New Jersey's 40th legislative district

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New Jersey's 40th legislative district
SenatorKristin Corrado (R)
Assembly membersAl Barlas (R)
Christopher DePhillips (R)
Registration
Demographics
Population218,353
Voting-age population172,104
Registered voters184,507

New Jersey's 40th Legislative District is one of 40 districts that make up the map for the New Jersey Legislature. It covers the Bergen County municipalities of Franklin Lakes, Ridgewood, and Wyckoff; the Essex County municipalities of Caldwell, Cedar Grove, Essex Fells, Fairfield, North Caldwell, Verona, and West Caldwell; and the Passaic County municipalities of Little Falls, Hawthorne, Totowa, Wayne and Woodland Park.[1]

Demographic information[edit]

As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 218,353, of whom 172,104 (78.8%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 166,763 (76.4%) White, 5,141 (2.4%) African American, 455 (0.2%) Native American, 18,320 (8.4%) Asian, 39 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 9,672 (4.4%) from some other race, and 17,963 (8.2%) from two or more races.[2][3] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 27,178 (12.4%) of the population.[4]

The district had 184,507 registered voters as of December 1, 2023, of whom 69,280 (37.5%) were registered as unaffiliated, 56,934 (30.9%) were registered as Republicans, 56,843 (30.8%) were registered as Democrats and 1,450 (0.8%) were registered to other parties.[5]

Political representation[edit]

For the 2024-2025 session, the 40th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Kristin Corrado (R, Totowa) and in the General Assembly by Al Barlas (R, Cedar Grove) and Christopher DePhillips (R, Wyckoff).[6]

The legislative district overlaps with New Jersey's 5th, New Jersey's 9th, New Jersey's 10th, and 11th congressional districts.

Apportionment history[edit]

Upon the creation of the 40-district legislative map in 1973, the 40th District consisted of western Bergen County running from Elmwood Park north along the county line to Ridgewood, then in addition to Ho-Ho-Kus and Midland Park, consisted of the larger municipalities in the northwest corner of the county.[7] Following the 1981 redistricting, the 40th lost Elmwood Park, Ho-Ho-Kus, and Allendale, but picked up Upper Saddle River and the Passaic County boroughs of North Haledon, Pompton Lakes, Bloomingdale, and Wanaque.[8] In the 1991 redistricting, Ramsey, Upper Saddle River, North Haledon, Pompton Lakes, and Bloomingdale were shifted to other districts, but Washington Township, Waldwick, Ringwood, and West Milford became a part of the district.[9] Under the 2001 redistricting, the Bergen County portion of the 40th District became smaller only running along the county border from Ridgewood to Mahwah (plus Midland Park), but in addition to Ringwood and Wanaque, passed through the center of the county picking up Wayne and Little Falls and for the first time included Essex County by encompassing Cedar Grove and Verona.[10] Mahwah and Oakland were eliminated from the Bergen County portion in the 2011 redistricting but Allendale, Ho-Ho-Kus, and Waldwick were added, more of central Passaic County was added including Totowa and Woodland Park, and Morris County's Pequannock were included within the district.

Since 1973, the district has always leaned Republican, never electing a Democrat through the 2023 general election.[11] It is one of only nine state legislative districts statewide that has never elected more than one political party to Trenton, and with the election of a Democrat to the 16th in 2015, the only district to have elected only Republicans.[12]

Senator Corrado has served the district since October 2017. Previously the Clerk of Passaic County, she was appointed to replace three-term incumbent Kevin J. O'Toole of Cedar Grove, after his appointment to the Board of Commissioners of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.[13][14][15]

Assemblyman Rooney has served the district since December 2016, the longest serving of the three in the district. The former mayor of Wyckoff, New Jersey was appointed to replace multi-term incumbent Scott Rumana of Wayne after his appointment to the bench of the Superior Court of New Jersey.[16][17][18]

Assemblyman DePhillips, a former mayor of Wyckoff, is the newest of the three in office, serving in the district since January 2018. First elected in 2017, DePhillips replaced David C. Russo of Ridgewood, who was first elected in 1989 and served until he left office in 2018 after his fourteenth term.[19] New Jersey's 40th has gone longer without electing a Democrat than any other legislative district in the state,[20] having never chosen one under the new district-organization system (in place since 1973) and being one of four districts in New Jersey to elect all Republicans (at the state level) in the 1974 Watergate Democratic wave.[21]

Election history[edit]

2023[edit]

In 2023, the Republican ticket of incumbent Chris DePhillips (seeking his fourth two-year term) and Essex County GOP chairman Al Barlas ran against the Democratic team of Giovanna Irizarry (the Woodland Park school district's director of special education) and Wyckoff small business owner Jennifer Marrinan for two seats in the general assembly; meanwhile, Hawthorne school board member Jennifer Ehrentraut ran as a Democrat for state senate against Republican incumbent Kristin Corrado.[22] In New Jersey all state legislature seats were up for re-election in the 2023 cycle.[23]

Following Al Barlas making public his intention to run, Wyckoff's Kevin Rooney decided against seeking re-election to his position representing the 40th district in New Jersey's general assembly; the New Jersey Globe asserted that Rooney's decision was due to redistricting including six more Essex County towns in the 40th than previously (a process that Barlas co-chaired), thus meriting a representative from the county. In January 2023, just two months after announcing his candidacy, Barlas, "...raised a mammoth $112,844...making the first-time candidate one of the top GOP fundraisers in the state"; meanwhile, Corrado had amassed $117,457 and DePhillips had $145,095 (including, in both latter cases, leftover funds from previous campaigns). If Barlas is elected, he would be the first South Asian Republican in New Jersey's legislature.[24]

In July 2023, the New Jersey Building and Construction Trades Council (a representative body for, "...13 Local Building Trades Councils, more than 100 local unions and over 150,000 rank and file members,")[25] revoked its endorsement of the Democratic assembly candidates, with its president, Bill Mullen, composing a letter that stated, “...we appreciate your support for New Jersey’s...union construction and allied trades...[but] the NJBCTC executive board met...and [unanimously] voted to endorse your Republican opponents in this year’s election...Please consider this communication a formal withdrawal of the NJBCTC’s endorsement". Democratic Bergen County commissioner Tom Sullivan (who was, at the time, also an IBEW union president) fought for Irizarry and Marrinan being endorsed whereas former Democratic Senate President Steve Sweeney (who was also, at the time, head of the state’s Ironworkers union) advocated for the Republicans being endorsed. Local media called the representative body's flip "a highly unusual move" and a "devastating blow for the two newcomers".[26]

In October 2023, the Corrado-DePhillips-Barlas slate released a mailer where they boasted that, "...Corrado has led the charge to expose Murphy's deadly policies that cost thousands of...lives during the pandemic," that, "...DePhillips is pushing legislation to slash the state's oppressive tax on businesses," and that, "...Barlas is running to restore commonsense values to our local schools and empower parents to be at the center of their child's education"; later the mailer tied president Joe Biden to rising inflation (via a Fox News headline) and Phil Murphy to New Jersey schools not, "...tell[ing] parents about student gender choices," (by way of a northjersey.com headline), calling them "radical Democrats" under whose leadership, "Our economy is tanking, and our values are under attack".[27]

2021[edit]

In the November 2021 election, Republican senator Kristin Corrado (with 47,230 votes) won re-election to her second four-year term, fending off a challenge from Democratic Ridgewood deputy mayor Michael Sedon (who earned 30,237), while the slate of Republican assemblymen Kevin Rooney (with 46,004 votes) and Chris DePhillips (with 45,246) won re-election to their third full terms, defeating the Democratic team of Waldwick councilwoman Nicole McNamara (who earned 31,066 votes) and former assistant Bergen County prosecutor Genny Allard (who earned 30,606).[28][29][30]

For 2021, The New Jersey State FMBA (a union representing career firefighters, EMTs, and dispatchers) backed the three Republicans in a slate of mixed Republican and Democrat endorsements,[31] and the New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police (also in a politically-heterogenous round of endorsements) chose to support the three Republicans as well.[32] Meanwhile, the three Democrats were endorsed by the New Jersey Democratic State Committee LGBTQ Caucus[33] (to which the candidates responded that they were "humbly honored" as Democrats, "...who value equality for all Americans of every race, sexual orientation, and gender identity");[34] the Progressive Turnout Project endorsed the three Democrats along with 54 other New Jersey state-level progressives;[35] and after, "Challengers...respon[ded] to [their] application and demonstrated support for women’s issues in their official campaign platform," the National Organization for Women of New Jersey PAC endorsed Democrat Genny Allard individually.[36]

2019[edit]

In the November 2019 election, Republican assemblymen Kevin Rooney (with 22,562 votes) and Chris DePhillips (with 21,955) won re-election to their second full terms, defeating the Democratic slate of former Bergen County Freeholder Julie O'Brien (who earned 17,557 votes) and Little Falls councilwoman Maria Martini Cordonnier (who earned 17,332).[37]

In late October 2019, DePhillips and Rooney skipped a debate hosted by the League of Women Voters, claiming that the question-selection process was "broken" and "unfair" because an earlier debate sponsored by the Wayne League of Women Voters had allowed, "...a local Democratic candidate to be part of a group that was screening questions and determining what questions would be asked". DePhillips and Rooney claimed they had spoken to the League following the Wayne debate and that, "The LWV...agreed to not allow questions from elected officials from either party," but that the organization rejected other structural requests they had made — pushing the two candidates to back down. Cordonnier and O'Brien criticized the Republicans' absence, arguing that, “...refusing to engage with [us] shows a lack of respect for their constituents and their office...As an elected official, you need to answer for your record even if you don’t like the questions".[38]

Ridgewood Councilman Micheal Sedon (alongside Cordonnier) won the Democratic primary to challenge DePhillips and Rooney in the general election, but Sedon dropped out of the race between June and September 2019; in September, Democratic County Committee members selected O'Brien to replace Sedon on the ballot.[39]

2017[edit]

In the November 2017 election, Republican state senator Kristin Corrado (with 33,495) defeated Democrat and Garfield city manager Thomas Duch (who earned 26,060) in a race for her first full four-year term in New Jersey's upper chamber;[40] meanwhile, Republican assemblyman Kevin Rooney (with 31,170 votes) won election to his first full two-year term as his running-mate, a former Wyckoff mayor, Chris DePhillips (with 30,610) won a seat for the first time, defeating the Democratic team of Christine Ordway (who earned 27,092 votes) and Ridgewood-restaurant-owner Paul Vagianos (who earned 26,737).[41] Following Election Day (on which he became governor-elect), Democrat Phil Murphy named Ordway to his transition team's healthcare board — a role which involved, "...policy analysis and [making] recommendations on...state issues and initiatives as the new administration prepare[d] to take office".[42]

In October 2017, the three Republicans faced off against the three Democratic candidates in a forum hosted by the Bergen County League of Women Voters in Ridgewood. At the forum, the Republicans argued that, "...affordable-housing obligations should be left up to local governments...[and cited] the lack of vacant land as a hurdle to increasing affordable-housing stock," whereas Vagianos claimed affordable housing requirements should be handled by state courts and Duch said that such housing, "is not evil" while touting the presence of affordable units in Garfield, the city he managed; Rooney supported extending the two-percent yearly salary increase cap on police and firefighters to manage municipal expenses while the Democrats blamed New Jersey's public-salary/pension crisis on, "...Chris Christie, who they said underfunded the state pension system"; Vagianos and Ordway brought up funding, "...the Hudson Tunnel Project...a new commuter tunnel between New Jersey and Midtown Manhattan," arguing it, "...would be a boon to local real estate values and the economy"; and the Democrats said they were committed to, "...fully funding Planned Parenthood in the state of New Jersey," in part in an effort to make more accessible, "...preventive care services for low-income women across the state," — which DePhillips contended (while supporting preventative care) was a distortion of the situation, as, "...the issue 'is about abortion'," while Corrado pointed out that Planned Parenthood is not the only institution offering preventative care in the state.[43]

In July 2017, Republican county committee representatives from 40th District towns selected Passaic County clerk Kristin Corrado to fill the remaining several months of what had been Kevin O'Toole's senate term until he resigned earlier in the month.[44] Corrado's appointment came after she won a contentious primary in June (to be the Republican nominee for state senate in the general election), in which she and Paul DiGaetano (a former seven-term assemblyman and, at the time, the Bergen County Republican party chairman) were each supported by divergent segments of the District's Republican leadership.[45]

In October 2016, Assemblyman Scott Rumana resigned with a year remaining in his term after being confirmed as a judge on New Jersey's Superior Court. In November, Wyckoff mayor Kevin Rooney was appointed (in a 104-96 vote against Mike Marotta) to fill the remainder of the unexpired term; according to The Record, Rooney’s appointment was, "clearly a blow" to local GOP leadership, as the contest, "...was seen as a proxy fight between rival GOP camps [considering that] Marotta had the backing of three county chairmen...[and was] a longtime Rumana ally [whereas] Rooney had the political blessing of [40th District state senator] O’Toole and the backing of Peter Murphy, the maverick GOP leader from Totowa...[and] enemy of Rumana".[46]

Table[edit]

Session Senate General Assembly
1974–1975 Garrett W. Hagedorn (R) C. Gus Rys (R) John A. Spizziri (R)
1976–1977 C. Gus Rys (R) John A. Spizziri (R)
1978–1979 Garrett W. Hagedorn (R) W. Cary Edwards (R) Walter M. D. Kern (R)
1980–1981 W. Cary Edwards (R) Walter M. D. Kern (R)
1982–1983 Garrett W. Hagedorn (R) Seat vacant[n 1] Walter M. D. Kern (R)
Nicholas Felice (R)[n 2]
1984–1985 Garrett W. Hagedorn (R)[n 3] Nicholas Felice (R) Walter M. D. Kern (R)
Henry McNamara (R)[n 4] 
1986–1987 Nicholas Felice (R) Walter M. D. Kern (R)
1988–1989 Henry McNamara (R) Nicholas Felice (R) Walter M. D. Kern (R)
1990–1991 Nicholas Felice (R) David C. Russo (R)
1992–1993 Henry McNamara (R) Nicholas Felice (R) David C. Russo (R)
1994–1995 Henry McNamara (R) Nicholas Felice (R) David C. Russo (R)
1996–1997 Nicholas Felice (R) David C. Russo (R)
1998–1999 Henry McNamara (R) Nicholas Felice (R) David C. Russo (R)
2000–2001 Nicholas Felice (R) David C. Russo (R)
2002–2003 Henry McNamara (R) Kevin J. O'Toole (R) David C. Russo (R)
2004–2005 Henry McNamara (R) Kevin J. O'Toole (R) David C. Russo (R)
2006–2007 Kevin J. O'Toole (R) David C. Russo (R)
2008–2009 Kevin J. O'Toole (R) Scott Rumana (R) David C. Russo (R)
2010–2011 Scott Rumana (R) David C. Russo (R)
2012–2013 Kevin J. O'Toole (R) Scott Rumana (R) David C. Russo (R)
2014–2015 Kevin J. O'Toole (R)[n 5] Scott Rumana (R) David C. Russo (R)
2016–2017 Scott Rumana (R)[n 6] David C. Russo (R)
Kristin Corrado (R)[n 7] Kevin J. Rooney (R)[n 8]
2018–2019 Kristin Corrado (R) Kevin J. Rooney (R) Christopher DePhillips (R)
2020–2021 Kevin J. Rooney (R) Christopher DePhillips (R)
2022–2023 Kristin Corrado (R) Kevin J. Rooney (R) Christopher DePhillips (R)
2024–2025 Kristin Corrado (R) Al Barlas (R) Christopher DePhillips (R)
  1. ^ W. Cary Edwards was reelected to his Assembly seat in 1981 but declined to take his seat in order to become Governor-elect Thomas Kean's counsel[47]
  2. ^ Elected to the Assembly in March 1982 special election, sworn in on May 3, 1982
  3. ^ Died August 9, 1985
  4. ^ Elected to the Senate in November 1985 special election, sworn in on November 18, 1985
  5. ^ Resigned July 1, 2017 to become a Commissioner of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
  6. ^ Resigned October 20, 2016 to become a Superior Court judge
  7. ^ Appointed to the Senate on October 5, 2017
  8. ^ Appointed to the Assembly on December 12, 2016

Election results[edit]

Senate[edit]

2021 New Jersey general election[48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kristin M. Corrado 47,230 61.0 Increase 4.8
Democratic Michael A. Sedon 30,237 39.0 Decrease 4.8
Total votes 77,467 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2017[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kristin M. Corrado 33,495 56.2 Decrease 9.7
Democratic Thomas Duch 26,060 43.8 Increase 9.7
Total votes 59,555 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2013[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kevin J. O'Toole 37,565 65.9 Increase 3.5
Democratic William Meredith Ashley 19,401 34.1 Decrease 3.5
Total votes 56,966 100.0
2011 New Jersey general election[51]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kevin J. O'Toole 22,821 62.4
Democratic John Zunic 13,733 37.6
Total votes 36,554 100.0
2007 New Jersey general election[52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kevin J. O'Toole 26,214 66.2 Increase 1.7
Democratic John Zunic 13,395 33.8 Decrease 1.7
Total votes 39,609 100.0
2003 New Jersey general election[53]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Henry P. McNamara 24,478 64.5 Increase 2.2
Democratic Matt Rogers 13,493 35.5 Decrease 2.2
Total votes 37,971 100.0
2001 New Jersey general election[54]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Henry P. McNamara 39,815 62.3
Democratic John "Jack" Nigro 24,122 37.7
Total votes 63,937 100.0
1997 New Jersey general election[55]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Henry P. McNamara 42,751 67.5 Decrease 0.2
Democratic Michael Greenspan 20,537 32.5 Increase 0.2
Total votes 63,288 100.0
1993 New Jersey general election[56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Henry P. McNamara 49,041 67.7 Decrease 7.8
Democratic Bea O’ Rourke 23,380 32.3 Increase 7.8
Total votes 72,421 100.0
1991 New Jersey general election[57]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Henry P. McNamara 36,666 75.5
Democratic Frank R. Lucas 11,884 24.5
Total votes 48,550 100.0
1987 New Jersey general election[58]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Henry P. McNamara 29,365 71.9 Increase 3.2
Democratic Terry R. Driller 11,453 28.1 Decrease 3.2
Total votes 40,818 100.0
Special election, November 5, 1985[59]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Henry P. McNamara 34,998 68.7 Increase 3.2
Democratic Charles F. Ryan 15,923 31.3 Decrease 3.2
Total votes 50,921 100.0
1983 New Jersey general election[60]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Garrett W. Hagedorn 28,755 65.5 Decrease 1.3
Democratic Charles F. Ryan 15,152 34.5 Increase 1.3
Total votes 43,907 100.0
1981 New Jersey general election[61]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Garrett W. Hagedorn 42,014 66.8
Democratic Mitchell Kahn 20,835 33.2
Total votes 62,849 100.0
1977 New Jersey general election[62]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Garrett W. Hagedorn 29,689 57.8 Increase 1.6
Democratic Anthony D. Andora 21,009 40.9 Decrease 2.9
Independent Middle America Victor E. Virgens 664 1.3 N/A
Total votes 51,362 100.0
1973 New Jersey general election[63]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Garrett W. Hagedorn 32,566 56.2
Democratic Robert A. Pennachio 25,394 43.8
Total votes 57,960 100.0

General Assembly[edit]

2021 New Jersey general election[64]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kevin J. Rooney 46,004 30.1 Increase 1.7
Republican Christopher P. DePhillips 45,246 29.6 Increase 2.0
Democratic Nicole McNamara 31,066 20.3 Decrease 1.8
Democratic Genevieve Allard 30,606 20.0 Decrease 1.8
Total votes 152,922 100.0
2019 New Jersey general election[65]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kevin J. Rooney 22,562 28.4 Increase 1.6
Republican Christopher P. DePhillips 21,955 27.6 Increase 1.3
Democratic Julie O’Brien 17,557 22.1 Decrease 1.2
Democratic Maria Martini Cordonnier 17,332 21.8 Decrease 1.2
Total votes 79,406 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2017[66]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kevin J. Rooney 31,170 26.8 Decrease 0.8
Republican Christopher P. DePhillips 30,610 26.3 Decrease 1.7
Democratic Christine Ordway 27,092 23.3 Increase 1.0
Democratic Paul Vagianos 26,737 23.0 Increase 0.8
You Tell Me Anthony J. Pellechia 748 0.6 N/A
Total votes 116,357 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2015[67]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican David C. Russo 19,675 28.0 Decrease 4.1
Republican Scott T. Rumana 19,357 27.6 Decrease 4.5
Democratic Christine Ordway 15,629 22.3 Increase 3.9
Democratic Paul Vagianos 15,573 22.2 Increase 4.9
Total votes 70,234 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2013[68]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Scott T. Rumana 36,174 32.1 Increase 2.4
Republican David C. Russo 36,143 32.1 Increase 1.8
Democratic Anthony J. Galietti 20,779 18.4 Decrease 2.7
Democratic Leo Arcuri 19,542 17.3 Decrease 1.6
Total votes 112,638 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2011[69]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David C. Russo 22,125 30.3
Republican Scott T. Rumana 21,678 29.7
Democratic Cassandra Lazzara 15,412 21.1
Democratic William J. Brennan 13,767 18.9
Total votes 72,982 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2009[70]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Scott T. Rumana 42,359 33.2 Increase 0.8
Republican David C. Russo 42,143 33.0 Increase 0.8
Democratic John Agostinelli 21,737 17.0 Decrease 0.6
Democratic Mark Bombace 21,277 16.7 Increase 1.0
Total votes 127,516 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2007[71]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Scott T. Rumana 25,372 32.4 Increase 1.8
Republican David C. Russo 25,208 32.2 Increase 1.7
Democratic Lisa Sciancalepore 13,751 17.6 Decrease 2.4
Democratic Zonie LeSane 12,339 15.7 Decrease 3.1
Libertarian Derek DeMarco 855 1.1 N/A
Libertarian Paul Tahan 819 1.0 N/A
Total votes 78,344 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2005[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kevin J. O'Toole 36,957 30.6 Decrease 1.5
Republican David C. Russo 36,820 30.5 Decrease 1.8
Democratic Jane Bidwell 24,117 20.0 Increase 3.1
Democratic Ronald Beattie 22,732 18.8 Increase 1.8
Total votes 120,626 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2003[73]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican David C. Russo 23,965 32.3 Increase 1.6
Republican Kevin J. O'Toole 23,865 32.1 Increase 1.9
Democratic Michael Bradley 12,624 17.0 Decrease 2.9
Democratic Jane Bidwell Gaunt 12,535 16.9 Decrease 2.3
Green Philip A. Passantino 1,256 1.7 N/A
Total votes 74,245 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2001[74]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David C. Russo 38,627 30.7
Republican Kevin J. O'Toole 38,058 30.2
Democratic Frank Delvecchio 25,027 19.9
Democratic Donna Kurdock 24,201 19.2
Total votes 125,913 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1999[75]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Nicholas R. Felice 21,175 30.6 Decrease 3.1
Republican David C. Russo 20,897 30.2 Decrease 2.8
Democratic Frank Del Vecchio 13,528 19.6 Increase 3.6
Democratic Joshua Levine 12,820 18.5 Increase 2.8
Conservative Robert I. Unanue 705 1.0 Increase 0.1
Total votes 69,125 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1997[76][77]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Nicholas R. Felice 42,207 33.7 Steady 0.0
Republican David C. Russo 41,261 33.0 Increase 1.1
Democratic Dawn Savarese 20,013 16.0 Decrease 1.2
Democratic Peter Goetz 19,680 15.7 Increase 0.6
Conservative Mike Best 1,088 0.9 Decrease 1.2
Conservative Walter Renninghoff 961 0.8 N/A
Total votes 125,210 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1995[78][79]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Nicholas R. Felice 22,518 33.7 Decrease 1.3
Republican David C. Russo 21,312 31.9 Decrease 2.3
Democratic Joan P. Larkin 11,464 17.2 Increase 1.5
Democratic Martin Etler 10,112 15.1 Steady 0.0
Conservative Michael A. Best 1,426 2.1 N/A
Total votes 66,832 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1993[56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Nicholas R. Felice 49,340 35.0 Decrease 3.3
Republican David C. Russo 48,200 34.2 Decrease 3.2
Democratic Jack Dabney 22,167 15.7 Increase 3.4
Democratic Barry Winston 21,316 15.1 Increase 3.1
Total votes 141,023 100.0
1991 New Jersey general election[57]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nicholas R. Felice 36,573 38.3
Republican David C. Russo 35,650 37.4
Democratic William J. Branagh 11,741 12.3
Democratic Martin Etler 11,459 12.0
Total votes 95,423 100.0
1989 New Jersey general election[80]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Nicholas R. Felice 33,746 28.9 Decrease 4.7
Republican David C. Russo 33,432 28.6 Decrease 6.0
Democratic Paul Lief Rosengren 25,106 21.5 Increase 5.9
Democratic Linda Villano 24,438 20.9 Increase 5.5
Total votes 116,722 100.0
1987 New Jersey general election[58]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Walter M. D. Kern, Jr. 27,767 34.6 Decrease 1.3
Republican Nicholas R. Felice 26,980 33.6 Decrease 2.2
Democratic Michael S. Taaffe 12,535 15.6 Increase 1.2
Democratic Edward F. Seavers, Jr. 12,366 15.4 Increase 1.6
Michael Harris Libertarian Michael Harris 538 0.7 N/A
Total votes 80,186 100.0
1985 New Jersey general election[81]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Walter M. D. Kern, Jr. 36,476 35.9 Increase 1.3
Republican Nicholas R. Felice 36,369 35.8 Increase 1.9
Democratic Judy Miller 14,590 14.4 Decrease 1.6
Democratic Carmine J. Cicchino 14,050 13.8 Decrease 1.7
Total votes 101,485 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1983[60]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Walter M. D. Kern, Jr. 29,878 34.6 Decrease 0.8
Republican Nicholas R. Felice 29,241 33.9 Decrease 2.1
Democratic Thomas J. Barrett 13,769 16.0 Increase 1.6
Democratic Douglas J. Stiles 13,405 15.5 Increase 1.3
Total votes 86,293 100.0
Special election, March 16, 1982[82]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nicholas R. Felice 7,746 57.1
Democratic Emil L. Porfido 5,814 42.9
Total votes 13,560 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1981[61]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Cary Edwards 44,415 36.0
Republican Walter M.D. Kern, Jr. 43,692 35.4
Democratic Arthur R. Carmano, Jr. 17,761 14.4
Democratic C. Charles Christofilis 17,467 14.2
Total votes 123,335 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1979[83]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican W. Cary Edwards 29,946 35.0 Increase 6.5
Republican Walter M.D. Kern, Jr. 29,084 34.0 Increase 6.5
Democratic Eleanor M. Rooney 13,410 15.7 Decrease 6.0
Democratic Jane Tremble Baumann 13,174 15.4 Decrease 6.0
Total votes 85,614 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1977[62]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican W. Cary Edwards 28,510 28.5 Decrease 1.6
Republican Walter M. D. Kern, Jr. 27,536 27.5 Decrease 2.4
Democratic Chris Burdick 21,794 21.7 Increase 1.6
Democratic John M. Henderson 21,423 21.4 Increase 1.6
Libertarian Susan Raggi 533 0.5 N/A
Libertarian Daniel L. Bauch 413 0.4 N/A
Total votes 100,209 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1975[84]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John A. Spizziri 31,614 30.1 Increase 5.0
Republican C. Gus Rys 31,470 29.9 Increase 3.7
Democratic Rose Brunetto 21,170 20.1 Decrease 4.7
Democratic Paul Lewis 20,851 19.8 Decrease 4.2
Total votes 105,105 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1973[63]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican C. Gus Rys 29,386 26.2
Republican John A. Spizziri 28,156 25.1
Democratic Paul S. Konstadt 27,793 24.8
Democratic Vincent A. Girardy 26,957 24.0
Total votes 112,292 100.0

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