bruce H. Williams (R)	33.8%	Even