2013 New Jersey Senate election

2013 New Jersey State Senate election
All 40 seats in the New Jersey Senate; 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	34.4%
	Results by district; Democratic hold ; Republican hold
Senate President before election; Stephen M. Sweeney; Democratic	Elected Senate President ; Stephen M. Sweeney; Democratic

The 2013 New Jersey State Senate election coincided with Chris Christie's landslide re-election to a second term as Governor of New Jersey.

2013 was an election of remarkable stability in the Senate, as just one seat (that of gubernatorial nominee Buono) failed to return its incumbent to office. As a corollary, no seats changed party for the second consecutive election. This was the last time that the party that won the popular vote did not win the most seats.

Contents
Incumbents not running • Summary of results
By District: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40

Summary of results

↓
24	16
Democratic	Republican

Parties		Seats				Popular Vote
Parties		2011	2013	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic	24	24		60%	899,672	47.4%	0.0%
	Republican	16	16		40%	988,214	52.1%	0.0%
	Libertarian	0	0		0%	1,014	0.1%	0.0%
	Independent	0	0		0%	8,924	0.5%	0.0%
Total		40	40	0	100.0%	1,898,155	100.0%	-

Incumbents not running for re-election

Democratic

Barbara Buono (District 18) (ran for Governor)

Summary of results by State Senate district

District	Incumbent		Elected Senator
1st Legislative District	Jeff Van Drew	Dem	Jeff Van Drew	Dem
2nd Legislative District	Jim Whelan	Dem	Jim Whelan	Dem
3rd Legislative District	Steve Sweeney	Dem	Steve Sweeney	Dem
4th Legislative District	Fred Madden	Dem	Fred Madden	Dem
5th Legislative District	Donald Norcross	Dem	Donald Norcross	Dem
6th Legislative District	James Beach	Dem	James Beach	Dem
7th Legislative District	Diane Allen	Rep	Diane Allen	Rep
8th Legislative District	Dawn Addiego	Rep	Dawn Addiego	Rep
9th Legislative District	Christopher Connors	Rep	Christopher Connors	Rep
10th Legislative District	Jim Holzapfel	Rep	Jim Holzapfel	Rep
11th Legislative District	Jennifer Beck	Rep	Jennifer Beck	Rep
12th Legislative District	Samuel D. Thompson	Rep	Samuel D. Thompson	Rep
13th Legislative District	Joe Kyrillos	Rep	Joe Kyrillos	Rep
14th Legislative District	Linda Greenstein	Dem	Linda Greenstein	Dem
15th Legislative District	Shirley Turner	Dem	Shirley Turner	Dem
16th Legislative District	Kip Bateman	Rep	Kip Bateman	Rep
17th Legislative District	Bob Smith	Dem	Bob Smith	Dem
18th Legislative District	Barbara Buono	Dem	Peter J. Barnes III	Dem
19th Legislative District	Joe Vitale	Dem	Joe Vitale	Dem
20th Legislative District	Raymond Lesniak	Dem	Raymond Lesniak	Dem
21st Legislative District	Tom Kean Jr.	Rep	Tom Kean Jr.	Rep
22nd Legislative District	Nicholas Scutari	Dem	Nicholas Scutari	Dem
23rd Legislative District	Michael Doherty	Rep	Michael Doherty	Rep
24th Legislative District	Steve Oroho	Rep	Steve Oroho	Rep
25th Legislative District	Anthony Bucco	Rep	Anthony Bucco	Rep
26th Legislative District	Joe Pennacchio	Rep	Joe Pennacchio	Rep
27th Legislative District	Richard Codey	Dem	Richard Codey	Dem
28th Legislative District	Ronald Rice	Dem	Ronald Rice	Dem
29th Legislative District	Teresa Ruiz	Dem	Teresa Ruiz	Dem
30th Legislative District	Robert W. Singer	Rep	Robert W. Singer	Rep
31st Legislative District	Sandra Bolden Cunningham	Dem	Sandra Bolden Cunningham	Dem
32nd Legislative District	Nicholas Sacco	Dem	Nicholas Sacco	Dem
33rd Legislative District	Brian Stack	Dem	Brian Stack	Dem
34th Legislative District	Nia Gill	Dem	Nia Gill	Dem
35th Legislative District	Nellie Pou	Dem	Nellie Pou	Dem
36th Legislative District	Paul Sarlo	Dem	Paul Sarlo	Dem
37th Legislative District	Loretta Weinberg	Dem	Loretta Weinberg	Dem
38th Legislative District	Robert M. Gordon	Dem	Robert M. Gordon	Dem
39th Legislative District	Gerald Cardinale	Rep	Gerald Cardinale	Rep
40th Legislative District	Kevin O'Toole	Rep	Kevin O'Toole	Rep

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

District 14, 2.4%
District 18, 3.8%
District 38, 3.8%
District 3, 9.6%
District 2, 10.0%

District 1

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jeff Van Drew (incumbent)	34,624	59.4	5.3
	Republican	Susan Adelizzi Schmidt	22,835	39.2	6.7
	Independence For All	Tom Greto	825	1.4	N/A
Total votes			58,284	100.00%

District 2

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jim Whelan (incumbent)	29,337	55.0	1.6
	Republican	Frank X. Balles	24,008	45.0	1.6
Total votes			53,345	100.00%

District 3

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Stephen M. Sweeney (incumbent)	31,045	54.8	0.8
	Republican	Niki A. Trunk	25,599	45.2	0.8
Total votes			56,644	100.00%

District 4

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Fred H. Madden (incumbent)	29,439	57.9	4.2
	Republican	Giancarlo D'Orazio	21,376	42.1	4.2
Total votes			50,815	100.00%

District 5

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Donald Norcross (incumbent)	25,383	57.9	1.1
	Republican	Keith Walker	18,448	42.1	1.1
Total votes			43,831	100.00%

District 6

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	James Beach (incumbent)	34,847	63.4	1.3
	Republican	Sudhir Deshmukh	20,080	36.6	1.3
Total votes			54,927	100.00%

District 7

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Diane Allen (incumbent)	38,350	60.4%	3.4
	Democratic	Gary Catrambone	25,106	39.6%	3.4
Total votes			63,456	100.00%

District 8

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dawn Marie Addiego (incumbent)	35,894	63.5%	36.5
	Democratic	Javier Vasquez	20,633	36.5%	N/A
Total votes			56,527	100.00%

District 9

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Christopher J. Connors (incumbent)	46,949	70.8%	5.9
	Democratic	Anthony Mazzella	19,365	29.2%	5.9
Total votes			66,314	100.00%

District 10

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jim Holzapfel (incumbent)	45,565	69.7%	5.7
	Democratic	John Bendel	19,807	30.3%	5.7
Total votes			65,372	100.00%

District 11

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jennifer Beck (incumbent)	30,531	60.0	3.4
	Democratic	Michael Brantley	19,735	38.8	4.6
	For the People	Marie E. Amato-Juckiewicz	599	1.2	N/A
Total votes			50,865	100.00%

District 12

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Samuel D. Thompson (incumbent)	32,911	65.4	5.5
	Democratic	Raymond D. Dotard	17,440	34.6	5.5
Total votes			50,351	100.00%

District 13

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joe Kyrillos (incumbent)	40,762	68.1%	8.2
	Democratic	Joseph Marques	18,289	30.6%	6.1
	The People's Choice	Mac Dara F. Lyden	774	1.3%	0.7
Total votes			59,825	100.00%

District 14

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Linda R. Greenstein (incumbent)	31,387	50.4%	4.9
	Republican	Peter Inverso	29,903	48.0%	3.3
	Libertarian	Don Dezarn	1,014	1.6%	N/A
Total votes			62,304	100.00%

District 15

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Shirley Turner (incumbent)	30,250	63.3%	3.1
	Republican	Don Cox	17,507	36.7%	3.1
Total votes			47,757	100.00%

District 16

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Christopher Bateman (incumbent)	34,865	60.3%	5.7
	Democratic	Christian R. Mastondrea	22,990	39.7%	5.7
Total votes			57,855	100.00%

District 17

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bob Smith	22,920	59.8%	4.2
	Republican	Brian D. Levine	15,403	40.2%	4.2
Total votes			38,323	100.00%

District 18

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Peter J. Barnes III	25,063	51.9%	8.2
	Republican	David Stahl	23,184	48.1%	8.2
Total votes			48,247	100.0

District 19

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joe Vitale (incumbent)	24,126	62.6%	4.3
	Republican	Robert Luban	14,439	37.4%	4.3
Total votes			38,565	100.00%

District 20

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Raymond Lesniak (incumbent)	21,251	100.0%	24.5
Total votes			21,251	100.00%

District 21

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Thomas Kean Jr. (incumbent)	42,423	69.6%	2.1
	Democratic	Michael Komondy	18,517	30.4%	2.1
Total votes			60,940	100.00%

District 22

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nicholas Scutari (incumbent)	24,899	59.5	2.1
	Republican	Robert Sherr	16,933	40.5	2.1
Total votes			41,832	100.00%

District 23

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Michael J. Doherty (incumbent)	37,477	67.6	6.3
	Democratic	Gerard R. Bowers	17,311	31.2	4.5
	Seyler. Us	Daniel Z. Seyler	672	1.2	1.8
Total votes			55,460	100.00%

District 24

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Steve Oroho (incumbent)	38,819	70.4%	4.4
	Democratic	Richard D. Tomko	16,292	29.6%	4.4
Total votes			55,111	100.00%

District 25

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Anthony R. Bucco (incumbent)	36,517	86.8%	25.8
	Buck the Parties	Maureen Castriotta	5,577	13.2%	N/A
Total votes			42,094	100.00%

District 26

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joe Pennacchio (incumbent)	35,772	65.0	0.7
	Democratic	Avery Ann Hart	19,250	35.0	2.2
Total votes			55,022	100.00%

District 27

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Richard Codey (incumbent)	34,291	59.3%	2.5
	Republican	Lee S. Holtzman	23,581	40.7%	2.5
Total votes			57,872	100.00%

District 28

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ronald Rice (incumbent)	27,265	75.7%	0.9
	Republican	Frank Contella	8,744	24.3%	0.9
Total votes			36,009	100.00%

District 29

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Teresa Ruiz (incumbent)	16,078	78.3%	3.9
	Republican	Raafat Barsoom	3,636	17.7%	3.2
	Unity Is Strength	Pablo Olivera	808	3.9%	N/A
Total votes			20,522	100.00%

District 30

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert Singer (incumbent)	36,563	70.2%	4.3
	Democratic	William H. Field	15,535	29.8%	4.3
Total votes			52,098	100.00%

District 31

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Sandra Bolden Cunningham (incumbent)	18,822	73.1%	7.7
	Republican	Maria Karczewski	6,932	26.9%	9.6
Total votes			25,754	100.0

District 32

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nicholas Sacco (incumbent)	20,098	70.2%	10.6
	Republican	Paul Castelli	8,542	29.8%	13.5
Total votes			28,640	100.00%

District 33

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Brian P. Stack (incumbent)	26,980	80.7%	5.9
	Republican	James Sanford	6,460	19.3%	5.9
Total votes			33,440	100.00%

District 34

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nia Gill (incumbent)	27,132	73.1%	6.5
	Republican	Joseph S. Cupoli	9,972	26.9%	6.5
Total votes			37,104	100.00%

District 35

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nellie Pou (incumbent)	22,154	74.1%	0.6
	Republican	Lynda Gallashaw	7,737	25.9%	0.6
Total votes			29,891	100.00%

District 36

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Paul Sarlo (incumbent)	22,677	59.7%	3.0
	Republican	Brian A. Fitzhenry	15,293	40.3%	3.0
Total votes			37,970	100.00%

District 37

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Loretta Weinberg (incumbent)	28,321	68.5%	1.4
	Republican	Paul A. Duggan	13,038	31.5%	1.4
Total votes			41,359	100.00%

District 38

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bob Gordon (incumbent)	27,779	51.9	1.1
	Republican	Fernando A. Alonso	25,767	48.1	1.1
Total votes			53,546	100.00%

District 39

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Gerald Cardinale (incumbent)	37,836	63.6%	0.1
	Democratic	Jane “Jan” Bidwell	21,616	36.4%	0.1
Total votes			59,452	100.0

District 40

2013 general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kevin J. O'Toole (incumbent)	37,565	65.9%	3.5
	Democratic	William Meredith Ashley	19,401	34.1%	3.5
Total votes			56,966	100.00%

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