2013 New Jersey Senate election

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 New Jersey State Senate election

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All 40 seats in the New Jersey Senate 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	34.4%[1]
Majority party Minority party   Leader Steve Sweeney Thomas Kean Jr. Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat District 3 (West Deptford) District 21 (Westfield) Last election 24 16 Seats won 24 16 Seat change Popular vote 899,672 988,214 Percentage 47.4% 52.1% Swing 3.7% 3.4%
Results by district      Democratic hold      Republican hold
Senate President before election Stephen M. Sweeney Democratic Elected Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney Democratic

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

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24	16
Democratic	Republican

Parties		Seats				Popular Vote
		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	Party		Elected Senator	Party
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%:

1. District 14, 2.4%
2. District 18, 3.8%
3. District 38, 3.8%
4. District 3, 9.6%
5. District 2, 10.0%

District 1

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Van Drew (incumbent)	3,880	100.00%
Total votes			3,880	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Adelizzi Schmidt	6,437	83.96%
	Republican	Robert G. Campbell	1,230	16.04%
Total votes			7,667	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Whelan (incumbent)	6,687	100.00%
Total votes			6,687	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank X. Balles	6,835	84.11%
	Republican	Marybeth Bennett	1,291	15.89%
Total votes			8,126	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephen M. Sweeney (incumbent)	4,658	100.00%
Total votes			4,658	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Niki A. Trunk	4,164	100.00%
Total votes			4,164	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fred H. Madden (incumbent)	4,976	100.00%
Total votes			4,976	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Giancarlo D'Orazio	3,681	100.00%
Total votes			3,681	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald Norcross (incumbent)	4,805	100.00%
Total votes			4,805	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Keith Walker	2,569	100.00%
Total votes			2,569	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Beach (incumbent)	5,126	100.00%
Total votes			5,126	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sudhir Deshmukh	2,736	71.53%
	Republican	Robert Shapiro	1,089	28.47%
Total votes			3,825	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Diane Allen (incumbent)	6,127	100.00%
Total votes			6,127	100.00%

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary Catrambone	6,137	100.00%
Total votes			6,137	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dawn Marie Addiego (incumbent)	7,788	100.00%
Total votes			7,788	100.00%

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Javier Vazquez	3,382	100.00%
Total votes			3,382	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher J. Connors (incumbent)	10,220	100.00%
Total votes			10,220	100.00%

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony Mazzella	2,945	100.00%
Total votes			2,945	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James W. Holzapfel (incumbent)	10,331	100.00%
Total votes			10,331	100.00%

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Bendel	2,925	100.00%
Total votes			2,925	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jennifer Beck (incumbent)	4,827	100.00%
Total votes			4,827	100.00%

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Brantley	2,980	100.00%
Total votes			2,980	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samuel D. Thompson (incumbent)	4,593	100.00%
Total votes			4,593	100.00%

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raymond D. Dothard	1,959	100.00%
Total votes			1,959	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Kyrillos (incumbent)	5,866	78.80%
	Republican	Leigh-Ann Bellew	1,578	21.20%
Total votes			7,444	100.00%

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Marques	1,996	100.00%
Total votes			1,996	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda R. Greenstein (incumbent)	4,202	100.00%
Total votes			4,202	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter Inverso	4,041	100.00%
Total votes			4,041	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shirley Turner (incumbent)	5,299	100.00%
Total votes			5,299	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don Cox	2,524	100.00%
Total votes			2,524	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Bateman (incumbent)	6,116	100.00%
Total votes			6,116	100.00%

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christian R. Mastondrea	2,608	100.00%
Total votes			2,608	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Smith (incumbent)	3,949	100.00%
Total votes			3,949	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian D. Levine	1,836	100.00%
Total votes			1,836	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter J. Barnes III	5,068	100.00%
Total votes			5,068	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Stahl	2,937	100.00%
Total votes			2,937	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Vitale (incumbent)	5,659	100.00%
Total votes			5,659	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Luban	1,718	100.00%
Total votes			1,718	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raymond Lesniak (incumbent)	9,318	65.91%
	Democratic	Donna Obe	4,819	34.09%
Total votes			14,137	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Raymond Lesniak (incumbent)	21,251	100.0%	24.5
Total votes			21,251	100.00%

District 21

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas Kean Jr. (incumbent)	7,521	100.00%
Total votes			7,521	100.00%

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Komondy	2,839	100.00%
Total votes			2,839	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nicholas Scutari (incumbent)	6,948	81.46%
	Democratic	Nancy Ward	1,581	18.54%
Total votes			8,529	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Sherr	2,532	100.00%
Total votes			2,532	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael J. Doherty (incumbent)	10,428	100.00%
Total votes			10,428	100.00%

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Auletta	2,065	100.00%
Total votes			2,065	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Oroho (incumbent)	13,779	100.00%
Total votes			13,779	100.00%

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard D. Tomko	1,945	100.00%
Total votes			1,945	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anthony R. Bucco (incumbent)	8,961	100.00%
Total votes			8,961	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Pennacchio (incumbent)	10,066	100.00%
Total votes			10,066	100.00%

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Avery Ann Hart	2,247	100.00%
Total votes			2,247	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Codey (incumbent)	4,699	100.00%
Total votes			4,699	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lee S. Holtzman	5,887	100.00%
Total votes			5,887	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronald Rice (incumbent)	7,157	100.00%
Total votes			7,157	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Contella	1,337	100.00%
Total votes			1,337	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Teresa Ruiz (incumbent)	4,781	100.00%
Total votes			4,781	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Raafat Barsoom	584	100.00%
Total votes			584	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Singer (incumbent)	6,710	82.76%
	Republican	Harold Herskowitz	1,398	17.24%
Total votes			8,108	100.00%

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William H. Field	1,719	100.00%
Total votes			1,719	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sandra Bolden Cunningham (incumbent)	6,379	100.00%
Total votes			6,379	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Maria Karczewski	962	100.00%
Total votes			962	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nicholas Sacco (incumbent)	10,169	88.51%
	Democratic	Francisco E. Torres	1,320	11.49%
Total votes			11,489	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Castelli	1,356	100.00%
Total votes			1,356	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nia Gill (incumbent)	10,434	65.25%
	Democratic	Mark C. Alexander	4,310	26.95%
	Democratic	Vernon Pullins Jr.	1,248	7.80%
Total votes			15,992	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph S. Cupoli	1,018	100.00%
Total votes			1,018	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nia Gill (incumbent)	26,980	80.7%	5.9
	Republican	James Sanford	6,460	19.3%	5.9
Total votes			33,440	100.00%

District 34

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian P. Stack (incumbent)	14,394	100.00%
Total votes			14,394	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Saford	1,018	100.00%
Total votes			1,018	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nellie Pou (incumbent)	4,625	100.00%
Total votes			4,625	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynda Gallashaw	907	61.49%
	Democratic	Hector L. Castillo	568	38.51%
Total votes			1,475	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Sarlo (incumbent)	3,551	100.00%
Total votes			3,551	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian A. Fitzhenry	2,412	100.00%
Total votes			2,412	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Loretta Weinberg (incumbent)	5,077	100.00%
Total votes			5,077	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul A. Duggan	2,255	100.00%
Total votes			2,255	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Gordon (incumbent)	3,091	100.00%
Total votes			3,091	100.00%

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fernando A. Alonso	3,841	100.00%
Total votes			3,841	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Cardinale (incumbent)	6,857	100.00%
Total votes			6,857	100.00%

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jan Bidwell	1,902	100.00%
Total votes			1,902	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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

Republican primary

2013 Republican primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin J. O'Toole (incumbent)	7,169	100.00%
Total votes			7,169	100.00%

Democratic primary

2013 Democratic primary^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Meredith Ashley	2,191	100.00%
Total votes			2,191	100.00%

General election

2013 general election^[3]

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%

See also

• 2013 New Jersey elections
• 2013 New Jersey General Assembly election

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 29, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Official List, Candidates for State Senate for PRIMARY ELECTION 06/042013 Election" (PDF). Retrieved August 27, 2024.
3. "Official List, Candidates for State Senate for GENERAL ELECTION 11/05/2013 Election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2015.