2007 New Jersey Senate election

2007 New Jersey Senate elections

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All 40 seats in the New Jersey State Senate
21 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Richard Codey Leonard Lance
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 27th 23rd
Last election 22 18
Seats before 21 18
Seats won 23 17
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 1

Results by district
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain

Senate President before election

Richard Codey
Democratic

Elected Senate President

Richard Codey
Democratic

The 2007 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 4.

The election took place midway through Jon Corzine's term as Governor of New Jersey. Democrats gained an additional seat by winning two Republican seats in South Jersey, though one-term Senator Ellen Karcher lost re-election to Jennifer Beck. The Democratic gains in South Jersey laid the groundwork for a transfer of power within the Democratic Party, culminating in Steve Sweeney's election as Senate President midway through the 2008–12 term.[1]

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  1. ^ Margolin, Josh (November 23, 2009). "Democrats vote N.J. Sen. Stephen Sweeney in as Senate president". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved July 21, 2021. Senate Democrats emerged from a Statehouse meeting room a few minutes ago, saying Sen. Steve Sweeney (D-Gloucester) has been voted Senate president, replacing Richard Codey, the Essex County Democrat who long led the Senate's Democratic caucus. Codey left the second-floor caucus room at 2:50 p.m. and made only a brief comment to reporters waiting outside.