1985 New Jersey General Assembly election

The 1985 New Jersey General Assembly election was held on November 5, 1985.

1985 New Jersey General Assembly election

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All 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Chuck Hardwick Alan Karcher Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 20th 19th Seats before 36 44 Seats won 50 30 Seat change 14 14
Speaker before election Alan Karcher Democratic Elected Speaker Chuck Hardwick Republican

The elections coincided with Governor Tom Kean's landslide re-election. The result was a historic victory for Kean's Republican Party, which gained 14 seats to retake the majority in the Assembly. As of 2024, this remains the only election since 1973 in which Republicans won any seats in the Senate or Assembly from Hudson County, where they carried four of six seats.

Incumbents not running for re-election

Democratic

• Thomas W. Long (District 20)
• Nicholas LaRocca (District 33)

Summary of races

Voters in each legislative district elect two members to the New Jersey General Assembly.

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected	Party
1st Legislative District	Guy F. Muziani		Rep	Guy F. Muziani		Rep
	Joseph W. Chinnici		Rep	Joseph W. Chinnici		Rep
2nd Legislative District	J. Edward Cline		Rep	J. Edward Cline		Rep
	Dolores G. Cooper		Rep	Dolores G. Cooper		Rep
3rd Legislative District	Martin A. Herman		Dem	Jack Collins		Rep
	Thomas A. Pankok		Dem	Gary Stuhltrager		Rep
4th Legislative District	Anthony S. Marsella		Dem	Anthony S. Marsella		Dem
	Dennis L. Riley		Dem	Dennis L. Riley		Dem
5th Legislative District	Francis J. Gorman		Dem	Francis J. Gorman		Dem
	Wayne R. Bryant		Dem	Wayne R. Bryant		Dem
6th Legislative District	John A. Rocco		Rep	John A. Rocco		Rep
	Thomas J. Shusted		Rep	Thomas J. Shusted		Rep
7th Legislative District	Barbara Kalik		Dem	Barbara Kalik		Dem
	Thomas P. Foy		Dem	Thomas P. Foy		Dem
8th Legislative District	Harold L. Colburn Jr.[a]		Rep	Harold L. Colburn Jr.		Rep
	Robert C. Shinn Jr.[b]		Rep	Robert C. Shinn		Rep
9th Legislative District	John T. Hendrickson Jr.		Rep	John T. Hendrickson Jr.		Rep
	Jorge A. Rod		Dem[c]	Jeffrey Moran		Rep
10th Legislative District	John Paul Doyle		Dem	John Paul Doyle		Dem
	Marlene Lynch Ford		Dem	Robert Singer		Rep
11th Legislative District	Joseph A. Palaia		Rep	Joseph A. Palaia		Rep
	Anthony M. Villane		Rep	Anthony M. Villane		Rep
12th Legislative District	Marie Sheehan Muhler		Rep	Marie Sheehan Muhler		Rep
	John O. Bennett		Rep	John O. Bennett		Rep
13th Legislative District	Jacqueline Walker		Dem	Joseph Azzolina		Rep
	Bill Flynn		Dem	Joann H. Smith		Rep
14th Legislative District	Joseph L. Bocchini Jr.		Dem	Joseph L. Bocchini Jr.		Dem
	Joseph D. Patero		Dem	John K. Rafferty		Rep
15th Legislative District	John S. Watson		Dem	John S. Watson		Dem
	Gerald S. Naples		Dem	Gerald S. Naples		Dem
16th Legislative District	Walter J. Kavanaugh		Rep	Walter J. Kavanaugh		Rep
	John S. Penn		Rep	John S. Penn		Rep
17th Legislative District	David C. Schwartz		Dem	David C. Schwartz		Dem
	Angela L. Perun		Rep[d]	Bob Smith		Dem
18th Legislative District	Thomas H. Paterniti		Dem	Thomas H. Paterniti		Dem
	Frank M. Pelly		Dem	Frank M. Pelly		Dem
19th Legislative District	George Otlowski		Dem	George J. Otlowski		Dem
	Alan Karcher		Dem	Alan Karcher		Dem
20th Legislative District	Thomas J. Deverin		Dem	Thomas J. Deverin		Dem
	Thomas W. Long		Dem	George Hudak		Dem
21st Legislative District	Chuck Hardwick		Rep	Chuck Hardwick		Rep
	Peter J. Genova[e]		Rep	Peter J. Genova		Rep
22nd Legislative District	Bob Franks		Rep	Bob Franks		Rep
	Maureen Ogden		Rep	Maureen Ogden		Rep
23rd Legislative District	Dick Zimmer		Rep	Dick Zimmer		Rep
	Karl Weidel		Rep	Karl Weidel		Rep
24th Legislative District	Robert E. Littell		Rep	Robert E. Littell		Rep
	Chuck Haytaian		Rep	Chuck Haytaian		Rep
25th Legislative District	Rodney Frelinghuysen		Rep	Rodney Frelinghuysen		Rep
	Arthur R. Albohn		Rep	Arthur R. Albohn		Rep
26th Legislative District	Robert J. Martin[f]		Rep	Robert J. Martin		Rep
	Ralph A. Loveys		Rep	Ralph A. Loveys		Rep
27th Legislative District	Harry A. McEnroe		Dem	Harry A. McEnroe		Dem
	Mildred Barry Garvin		Dem	Mildred Barry Garvin		Dem
28th Legislative District	Michael Adubato		Dem	Michael Adubato		Dem
	James Zangari		Dem	James Zangari		Dem
29th Legislative District	Willie B. Brown		Dem	Willie B. Brown		Dem
	Eugene H. Thompson		Dem	Eugene H. Thompson		Dem
30th Legislative District	Buddy Fortunato		Dem	John V. Kelly		Rep
	Steve Adubato		Dem	Marion Crecco		Rep
31st Legislative District	Joe Doria		Dem	Joe Doria		Dem
	Joseph Charles		Dem	Joseph Charles		Dem
32nd Legislative District	Paul Cuprowski		Dem	Frank J. Gargiulo		Rep
	Anthony P. Vainieri		Dem	Charles J. Catrillo		Rep
33rd Legislative District	Nicholas LaRocca		Dem	Ronald A. Dario		Rep
	Robert A. Ranieri		Dem	Jose Arango		Rep
34th Legislative District	Gerald Zecker		Rep	Gerald Zecker		Rep
	Newton E. Miller		Rep	Newton E. Miller		Rep
35th Legislative District	John Girgenti		Dem	John Girgenti		Dem
	Vincent O. Pellecchia		Dem	Vincent O. Pellecchia		Dem
36th Legislative District	Robert Hollenbeck		Dem	Kathleen Donovan		Rep
	Richard Visotcky		Dem	Paul DiGaetano		Rep
37th Legislative District	D. Bennett Mazur		Dem	D. Bennett Mazur		Dem
	Byron Baer		Dem	Byron Baer		Dem
38th Legislative District	Pat Schuber		Rep	Pat Schuber		Rep
	Louis Kosco		Rep	Louis Kosco		Rep
39th Legislative District	John E. Rooney		Rep	John E. Rooney		Rep
	Elizabeth Randall[g]		Rep	Elizabeth Randall		Rep
40th Legislative District	Walter M. D. Kern		Rep	Walter M. D. Kern		Rep
	Nicholas Felice		Rep	Nicholas R. Felice		Rep

1. Colburn won a September 1984 special to complete the unexpired term of Assemblyman Robert J. Meyer, who died of a heart attack.
2. Shinn won a special election in February 1985 to complete the unexpired term of Assemblyman C. William Haines, who had been elevated to the Senate.
3. Rod was elected as a Republican in 1983, but switched parties on August 27, shortly before the election.
4. Perun switched parties on March 14.
5. Genova won a March 1985 special election to complete the unexpired term of Assemblyman Edward K. Gill, who died of heart disease.
6. Martin won a January 1985 special election to complete the unexpired term of Assemblyman Dean Gallo, who resigned to join the U.S. House of Representatives.
7. Randall won a March 1985 special election to complete the unexpired term of Assemblyman John W. Markert.

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

District 1

See also: 1st Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joseph W. Chinnici	35,610	33.7	5.5
	Republican	Guy F. Muziani	33,978	32.1	6.0
	Democratic	Raymond A. Batten	18,794	17.8	8.0
	Democratic	Peter L. Amico	17,407	16.5	3.4
Total votes			'105,789'	'100.0'

District 2

See also: 2nd Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	J. Edward Kline	32,092	34.1	5.6
	Republican	Dolores G. Cooper	27,395	29.1	2.0
	Democratic	Joel Jacovitz	19,899	21.2	1.0
	Democratic	Lillian E. Bryant	14,634	15.6	4.8
Total votes			'94,020'	'100.0'

District 3

See also: 3rd Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jack Collins	27,514	26.2	3.3
	Republican	Gary W. Stuhltrager	27,032	25.7	3.5
	Democratic	Martin A. Herman	25,699	24.5	3.7
	Democratic	Thomas A. Pankok	24,796	23.6	3.1
Total votes			'105,041'	'100.0'

District 4

See also: 4th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Anthony S. Marsella	23,162	27.3	3.4
	Democratic	Dennis L. Riley	22,703	26.8	3.4
	Republican	Frank F. Senatore	19,621	23.1	2.8
	Republican	William F. Thomson	19,307	22.8	3.9
Total votes			'84,793'	'100.0'

District 5

See also: 5th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Francis J. Gorman	22,828	30.9	2.8
	Democratic	Wayne R. Bryant	22,691	30.7	3.6
	Republican	Charles E. Brimm	14,514	19.6	3.3
	Republican	William M. Terrell	13,872	18.8	3.2
Total votes			'73,905'	'100.0'

District 6

See also: 6th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John A. Rocco	32,812	32.7	4.9
	Republican	Thomas J. Shusted	31,679	31.6	3.9
	Democratic	Carl B. Viniar	18,425	18.4	4.8
	Democratic	Harry Benn	17,382	17.3	4.0
Total votes			'100,298'	'100.0'

District 7

See also: 7th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Barbara Faith Kalik	26,452	29.4	1.3
	Democratic	Thomas P. Foy	25,217	28.0	1.8
	Republican	Renee L. Borstad	19,318	21.4	0.3
	Republican	Charles J. Ansert	19,096	21.2	2.9
Total votes			'90,083'	'100.0'

District 8

See also: 8th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Harold L. Colburn, Jr.	29,150	34.8	3.8
	Republican	Robert C. Shinn, Jr.	29,085	34.7	3.2
	Democratic	Claire B. Cohen	12,971	15.5	3.6
	Democratic	Harrison B. Slack	12,285	14.7	3.7
	Socialist Labor	Bernardo S. Doganiero	189	0.2	N/A
	Socialist Labor	Paul Ferguson	170	0.2	N/A
Total votes			'83,850'	'100.0'

District 9

See also: 9th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John T. Hendrickson Jr. (incumbent)	39,031	32.4	0.9
	Republican	Jeffrey Moran	37,877	31.4	1.2
	Democratic	Jorge A. Rod (incumbent)	23,470	19.5	0.4 (10.7)
	Democratic	Warren E. Hickman	19,420	16.1	2.2
	"Time for Change"	Paul David Hedrich	708	0.6	N/A
Total votes			'120,506'	'100.0'

District 10

See also: 10th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Paul Doyle (incumbent)	30,055	25.9	3.3
	Republican	Robert Singer	29,621	25.5	1.9
	Republican	Roden S. Lightbody	28,179	24.2	3.5
	Democratic	Marlene Lynch Ford (incumbent)	28,159	24.2	1.5
	Libertarian	Wallace Gluck	217	0.2	N/A
Total votes			'116,231'	'100.0'

District 11

See also: 11th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joseph A. Palaia	35,629	34.4	5.1
	Republican	Anthony M. “Doc” Villane	35,291	34.1	4.9
	Democratic	Craig Alan Frankel	16,298	15.8	5.0
	Democratic	Daniel P. Jacobson	16,242	15.7	5.1
Total votes			'103,460'	'100.0'

District 12

See also: 12th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John O. Bennett	33,205	32.5	2.6
	Republican	Marie Sheehan Muhler	32,346	31.6	2.0
	Democratic	Donald M. Lomurro	18,584	18.2	2.3
	Democratic	Michael L. Detzky	18,129	17.7	2.3
Total votes			'102,264'	'100.0'

District 13

See also: 13th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joseph Azzolina	26,565	26.3	2.5
	Republican	Joann H. Smith	25,970	25.7	4.1
	Democratic	William E. Flynn	24,418	24.2	3.6
	Democratic	Jacqueline Walker	24,058	23.8	3.0
Total votes			'101,011'	'100.0'

District 14

See also: 14th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joseph L. Bocchini, Jr.	28,476	26.5	2.0
	Republican	John K. Rafferty	27,960	26.1	3.8
	Democratic	Joseph D. Patero	26,707	24.9	3.2
	Republican	Thomas Colitsas	24,189	22.5	1.4
Total votes			'107,332'	'100.0'

District 15

See also: 15th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John S. Watson	25,173	28.2	3.0
	Democratic	Gerald S. Naples	24,893	27.9	3.0
	Republican	Barbara Marrow	19,818	22.2	3.0
	Republican	Mary Ann McKee	19,413	21.7	3.0
Total votes			'89,297'	'100.0'

District 16

See also: 16th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Walter J. Kavanaugh	37,577	38.9	4.5
	Republican	John S. Penn	35,258	36.5	5.5
	Democratic	William R. Norris II	11,884	12.3	4.8
	Democratic	Frank M. Reskin	11,596	12.0	4.3
	Libertarian	Stephen Friedlander	363	0.4	0.8
Total votes			'96,678'	'100.0'

District 17

See also: 17th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	David C. Schwartz	21,174	28.1	4.4
	Democratic	Bob Smith	19,556	26.0	6.1
	Republican	Angela L. Perun	19,104	25.4	7.4 ( 6.7)
	Republican	Francis J. Coury	15,503	20.6	4.1
Total votes			'75,337'	'100.0'

District 18

See also: 18th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Thomas H. Paterniti	30,169	26.7	1.8
	Democratic	Frank M. Pelly	29,490	26.1	2.2
	Republican	S. Elliott Mayo	27,101	24.0	2.1
	Republican	Michael Leibowitz	26,280	23.2	1.9
Total votes			113,040	100.0

District 19

See also: 19th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	George J. Otlowski	26,187	26.7	3.3
	Democratic	Alan J. Karcher	24,803	25.3	2.8
	Republican	Emery Z. Toth	23,673	24.1	2.8
	Republican	Robert De Santis	23,544	24.0	3.4
Total votes			'98,207'	'100.0'

District 20

See also: 20th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Thomas J. Deverin	19,892	25.5	9.4
	Democratic	George Hudak	18,085	23.1	11.7
	Republican	Michael A. Posnock	14,617	18.7	3.3
	Republican	Alice A. Holzapfel	13,134	16.8	1.8
	Experienced-Competent-Courageous	Tom Dunn	10,174	13.0	N/A
	"Inflation Fighting Housewife"	Rose Zeidwerg Monyek	2,240	2.9	N/A
Total votes			'78,142'	'100.0'

District 21

See also: 21st Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Chuck Hardwick	36,474	32.9	5.9
	Republican	Peter J. Genova	34,625	31.2	5.2
	Democratic	Andrew K. Ruotolo, Jr.	20,526	18.5	5.3
	Democratic	Livio Mancino	18,408	16.6	6.6
	Independent	Fred Palensar III	818	0.7	N/A
Total votes			'110,851'	'100.0'

District 22

See also: 22nd Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Maureen Ogden	39,939	36.1	2.4
	Republican	Bob Franks	39,284	35.5	2.4
	Democratic	John F. Tully, Jr.	15,729	14.2	2.6
	Democratic	Florence Martone	15,650	14.1	2.2
Total votes			'110,602'	'100.0'

District 23

See also: 23rd Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Richard A. Zimmer	34,051	44.0	9.4
	Republican	Karl Weidel	32,587	42.1	7.8
	Democratic	Richard C. Allen	10,774	13.9	3.3
Total votes			'77,412'	'100.0'

District 24

See also: 24th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert E. Littell	30,616	37.3	1.3
	Republican	Garabed “Chuck” Haytaian	29,094	35.4	0.7
	Democratic	Robert T. Davis	12,806	15.6	0.4
	Democratic	John P. Kilroy, Jr.	9,617	11.7	2.3
Total votes			'82,133'	'100.0'

District 25

See also: 25th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen	31,695	37.1	5.4
	Republican	Arthur R. Albohn	29,043	34.0	4.6
	Democratic	Donald Cresitello	12,652	14.8	4.9
	Democratic	Carl A. Mottey	11,955	14.0	5.2
Total votes			85,345	100.0

District 26

See also: 26th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert J. Martin	31,943	37.6	1.4
	Republican	Ralph A. Loveys	31,898	37.5	4.7
	Democratic	Claude C. Post	10,697	12.6	3.0
	Democratic	Joseph V. Vender	10,425	12.3	3.1
Total votes			'84,963'	'100.0'

District 27

See also: 27th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Harry A. McEnroe	20,780	31.5	5.4
	Democratic	Mildred Barry Garvin	20,680	31.3	5.1
	Republican	Jean Brozyna	12,345	18.7	4.9
	Republican	Chandler Dennis	12,167	18.4	5.4
Total votes			'65,972'	'100.0'

District 28

See also: 28th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Michael F. Adubato	12,495	30.4	4.1
	Democratic	James Zangari	12,092	29.4	3.0
	Republican	Joe Imperiale	8,604	20.9	8.3
	Republican	Jose Linares	7,896	19.2	8.5
Total votes			'41,087'	'100.0'

District 29

See also: 29th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Willie B. Brown	12,736	35.2	7.1
	Democratic	Eugene H. Thompson	12,224	33.7	7.9
	Republican	Della Moses Walker	5,852	16.2	7.6
	Republican	Kurt A. Culbreath	5,420	15.0	7.5
Total votes			'36,232'	'100.0'

District 30

See also: 30th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John V. Kelly	30,820	28.3	3.1
	Republican	Marion Crecco	28,268	26.0	8.4
	Democratic	Stephen N. Adubato, Jr.	25,505	23.4	3.2
	Democratic	Buddy Fortunato	24,290	22.3	6.0
Total votes			'108,883'	'100.0'

District 31

See also: 31st Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joseph V. Doria, Jr.	25,613	31.8	8.6
	Democratic	Joseph Charles, Jr.	24,612	30.6	8.8
	Republican	Nat S. Amadeo	15,380	19.1	9.1
	Republican	Bruce M. Shipitofsky	14,942	18.6	9.5
Total votes			80,547	100.0

District 32

See also: 32nd Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Frank J. Gargiulo	25,179	27.1	10.4
	Republican	Charles J. Catrillo	24,798	26.7	10.4
	Democratic	Paul Cuprowski	21,018	22.7	9.4
	Democratic	Anthony P. Vainieri	19,977	21.5	10.0
	Politicians Are Crooks	Edith M. Shaw	896	1.0	0.8
	Politicians Are Crooks	Herbert H. Shaw	877	0.9	0.7
Total votes			'92,745'	'100.0'

District 33

See also: 33rd Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ronald A. Dario	20,422	27.9	10.0
	Republican	Jose O. Arango	19,748	26.9	9.7
	Democratic	Robert A. Ranieri	17,443	23.8	8.9
	Democratic	Mario R. Hernandez	15,671	21.4	10.8
Total votes			'73,284'	'100.0'

District 34

See also: 34th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Gerald H. Zecker	32,025	32.3	6.1
	Republican	Newton E. Miller	31,791	32.1	5.4
	Democratic	Joseph F. Palumbo	17,784	18.0	5.5
	Democratic	Elisa Leib	17,411	17.6	4.1
Total votes			'99,011'	'100.0'

District 35

See also: 35th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John A. Girgenti	18,634	30.2	7.4
	Democratic	Vincent “Ozzie” Pellecchia	16,204	26.3	8.8
	Republican	Walter W. Porter, Jr.	13,538	21.9	8.0
	Republican	Kenneth Van Rye	13,352	21.6	8.2
Total votes			'61,728'	'100.0'

District 36

See also: 36th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kathleen A. Donovan	24,775	27.4	7.4
	Republican	Paul DiGaetano	24,555	27.2	7.5
	Democratic	Robert P. Hollenbeck	21,295	23.6	7.5
	Democratic	Richard F. Visotcky	19,764	21.9	7.2
Total votes			'90,389'	'100.0'

District 37

See also: 37th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	D. Bennett Mazur	27,376	27.0	3.9
	Democratic	Byron Baer	27,335	26.9	4.5
	Republican	Nicholas Corbiscello	24,300	23.9	5.0
	Republican	Martin Katz	22,453	22.1	3.4
Total votes			'101,464'	'100.0'

District 38

See also: 38th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	William P. Schuber	29,606	30.8	3.9
	Republican	Louis F. Kosco	29,096	30.2	3.1
	Democratic	Thomas K. Hynes	19,033	19.8	3.9
	Democratic	David S. Turetsky	18,190	18.9	3.5
	Libertarian	Richard Kraus	313	0.3	N/A
Total votes			'96,238'	'100.0'

District 39

See also: 39th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Elizabeth E. Randall	35,172	33.3	4.4
	Republican	John E. Rooney	33,358	31.6	2.9
	Democratic	Joseph A. Ferriero	18,714	17.7	4.2
	Democratic	Fay Yeager	18,257	17.3	3.2
Total votes			105,501	100.0

District 40

See also: 40th Legislative District (New Jersey)

General election

New Jersey general election, 1985^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Walter M. D. Kern, Jr.	36,476	35.9	1.3
	Republican	Nicholas R. Felice	36,369	35.8	1.9
	Democratic	Judy Miller	14,590	14.4	1.6
	Democratic	Carmine J. Cicchino	14,050	13.8	1.7
Total votes			'101,485'	'100.0'

Notes

References

1. "Candidates for the Office of General Assembly" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2015.