The 1967 New Jersey 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 in 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. 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 organized by the 1966 New Jersey constitutional convention. Assembly districts were drawn by the New Jersey Apportionment Commission. Eleven new seats were added to the Senate, with county lines generally followed to create 11 single county districts and two 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 the apportionment scheme in the New Jersey Constitution.
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 DistrictCounties#1967 DistrictCounties#±1Atlantic, Cape May, and Gloucester21Cape May and Cumberland1 12Cumberland and Salem12Atlantic13Camden23ASalem and Gloucester (part)13BGloucester (part) and Camden (part)13CCamden (part)13DCamden (part)14Burlington14ABurlington (part) and Ocean1 15Monmouth and Ocean24BBurlington (part)15Monmouth26Mercer16Mercer2 17Middlesex27Middlesex3 19Union29Union3 111Essex411Essex6 212Hudson312Hudson4 113Bergen413Bergen5 114Passaic214Passaic3 18Hunterdon and Somerset18Somerset1110Morris, Sussex, Warren210Morris215Hunterdon, Warren, and Sussex1
Incumbents not running for re-election Republican Frederick J. Scholz (District 3) Nelson Stamler (District 9)
Summary of results by district 1964–66 DistrictIncumbentPartyPartyDistrict 1VacantRobert E. KayRepFrank S. FarleyRepSeat eliminatedDistrict 2John A. WaddingtonDemFrank S. FarleyRepDistrict 3Frederick J. ScholzRepJohn L. WhiteRepVacantHugh A. KellyRepNew seatJohn L. MillerRepNew seatFrank C. ItalianoRepDistrict 4New seatWilliam T. HieringRepEdwin B. ForsytheRepEdwin B. ForsytheRepDistrict 5Richard R. StoutRepRichard R. StoutRepWilliam T. HieringRepAlfred N. BeadlestonRepDistrict 6Sido L. RidolfiDemSido L. RidolfiDemNew seatRichard J. CoffeeDemDistrict 7John A. Lynch Sr.DemJohn A. Lynch Sr.DemJ. Edward CrabielDemJ. Edward CrabielDemNew seatNorman TanzmanDemDistrict 8VacantRaymond BatemanRepDistrict 9Nelson StamlerRepNicholas S. LaCorteRepMildred Barry HughesDemFrank X. McDermottRepNew seatMatt RinaldoRepDistrict 10Thomas J. HilleryRepHarry L. SearsRep Milton Woolfenden Jr.RepJoseph J. MarazitiRepDistrict 11Nicholas FernicolaDemMichael GiulianoRepMaclyn GoldmanDemGerardo Del TufoRepJohn J. GiblinDemAlexander MatturriRepHutchins F. IngeDemJames WallworkRepNew seatMilton WaldorRepNew seatDavid W. DowdRepDistrict 12William MustoDemWilliam MustoDemWilliam F. Kelly Jr.DemWilliam F. Kelly Jr.DemFrank J. GuariniDemFrank J. GuariniDemNew seatFrederick H. HauserDemDistrict 13 Ned J. ParsekianDemFairleigh Dickinson Jr.RepMatthew FeldmanDemJoseph C. WoodcockRepJeremiah F. O'ConnorDemAlfred D. SchiaffoRep Alfred W. KieferDemGarrett W. HagedornRepNew seatWillard B. KnowltonRepDistrict 14Anthony J. GrossiDemIra SchoemRepJoseph M. KeeganDemFrank J. SciroRepNew seatEdward SiscoRepDistrict 15New seatWayne DumontRep
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District 1 Republican primary Candidates Robert E. Kay Results
Democratic primary Candidates Robert J. Halpin Robert H. Weber
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General election Candidates Linwood Erickson Jr. (Conservative) Robert J. Halpin (Democratic) Robert E. Kay (Republican)
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District 2 Republican primary Candidates Frank S. Farley, incumbent senator since 1941
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Democratic primary Candidates Harry A. Gaines Thomas Silvestro
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General election
Candidates Frank S. Farley, incumbent senator since 1941 (Republican) Harry A. Gaines (Democratic)
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District 3A Democratic primary Candidates John A. Waddington, incumbent senator since 1956
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Republican primary Candidates John L. White, assemblyman from Gloucester County
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General election
Candidates Albert Ronis (Socialist Labor) John A. Waddington, incumbent senator since 1956 (Democratic) John L. White, assemblyman from Gloucester County (Republican)
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District 3B Democratic primary Candidates Joseph M. Sandone
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Republican primary Candidates Hugh A. Kelly Jr., Camden County undersheriff
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General election
Candidates Hugh A. Kelly Jr., Camden County undersheriff (Republican) Joseph M. Sandone (Democratic)
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District 3C Republican primary Candidates John L. Miller, assemblyman from Cherry Hill
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Democratic primary
Candidates Richard S. Hyland, Cherry Hill attorney and brother and William F. Hyland
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General election
Candidates Richard S. Hyland, Cherry Hill attorney and brother and William F. Hyland (Democratic) John L. Miller, assemblyman from Cherry Hill (Republican)
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District 3D Democratic primary Candidates Alfred R. Pierce
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Republican primary
Candidates Frank C. Italiano
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General election
Candidates Dominic W. Doganiero (Socialist Labor) Frank C. Italiano (Republican) Alfred R. Pierce (Democratic)
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District 4A Democratic primary Candidates Eugene E. Helbig R. Bruce Veeder
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Republican primary
Candidates William T. Hiering
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General election
Candidates Eugene E. Helbig (Democratic) William T. Hiering (Republican)
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District 4B
Republican primary
Candidates Edwin B. Forsythe, incumbent senator since 1964
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Democratic primary Candidates Edward J. Hughes Jr.
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General election
Candidates Bernardo S. Doganiero (Socialist Labor) Edwin B. Forsythe, incumbent senator since 1964 (Republican) Edward J. Hughes Jr. (Democratic)
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District 5 Republican primary Candidates Alfred N. Beadleston, assemblyman from Shrewsbury Richard R. Stout, incumbent senator since 1952
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Democratic primary Candidates Richard L. Bonello Paul J. Smith
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General election Candidates Richard L. Bonello (Democratic) Alfred N. Beadleston, assemblyman from Shrewsbury (Republican) Paul J. Smith (Democratic) Richard R. Stout, incumbent senator since 1952 (Republican)
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District 6 Democratic primary Candidates Richard J. Coffee, Mercer County freeholder and former mayor of Lawrence Charles E. Farrington, assemblyman from Princeton Sido L. Ridolfi, incumbent senator since 1954
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Republican primary Candidates Bruce M. Schragger George Y. Schoch
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General election Candidates Richard J. Coffee, Mercer County freeholder and former mayor of Lawrence (Democratic) Sido L. Ridolfi, incumbent senator since 1954 (Democratic) Bruce M. Schragger (Republican) George Y. Schoch (Republican)
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District 7 Democratic primary Candidates J. Edward Crabiel, incumbent senator since 1966 John A. Lynch Sr., incumbent senator since 1956 and former mayor of New Brunswick Norman Tanzman, assemblyman from Woodbridge
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Republican primary Candidates John A. Bradley Edgar J. Hellriegel William Shelley
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General election Candidates John A. Bradley (Republican) J. Edward Crabiel, incumbent senator since 1966 (Democratic) Edgar J. Hellriegel (Republican) John A. Lynch Sr., incumbent senator since 1956 and former mayor of New Brunswick (Democratic) William Shelley (Republican) Norman Tanzman, assemblyman from Woodbridge (Democratic)
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District 8 Republican primary Candidates Raymond Bateman, assemblyman from Branchburg
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Democratic primary Candidates Thomas Ryan
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General election Candidates Raymond Bateman, assemblyman from Branchburg (Republican) Robert K. Haelig Sr. (Conservative) Thomas Ryan (Democratic)
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District 9 Democratic primary Candidates Anthony J. Cascone Mildred Barry Hughes, incumbent senator since 1966 James J. Kinneally Sr. Lester Weiner
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Republican primary Candidates Nicholas S. LaCorte Frank X. McDermott, assemblyman from Westfield Matthew J. Rinaldo, former Union County freeholder
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General election Candidates Kenneth Allardice (Union Conservative) Mildred Barry Hughes, incumbent senator since 1966 (Democratic) James J. Kinneally Sr. (Democratic) Nicholas S. LaCorte (Republican) Frank X. McDermott, assemblyman from Westfield (Republican) Matthew J. Rinaldo, former Union County freeholder (Republican) Lester Weiner (Democratic) Alexander G. Wrigley (No Unnecessary Taxes)
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District 10 Republican primary Candidates Thomas J. Hillery, incumbent senator since 1954 Joseph J. Maraziti, assemblyman from Boonton Harry L. Sears, assemblyman from Mountain Lakes L. Arlington Waite, Rockaway physician
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Democratic primary Candidates Lemuel B. Howell Martin F. Quinn Dale W. Swann
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General election Candidates Charles Covino (Conservative) Victor J. De Falco (Conservative) Joseph J. Maraziti, assemblyman from Boonton (Republican) Martin F. Quinn (Democratic) Harry L. Sears, assemblyman from Mountain Lakes (Republican) Dale W. Swann (Democratic)
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District 11 Democratic primary Candidates Victor F. Addonizio, assemblyman from Orange and brother of Hugh Addonizio Nicholas Fernicola, incumbent senator since 1966 John J. Giblin, incumbent senator since 1966 Maclyn Goldman, incumbent senator since 1966 Hutchins F. Inge, incumbent senator since 1966 David Mandelbaum, assemblyman from Maplewood
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Republican primary Candidates Frank L. Bate Thomas E. Boyle Gerardo Del Tufo, former assemblyman from Newark David W. Dowd, former mayor of Livingston Irwin I. Kimmelman, former assemblyman from South Orange Michael Giuliano, candidate for Assembly in 1965 Alexander Matturri, former chair of the Newark Housing Authority Frederic Remington, businessman C. Marion Scipio J. Harry Smith Jack J. Soriano, Bloomfield attorney Milton Waldor, West Orange attorney James Wallwork, former assemblyman from Short Hills
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General election Candidates Victor F. Addonizio, assemblyman from Orange and brother of Hugh Addonizio (Democratic) William Barbetta (NJ Conservative) Marlo Carluccio (Essex Conservative) Joseph Carroll (Socialist Workers) Frank De George (NJ Conservative) Gerardo Del Tufo, former assemblyman from Newark (Republican) David W. Dowd, former mayor of Livingston (Republican) Nicholas Fernicola, incumbent senator since 1966 (Democratic) James H. Flynn (NJ Conservative) Joseph R. Garrity (Essex Conservative)