1967 New Jersey Senate election

The 1967 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 7, 1967.

1967 New Jersey Senate elections
November 7, 1967
All 40 seats in the New Jersey State Senate
21 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Edwin B. Forsythe Sido L. Ridolfi
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 4B: Burlington 6th: Mercer
Last election 10 19
Seats before 8 18
Seats won 31 9
Seat change 23 9
Popular vote 3,053,336 2,511,142
Senate President before election

Sido L. Ridolfi
Democratic

 Elected Senate President

Edwin B. Forsythe
Republican

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.

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