1985 New Jersey General Assembly election explained

Election Name:	1985 New Jersey General Assembly election
Seat Change2:	14
Leader2:	Alan Karcher
Color2:	0000FF
Party2:	Democratic
Leaders Seat2:	19th
Seats Before2:	44
Seats2:	30
Seat Change1:	14
Speaker
Before Election:	Alan Karcher
Before Party:	Democratic
After Election:	Chuck Hardwick
Seats1:	50
Country:	New Jersey
Majority Seats:	41
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1983 New Jersey General Assembly election
Previous Year:	1983
Next Election:	1987 New Jersey General Assembly election
Next Year:	1987
Seats For Election:	All 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly
Election Date:	November 5, 1985
Seats Before1:	36
Leader1:	Chuck Hardwick
Color1:	FF0000
Party1:	Republican
Leaders Seat1:	20th
After Party:	Republican

The 1985 New Jersey General Assembly election was held on November 5, 1985.

The elections coincided with Governor Tom Kean's landslide re-election. The result was a historic victory for Kean's Republican Party, which gained 14 seats to retake the majority in the Assembly. As of, this remains the only election since 1973 in which Republicans won any seats in the Senate or Assembly from Hudson County, where they carried four of six seats.

Incumbents not running for re-election • Summary of races • District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40

Incumbents not running for re-election

Democratic

• Thomas W. Long (District 20)
• Nicholas LaRocca (District 33)

Republican

Every Republican incumbent ran for re-election.

Summary of races

Voters in each legislative district elect two members to the New Jersey General Assembly.

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected	Party
1st Legislative District	Guy F. Muziani		Rep	Guy F. Muziani		Rep
	Joseph W. Chinnici		Rep	Joseph W. Chinnici		Rep
2nd Legislative District	J. Edward Cline		Rep	J. Edward Cline		Rep
	Dolores G. Cooper		Rep	Dolores G. Cooper		Rep
3rd Legislative District	Martin A. Herman		Dem	Jack Collins		Rep
	Thomas A. Pankok		Dem	Gary Stuhltrager		Rep
4th Legislative District	Anthony S. Marsella		Dem	Anthony S. Marsella		Dem
	Dennis L. Riley		Dem	Dennis L. Riley		Dem
5th Legislative District	Francis J. Gorman		Dem	Francis J. Gorman		Dem
	Wayne R. Bryant		Dem	Wayne R. Bryant		Dem
6th Legislative District	John A. Rocco		Rep	John A. Rocco		Rep
	Thomas J. Shusted		Rep	Thomas J. Shusted		Rep
7th Legislative District	Barbara Kalik		Dem	Barbara Kalik		Dem
	Thomas P. Foy		Dem	Thomas P. Foy		Dem
8th Legislative District	Harold L. Colburn Jr.		Rep	Harold L. Colburn Jr.		Rep
	Robert C. Shinn Jr.		Rep	Robert C. Shinn		Rep
9th Legislative District	John T. Hendrickson Jr.		Rep	John T. Hendrickson Jr.		Rep
	Jorge A. Rod		Dem	Jeffrey Moran		Rep
10th Legislative District	John Paul Doyle		Dem	John Paul Doyle		Dem
	Marlene Lynch Ford		Dem	Robert Singer		Rep
11th Legislative District	Joseph A. Palaia		Rep	Joseph A. Palaia		Rep
	Anthony M. Villane		Rep	Anthony M. Villane		Rep
12th Legislative District	Marie Sheehan Muhler		Rep	Marie Sheehan Muhler		Rep
	John O. Bennett		Rep	John O. Bennett		Rep
13th Legislative District	Jacqueline Walker		Dem	Joseph Azzolina		Rep
	Bill Flynn		Dem	Joann H. Smith		Rep
14th Legislative District	Joseph L. Bocchini Jr.		Dem	Joseph L. Bocchini Jr.		Dem
	Joseph D. Patero		Dem	John K. Rafferty		Rep
15th Legislative District	John S. Watson		Dem	John S. Watson		Dem
	Gerald S. Naples		Dem	Gerald S. Naples		Dem
16th Legislative District	Walter J. Kavanaugh		Rep	Walter J. Kavanaugh		Rep
	John S. Penn		Rep	John S. Penn		Rep
17th Legislative District	David C. Schwartz		Dem	David C. Schwartz		Dem
	Angela L. Perun		Rep	Bob Smith		Dem
18th Legislative District	Thomas H. Paterniti		Dem	Thomas H. Paterniti		Dem
	Frank M. Pelly		Dem	Frank M. Pelly		Dem
19th Legislative District	George Otlowski		Dem	George J. Otlowski		Dem
	Alan Karcher		Dem	Alan Karcher		Dem
20th Legislative District	Thomas J. Deverin		Dem	Thomas J. Deverin		Dem
	Thomas W. Long		Dem	George Hudak		Dem
21st Legislative District	Chuck Hardwick		Rep	Chuck Hardwick		Rep
	Peter J. Genova		Rep	Peter J. Genova		Rep
22nd Legislative District	Bob Franks		Rep	Bob Franks		Rep
	Maureen Ogden		Rep	Maureen Ogden		Rep
23rd Legislative District	Dick Zimmer		Rep	Dick Zimmer		Rep
	Karl Weidel		Rep	Karl Weidel		Rep
24th Legislative District	Robert E. Littell		Rep	Robert E. Littell		Rep
	Chuck Haytaian		Rep	Chuck Haytaian		Rep
25th Legislative District	Rodney Frelinghuysen		Rep	Rodney Frelinghuysen		Rep
	Arthur R. Albohn		Rep	Arthur R. Albohn		Rep
26th Legislative District	Robert J. Martin		Rep	Robert J. Martin		Rep
	Ralph A. Loveys		Rep	Ralph A. Loveys		Rep
27th Legislative District	Harry A. McEnroe		Dem	Harry A. McEnroe		Dem
	Mildred Barry Garvin		Dem	Mildred Barry Garvin		Dem
28th Legislative District	Michael Adubato		Dem	Michael Adubato		Dem
	James Zangari		Dem	James Zangari		Dem
29th Legislative District	Willie B. Brown		Dem	Willie B. Brown		Dem
	Eugene H. Thompson		Dem	Eugene H. Thompson		Dem
30th Legislative District	Buddy Fortunato		Dem	John V. Kelly		Rep
	Steve Adubato		Dem	Marion Crecco		Rep
31st Legislative District	Joe Doria		Dem	Joe Doria		Dem
	Joseph Charles		Dem	Joseph Charles		Dem
32nd Legislative District	Paul Cuprowski		Dem	Frank J. Gargiulo		Rep
	Anthony P. Vainieri		Dem	Charles J. Catrillo		Rep
33rd Legislative District	Nicholas LaRocca		Dem	Ronald A. Dario		Rep
	Robert A. Ranieri		Dem	Jose Arango		Rep
34th Legislative District	Gerald Zecker		Rep	Gerald Zecker		Rep
	Newton E. Miller		Rep	Newton E. Miller		Rep
35th Legislative District	John Girgenti		Dem	John Girgenti		Dem
	Vincent O. Pellecchia		Dem	Vincent O. Pellecchia		Dem
36th Legislative District	Robert Hollenbeck		Dem	Kathleen Donovan		Rep
	Richard Visotcky		Dem	Paul DiGaetano		Rep
37th Legislative District	D. Bennett Mazur		Dem	D. Bennett Mazur		Dem
	Byron Baer		Dem	Byron Baer		Dem
38th Legislative District	Pat Schuber		Rep	Pat Schuber		Rep
	Louis Kosco		Rep	Louis Kosco		Rep
39th Legislative District	John E. Rooney		Rep	John E. Rooney		Rep
	Elizabeth Randall		Rep	Elizabeth Randall		Rep
40th Legislative District	Walter M. D. Kern		Rep	Walter M. D. Kern		Rep
	Nicholas Felice		Rep	Nicholas R. Felice		Rep

District 1

See also: 1st Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 2

See also: 2nd Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 3

See also: 3rd Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 4

See also: 4th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 5

See also: 5th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 6

See also: 6th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 7

See also: 7th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 8

See also: 8th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 9

See also: 9th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 10

See also: 10th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 11

See also: 11th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 12

See also: 12th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 13

See also: 13th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 14

See also: 14th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 15

See also: 15th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 16

See also: 16th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 17

See also: 17th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 18

See also: 18th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 19

See also: 19th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 20

See also: 20th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 21

See also: 21st Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 22

See also: 22nd Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 23

See also: 23rd Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 24

See also: 24th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 25

See also: 25th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 26

See also: 26th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 27

See also: 27th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 28

See also: 28th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 29

See also: 29th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 30

See also: 30th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 31

See also: 31st Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 32

See also: 32nd Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 33

See also: 33rd Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 34

See also: 34th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 35

See also: 35th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 36

See also: 36th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 37

See also: 37th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 38

See also: 38th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 39

See also: 39th Legislative District (New Jersey).

General election

District 40

See also: 40th Legislative District (New Jersey).