New Jersey State Senate election, 2013

New Jersey State Senate elections, 2013

November 5, 2013

All 40 seats to the New Jersey Senate 21 seats were needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Stephen M. Sweeney Thomas Kean, Jr. Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat District 3 District 21 Last election 24 seats 16 seats Seats won 24 16 Seat change 0 0 Popular vote 899,672 988,214 Percentage 47.4% 52.1% Swing 0.0% 0.0%

Senate President before election Stephen M. Sweeney Democratic Elected Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney Democratic

The 2013 New Jersey State Senate election coincided with Chris Christie's re-election to a second term as Governor of New Jersey. Christie entered the 2013 cycle as a strong favorite for reelection. Christie held strong approval ratings around the 70% range, and many of the state's top Democrats had decided not to pursue a run against him. Christie's opponent, State Senator Barbara Buono, was viewed as a weak candidate who failed to rally the state's Democratic establishment behind her candidacy.

Although Christie easily won reelection and the Republicans gained the most total votes in this election, they failed to pick up a single seat in the Senate. Indeed, 2013 was an election of remarkable stability in the Senate, as just one seat (that of gubernatorial nominee Buono) failed to return its incumbent to office.

Overall results

Summary of the November 5, 2013 United States House of Representatives election results

Parties		Seats				Popular Vote
		2011	2013	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic Party	24	24	0	60%	899,672	47.4%	0.0%
	Republican Party	16	16	0	40%	988,214	52.1%	0.0%
	Libertarian Party	0	0		0%	1,014	0.1%	0.0%
	Independents	0	0		0%	8,924	0.5%	0.0%
Total		40	40	0	100.0%	1,898,155	100.0%	-