1967 New Jersey Senate elections
November 7, 1967
All 40 seats in the New Jersey State Senate
21 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Edwin B. Forsythe Sido L. Ridolfi
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 4B: Burlington 6th: Mercer
Last election 10 19
Seats before 8 18
Seats won 31 9
Seat change Increase 23 Decrease 9
Popular vote 3,053,336 2,511,142
Senate President before election

Sido L. Ridolfi
Democratic

 Elected Senate President

Edwin B. Forsythe
Republican

The 1967 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 7, 1967.

The elections took place midway through Governor Richard J. Hughes's second term and resulted in a historic landslide for the Republican Party. The new state legislative map still elected most Senators county-wide, allowing Republicans to gain a large majority by sweeping every county except Mercer, Middlesex, and Hudson.

Background

Reapportioning

Until 1965, the New Jersey State Senate was composed of 21 senators with each county electing one senator. After the U.S. Supreme Court decision Reynolds v. Sims required legislative districts to be approximately equal in population (a principle known as "one man, one vote"), New Jersey entered a decade-long period of reapportioning.[1] In 1965, the Senate was increased to 29 members, with larger counties given multiple seats and some smaller counties sharing one or two senators.

For the 1967 election, the map was entirely redone. The 1967 Districts were organized by the 1966 New Jersey Constitutional Convention. The specific Assembly districts (used for the election Senator in multi-County multi-Senator Districts) were drawn by the New Jersey Apportionment Commission. Eleven new seats were added and county lines were generally followed (11 single county districts and 2 multi-county single senator districts). As a result of a New Jersey Supreme Court decision, several existing districts were split up into districts smaller than a single county. This was contrary to apportionment scheme in the New Jersey Constitution, following the 1966 New Jersey Constitutional Convention and popular ratification.

  • Mercer, Middlesex, Union, Hudson, Bergen, and Passaic counties gained one seat each.
  • Essex County gained two seats.
  • Atlantic, Cape May, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem counties gained one combined seat for a total of six.
  • Burlington, Monmouth, and Ocean counties gained one combined seat for a total of four.
  • Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, and Warren counties gained one combined seat for a total of five.
1965 District Counties # 1967 District Counties # ±
1 Atlantic, Cape May, and Gloucester 2 1 Cape May and Cumberland 1 Increase 1
2 Cumberland and Salem 1 2 Atlantic 1
3 Camden 2 3A Salem and Gloucester (part) 1
3B Gloucester (part) and Camden (part) 1
3C Camden (part) 1
3D Camden (part) 1
4 Burlington 1 4A Burlington (part) and Ocean 1 Increase 1
5 Monmouth and Ocean 2 4B Burlington (part) 1
5 Monmouth 2
6 Mercer 1 6 Mercer 2 Increase 1
7 Middlesex 2 7 Middlesex 3 Increase 1
9 Union 2 9 Union 3 Increase 1
11 Essex 4 11 Essex 6 Increase 2
12 Hudson 3 12 Hudson 4 Increase 1
13 Bergen 4 13 Bergen 5 Increase 1
14 Passaic 2 14 Passaic 3 Increase 1
8 Hunterdon and Somerset 1 8 Somerset 1 Increase1
10 Morris, Sussex, Warren 2 10 Morris 2
15 Hunterdon, Warren, and Sussex 1

Incumbents not running for re-election

Republican

Summary of results by State Senate District

1964–66 District Incumbent Party Party
District 1 Vacant[3][lower-alpha 1] Robert E. Kay Rep
Frank S. Farley[lower-alpha 2] Rep Seat eliminated
District 2 John A. Waddington[lower-alpha 3] Dem Frank S. Farley Rep
District 3[lower-alpha 4] Frederick J. Scholz Rep John L. White Rep
Vacant[lower-alpha 5][2] Hugh A. Kelly Rep
New seat John L. Miller Rep
New seat Frank C. Italiano Rep
District 4[lower-alpha 6] New seat William T. Hiering Rep
Edwin B. Forsythe Rep Edwin B. Forsythe Rep
District 5 Richard R. Stout Rep Richard R. Stout Rep
William T. Hiering[lower-alpha 7] Rep Alfred N. Beadleston Rep
District 6 Sido L. Ridolfi Dem Sido L. Ridolfi Dem
New seat Richard J. Coffee Dem
District 7 John A. Lynch Sr. Dem John A. Lynch Sr. Dem
J. Edward Crabiel Dem J. Edward Crabiel Dem
New seat Norman Tanzman Dem
District 8 Vacant[4][lower-alpha 8] Raymond Bateman Rep
District 9 Nelson Stamler Rep Nicholas S. LaCorte Rep
Mildred Barry Hughes Dem Frank X. McDermott Rep
New seat Matt Rinaldo Rep
District 10 Thomas J. Hillery Rep Harry L. Sears Rep
Milton Woolfenden Jr.[lower-alpha 9] Rep Joseph J. Maraziti Rep
District 11 Nicholas Fernicola Dem Michael Giuliano Rep
Maclyn Goldman Dem Gerardo Del Tufo Rep
John J. Giblin Dem Alexander Matturri Rep
Hutchins F. Inge Dem James Wallwork Rep
New seat Milton Waldor Rep
New seat David W. Dowd Rep
District 12 William Musto Dem William Musto Dem
William F. Kelly Jr. Dem William F. Kelly Jr. Dem
Frank J. Guarini Dem Frank J. Guarini Dem
New seat Frederick H. Hauser Dem
District 13 Ned J. Parsekian Dem Fairleigh Dickinson Jr. Rep
Matthew Feldman Dem Joseph C. Woodcock Rep
Jeremiah F. O'Connor Dem Alfred D. Schiaffo Rep
Alfred W. Kiefer Dem Garrett W. Hagedorn Rep
New seat Willard B. Knowlton Rep
District 14 Anthony J. Grossi Dem Ira Schoem Rep
Joseph M. Keegan Dem Frank J. Sciro Rep
New seat Edward Sisco Rep
District 15 New seat Wayne Dumont Rep
  1. ↑ This seat had been vacant since Senator John E. Hunt resigned to take his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
  2. ↑ Redistricted to District 2.
  3. ↑ Redistricted to District 3A.
  4. ↑ Split into Districts 3A, 3B, 3C, and 3D.
  5. ↑ The seat had been vacant since Senator A. Donald Bigley resigned to become Camden County Prosecutor in June.
  6. ↑ Split into Districts 4A and 4B.
  7. ↑ Redistricted to District 4A
  8. ↑ The seat had been vacant since the July 10 resignation of Senator William E. Ozzard to accept a seat on the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
  9. ↑ Redistricted to District 15. Lost primary.

District 1

District 1 (one seat) [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert E. Kay 27,841 51.22%
Democratic Robert J. Halpin 26,149 48.11%
Conservative Linwood Erickson Jr. 364 0.67%
Total votes 54,354 100.00%

District 2

District 2 (one seat) [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank S. Farley 36,300 61.51%
Democratic Harry A. Gaines 22,716 38.49%
Total votes 59,016 100.00%

District 3

District 3A

District 3A (one seat) [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John L. White 28,456 54.60%
Democratic John A. Waddington (incumbent) 23,635 45.35%
Socialist Labor Albert Ronis 28 0.05%
Total votes 52,119 100.00%

District 3B

District 3B (one seat) [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Hugh A. Kelly 30,514 55.68%
Democratic Joseph M. Sandone 24,285 44.32%
Total votes 54,799 100.00%

District 3C

District 3C (one seat) [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John L. Miller 29,483 61.50%
Democratic Richard S. Hyland 18,454 38.50%
Total votes 47,937 100.00%

District 3D

District 3D (one seat) [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank C. Italiano 18,735 52.63%
Democratic Alfred R. Pierce 16,690 46.89%
Socialist Labor Dominic W. Doganiero 171 0.48%
Total votes 35,596 100.00%

District 4

District 4A

District 4A (one seat) [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican William T. Hiering 35,639 71.07%
Democratic Eugene E. Helbig 14,505 28.93%
Total votes 50,144 100.00%

District 4B

District 4B (one seat) [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Edwin B. Forsythe 30,930 55.73%
Democratic Edward J. Hughes Jr. 24,359 43.89%
Socialist Labor Bernardo S. Doganiero 207 0.37%
Total votes 55,496 100.00%

District 5

District 5 (two seats) [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard R. Stout (incumbent) 69,714 32.05%
Republican Alfred N. Beadleston 68,005 32.05%
Democratic Richard L. Bonello 40,426 18.59%
Democratic Paul J. Smith 39,370 18.10%
Total votes 217,515 100.00%

District 6

District 6 (two seats) [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sido L. Ridolfi (incumbent) 47,226 28.53%
Democratic Richard J. Coffee 45,960 27.77%
Republican Bruce M. Schragger 36,928 22.31%
Republican George Y. Schoch 34,762 21.00%
Socialist Labor Joseph J. Frank 653 0.39%
Total votes 165,529 100.00%

District 7

District 7 (three seats) [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John A. Lynch Sr. (incumbent) 77,363
Democratic J. Edward Crabiel (incumbent) 74,784
Democratic Norman Tanzman 74,739
Republican John A. Bradley 34,762
Republican William Shelley
Republican Edgar J. Hellriegel
Total votes 100.00%

District 8

District 8 (one seat) [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Raymond Bateman 35,223
Democratic Thomas Ryan 15,188
Conservative Robert K. Haelig Sr. 1,379
Total votes 100.00%

District 9

District 9 (three seats) [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nicholas S. LaCorte 89,036
Republican Frank X. McDermott 88,378
Republican Matt Rinaldo 86,656
Democratic Mildred Barry Hughes (incumbent) 65,999
Democratic Lester Weiner 54,364
Democratic James J. Kinneally Sr. 52,347
Independent Alexander G. Wrigley[lower-alpha 1] 5,508
Independent Kenneth Allardice[lower-alpha 2] 3,854
Total votes 100.00%
  1. ↑ Wrigley ran on the "No Unnecessary Taxes" line.
  2. ↑ Allardice ran on the "Union Conservative" line.

District 10

District 10 (two seats) [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Harry L. Sears 63,791
Republican Joseph Maraziti 63,668
Democratic Dale W. Swann 26,248
Democratic Martin F. Quinn 24,694
Conservative Victor J. De Falco
Conservative Charles Covino 1,650
Total votes 100.00%

District 11

District 11 (six seats) [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Giuliano 122,354
Republican Gerardo Del Tufo 119,956
Republican Alexander Matturri 119,152
Republican James Wallwork 118,834
Republican Milton Waldor 117,280
Republican David W. Dowd 115,568
Democratic Nicholas Fernicola (incumbent) 91,812
Democratic John J. Giblin (incumbent) 89,297
Democratic Maclyn Goldman (incumbent) 88,796
Democratic David Mandelbaum 85,131
Democratic Victor F. Addonizio 83,587
Democratic Hutchins Inge (incumbent) 83,543
Essex Conservative John P. Keelan 5,196
Essex Conservative Marlo Carluccio 5,140
Essex Conservative William Murray 4,906
Essex Conservative Joseph R. Garrity 4,657
Essex Conservative Edmund O. Matzal 4,337
Essex Conservative James W. Lomker 4,096
Conservative Harrison P. Smith Jr. 2,484
Independent James Larry Giordano[lower-alpha 1] 2,427
Conservative William Barbetta 2,412
Conservative Gladis P. Smith 2,086
Conservative James H. Flynn 1,987
Conservative Frank De George 1,804
Socialist Workers Joseph Carroll 1,507
Total votes 1,278,349 100.00%
  1. ↑ Giordano ran on the "Public Employee Candidate" line.

District 12

District 12 (four seats) [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William Musto (incumbent) 115,534
Democratic Frank Guarini (incumbent) 111,741
Democratic William F. Kelly Jr. (incumbent) 111,331
Democratic Frederick H. Hauser 110,949
Republican Cresenzi Castaldo 39,667
Republican Eugene P. Kenny 39,049
Republican Norman H. Roth 38,985
Republican Geoffrey Gaulkin 347,609
Independent Michael J. Bell[lower-alpha 1] 24,777
Independent James B. Sansone[lower-alpha 1] 19,713
Independent Allen Zavodnick[lower-alpha 1] 19,106
Independent George Ahto[lower-alpha 1] 19,046
Conservative Frank Potocnie 2,467
Conservative Rita A. Bailey 2,428
Conservative Gabriel M. Masters 2,262
Conservative George A. Dunn 2,239
Total votes 100.00%
  1. 1 2 3 4 Bell, Sanson, Zavodnick, and Ahto ran on the "No Additional Taxes" line.

District 13

District 7 (five seats) [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Fairleigh Dickinson Jr. 191,260
Republican Joseph C. Woodcock 177,982
Republican Alfred D. Schiaffo 172,420
Republican Garrett W. Hagedorn 171,596
Republican Willard B. Knowlton 167,379
Democratic Ned J. Parsekian (incumbent) 117,609
Democratic Matthew Feldman (incumbent) 114,760
Democratic Jeremiah F. O'Connor (incumbent) 113,888
Democratic Gerald A. Calabrese 105,450
Democratic Alfred W. Kiefer (incumbent) 104,869
Conservative William Craig Kennedy 4,950
Conservative Thomas J. Moriarty 4,724
Conservative John J. Murray 4,402
Conservative Irving F. Kent 4,172
Conservative Frank Monte 4,154
Total votes 100.00%

District 14

District 7 (three seats) [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ira Schoem 63,858
Republican Frank J. Sciro 62,891
Republican Edward Sisco 62,720
Democratic Joseph A. Lazzara 55,552
Democratic Joseph M. Keegan 50,375
Democratic Charles J. Alfano 48,967
Socialist Labor Harry Santhouse 771
Total votes 100.00%

District 15

District 15 (one seat) [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wayne Dumont 42,292 69.63%
Democratic William R. Stem 18,450 30.37%
Total votes 60,742 100.00%

References

  1. ↑ "JERSEY ORDERED TO REAPPORTION; Judge Finds Congressional Districts Unconstitutional". New York Times. May 21, 1965.
  2. 1 2 "Donald Bigley, former NJ Senator, dies at 93". September 2, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  3. ↑ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey - Two Hundred and Eleventh Legislature (First Session) (PDF). Skinder-Strauss Associates. 2004. p. 305. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  4. ↑ Journal of the One Hundred and Twenty-Third Senate. 1967. pp. 808–809. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Results of the General Election Held November 7, 1967" (PDF). Secretary of State Robert J. Burkhardt. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
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