2017 New Jersey Senate election

2017 New Jersey State Senate election
All 40 seats in the New Jersey Senate; 21 seats needed for a majority
	Results by district; Democratic hold Democratic gain; Republican hold Republican gain
Senate President before election; Steve Sweeney; Democratic	Elected Senate President ; Steve Sweeney; Democratic

The 2017 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 7, 2017, to elect senators for all 40 legislative districts across New Jersey. These elections coincided with the election of Governor Phil Murphy. The winners of this election would serve in the 218th New Jersey Legislature, with seats apportioned based on the 2010 United States census. The Democratic Party grew its majority in the Senate, with incumbent Senate President Steve Sweeney re-elected to the top leadership post. Republican Thomas Kean, Jr. continued to lead his party as minority leader. This was the first state Senate election cycle in 10 years where any party flipped a Senate seat.

Democrats briefly held 26 seats from January through December 2019 following the party switch of Dawn Addiego, resulting in the Democrats controlling the highest percentage of seats since 1977. However, a 2019 special election in District 1 reduced the Democrats back to 25 seats.

Contents
Summary of results • Incumbents not running
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

↓
25	15
Democratic	Republican

Summary of the November 7, 2017, New Jersey State Senate election results
Parties		Seats				Popular vote
Parties		2013	2017	+/−	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic Party	24	25	1	62.50%	1,185,420	59.5%	+12.1%
	Republican Party	16	15	1	37.50%	802,418	40.3%	−11.8%
	Green Party	-	-	-	-	1,306	0.1%	-
	Libertarian Party	-	-	-	-	574	<0.1%	−0.1%
	Independent	-	-	-	-	2,545	0.1%	−0.4%
Totals		40	40	0	100.0%	1,992,263	100.0%	-
Source: [1] Election Statistics – New Jersey Secretary of State (note: does not include blank, write-in and over/under votes)

Popular vote

Democratic			59.50%
Republican			40.28%
Green			0.07%
Libertarian			0.03%
Other			0.13%

Senate seats

Democratic			62.50%
Republican			37.50%

Incumbents not seeking re-election

Democratic

Raymond Lesniak, District 20 (running for governor)^[1]

Republican

In addition, four members who were elected in the prior election in 2013 had since left office: Donald Norcross (D-5th, resigned),^[4] Peter J. Barnes III (D-18th, resigned),^[5] Kevin J. O'Toole (R-40th, resigned),^[6] and Jim Whelan (D-2nd, died in office).^[7]

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	Colin Bell	Dem	Chris A. Brown	Rep
3rd Legislative District	Steve Sweeney	Dem	Steve Sweeney	Dem
4th Legislative District	Fred Madden	Dem	Fred Madden	Dem
5th Legislative District	Nilsa Cruz-Perez	Dem	Nilsa Cruz-Perez	Dem
6th Legislative District	James Beach	Dem	James Beach	Dem
7th Legislative District	Diane Allen	Rep	Troy Singleton	Dem
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	Vin Gopal	Rep
12th Legislative District	Samuel D. Thompson	Rep	Samuel D. Thompson	Rep
13th Legislative District	Joe Kyrillos	Rep	Declan O'Scanlon	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	Patrick J. Diegnan	Dem	Patrick J. Diegnan	Dem
19th Legislative District	Joe Vitale	Dem	Joe Vitale	Dem
20th Legislative District	Raymond Lesniak	Dem	Joseph P. Cryan	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	Kristin Corrado	Rep	Kristin Corrado	Rep

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

Legislative District 16, 0.8%
Legislative District 8, 4.4%
Legislative District 25, 4.4%
Legislative District 39, 6.5%
Legislative District 2, 7% gain
Legislative District 11, 7.2% gain
Legislative District 21, 9.4%

Results by district

District 1

Democratic primary

Declared

Jeff Van Drew, incumbent senator

Results

1st Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Van Drew	6,410	100.0
Total votes			6,410	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Mary Gruccio, Superintendent of Vineland Public Schools and former Cumberland County Freeholder^[9]

Results

1st Legislative District Republican Primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mary Gruccio	6,279	100.0
Total votes			6,279	100.0

Independents and third parties

Declared

Anthony Parisi Sanchez (independent), community activist and former Marine Corps reservist^[10]

General election

Endorsements

Jeff Van Drew (incumbent)

Organizations

Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]

Mary Gruccio

Organizations

American Federations of Teachers^[14]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jeff Van Drew (D)	Mary Gruccio (R)	Other	Undecided
Stockton University^[15]	September 13–18, 2017	430 LV	± 4.7%	61%	28%	4%	5%

Results

1st Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jeff Van Drew (incumbent)	35,464	64.8	5.4
	Republican	Mary Gruccio	18,589	34.0	5.2
	Cannot Be Bought	Anthony Parisi Sanchez	652	1.2	N/A
Total votes			54,705	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2

Incumbent Democratic senator Jim Whelan declined to seek a fourth term, announcing his retirement on January 4, 2017.^[17] Whelan died in office on August 22.^[7]

Democratic primary

Declared

Colin Bell, former Atlantic County Freeholder and nominee for Assembly in 2015^[18]

Withdrawn

Vince Mazzeo, state assemblyman (running for re-election)^[19]^[18]

Results

2nd Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Colin Bell	7,928	100.0
Total votes			7,928	100.0

Following the death of Whelan on August 22, 2017, Bell was unanimously selected to fill the remainder of his term by local Democratic committee members on September 5, and was sworn in on October 5.^[20]^[21]

Republican primary

Declared

Chris A. Brown, state assemblyman^[22]

Results

2nd Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Brown	5,981	100.0
Total votes			5,981	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Colin Bell (incumbent)

Organizations

American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Environment NJ^[23]
Health Professionals and Allied Employees of New Jersey^[24]
New Jersey Building & Construction Trades Council^[25]
NJ Nurses Economic Security Organization^[26]
Sierra Club of New Jersey^[27]
UAW Casino Workers^[28]

Chris Brown

Organizations

Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
League of Conservation Voters^[29]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
United Here Local 54^[30]

Polling
{| class="wikitable"
! style="width:150px;" |Poll
source ! style="width:160px;" |Date(s)
administered !Sample
size ! style="width:60px;" |Margin
of error ! style="width:100px;" |Colin
Bell (D) ! style="width:100px;" |Chris
Brown (R) ! Other ! Undecided |- |Stockton University^[31] | align="center" |October 26 – November 1, 2017 | align="center" |530 LV | align="center" |± 4.3% | align="center" |43% | align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6" |46% | align="center" |1% | align="center" |8% |- |Stockton University^[32] | align="center" |September 23–28, 2017 | align="center" |521 LV | align="center" |± 4.3% | align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" |46.5% | align="center" |46.2% | align="center" |<1% | align="center" |5% |}

Results

2nd Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Chris Brown	26,950	53.5	8.5
	Democratic	Colin Bell (incumbent)	23,406	46.5	8.5
Total votes			50,356	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 3

Democratic primary

Declared

Stephen M. Sweeney, incumbent senator

Results

3rd Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Sweeney	7,748	100.0
Total votes			7,748	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Fran Grenier, chairman of the Salem County Republican Party and former Woodstown Borough Councilman^[33]

Results

3rd Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fran Grenier	4,144	100.0
Total votes			4,144	100.0

General election

Polling
{| class="wikitable"
! style="width:150px;" |Poll
source ! style="width:160px;" |Date(s)
administered !Sample size ! style="width:60px;" |Margin
of error ! style="width:100px;" |Stephen M.
Sweeney (D) ! style="width:100px;" |Fran
Grenier (R) !Undecided |- | Global Strategy Group^[34] | align="center" | October 9–12, 2017 | align="center" | 402 LV | align="center" | ± 4.9% | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center" | 48% | align="center" | 36% | align="center" | 14% |- |Cygnal (R)^[35] | align="center" | October 9–11, 2017 | align="center" | 402 LV | align="center" | ± 4.87% | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center" | 42% | align="center" | 36% | align="center" | 22% |- |Cygnal (R)^[35] | align="center" |September 19–20, 2017 | align="center" |402 LV | align="center" |± 4.87% | style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" align="center" | 48% | align="center" | 30% | align="center" | 22% |}

Endorsements

Steve Sweeney (incumbent)

Individuals

Phil Murphy, former United States Ambassador to Germany and candidate for governor of New Jersey

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]
NJ Advisory Council on Safety and Health^[37]
Police Benevolent Association of New Jersey^[38]

Fran Grenier

U.S. representatives

Frank LoBiondo, Representative for New Jersey's 2nd congressional district^[39]

Organizations

New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]

Results

3rd Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Steve Sweeney (incumbent)	31,822	58.8	4.0
	Republican	Fran Grenier	22,336	41.2	4.0
Total votes			54,158	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 4

Democratic primary

Declared

Fred H. Madden, incumbent senator

Results

4th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fred H. Madden	11,349	100.0
Total votes			11,349	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Michael Pascetta

Results

4th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Pascetta	3,713	100.0
Total votes			3,713	100.0

Pascetta was not on the official list of candidates for the general election.^[16]

General election

Endorsements

Fred Madden (incumbent)

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]

Results

4th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Fred H. Madden (incumbent)	38,790	100.0	42.1
Total votes			38,790	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 5

Democratic primary

Declared

Nilsa Cruz-Perez, incumbent senator

Results

5th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nilsa Cruz-Perez	11,069	100.0
Total votes			11,069	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Keith Walker, nominee for Senate in 2011 and 2013^[40]

Results

5th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Keith Walker	2,557	100.0
Total votes			2,557	100.0

Independents and third parties

Declared

Mohammad Kabir (independent)^[41]

General election

Endorsements

Nilsa Cruz-Perez (incumbent)

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
Latinas United for Political Empowerment ^[42]
Maria's Women United ^[43]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]
PAM's List^[44]
Working Families Alliance^[45]

Results

5th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nilsa Cruz-Perez (incumbent)	29,031	66.1	33.9
	Republican	Keith Walker	14,463	32.9	N/A
	Challenge Promise Fix	Mohammad Kabir	454	1.0	N/A
Total votes			43,948	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 6

Democratic primary

Declared

James Beach, incumbent senator

Results

6th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Beach	14,344	100.0
Total votes			14,344	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Robert Shapiro

Results

6th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Shapiro	4,037	100.0
Total votes			4,037	100.0

General election

Endorsements

James Beach (incumbent)

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ^[46]

Results

6th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	James Beach (incumbent)	41,376	69.4	6.0
	Republican	Robert Shapiro	18,249	30.6	6.0
Total votes			59,625	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 7

Citing health concerns, incumbent Republican senator Diane Allen declined to run for a seventh term, announcing her retirement on January 31, 2017.^[2]

Republican primary

Declared

Rob Prisco, Riverside Township Committeeman and nominee for Assembly in 2015^[47]^[48]

Results

7th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Prisco	5,803	100.0
Total votes			5,803	100.0

On June 13, Governor Chris Christie nominated Prisco to a worker's compensation judgeship, whom consequently would later drop out. Local Republican committee members selected Delanco Mayor John Browne as a replacement candidate on September 6.^[49]^[50]

Democratic primary

Declared

Troy Singleton, state assemblyman^[51]

Withdrawn

Cory Cottingham^[52]

Declined

Herb Conaway, state assemblyman (running for re-election)^[47]
Carol A. Murphy, director of policy and communication for Assemblywoman Gabriela Mosquera (running for Assembly)^[53]

Results

7th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Troy Singleton	13,434	100.0
Total votes			13,434	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Troy Singleton

U.S. representatives

Donald Norcross, representative for New Jersey's 1st congressional district^[54]

Other elected officials

Stephen M. Sweeney, president of the New Jersey Senate^[54]

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
League of Conservation Voters^[29]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ^[46]
Working Families Alliance^[45]

Results

7th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Troy Singleton	40,685	65.7	26.1
	Republican	John Browne	21,229	34.3	26.1
Total votes			61,914	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 8

Republican primary

Declared

Dawn Marie Addiego, incumbent senator

Results

8th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dawn Marie Addiego	6,668	100.0
Total votes			6,668	100.0

Democratic primary

Declared

George B. Youngkin

Results

8th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George B. Youngkin	8,337	100.0
Total votes			8,337	100.0

General election

Endorsements

George Youngkin

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]
Sierra Club of New Jersey^[27]

Results

8th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dawn Marie Addiego (incumbent)	30,795	52.2	11.3
	Democratic	George B. Youngkin	28,158	47.8	11.3
Total votes			58,953	100.0
	Republican hold

District 9

Republican primary

Declared

Christopher J. Connors, incumbent senator

Results

9th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher J. Connors	9,268	100.0
Total votes			9,268	100.0

Democratic primary

Declared

Brian Corley White, attorney^[55]

Results

9th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Corley White	5,716	100.0
Total votes			5,716	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Christopher Connors (incumbent)

Organizations

New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]

Brian Corley White

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]

Results

9th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Christopher J. Connors (incumbent)	41,438	64.6	6.2
	Democratic	Brian Corley White	22,717	35.4	6.2
Total votes			64,155	100.0
	Republican hold

District 10

Republican primary

Declared

James W. Holzapfel, incumbent senator

Results

10th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Holzapfel	8,876	100.0
Total votes			8,876	100.0

Democratic primary

Declared

Emma Mammano, mental health counselor^[56]

Results

10th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emma L. Mammano	5,565	100.0
Total votes			5,565	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Jim Holzapfel (incumbent)

Organizations

NEW JOBS PAC^[13]
Sierra Club of New Jersey^[27]

Emma Mammano

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
PAM's List^[44]

Results

10th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jim Holzapfel (incumbent)	39,555	62.5	7.2
	Democratic	Emma L. Mammano	23,707	37.5	7.2
Total votes			63,262	100.0
	Republican hold

District 11

Republican primary

Declared

Jennifer Beck, incumbent senator

Results

11th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jennifer Beck	5,093	100.0
Total votes			5,093	100.0

Democratic primary

Declared

Vin Gopal, businessman, nominee for Assembly in 2011, and former chairman of the Monmouth County Democratic Party (resigned upon declaration)^[57]

Results

11th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vin Gopal	8,496	100.0
Total votes			8,496	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Jennifer Beck (incumbent)

Newspapers

Asbury Park Press^[58]

Organizations

NEW JOBS PAC^[13]

Vin Gopal

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Communication Workers of America^[59]
District Council 711 International Union of Painters and Allied Trades^[60]
Environment NJ^[23]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
Garden State Equality^[61]
Health Professionals and Allied Employees of New Jersey^[62]
League of Conservation Voters^[29]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ^[46]
Sierra Club of New Jersey^[27]

Polling
{| class="wikitable"
! style="width:150px;" |Poll
source ! style="width:160px;" |Date(s)
administered !Sample size ! style="width:60px;" |Margin
of error ! style="width:100px;" |Jennifer
Beck (R) ! style="width:100px;" |Vin
Gopal (D) |- |Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)^[63] | align="center" |October 30 – November 1, 2017 | align="center" |400 LV | align="center" |± 4.9% | align="center" |48% | align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" |49% |- |Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (D)^[64] | align="center" |July 17–19, 2017 | align="center" |400 LV | align="center" |± 4.9% | align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6" |52% | align="center" |41% |} Results

11th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Vin Gopal	31,308	53.6	14.8
	Republican	Jennifer Beck (incumbent)	27,150	46.4	13.6
Total votes			58,458	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 12

Republican primary

Declared

Art Haney, chairman of the Old Bridge Republican Party and former mayor of Old Bridge^[65]^[66]
Samuel D. Thompson, incumbent senator

Endorsements

Art Haney

Organizations

Burlington County Republican Committee^[67]

Results

12th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Samuel D. Thompson	4,277	59.8
	Republican	Art Haney	2,873	40.2
Total votes			7,150	100.0

Democratic primary

Declared

David Lande, attorney^[68]

Results

12th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David H. Lande	5,818	100.0
Total votes			5,818	100.0

Independents and third parties

Declared

Kevin Antoine (independent), SUNY health professor^[69]

General election

Endorsements

Samuel D. Thompson (incumbent)

Organizations

NEW JOBS PAC^[13]

David Lande

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ^[46]

Results

12th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Samuel D. Thompson (incumbent)	30,013	56.7	8.7
	Democratic	David H. Lande	21,888	41.4	6.8
	Coach Kev	Kevin Antoine	990	1.9	N/A
Total votes			52,891	100.0
	Republican hold

District 13

Incumbent Republican senator Joe Kyrillos announced that he would not run for a ninth term on October 25, 2016.^[3]

Republican primary

Declared

Declan O'Scanlon, state assemblyman^[70]

Withdrawn

Amy Handlin, state assemblywoman (running for re-election)^[71]^[72]

Results

13th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Declan O'Scanlon	5,943	100.0
Total votes			5,943	100.0

Democratic primary

Declared

Sean Byrnes, former Middletown Township Committeeman^[73]
Joshua Leinsdorf, former Princeton school board member and perennial candidate^[74]

Results

13th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sean F. Byrnes	7,252	92.8
	Democratic	Joshua Leinsdorf	566	7.2
Total votes			7,818	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Sean Byrnes

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
Sierra Club of New Jersey^[27]

Declan O'Scanlon

State legislators

Sen. Jennifer Beck, state senator from Legislative District 11^[75]

Organizations

NEW JOBS PAC^[13]

Results

13th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Declan O’Scanlon	34,976	55.1	13.0
	Democratic	Sean F. Byrnes	28,493	44.9	14.3
Total votes			63,469	100.0
	Republican hold

District 14

Democratic primary

Declared

Linda R. Greenstein, incumbent senator

Results

14th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda R. Greenstein	10,890	100.0
Total votes			10,890	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Bruce MacDonald, jewelry store owner^[76]
Ileana Schirmer, Hamilton Township (Mercer) Councilwoman^[77]

Results

14th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Schirmer	3,481	80.9
	Republican	Bruce C. MacDonald	824	19.1
Total votes			4,305	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Linda Greenstein (incumbent)

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Environment NJ^[23]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
League of Conservation Voters^[29]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
PAM's List^[44]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ^[46]
Sierra Club of New Jersey^[27]

Ileana Schirmer

U.S. senators

Marco Rubio, U.S. senator from Florida^[78]

State legislators

Sen. Diane Allen, state senator from Legislative District 7^[79]

Organizations

Hamilton Township Education Association^[80]
Latinas United for Political Empowerment^[42]
National Federation of Independent Businesses^[81]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]
Republican State Leadership Committee^[82]

Results

14th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Linda R. Greenstein (incumbent)	34,474	56.5	6.1
	Republican	Ileana Schirmer	26,548	43.5	4.5
Total votes			61,022	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 15

Democratic primary

Declared

Shirley Turner, incumbent senator

Results

15th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shirley K. Turner	13,783	100.0
Total votes			13,783	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Lee Eric Newton

Results

15th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lee Eric Newton	2,245	100.0
Total votes			2,245	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Shirley Turner (incumbent)

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]
PAM's List^[44]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ^[46]
Sierra Club of New Jersey^[27]
Working Families Alliance^[45]

Results

15th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Shirley K. Turner (incumbent)	36,624	74.0	10.7
	Republican	Lee Eric Newton	12,839	26.0	10.7
Total votes			49,463	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 16

Republican primary

Declared

Christopher Bateman, incumbent senator

Results

16th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher "Kip" Bateman	8,402	100.0
Total votes			8,402	100.0

Democratic primary

Declared

Laurie Poppe, attorney, social worker, and nominee for Hillsborough Township Committee in 2015 and 2016^[83]

Withdrawn

Zenon Christodoulu, businessman^[84]^[85]

Declined

Andrew Koontz, Mercer County Freeholder^[86]
Liz Lempert, mayor of Princeton^[86]
Andrew Zwicker, state assemblyman (running for re-election)^[86]

Results

16th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Laurie Poppe	10,727	100.0
Total votes			10,727	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Christopher "Kip" Bateman (incumbent)

Organizations

Environment NJ^[23]
League of Conservation Voters^[29]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ^[46]
Sierra Club of New Jersey^[27]

Laurie Poppe

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
EMILY's List^[87]
Maria's Women United^[43]
National Association of Social Workers^[88]
NJ Nurses Economic Security Organization^[89]
PAM's List^[44]
Professional Firefighters Association of New Jersey^[90]
United Auto Workers, Region 9^[91]

Polling
{| class="wikitable"
! style="width:150px;" |Poll
source ! style="width:160px;" |Date(s)
administered !Sample size ! style="width:60px;" |Margin
of error ! style="width:100px;" |Christopher
Bateman (R) ! style="width:100px;" |Laurie
Poppe (D) |- |Greenberg Quinlan Rosner^[92] | align="center" |August 17–21, 2017 | align="center" |401 LV | align="center" |± 4.9% | align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6" |48% | align="center" |40% |} Results

16th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Christopher "Kip" Bateman (incumbent)	32,229	50.4	9.9
	Democratic	Laurie Poppe	31,655	49.6	9.9
Total votes			63,884	100.0
	Republican hold

District 17

Democratic primary

Declared

Bill Irwin, Piscataway Board of Education President^[93]
Bob Smith, incumbent senator

Results

17th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Smith	10,103	72.0
	Democratic	William J. Irwin	3,933	28.0
Total votes			14,036	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Daryl J. Kipnis, attorney^[94]

Results

17th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daryl J. Kipnis	2,069	100.0
Total votes			2,069	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Bob Smith (incumbent)

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
League of Conservation Voters^[29]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ^[46]
Sierra Club of New Jersey^[27]

Daryl Kipnis

Organizations

League of Humane Voters^[95]

Results

17th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bob Smith (incumbent)	29,816	71.4	11.6
	Republican	Daryl J. Kipnis	11,921	28.6	11.6
Total votes			41,737	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 18

Democratic primary

Declared

Patrick J. Diegnan, incumbent senator

Results

18th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick J. Diegnan Jr.	11,461	100.0
Total votes			11,461	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Mark Csizmar, former East Brunswick Police officer and nominee for East Brunswick Township Council in 2016^[96]

Results

18th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Csizmar	2,561	100.0
Total votes			2,561	100.0

Csizmar was replaced on the ballot for the general election by Lewis Glogower, who was previously one of the nominees for the Assembly seat.^[16]

General election

Endorsements

Patrick Diegnan (incumbent)

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
League of Conservation Voters^[29]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ^[46]
Sierra Club of New Jersey^[27]
Working Families Alliance^[45]

Results

18th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. (incumbent)	32,175	65.6	3.9
	Republican	Lewis Glogower	16,860	34.4	3.9
Total votes			49,035	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 19

Democratic primary

Declared

Joe Vitale, incumbent senator

Results

19th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph F. Vitale	9,038	100.0
Total votes			9,038	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Arthur J. Rittenhouse Jr.

Results

19th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur J. Rittenhouse Jr.	1,838	100.0
Total votes			1,838	100.0

Following the primary, Rittenhouse dropped out of the race on September 14.^[97]

General election

Endorsements

Joseph Vitale (incumbent)

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
League of Conservation Voters^[29]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ^[46]
Sierra Club of New Jersey^[27]

Results

19th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joseph F. Vitale (incumbent)	27,681	100.0	37.4
Total votes			27,681	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 20

Incumbent Democratic senator Raymond Lesniak declined to run for re-election and instead ran for governor.^[1]

Democratic primary

Declared

Joseph Cryan, Union County Sheriff, former state assemblyman, and former chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee^[98]

Results

20th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph P. Cryan	9,666	100.0
Total votes			9,666	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Ashraf Hanna

Results

20th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ashraf Hanna	690	100.0
Total votes			690	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Joseph Cryan

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]
Working Families Alliance^[45]

Results

20th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joseph P. Cryan	25,772	83.7	16.3
	Republican	Ashraf Hanna	5,023	16.3	N/A
Total votes			30,795	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 21

Republican primary

Declared

Thomas Kean Jr., incumbent senator

Results

21st Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas H. Kean Jr.	7,789	100.0
Total votes			7,789	100.0

Democratic primary

Declared

Jill LaZare, attorney and nominee for Assembly in 2013 and 2015^[99]^[100]

Results

21st Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jill LaZare	5,686	100.0
Total votes			5,686	100.0

General election

Endorsements
{{Endorsements box
| title = Thomas Kean Jr. (incumbent) | list = Organizations

Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]

}}

Jill LaZare

Organizations

American Federations of Teachers^[14]
PAM's List^[44]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ^[46]
Working Families Alliance^[45]

Results

21st Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Thomas H. Kean Jr. (incumbent)	37,579	54.7	14.9
	Democratic	Jill LaZare	31,123	45.3	14.9
Total votes			68,702	100.0
	Republican hold

District 22

Democratic primary

Declared

Nicholas Scutari, incumbent senator

Results

22nd Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nicholas P. Scutari	11,326	100.0
Total votes			11,326	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Joseph A. Bonilla

Results

22nd Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph A. Bonilla	2,331	100.0
Total votes			2,331	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Nicholas Scutari (incumbent)

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ^[46]

Results

22nd Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nicholas P. Scutari (incumbent)	29,563	67.3	7.8
	Republican	Joseph A. Bonilla	14,362	32.7	7.8
Total votes			43,925	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 23

Republican primary

Declared

Michael J. Doherty, incumbent senator

Results

23rd Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael J. Doherty	10,748	100.0
Total votes			10,748	100.0

Democratic primary

Declared

Christine Lui Chen, health care executive^[101]

Results

23rd Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christine Lui Chen	7,745	100.0
Total votes			7,745	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Christine Lui Chen

Organizations

314 Action ^[102]
AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
PAM's List^[44]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ^[46]
Sierra Club of New Jersey^[27]

Results

23rd Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Michael J. Doherty (incumbent)	35,676	59.1	8.5
	Democratic	Christine Lui Chen	24,730	40.9	9.7
Total votes			60,406	100.0
	Republican hold

District 24

Republican primary

Declared

William Hayden, NJDOT employee and vice president of the Skylands Tea Party^[103]^[104]
Steve Oroho, incumbent senator^[105]^[106]

Withdrawn

Gail Phoebus, state assemblywoman^[107]^[108]

Results

24th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven V. Oroho	10,828	74.3
	Republican	William J. Hayden	3,740	25.7
Total votes			14,568	100.0

Democratic primary

Declared

Jennifer Hamilton, attorney^[109]^[110]

Results

24th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jennifer Hamilton	6,715	100.0
Total votes			6,715	100.0

General election

Endorsements
{{Endorsements box
| title = Steve Oroho (incumbent) | list = Organizations

Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]

}}

Jennifer Hamilton

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]
PAM's List^[44]

Results

24th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Steven V. Oroho (incumbent)	35,641	61.0	9.4
	Democratic	Jennifer Hamilton	22,760	39.0	9.4
Total votes			58,401	100.0
	Republican hold

District 25

Republican primary

Declared

Anthony Bucco, incumbent senator

Results

25th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anthony R. Bucco	8,753	100.0
Total votes			8,753	100.0

Democratic primary

Declared

Lisa Bhimani, OB/GYN^[111]

Results

25th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lisa Bhimani	8,596	100.0
Total votes			8,596	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Anthony Bucco (incumbent)

Organizations

NEW JOBS PAC^[13]

Lisa Bhimani

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
League of Conservation Voters^[29]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
PAM's List^[44]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ^[46]
Sierra Club of New Jersey^[27]
Working Families Alliance^[45]

Results

25th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Anthony R. Bucco (incumbent)	30,659	52.2	34.6
	Democratic	Lisa Bhimani	28,131	47.8	N/A
Total votes			58,790	100.0
	Republican hold

District 26

Republican primary

Declared

Joseph Pennacchio, incumbent senator

Declined

Tom Mastrangelo, Morris County Freeholder^[112]

Results

26th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Pennacchio	10,378	100.0
Total votes			10,378	100.0

Democratic primary

Declared

Elliot Isibor, nominee for Assembly in 2011 and 2013^[113]

Results

26th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elliot Isibor	7,445	100.0
Total votes			7,445	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Joseph Pennacchio (incumbent)

Organizations

NEW JOBS PAC^[13]

Elliot Isibor

Organizations

American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Sierra Club of New Jersey^[27]

Results

26th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joe Pennacchio (incumbent)	32,269	56.5	8.5
	Democratic	Elliot Isibor	24,867	43.5	8.5
Total votes			57,136	100.0
	Republican hold

District 27

Democratic primary

Declared

Richard Codey, incumbent senator

Results

27th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Codey	15,144	100.0
Total votes			15,144	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Pasquale "Pat" Capozzoli, Caldwell Borough Councilman^[113]

Results

27th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pasquale Capozzoli	4,672	100.0
Total votes			4,672	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Richard Codey (incumbent)

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
League of Conservation Voters^[29]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]
Sierra Club of New Jersey^[27]
Working Families Alliance^[45]

Results

27th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Richard Codey (incumbent)	43,066	69.7	10.4
	Republican	Pasquale Capozzoli	18,720	30.3	10.4
Total votes			61,786	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 28

Democratic primary

Declared

Ronald Rice, incumbent senator

Results

28th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronald L. Rice	12,090	100.0
Total votes			12,090	100.0

Republican primary

No Republicans filed. Results

28th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]^[114]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Write-in	7	100.0
Total votes			7	100.0

Independents and third parties

Declared

Troy Knight-Napper (Green)^[41]

General election

Endorsements

Ronald L. Rice (incumbent)

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]

Results

28th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ronald L. Rice (incumbent)	31,774	96.1	20.4
	Green	Troy Knight-Napper	1,306	3.9	N/A
Total votes			33,080	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 29

Democratic primary

Declared

Teresa Ruiz, incumbent senator

Results

29th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	M. Teresa Ruiz	7,965	100.0
Total votes			7,965	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Maria E. Lopez

Results

29th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Maria E. Lopez	509	100.0
Total votes			509	100.0

Independents and third parties

Declared

Pablo Olivera (One Nation Party), perennial candidate^[115]

General election

Endorsements

M. Teresa Ruiz (incumbent)

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
Latinas United for Political Empowerment^[42]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]
PAM's List^[44]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ^[46]

Results

29th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	M. Teresa Ruiz (incumbent)	20,506	87.3	9.0
	Republican	Maria E. Lopez	2,547	10.8	6.9
	One Nation	Pablo Olivera	449	1.9	2.0
Total votes			23,502	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 30

Republican primary

Declared

Robert Singer, incumbent senator

Results

30th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert W. Singer	8,507	100.0
Total votes			8,507	100.0

Democratic primary

Declared

Amy Sara Cores, attorney^[68]

Results

30th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Amy Sara Cores	4,862	100.0
Total votes			4,862	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Robert Singer (incumbent)

Organizations

NEW JOBS PAC^[13]

Amy Sara Cores

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
PAM's List^[44]

Results

30th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert W. Singer (incumbent)	30,735	60.2	10.0
	Democratic	Amy Sara Cores	20,343	39.8	10.0
Total votes			51,078	100.0
	Republican hold

District 31

Democratic primary

Declared

Sandra Bolden Cunningham, incumbent senator

Declined

Angela V. McKnight, state assemblywoman (running for re-election)^[116]^[117]

Results

31st Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sandra B. Cunningham	12,089	100.0
Total votes			12,089	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Herminio Mendoza

Results

31st Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Herminio Mendoza	665	100.0
Total votes			665	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Sandra B. Cunningham (incumbent)

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
PAM's List^[44]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ^[46]
Working Families Alliance^[45]

Results

31st Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Sandra B. Cunningham (incumbent)	25,437	83.9	10.8
	Republican	Herminio Mendoza	4,874	16.1	10.8
Total votes			30,311	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 32

Democratic primary

Declared

Nicholas Sacco, incumbent senator

Results

32nd Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nicholas J. Sacco	10,432	100.0
Total votes			10,432	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Paul Castelli

Results

32nd Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Castelli	924	100.0
Total votes			924	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Nicholas J. Sacco (incumbent)

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]

Results

32nd Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nicholas J. Sacco (incumbent)	23,736	80.2	10.0
	Republican	Paul Castelli	5,842	19.8	10.0
Total votes			29,578	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 33

Democratic primary

Declared

Brian P. Stack, incumbent senator

Results

33rd Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian P. Stack	20,952	100.0
Total votes			20,952	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Beth Hamburger

Results

33rd Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Beth Hamburger	947	100.0
Total votes			947	100.0

General election

Brian P. Stack (incumbent)

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
Working Families Alliance^[45]

Results

33rd Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Brian P. Stack (incumbent)	36,594	88.2	7.5
	Republican	Beth Hamburger	4,887	11.8	7.5
Total votes			41,481	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 34

Democratic primary

Declared

Nia Gill, incumbent senator

Results

34th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nia H. Gill	16,303	100.0
Total votes			16,303	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Mahir Saleh

Results

34th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mahir Saleh	1,044	100.0
Total votes			1,044	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Nia H. Gill (incumbent)

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
PAM's List^[44]

Results

34th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nia H. Gill (incumbent)	34,565	84.9	11.8
	Republican	Mahir Saleh	6,136	15.1	11.8
Total votes			40,701	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 35

Democratic primary

Declared

Nellie Pou, incumbent senator
Haytham Younes, real estate investor and candidate for Paterson City Council in 2014^[118]^[119]

Results

35th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nelida Pou	7,247	95.0
	Democratic	Haytham Younes	385	5.0
Total votes			7,632	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Marwan Sholakh

Results

35th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marwan Sholakh	1,017	100.0
Total votes			1,017	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Nelida Pou (incumbent)

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
Latinas United for Political Empowerment^[42]
League of Conservation Voters^[29]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]
PAM's List^[44]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ^[46]
Working Families Alliance^[45]

Results

35th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nelida Pou (incumbent)	21,425	79.0	4.9
	Republican	Marwan Sholakh	5,698	21.0	4.9
Total votes			27,123	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 36

Democratic primary

Declared

Paul Sarlo, incumbent senator

Results

36th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul A. Sarlo	6,335	100.0
Total votes			6,335	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Jeanine Ferrara

Results

36th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeanine Ferrara	1,978	100.0
Total votes			1,978	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Paul A. Sarlo (incumbent)

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]

Results

36th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Paul A. Sarlo (incumbent)	24,044	65.8	6.1
	Republican	Jeanine Ferrara	12,482	34.2	6.1
Total votes			36,526	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 37

Democratic primary

Declared

Loretta Weinberg, incumbent senator

Results

37th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Loretta Weinberg	11,063	100.0
Total votes			11,063	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Eric P. Fisher
Modesto Romero

Results

37th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Modesto Romero	1,133	52.7
	Republican	Eric P. Fisher	1,018	47.3
Total votes			2,151	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Loretta Weinberg (incumbent)

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
League of Conservation Voters^[29]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
PAM's List^[44]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ^[46]
Sierra Club of New Jersey^[27]
Working Families Alliance^[45]

Results

37th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Loretta Weinberg (incumbent)	33,017	75.4	6.9
	Republican	Modesto Romero	10,788	24.6	6.9
Total votes			43,805	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 38

Democratic primary

Declared

Robert M. Gordon, incumbent senator

Results

38th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Gordon	7,551	100.0
Total votes			7,551	100.0

Republican primary

Declared

Kelly Langschultz, New Milford Borough Councilwoman^[120]

Declined

John Cosgrove, mayor of Fair Lawn^[121]

Results

38th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kelly Langschultz	4,245	100.0
Total votes			4,245	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Bob Gordon (incumbent)

Individuals

Matt Seymour, attorney and former Republican nominee for Assembly in 2017^[122]

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Environment NJ^[23]
Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association^[11]
League of Conservation Voters^[29]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ^[46]
Sierra Club of New Jersey^[27]

Kelly Langschultz

Organizations

Republican State Leadership Committee^[82]

Results

38th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bob Gordon (incumbent)	30,881	57.1	5.2
	Republican	Kelly Langschultz	23,238	42.9	5.2
Total votes			54,119	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 39

Republican primary

Declared

Gerald Cardinale, incumbent senator

Withdrawn

John McCann, former Cresskill borough councilman^[123]^[124]

Results

39th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Cardinale	6,352	100.0
Total votes			6,352	100.0

Democratic primary

Declared

Linda Schwager, mayor of Oakland^[125]

Results

39th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda H. Schwager	6,831	100.0
Total votes			6,831	100.0

Independents and third parties

Declared

James Tosone (Libertarian)^[41]

General election

Endorsements

Gerald Cardinale (incumbent)

Organizations

NEW JOBS PAC^[13]

Linda H. Schwager

U.S. senators

Cory Booker, U.S. senator from New Jersey^[126]

Former state-level officials

Howard Dean, former governor of Vermont and former Chairman of the DNC^[127]

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
PAM's List^[44]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ^[46]
Police Benevolent Association of New Jersey^[128]
Sierra Club of New Jersey^[27]

Results

39th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Gerald Cardinale (incumbent)	33,752	52.8	10.8
	Democratic	Linda H. Schwager	29,631	46.3	9.9
	Libertarian	James Tosone	574	0.9	N/A
Total votes			63,957	100.0
	Republican hold

District 40

Incumbent Republican senator Kevin J. O'Toole announced on January 15, 2016, that he would not run for re-election.^[129] On March 13, 2017, he was confirmed by the state senate to the board of commissioners of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. O'Toole, however, did not immediately resign to accept the position, staying for the time being in his Senate seat to "tie up loose ends."^[130] He officially resigned his seat on July 1.^[131]

Republican primary

Declared

Edward Buttimore, former investigator for the New Jersey Attorney General^[132]
Kristin Corrado, Passaic County Clerk^[133]
Paul DiGaetano, chairman of the Bergen County Republican Party and former state assemblyman (District 36)^[134]

Results

40th Legislative District Republican primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kristin M. Corrado	7,792	62.0
	Republican	Paul DiGaetano	3,768	30.0
	Republican	Edward Buttimore	1,005	8.0
Total votes			12,565	100.0

Following O'Toole's resignation, Corrado was selected without opposition by local Republican committee members to serve the remainder of his term on July 26, and was sworn in on October 5.^[135]^[21]

Democratic primary

Declared

Thomas Duch, Garfield City Manager^[136]

Results

40th Legislative District Democratic primary^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas Duch	7,266	100.0
Total votes			7,266	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Kristin Corrado (incumbent)

Organizations

New Jersey Education Association PAC^[12]
NEW JOBS PAC^[13]

Thomas Duch

U.S. representatives

Bill Pascrell, U.S. representative from New Jersey's 9th congressional district^[137]

Organizations

AFL–CIO of New Jersey^[36]
American Federations of Teachers^[14]
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of NJ^[46]
Sierra Club of New Jersey^[27]
United Auto Workers Region 9^[138]
Working Families Alliance^[45]

Polling
{| class="wikitable"
! style="width:150px;" |Poll
source ! style="width:160px;" |Date(s)
administered ! Sample
size ! style="width:60px;" |Margin
of error ! style="width:100px;" |Kristin
Corrado (R) ! style="width:100px;" |Thomas
Duch (D) ! Undecided |- |Public Policy Polling (D)^[139] | align="center" |October 23 – 25, 2017 | align="center" |669 | align="center" |± 5.0% | align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6" |43% | align="center"| 36% | align="center" |21% |} Results

40th Legislative District general election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kristin M. Corrado (incumbent)	33,495	56.2	9.7
	Democratic	Thomas Duch	26,060	43.8	9.7
Total votes			59,555	100.0
	Republican hold

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