3rd Legislative District (New Jersey)

New Jersey's 3rd Legislative District
Senator Stephen M. Sweeney (D)
Assembly members John J. Burzichelli (D)
Adam Taliaferro (D)
Registration
Demographics
Population 235,440
Voting-age population 176,403
Registered voters 140,063

New Jersey's 3rd Legislative District is one of 40 in the state. As of the 2011 apportionment the district covers the Cumberland County municipalities of Bridgeton, Deerfield Township and Upper Deerfield Township; the Gloucester County municipalities of Clayton, East Greenwich Township, Elk Township, Franklin Township, Glassboro, Greenwich Township, Logan Township, National Park, Newfield, Paulsboro, South Harrison Township, Swedesboro, West Deptford Township, Woodbury Heights and Woolwich Township; and all Salem County municipalities, including Alloway Township, Carneys Point Township, Elmer, Elsinboro Township, Lower Alloways Creek Township, Mannington Township, Oldmans Township, Penns Grove, Pennsville Township, Pilesgrove Township, Pittsgrove Township, Quinton Township, Salem, Upper Pittsgrove Township and Woodstown.[1]

As of the 2010 United States Census, the district had a population of 235,440, of whom 176,403 (74.9%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 179,956 (76.4%) White, 33,687 (14.3%) African American, 1,480 (0.6%) Native American, 3,547 (1.5%) Asian, 45 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 10,833 (4.6%) from some other race, and 5,892 (2.5%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23,152 (9.8%) of the population.[2] The district had 140,063 registered voters as of November 2015, of whom 69,056 (49.3%) were registered as unaffiliated, 45,402 (32.4%) were registered as Democrats, 25,474 (18.2%) were registered as Republicans and 131 (0.1%) were registered to other parties.[3]

Political representation

The district is represented for the 2016–2017 Legislative Session (Senate, General Assembly) in the State Senate by Stephen M. Sweeney (D, West Deptford Township) and in the General Assembly by John J. Burzichelli (D, Paulsboro) and Adam Taliaferro (D, Woolwich Township).[4][5]

1965–1973

The 1964 Supreme Court decision in Reynolds v. Sims required legislative districts' populations be equal as possible. As an interim measure, the 3rd District in the 1965 State Senate election encompassed all of Camden County and elected two members to the Senate. In this case, Republican Frederick Scholz and Democrat A. Donald Bigley were sent to Trenton for a two-year term beginning in 1966.[6]

For the next three elections, the 3rd District became made up of all of Camden, Gloucester, and Salem counties and was further divided into four Assembly districts (Districts 3A, 3B, 3C, and 3D).[7][8] In the 1967 and 1971 Senate elections, a total of four Senators were elected from the district but candidates were nominated by Assembly district and were elected by only the residents of the respective district. Each Assembly district elected two members in each election.

The members elected to the Senate from each district are as follows:[9][10]

Session District 3A District 3B District 3C District 3D
1968–1969 John L. White (R) Hugh A. Kelly (R) John L. Miller (R) Frank C. Italiano (R)
1970–1971
1972–1973 James M. Turner (R)[S 1] Joseph A. Maressa (D) John L. Miller (R) Frank C. Italiano (R)[S 2]
  1. ↑ Removed from the Senate on June 28, 1973 after being convicted for conspiring to place marijuana in Assemblyman Kenneth A. Gewertz's home mailbox[11][12]
  2. ↑ Resigned November 29, 1973 to become a judge in the District Court in Camden County

The members elected to the Assembly from each district are as follows:[9][13][10]

Session District 3A District 3B District 3C District 3D
1968–1969 Joseph H. Enos (R) Walter E. Pedersen (R) William K. Dickey (R) John J. Horn (D)
Kenneth A. Black (R) Leonard H. Kaser (R) Eugene Raymond III (R) Lee B. Laskin (R)
1970–1971 Joseph H. Enos (R) James M. Turner (R) William K. Dickey (R) John J. Horn (D)
Kenneth A. Black (R) Thomas J. Shusted (R) Eugene Raymond III (R) James Florio (D)
1972–1973 Kenneth A. Black (R) Francis J. Gorman (D) William K. Dickey (R) John J. Horn (D)
H. Donald Stewart (D) Kenneth A. Gewertz (D) Eugene Raymond III (R) James Florio (D)

District composition since 1973

Starting in 1973 with the creation of 40 equal-population districts statewide, the 3rd District was made up of all of Salem County and most of Gloucester County.[14] Some southeastern Gloucester County municipalities were removed from the District in the 1981 redistricting but several sparsely-populated Cumberland County townships along the Delaware Bay were added.[15] The Cumberland County city of Bridgeton and some adjacent townships were added in the 1991 redistricting but the boroughs of Pitman and Glassboro were moved out.[16] The only changes made during the 2001 redistricting were the removal of Woodbury and the addition of Elk Township and Clayton borough.[17]

The 2011 apportionment added Franklin Township (from 4th District), Glassboro (4th), Newfield (4th) and Woodbury Heights (5th). Municipalities that had been in the 3rd District as part of the 2001 apportionment that were shifted out of the district are Commercial Township, Downe Township, Fairfield Township, Greenwich Township, Hopewell Township, Lawrence Township, Shiloh and Stow Creek Township (all to the 1st District); and Harrison Township, Mantua Township and Wenonah (all to the 5th District).[17]

Election history

Session Senate Assembly
1974–1975 Raymond Zane (D)H. Donald Stewart (D)Martin A. Herman (D)
1976–1977 H. Donald Stewart (D)Martin A. Herman (D)
1978–1979 Raymond Zane (D)H. Donald Stewart (D)Martin A. Herman (D)
1980–1981 H. Donald Stewart (D)Martin A. Herman (D)
1982–1983 Raymond Zane (D)Thomas A. Pankok (D)Martin A. Herman (D)
1984–1985 Raymond Zane (D)Thomas A. Pankok (D)Martin A. Herman (D)
1986–1987 Jack Collins (R)Gary Stuhltrager (R)
1988–1989 Raymond Zane (D)Jack Collins (R)Gary Stuhltrager (R)
1990–1991 Jack Collins (R)Gary Stuhltrager (R)
1992–1993 Raymond Zane (D)Jack Collins (R)Gary Stuhltrager (R)
1994–1995 Raymond Zane (D)Jack Collins (R)Gary Stuhltrager (R)
1996–1997 Jack Collins (R)Gary Stuhltrager (R)
1998–1999 Raymond Zane (D) 
Jack Collins (R)Gary Stuhltrager (R)
2000–2001 Jack Collins (R)Gary Stuhltrager (R)
Raymond Zane (R)[n 1]
2002–2003 Stephen M. Sweeney (D)Douglas H. Fisher (D)John J. Burzichelli (D)
2004–2005 Stephen M. Sweeney (D)Douglas H. Fisher (D)John J. Burzichelli (D)
2006–2007 Douglas H. Fisher (D)John J. Burzichelli (D)
2008–2009 Stephen M. Sweeney (D)Douglas H. Fisher (D)[n 2]John J. Burzichelli (D)
Celeste Riley (D)[n 3]
2010–2011 Celeste Riley (D)John J. Burzichelli (D)
2012–2013 Stephen M. Sweeney (D)Celeste Riley John J. Burzichelli (D)
2014–2015 Stephen M. Sweeney (D)Celeste Riley (D)[n 4]John J. Burzichelli (D)
Adam Taliaferro (D)[n 5]
2016–2017 Adam Taliaferro (D)John J. Burzichelli (D)
  1. ↑ Switched parties on February 22, 2001
  2. ↑ Resigned March 9, 2009 to become New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture
  3. ↑ Appointed March 19, 2009
  4. ↑ Resigned January 2, 2015 to become Cumberland County Clerk
  5. ↑ Appointed January 29, 2015

Election results

Senate

New Jersey general election, 1973[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Raymond J. Zane 34,266 79.9
Republican James M. Turner 8,598 20.1
Total votes 42,864 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1977[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Raymond J. Zane 37,199 65.8
Republican Robert C. Hendrickson, Jr. 19,328 34.2
Total votes 56,527 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1981[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Raymond J. Zane 37,613 63.2
Republican D. Paul McMahon, Jr. 21,903 36.8
Total votes 59,516 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1983[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Raymond J. Zane 30,179 63.0
Republican Mary Ruth Talley 17,743 37.0
Total votes 47,922 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1987[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Raymond J. Zane 32,720 63.0
Republican John A. Ward 19,224 37.0
Total votes 51,944 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1991[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Raymond J. Zane 31,648 60.9
Republican G. Erwin Sheppard 16,600 32.0
No Party Deals Frank L. Sorrentino 3,683 7.1
Total votes 51,931 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1993[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Raymond J. Zane 40,940 67.6
Republican Edward J. Reynolds 19,622 32.4
Total votes 60,562 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1997[25][26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Raymond J. Zane 46,551 84.5
Conservative Mary A. Whittam 8,121 14.7
Republican No nomination made 415 0.8
Total votes 55,087 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2001[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephen M. Sweeney 29,873 51.5
Republican Raymond J. Zane 28,138 48.5
Total votes 58,011 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2003[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephen M. Sweeney 29,051 54.0
Republican Phillip S. Rhudy 24,698 46.0
Total votes 53,749 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2007[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephen M. Sweeney 29,908 57.3
Republican Mark Cimino 20,645 39.6
Get a Grip William F. Mead 1,635 3.1
Total votes 52,188 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2011[30]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephen M. Sweeney 25,299 55.6
Republican Michael M. Mulligan 20,197 44.4
Total votes 45,496 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2013[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephen M. Sweeney 31,045 54.8
Republican Niki A. Trunk 25,599 45.2
Total votes 56,644 100.0

Assembly

New Jersey general election, 1973[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic H. Donald Stewart 35,106 32.0
Democratic Martin A. Herman 31,340 28.6
Republican Edmund E. Downer 21,782 19.8
Republican Lester Harris 21,507 19.6
Total votes 109,735 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1975[32]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic H. Donald Stewart 30,054 29.9
Democratic Martin A. Herman 25,786 25.7
Republican Douglas Zee 22,608 22.5
Republican Donald A. Smith, Jr. 22,016 21.9
Total votes 100,464 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1977[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic H. Donald Stewart 32,870 30.1
Democratic Martin A. Herman 29,400 26.9
Republican Douglas Zee 24,305 22.2
Republican Thomas P. Haaf 22,804 20.8
Total votes 109,379 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1979[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic H. Donald Stewart 28,739 27.5
Democratic Martin A. Herman 26,786 25.7
Republican Jeffrey G. Albertson 25,690 24.6
Republican F. Dean Kimmel 23,165 22.2
Total votes 104,380 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1981[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Martin A. Herman 32,860 28.6
Democratic Thomas A. Pankok 30,035 26.2
Republican G. Erwin Sheppard 26,010 22.7
Republican David F. Liddle 25,876 22.5
Total votes 114,781 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1983[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Martin A. Herman 26,642 28.2
Democratic Thomas A. Pankok 25,248 26.7
Republican Russell E. Paul 21,593 22.9
Republican Edmund "Duke" Downer 20,976 22.2
Total votes 94,459 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1985[34]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Collins 27,514 26.2
Republican Gary W. Stuhltrager 27,032 25.7
Democratic Martin A. Herman 25,699 24.5
Democratic Thomas A. Pankok 24,796 23.6
Total votes 105,041 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1987[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gary W. Stuhltrager 27,819 27.1
Republican Jack Collins 27,411 26.7
Democratic James G. Waddington 23,779 23.1
Democratic Paul A. Oland 23,755 23.1
Total votes 102,764 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1989[35]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Collins 33,680 28.0
Republican Gary W. Stuhltrager 31,526 26.2
Democratic Thomas A. Pankok 27,165 22.6
Democratic Robert P. Wooton 26,351 21.9
Independent James H. Orr, Jr. 1,680 1.4
Total votes 120,402 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1991[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Collins 30,117 29.4
Republican Gary W. Stuhltrager 29,314 28.6
Democratic Benjamin W. Timberman 20,241 19.8
Democratic Nancy L. Sungenis 20,147 19.7
Populist ('84-'96) James H. Orr, Jr. 1,354 1.3
Populist ('84-'96) Albert S. Fogg, III 1,302 1.3
Total votes 102,475 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1993[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Collins 38,013 32.2
Republican Gary W. Stuhltrager 37,021 31.4
Democratic Joseph J. Riley 21,959 18.6
Democratic Amelia B. Kressler 21,062 17.8
Total votes 118,055 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1995[36]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Collins 27,171 31.0
Republican Gary W. Stuhltrager 26,595 30.3
Democratic John J. Gentile 15,761 18.0
Democratic Harry L. Rink 15,292 17.4
Independent Robert J. McFetridge 1,494 1.7
Independent William A. Junghans 1,417 1.6
Total votes 87,730 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1997[37][38]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Collins 39,046 36.3
Republican Gary W. Stuhltrager 36,686 34.1
Democratic Harry L. Rink 22,350 20.8
Conservative Bob McFetridge 4,160 3.9
Conservative Jan McFetridge 3,982 3.7
Democratic No nomination made 1,376 1.3
Total votes 107,600 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1999[39]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Collins 28,609 31.0
Republican Gary Stuhltrager 24,573 26.6
Democratic John J. Burzichelli 20,658 22.4
Democratic Ron Brittin 15,440 16.7
Conservative Jan McFetridge 1,599 1.7
Conservative Bob McFetridge 1,333 1.4
Total votes 92,212 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2001[40]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Douglas H. Fisher 31,886 28.1
Democratic John J. Burzichelli 30,213 26.6
Republican Michael H. Facemyer 25,823 22.8
Republican Harold U. Johnson 25,509 22.5
Total votes 113,431 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2003[41]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Douglas H. Fisher 27,178 25.4
Democratic John J. Burzichelli 27,110 25.3
Republican Susan Bestwick 25,056 23.4
Republican Douglas Sorantino 24,069 22.5
Green Peggy Murphy 1,951 1.8
Green Charles Woodrow 1,627 1.5
Total votes 106,991 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2005[42]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Burzichelli 35,339 29.6
Democratic Douglas H. Fisher 35,265 29.5
Republican Phillip S. Rhudy 24,140 20.2
Republican James W. Zee III 23,297 19.5
Constitution John Leone 1,535 1.3
Total votes 119,576 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2007[43]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John J. Burzichelli 30,222 29.5
Democratic Douglas H. Fisher 30,078 29.3
Republican Phil Donohue 19,534 19.0
Republican Jeffrey Stepler 18,927 18.4
Green Margie MacWilliams 2,078 2.0
Green Charles Woodrow 1,755 1.7
Total votes 102,594 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2009[44]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John J. Burzichelli 35,423 28.3
Democratic Celeste M. Riley 31,888 25.5
Republican Robert Villare 30,526 24.4
Republican Lee Lucas 27,316 21.8
Total votes 125,153 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2011[45]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John J. Burzichelli 25,172 28.0
Democratic Celeste M. Riley 23,960 26.6
Republican Bob Villare 20,528 22.8
Republican Domenick DiCicco 20,268 22.5
Total votes 89,928 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2013[46]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John J. Burzichelli 31,049 28.0
Democratic Celeste M. Riley 29,870 26.9
Republican Larry Wallace 25,094 22.6
Republican Bob Vanderslice 24,823 22.4
Total votes 110,836 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2015[47]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Burzichelli 20,507 28.5
Democratic Adam Taliaferro 19,480 27.1
Republican Samuel J. Maccarone Jr. 16,063 22.3
Republican Leroy P. Pierce III 14,715 20.4
The Peoples Voice John Kalnas 1,223 1.7
Total votes 71,988 100.0

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