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1959 New Jersey Senate election

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1959 New Jersey Senate elections
← 1957November 3, 19591961 →
12 of the 21 seats in theNew Jersey State Senate
11 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
 
LeaderJoseph W. Cowgill
PartyRepublicanDemocratic
Leader's seatCamden
Last election138
Seats before127
Seats won1110
Seat changeDecrease 1Increase 3
Seats up56
Races won92
Senate President before election


Republican

Elected Senate President


Republican

The1959 New Jersey Senate elections were held on November 3.

The elections took place midway through the second term of GovernorRobert Meyner. Eleven of New Jersey's 21 counties held regular elections for Senator; Cumberland County also held a special election to complete the unexpired term of W. Howard Sharp, who died in December 1958.[1]

Democrats gained three seats by flipping a seat each in Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester counties (which was vacant), as well as holding their vacant seat in Cumberland. Democrats nearly won control of the New Jersey Senate for the first time since 1915; only 567 votes separated victorious RepublicanRobert C. Crane and DemocratH. Roy Wheeler in Union County.

Incumbents not running for re-election

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All ten incumbents ran for re-election.

Summary of results by county

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CountyIncumbentPartyElected SenatorParty
AtlanticFrank S. FarleyRepNo election
BergenWalter H. JonesRepNo election
BurlingtonAlbert McCayRepHenry S. HainesDem
CamdenJoseph W. CowgillDemJoseph W. CowgillDem
Cape MayCharles W. SandmanRepCharles W. SandmanRep
CumberlandVacant[a]Robert H. WeberDem
EssexDonal C. FoxDemDonal C. FoxDem
GloucesterVacant[b]Thomas F. Connery Jr.Dem
HudsonWilliam F. Kelly Jr.DemNo election
HunterdonWesley LanceRepNo election
MercerSido RidolfiDemNo election
MiddlesexJohn A. LynchDemJohn A. LynchDem
MonmouthRichard R. StoutRepRichard R. StoutRep
MorrisThomas J. HilleryRepNo election
OceanW. Steelman MathisRepNo election
PassaicAnthony J. GrossiDemNo election
SalemJohn A. WaddingtonDemJohn A. WaddingtonDem
SomersetWilliam E. Ozzard[c]RepWilliam E. OzzardRep
SussexGeorge B. HarperRepNo election
UnionRobert C. Crane[d]RepRobert C. CraneRep
WarrenWayne DumontRepWayne DumontRep
  1. ^This seat was vacant following the December 1958 death of Senator W. Howard Sharp.
  2. ^This seat was vacant following the May 1959 resignation of SenatorHarold W. Hannold.
  3. ^Ozzard won a 1958 special election to complete the unexpired term of SenatorMalcolm Forbes, who resigned.
  4. ^Crane won a 1956 special election to complete the unexpired term of SenatorKenneth Hand, who resigned to become a Superior Court judge.

Close races

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Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. Union, 0.34%
  2. Gloucester, 1.54%
  3. Camden, 3.44%
  4. Essex, 5.88%
  5. Burlington, 8.26% gain

Burlington

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1959 general election[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticHenry S. Haines30,18354.13%
RepublicanAlbert McCay (incumbent)25,57545.87%
Total votes55,758100.0%

Camden

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1959 general election[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticJoseph W. Cowgill (incumbent)61,65651.72%
RepublicanWilliam G. Rohrer57,56448.28%
Total votes119,220100.0%

Cape May

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1959 general election[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanCharles W. Sandman (incumbent)12,20661.38%
DemocraticFred C. Barthelmess7,67938.62%
Total votes19,885100.0%

Cumberland (special)

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1959 general election[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticRobert H. Weber17,41956.10%
RepublicanRobert G. Howell13,63143.90%
Total votes31,050100.0%

Essex

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1959 general election[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticDonal C. Fox (incumbent)126,80051.11%
RepublicanAlfred C. Clapp112,21845.23%
IndependentAnthony D. Scipio7,4262.99%
IndependentFrank DeGeorge1,6430.66%
Total votes248,087100.0%

Gloucester

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1959 general election[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticThomas F. Connery Jr.23,66550.77%
RepublicanJohn Joseph Kitchen22,94349.23%
Total votes46,608100.0%

Middlesex

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1959 general election[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticJohn A. Lynch (incumbent)86,88064.30%
RepublicanFred S. Brause48,23135.70%
Total votes135,111100.0%

Monmouth

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1959 general election[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanRichard R. Stout (incumbent)54,94657.79%
DemocraticThomas J. Smith40,12542.21%
Total votes95,071100.0%

Salem

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1959 general election[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticJohn A. Waddington (incumbent)12,21559.92%
RepublicanPeter B. Hoff8,17240.08%
Total votes20,387100.0%

Somerset

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1959 general election[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanWilliam E. Ozzard (incumbent)24,12057.03%
DemocraticWilliam H. Sutherland18,17542.97%
Total votes42,295100.0%

Union

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1959 general election[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanRobert C. Crane (incumbent)82,60949.61%
DemocraticH. Roy Wheeler82,04249.27%
IndependentFrank Chodorov1,8621.12%
Total votes166,513100.0%

Warren

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1959 general election[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanWayne Dumont (incumbent)13,36656.73%
DemocraticThomas C. Swick10,19443.27%
Total votes23,560100.0%

References

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  1. ^"W. HOWARD SHARP, LEGISLATOR, DEAD; Jersey State Senator, a Democrat, Had Served as Common Pleas Judge".The New York Times. December 18, 1958. p. G2. RetrievedAugust 15, 2021.
  2. ^abcdefghijkl"Results of the General Election Held November 3rd, 1959"(PDF). Robert J. Burkhardt, New Jersey Secretary of State.
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