New Jersey's 4th legislative district

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New Jersey's 4th legislative district
SenatorPaul D. Moriarty (D)
Assembly membersDan Hutchison (D)
Cody Miller (D)
Registration
Demographics
Population231,008
Voting-age population181,075
Registered voters176,864

New Jersey's 4th legislative district is one of 40 in the state. As of the 2021 apportionment, the district covers the Camden County municipalities of Chesilhurst, Gloucester Township, Waterford, and Winslow Township; the Gloucester County municipalities of Franklin Township, Monroe Township, Newfield Borough, and Washington Township; and the Atlantic County municipalities of Buena and Buena Vista.[1]

Demographic characteristics[edit]

As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 231,008, of whom 181,075 (78.4%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 147,084 (63.7%) White, 46,758 (20.2%) African American, 751 (0.3%) Native American, 8,282 (3.6%) Asian, 61 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 11,505 (5.0%) from some other race, and 16,567 (7.2%) from two or more races.[2][3] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 24,822 (10.7%) of the population.[4]

The district's percentage of people of Asian origin, the elderly and Hispanics are all below the state average, while the percentage of foreign-born residents was the second lowest in the state based on 2000 census data.[5][6]

The district had 176,864 registered voters as of December 1, 2021, of whom 60,163 (34.0%) were registered as unaffiliated, 77,105 (43.6%) were registered as Democrats, 37,247 (21.1%) were registered as Republicans, and 2,349 (1.3%) were registered to other parties.[7]

Political representation[edit]

For the 2024-2025 session, the 4th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Paul D. Moriarty (D, Washington Township) and in the General Assembly by Dan Hutchinson (D, Gloucester Township) and Cody Miller (D, Monroe Township).[8]

The legislative district is entirely located within New Jersey's 1st congressional district.

1965-1973[edit]

During the period of time after the 1964 Supreme Court decision in Reynolds v. Sims and before the establishment of a 40-district legislature in 1973, the 4th district consisted of all of Burlington County for the 1965 Senate election and a combination of Burlington and Ocean counties for the 1967, 1969, and 1971 Senate and Assembly elections.[9][10][11]

In the 1965 election in which the senator was elected from voters from the entire district, incumbent Republican Senator from Burlington County Edwin B. Forsythe won re-election.[9] For the 1967 Senate election for a four-year term which allowed for the election of two senators from the district, Senate candidates were nominated from each Assembly district. Republican William T. Hiering won from Assembly District 4A (consisting of all of Ocean County and rural eastern Burlington County[10]) while Republican Forsythe won from District 4B, which consisted of the suburban remainder of Burlington.[12] Forsythe was elected to Congress in 1970 and resigned on November 16, 1970 to take his seat there.[13] Walter L. Smith Jr., a Republican Assemblyman, was elected to complete the remainder of Forsythe's term in a March 2, 1971 special election and was sworn in on March 15, 1971.[13] In the 1971 general election for a two-year Senate term, again candidates were nominated by Assembly district (three districts in this instance). Republican John F. Brown won District 4A (most of Ocean County), Republican Barry T. Parker won from District 4B (Manchester, Berkeley townships and other small boroughs in Ocean County plus most of Burlington County), and Democrat Edward J. Hughes Jr. won from District 4C (suburban Burlington County).[14][11]

For the Assembly elections held during this time, each district elected two members to the General Assembly. For the 1967 and 1969 elections, the Senate district was split into two districts and for the 1971 election, it was split into three. The members elected to the Assembly from each district are as follows:[12][15][14]

Session District 4A District 4B District 4C
1968–1969 John F. Brown (R) Walter L. Smith Jr. (R)
Benjamin H. Mabie (R) Barry T. Parker (R)
1970–1971 John F. Brown (R) Walter L. Smith Jr. (R)[A 1]
Benjamin H. Mabie (R) Barry T. Parker (R)
1972–1973 Franklin H. Berry (R) Benjamin H. Mabie (R) Charles B. Yates (D)
James J. Mancini (R) H. Kenneth Wilkie (R) George H. Barbour (D)
  1. ^ Resigned on March 15, 1971 after being elected to the Senate

Election history since 1973[edit]

Upon the creation of a 40-district legislative map in 1973, the new 4th district consisted of portions of Gloucester County (Elk Township, Glassboro, Washington Township, and Deptford Township), Camden County stretching from Gloucester City southeast to Winslow Township, northeast to Chesilhurst and Waterford Township, and into Burlington County's Shamong Township and Tabernacle Township.[16]

In 1979, James Florio, then a Congressman, encouraged Daniel Dalton and Dennis L. Riley to run in the June primary under the label of the "Florio Democratic Team" against three-term incumbents Kenneth A. Gewertz and Francis J. Gorman, who had the support of Angelo Errichetti and the Camden County Democratic Organization.[17] Dalton (with 31.3% of the vote) and Riley (with 28.3%) won the two ballot spots in the primary balloting.[18] Dalton and Riley were elected in the November 1979 general election[19]

In the 1981 redistricting, the 4th consisted of southern Camden County (including Waterford, Winslow, and Gloucester townships, plus Chesilhurst, Lindenwold, and Laurel Springs), most of southeastern Gloucester County, and the Atlantic County municipalities of Buena, Buena Vista Township, and Folsom.[20]

South Jersey Democratic Party leader George Norcross informed Riley in February 1989 that he would not get official party support in the June 1989 party primary for a sixth term, with Riley's ballot spot—and Assembly seat—to be handed over to Ann A. Mullen, who had worked as a legislative aide to Riley and was serving as mayor of Gloucester Township.[21][22] Riley told The Press of Atlantic City that his decade of service in the Assembly had left him "fatigued" and that he felt relief from the weight that was removed from him by being replaced by Mullen, whom he publicly endorsed as his successor.[23]

After years in which the district had been solidly Democratic, the Republican sweep in 1991 led to a period in which the district became what PolitickerNJ called the "#1 swing seat" in the state for more than a decade.[24] The 1990s iteration of the district was composed of Gloucester Township, Lindenwold, and Laurel Springs in Camden County and a larger portion of southeastern Gloucester County.[25] In the 1991 elections, attorney John J. Matheussen won the open seat of the departing incumbent Democrat Daniel J. Dalton who had left office to take the post of Secretary of State of New Jersey, having been nominated for the position by Governor of New Jersey James Florio.[26] In the 1991 Assembly race George F. Geist and Mary Virginia Weber took the seat of incumbent Ann A. Mullen and her Democratic running mate Timothy D. Scaffidi.[24]

Sean F. Dalton, won an Assembly seat in the 1993 election in a split verdict, with Republican George Geist coming in first, Dalton in second, incumbent Republican Mary Virginia Weber out of the money in third place and Dalton's running mate Sandra Love in fourth.[27] Geist and Dalton were re-elected in 1995, with Democrat Chris Manganello in third and Republican Gerald Luongo in fourth.[28] The $1 million spent by the candidates in the 1993 Assembly race was the most of any district in the state, and The New York Times predicted that the parties would spend heavily in the 1995 race as each side tries to gain both seats.[29] Dalton ran in 1997, and lost, in a bid for the New Jersey Senate seat held by John J. Matheussen, with Matheussen taking 50.7% of the vote, Dalton receiving 46.1% and Jame E. Barber garnering 3.2% of the vote.[30][31] With Dalton's seat open in the Assembly, Geist won re-election as did his running mate Gerald Luongo.[32][33] With Luongo receiving negative press over what The New York Times called a "questionable land deal", Democrat Robert J. Smith II knocked off Luongo in the 1999 general election, while Geist was re-elected.[34]

In the 2001 reapportionment, Elk Township and Clayton from the Gloucester portion of the district but more boroughs in central Camden County were added.[35] Matheussen was nominated by Governor Jim McGreevey in February 2003 to head the Delaware River Port Authority.[36] After Matheussen resigned from the Senate in May 2003 to take the post at the DRPA, his Senate seat was filled by Assemblyman George Geist.[37] In turn, the Republicans named Stephen Altamuro to fill Geist's vacancy in the Assembly. In the 2003 elections, the Democrats swept all three legislative seats, with Fred H. Madden defeating Geist in the Senate, and David R. Mayer and Robert J. Smith II winning in the Assembly race, knocking off incumbent Altamuro.[38][39]

The 2011 apportionment added Chesilhurst and Winslow Township, both from the 6th district. Municipalities that had been in the 4th district as part of the 2001 apportionment that were shifted out of the district as of 2011 are Franklin Township (Gloucester), Glassboro, and Newfield (all to the 3rd district).[40] In the 2011 Assembly race, Democrat Gabriela Mosquera took the seat that had been held by Republican Domenick DiCicco, who had been shifted out of the district in the 2011 reapportionment. Democratic incumbent Paul D. Moriarty and Mosquera won the election, though Mosquera's victory was challenged based on her not having been a resident of the district for a full year. Her win was declared void leaving a vacancy in the seat. The local Democratic party committee selected Mosquera to fill the vacancy in March 2012 and she subsequently won a November 2012 special election.[41][42]

Election history[edit]

Session Senate General Assembly
1974–1975 Joseph A. Maressa (D) Kenneth A. Gewertz (D) Francis J. Gorman (D)
1976–1977 Kenneth A. Gewertz (D) Francis J. Gorman (D)
1978–1979 Joseph A. Maressa (D) Kenneth A. Gewertz (D) Francis J. Gorman (D)
1980–1981 Daniel J. Dalton (D) Dennis L. Riley (D)
1982–1983 Daniel J. Dalton (D) Anthony S. Marsella (D) Dennis L. Riley (D)
1984–1985 Daniel J. Dalton (D) Anthony S. Marsella (D) Dennis L. Riley (D)
1986–1987 Anthony S. Marsella (D) Dennis L. Riley (D)
1988–1989 Daniel J. Dalton (D) Anthony S. Marsella (D) Dennis L. Riley (D)
1990–1991[43] Anthony S. Marsella (D) Ann A. Mullen (D)
1992–1993 John J. Matheussen (R) George Geist (R) Mary Virginia Weber (R)
1994–1995[27] John J. Matheussen (R) George Geist (R) Sean F. Dalton (D)
1996–1997 George Geist (R) Sean F. Dalton (D)
1998–1999[33] John J. Matheussen (R) George Geist (R) Gerald Luongo (R)
2000–2001[34] George Geist (R) Robert J. Smith II (D)
2002–2003[44] John J. Matheussen (R)[n 1] 
George Geist (R)[n 2] Robert J. Smith II (D)
George Geist (R)[n 2] Stephen Altamuro (R)[n 3]
2004–2005[39] Fred H. Madden (D) David R. Mayer (D) Robert J. Smith II (D)
2006–2007 David R. Mayer (D) Paul D. Moriarty (D)
2008–2009 Fred H. Madden (D) Sandra Love (D) Paul D. Moriarty (D)
2010–2011 Domenick DiCicco (R) Paul D. Moriarty (D)
2012–2013 Fred H. Madden (D) Gabriela Mosquera (D)[n 4] Paul D. Moriarty (D)
2014–2015 Fred H. Madden (D) Gabriela Mosquera (D) Paul D. Moriarty (D)
2016–2017 Gabriela Mosquera (D) Paul D. Moriarty (D)
2018–2019 Fred H. Madden (D) Gabriela Mosquera (D) Paul D. Moriarty (D)
2020–2021 Gabriela Mosquera (D) Paul D. Moriarty (D)
2022–2023 Fred H. Madden (D) Gabriela Mosquera (D) Paul D. Moriarty (D)
2024–2025 Paul D. Moriarty (D) Dan Hutchison (D) Cody Miller (D)
  1. ^ Resigned on May 28, 2003 to become head of the Delaware River Port Authority
  2. ^ a b Appointed to the Senate on May 28, 2003 to fill the unexpired term of John Matheussen
  3. ^ Appointed to the Assembly on June 5, 2003
  4. ^ Was elected in the November 2011 general election but was not seated due to residency dispute, was appointed to the vacant seat by district Democrats and sworn in on March 5, 2012,[45] won special election held in November 2012

Election results, 1973–present[edit]

Senate[edit]

2021 New Jersey general election[46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Fred H. Madden 38,062 54.4 Decrease 45.6
Republican Stephen H. Pakradooni Jr. 31,878 45.6 N/A
Total votes 69,940 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2017[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Fred H. Madden 38,790 100.0 Increase 42.1
Total votes 38,790 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2013[48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Fred H. Madden 29,439 57.9 Decrease 4.2
Republican Giancarlo D'Orazio 21,376 42.1 Increase 4.2
Total votes 50,815 100.0
2011 New Jersey general election[49]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Fred H. Madden 23,868 62.1
Republican Giancarlo D'Orazio 14,569 37.9
Total votes 38,437 100.0
2007 New Jersey general election[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Fred Madden 21,395 59.8 Increase 9.7
Republican Shelley Lovett 14,364 40.2 Decrease 9.7
Total votes 35,759 100.0
2003 New Jersey general election[51]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Fred Madden 20,752 50.08 Increase 8.3
Republican George F. Geist 20,689 49.92 Decrease 8.3
Total votes 41,441 100.0
2001 New Jersey general election1[52]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John J. Matheussen 28,530 58.2
Democratic Joseph L. Manganello 20,451 41.8
Total votes 48,981 100.0
1997 New Jersey general election[53][54]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John J. Matheussen 29,429 50.7 Decrease 3.6
Democratic Sean F. Dalton 26,780 46.1 Increase 0.4
Conservative Jim Barber 1,872 3.2 N/A
Total votes 58,081 100.0
1993 New Jersey general election[55]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John J. Matheussen 29,483 54.3 Increase 2.6
Democratic Bernard "Ben" Lynch 24,799 45.7 Decrease 2.6
Total votes 54,282 100.0
1991 New Jersey general election[56]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John J. Matheussen 21,553 51.7
Democratic Anthony S. Marsella 20,118 48.3
Total votes 41,671 100.0
1987 New Jersey general election[57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Daniel J. Dalton 24,574 58.9 Decrease 5.0
Republican William F. Thomson 17,148 41.1 Increase 5.0
Total votes 41,722 100.0
1983 New Jersey general election[58]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Daniel J. Dalton 21,891 63.9 Increase 0.6
Republican Christopher Michaele 12,379 36.1 Decrease 0.6
Total votes 34,270 100.0
1981 New Jersey general election[59]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Daniel J. Dalton 32,386 63.3
Republican Frank B. Smith 18,755 36.7
Total votes 51,141 100.0
1977 New Jersey general election[60]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joseph A. Maressa 35,736 65.0 Increase 1.2
Republican Walter C. Gebelein 19,248 35.0 Decrease 1.2
Total votes 54,984 100.0
1973 New Jersey general election[61]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph A. Maressa 31,729 63.8
Republican Thomas E. Jenkins 18,012 36.2
Total votes 49,741 100.0

General Assembly[edit]

2021 New Jersey general election[62]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Paul D. Moriarty 36,480 26.5 Decrease 3.4
Democratic Gabriela M. Mosquera 35,561 25.8 Decrease 3.6
Republican Patricia Kline 32,403 23.5 Increase 2.5
Republican Denise Gonzalez 32,025 23.3 Increase 3.6
Libertarian Nicholas Magner 1,218 0.9 N/A
Total votes 137,687 100.0
2019 New Jersey general election[63]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Paul D. Moriarty 23,179 29.9 Decrease 2.3
Democratic Gabriela M. Mosquera 22,739 29.4 Decrease 1.8
Republican Paul E. Dilks 16,227 21.0 Increase 3.0
Republican Stephen H. Pakradooni Jr. 15,250 19.7 Increase 2.3
Total votes 77,395 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2017[64]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Paul D. Moriarty 32,892 32.2 Increase 1.8
Democratic Gabriela M. Mosquera 31,800 31.2 Increase 1.3
Republican Patricia Jefferson Kline 18,386 18.0 Decrease 2.2
Republican Eduardo J. Maldonado 17,761 17.4 Decrease 2.0
Represent, Not Rule William McCauley Jr. 1,194 1.2 N/A
Total votes 102,033 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2015[65]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Paul D. Moriarty 17,454 30.4 Increase 1.4
Democratic Gabriela M. Mosquera 17,147 29.9 Increase 2.3
Republican Kevin P. Murphy 11,592 20.2 Decrease 1.9
Republican Jack Nicholson 11,131 19.4 Decrease 2.0
Total votes 57,324 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2013[66]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Paul D. Moriarty 28,527 29.0 Decrease 1.0
Democratic Gabriela M. Mosquera 27,095 27.6 Decrease 0.7
Republican Philip Dieser 21,702 22.1 Increase 2.2
Republican Theodore M. Liddell 20,998 21.4 Increase 2.0
Total votes 98,322 100.0
Special election, November 6, 2012[67]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gabriela M. Mosquera 55,027 60.6
Republican Shelley Lovett 35,835 39.4
Total votes 90,862 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2011[68]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paul D. Moriarty 22,734 30.0
Democratic Gabriela Mosquera 21,461 28.3
Republican Shelley Lovett 15,106 19.9
Republican Patricia Fratticcioli 14,725 19.4
Family, Freedom, Community Tony Celeste 1,843 2.4
Total votes 75,869 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2009[69]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Paul D. Moriarty 28,680 26.3 Decrease 1.5
Republican Domenick DiCicco 27,408 25.2 Increase 2.7
Democratic William Collins 26,807 24.6 Decrease 3.3
Republican Eugene E. T. Lawrence 26,027 23.9 Increase 2.0
Total votes 108,922 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2007[70]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Sandra Love 19,429 27.9 Decrease 3.9
Democratic Paul D. Moriarty 19,357 27.8 Decrease 4.0
Republican Patricia Fratticcioli 15,656 22.5 Increase 3.7
Republican Agnes Gardiner 15,238 21.9 Increase 4.4
Total votes 69,680 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2005[71]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Paul D. Moriarty 31,976 31.8 Increase 4.5
Democratic David R. Mayer 31,948 31.8 Increase 4.8
Republican Frank Winters 18,908 18.8 Decrease 4.1
Republican Corey Ahart 17,597 17.5 Decrease 5.4
Total votes 100,429 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2003[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Robert Smith 22,256 27.3 Increase 1.4
Democratic David R. Mayer 21,965 27.0 Increase 2.2
Republican Patrick M. Dougherty 18,641 22.9 Decrease 5.1
Republican Stephen Altamuro 18,636 22.9 Increase 1.6
Total votes 81,498 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2001[73]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George F. Geist 26,825 28.0
Democratic Robert J. Smith 24,845 25.9
Democratic David F. Carlamere 23,729 24.8
Republican Sherie Y. Jenkins 20,428 21.3
Total votes 95,827 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1999[74]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican George F. Geist 19,694 27.2 Increase 1.4
Democratic Robert J. Smith 18,823 26.0 Increase 2.8
Democratic David Carlamere 17,422 24.0 Increase 2.4
Republican Gerald J. Luongo 16,502 22.8 Decrease 1.5
Total votes 72,441 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1997[75][33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican George F. Geist 28,114 25.8 Increase 0.2
Republican Gerald J. Luongo 26,535 24.3 Increase 3.4
Democratic Anthony S. Marsella 25,310 23.2 Decrease 2.6
Democratic John "Jack" Luby 23,538 21.6 Decrease 1.2
Conservative J. Edw. Gormley 3,213 2.9 Increase 0.3
Conservative Cynthia A. Merckx 2,394 2.2 Steady 0.0
Total votes 109,104 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1995[76][77]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Sean F. Dalton 18,219 25.8 Increase 0.8
Republican George F. Geist 18,082 25.6 Increase 0.6
Democratic Chris Manganello 16,114 22.8 Decrease 0.9
Republican Gerald J. Luongo 14,769 20.9 Decrease 3.4
Conservative Tom Dooley 1,816 2.6 N/A
Conservative Carol Dooley 1,573 2.2 N/A
Total votes 70,573 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1993[55]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican George F. Geist 26,428 25.0 Decrease 0.2
Democratic Sean F. Dalton 26,366 25.0 Increase 0.2
Republican Mary Virginia "Ginny" Weber 25,667 24.3 Decrease 1.9
Democratic Sandra L. Love 25,046 23.7 Decrease 0.1
United We Stand Kirk Errickson 2,061 2.0 N/A
Total votes 105,568 100.0
1991 New Jersey general election[56]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mary Virginia "Ginny" Weber 21,262 26.2
Republican George F. Geist 20,455 25.2
Democratic Ann A. Mullen 20,143 24.8
Democratic Timothy D. Scaffidi 19,285 23.8
Total votes 81,145 100.0
1989 New Jersey general election[78]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Anthony S. Marsella 36,248 32.2 Increase 4.4
Democratic Ann A. Mullen 34,967 31.0 Increase 3.6
Republican Phil Donohue 21,486 19.1 Decrease 3.4
Republican Frank J. Reed III 19,916 17.7 Decrease 4.6
Total votes 112,617 100.0
1987 New Jersey general election[57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Anthony S. Marsella 22,942 27.8 Increase 0.5
Democratic Dennis L. Riley 22,676 27.4 Increase 0.6
Republican Wayne S. Wooster 18,615 22.5 Decrease 0.6
Republican John Matheussen 18,408 22.3 Decrease 0.5
Total votes 82,641 100.0
1985 New Jersey general election[79]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Anthony S. Marsella 23,162 27.3 Decrease 3.4
Democratic Dennis L. Riley 22,703 26.8 Decrease 3.4
Republican Frank F. Senatore 19,621 23.1 Increase 2.8
Republican William F. Thomson 19,307 22.8 Increase 3.9
Total votes 84,793 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1983[58]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Anthony S. Marsella 20,602 30.7 Decrease 0.1
Democratic Dennis L. Riley 20,278 30.2 Decrease 0.4
Republican Jacqueline Clark 13,627 20.3 Increase 0.8
Republican Ronald L. Passarella 12,663 18.9 Decrease 0.2
Total votes 67,170 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1981[59]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anthony S. Marsella 30,792 30.8
Democratic Dennis L. Riley 30,621 30.6
Republican John Votta 19,450 19.5
Republican Richard A. Stumpf 19,103 19.1
Total votes 99,966 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1979[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Daniel J. Dalton 26,229 29.7 Decrease 2.9
Democratic Dennis L. Riley 26,024 29.4 Decrease 2.2
Republican Frederick A. Busch 18,080 20.5 Increase 1.9
Republican Mark J. Haas 18,035 20.4 Increase 3.2
Total votes 88,368 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1977[60]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kenneth A. Gewertz 34,657 32.6 Increase 0.5
Democratic Francis J. Gorman 33,613 31.6 Increase 1.4
Republican Paul J. Tully 19,763 18.6 Decrease 0.5
Republican Lino C. Bernardi 18,325 17.2 Decrease 1.3
Total votes 106,358 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1975[80]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kenneth A. Gewertz 29,451 32.1 Decrease 0.1
Democratic Francis J. Gorman 27,711 30.2 Decrease 1.4
Republican Frank B. Smith 17,569 19.1 Increase 1.3
Republican John F. Henderson 17,019 18.5 Increase 0.2
Total votes 91,750 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1973[61]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kenneth A. Gewertz 31,355 32.2
Democratic Francis J. Gorman 30,765 31.6
Republican Anthony P. Costa 17,794 18.3
Republican Frank B. Smith 17,349 17.8
Total votes 97,263 100.0

Election results, 1965–1973[edit]

Senate[edit]

District 4 At-large[edit]

1965 New Jersey general election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Edwin B. Forsythe 34,098 52.6
Democratic George H. Barbour 30,617 47.2
Socialist Labor Bernardo S. Doganiero 108 0.2
Total votes 64,823 100.0

District 4A[edit]

1967 New Jersey general election[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican William T. Hiering 35,639 71.1
Democratic Eugene E. Helbig 14,505 28.9
Total votes 50,144 100.0
1971 New Jersey general election[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John F. Brown 30,272 53.4
Democratic John F. Russo 26,378 46.6
Total votes 56,650 100.0

District 4B[edit]

1967 New Jersey general election[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Edwin B. Forsythe 30,930 55.7
Democratic Edward J. Hughes, Jr. 24,359 43.9
Socialist Labor Bernardo S. Doganiero 207 0.4
Total votes 55,496 100.0
Special election, March 2, 1971[81]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Walter L. Smith 10,389 60.4
Democratic Charles B. Yates 6,798 39.6
Total votes 17,187 100.0
1971 New Jersey general election[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Barry T. Parker 22,929 62.5
Democratic Fred M. Detrick, Jr. 13,737 37.5
Total votes 36,666 100.0

District 4C[edit]

1971 New Jersey general election[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edward J. Hughes, Jr. 24,043 51.1
Republican Walter L. Smith, Jr. 22,580 48.0
Socialist Labor Bernardo S. Doganiero 435 0.9
Total votes 47,058 100.0

General Assembly[edit]

District 4A[edit]

New Jersey general election, 1967[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John F. Brown 35,365 35.8
Republican Benjamin H. Mabie 34,224 34.6
Democratic James L. Downing 14,917 15.1
Democratic Gaetano J. Alaimo 14,409 14.6
Total votes 98,915 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1969[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John F. Brown 54,561 33.3
Republican Benjamin H. Mabie 53,606 32.8
Democratic Henry G. Tutek 28,320 17.3
Democratic R. Bruce Veeder 27,187 16.6
Total votes 163,674 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1971[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Franklin H. Berry, Jr. 28,665 26.2
Republican James J. Mancini 27,672 25.3
Democratic Robert A. Gasser 26,134 23.9
Democratic Frank J. McLaughlin 25,788 23.6
Independent Bill Gahres 1,193 1.1
Total votes 109,452 100.0

District 4B[edit]

New Jersey general election, 1967[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Walter L. Smith, Jr. 31,598 29.1
Republican Barry T. Parker 31,396 29.0
Democratic Peter J. Casey, Jr. 23,154 21.4
Democratic David Vechesky 22,296 20.6
Total votes 108,444 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1969[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Walter L. Smith, Jr. 34,197 30.4
Republican Barry T. Parker 33,984 30.2
Democratic Charles B. Yates 23,862 21.2
Democratic John F. Lake 20,314 18.1
Socialist Labor Bernardo S. Doganiero 129 0.1
Total votes 112,486 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1971[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Benjamin H. Mabie 21,617 30.2
Republican H. Kenneth Wilkie 21,491 30.0
Democratic Joseph P. Yeager 15,078 21.0
Democratic Elmer D’Imperio 13,453 18.8
Total votes 71,639 100.0

District 4C[edit]

New Jersey general election, 1971[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Charles B. Yates 26,264 28.8
Democratic George H. Barbour 23,924 26.2
Republican Harold L. Colburn 21,297 23.4
Republican Wynn Kennedy 19,655 21.6
Total votes 91,140 100.0

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