2001 New Jersey Senate election

2001 New Jersey Senate elections

← 1997 November 5, 2001 2003 →
All 40 seats in the New Jersey State Senate 21 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Donald DiFrancesco (retired) Richard Codey Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 22nd 27th Last election 24 16 Seats before 24 15 Seats won 20 20 Seat change 4 5
Results by district      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold
Senate President before election Donald DiFrancesco Republican Elected Senate President John O. Bennett and Richard Codey

The 2001 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 6.

The election took place alongside Jim McGreevey's landslide election as Governor of New Jersey and were held in the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks, which killed 750 New Jerseyans^[1] and impacted many others. Under a newly redrawn map, Democrats gained five seats to split control of the Senate evenly. A power-sharing agreement was reached with John O. Bennett and Richard Codey as co-presidents of the Senate.

This is the last time Democrats did not win an outright majority of New Jersey State Senate seats, as well as the last time any Senate seats in North Jersey changed parties.