6th Legislative District (New Jersey)

New Jersey's 6th Legislative District
Senator James Beach (D)
Assembly members Louis Greenwald (D)
Pamela Rosen Lampitt (D)
Registration
Demographics
Population 222,700
Voting-age population 171,064
Registered voters 153,026

New Jersey's 6th Legislative District is one of 40 in the New Jersey Legislature, covering the Burlington County municipality of Maple Shade Township and the Camden County municipalities of Berlin Township, Cherry Hill Township, Collingswood Borough, Gibbsboro Borough, Haddon Township, Haddonfield Borough, Hi-Nella Borough, Merchantville Borough, Oaklyn Borough, Pennsauken Township, Somerdale Borough, Stratford Borough, Tavistock Borough and Voorhees Township as of the 2011 apportionment.[1]

As of the 2010 United States Census, the district had a population of 222,700, of whom 171,064 (76.8%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 169,070 (75.9%) White, 27,623 (12.4%) African American, 379 (0.2%) Native American, 16,118 (7.2%) Asian, 54 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 4,371 (2.0%) from some other race, and 5,085 (2.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12,739 (5.7%) of the population.[2] The district had 153,026 registered voters as of November 2015, of whom 69,982 (45.7%) were registered as unaffiliated, 59,563 (38.9%) were registered as Democrats, 23,306 (15.2%) were registered as Republicans and 175 (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 James Beach (D, Voorhees Township) and in the General Assembly by Louis Greenwald (D, Voorhees Township) and Pamela Rosen Lampitt (D, Cherry Hill).[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 6th District in the 1965 State Senate election encompassed all of Mercer County and elected one person to the Senate. In this case, incumbent Democratic Mercer County Senator Sido L. Ridolfi was elected for a two-year term beginning in 1966.[6]

For the three terms between 1967 and 1973, the Sixth Senate District was split into two Assembly districts. For the 1967 election, since the Sixth only encompassed one county, two Senators were elected at-large; in this case, Democrats Ridolfi and Richard J. Coffee were elected for this four-year term.[7] In the 1971 election, with the addition of Hunterdon County into the Sixth, Senate candidates were nominated by Assembly district (see below) and one Senator was elected from each district. Republican William E. Schluter was elected from District 6A and Democrat Joseph P. Merlino was elected from District 6B in the 1971 election.[8]

Two Assembly members were elected from each district in 1967, 1969, and 1971. Assembly District 6B was made up of Trenton and Ewing Township while District 6A was composed of the remainder of Mercer County for the 1967 and 1969 elections.[9] In the 1971 election, District 6B was composed of Trenton, Hamilton Township, and Washington Township with District 6A encompassing the remainder of Mercer and the entirety of Hunterdon County.[10]

The members elected to the Assembly from each district are as follows:[7][11][8]

Session District 6A District 6B
1968–1969 William E. Schluter (R) Joseph P. Merlino (D)
John A. Selecky (R) S. Howard Woodson (D)
1970–1971 William E. Schluter (R) Joseph P. Merlino (D)
Karl Weidel (R) S. Howard Woodson (D)
1972–1973 Walter E. Foran (R) Francis J. McManimon (D)
Karl Weidel (R) S. Howard Woodson (D)

District composition since 1973

Upon the creation of 40 equal-population districts in 1973, the 6th District became based around the eastern suburbs of Camden inclusive of Cherry Hill in all iterations. The 1970s district stretched from Berlin borough north to Pennsauken and included Burlington County's Evesham Township and Palmyra.[12] The 1981 redistricting made the 6th solely Camden County-based by heading from Pine Hill east then north to Merchantville, and the cluster of boroughs around Collingswood, Haddonfield, and Haddon Heights.[13] The 1991 redistricting kept the 6th relatively unchanged.[14] The 2001 redistricting removed some of the small boroughs in the Haddon Heights and Barrington vicinity but brought the district to the southern edge of Camden County to include Winslow Township, Chesilhurst, and Waterford Township.[15] Following the 2011 redistricting, the southern Camden County municipalities were eliminated from the 6th and restored some of the immediate Camden suburbs including Collingswood and Pennsauken and expanded the district into Burlington County for the first time since 1982 by including Maple Shade.[1]

Election history

Session Senate Assembly
1974–1975 Alene S. Ammond (D)John J. Gallagher (D)Mary Keating Croce (D)
1976–1977 John J. Gallagher (D)Mary Keating Croce (D)
1978–1979 Lee B. Laskin (R)Barbara Berman (D)Mary Keating Croce (D)
1980–1981 John A. Rocco (R)Thomas J. Shusted (R)
1982–1983 Lee B. Laskin (R)John A. Rocco (R)Thomas J. Shusted (R)
1984–1985 Lee B. Laskin (R)John A. Rocco (R)Thomas J. Shusted (R)
1986–1987 John A. Rocco (R)Thomas J. Shusted (R)
1988–1989 Lee B. Laskin (R)John A. Rocco (R)Thomas J. Shusted (R)
1990–1991 John A. Rocco (R)Thomas J. Shusted (R)[n 1]
Lee Solomon (R)[n 2]
1992–1993 John Adler (D)John A. Rocco (R)Lee Solomon (R)
1994–1995 John Adler (D)John A. Rocco (R)Lee Solomon (R)
1996–1997 John A. Rocco (R)Louis Greenwald (D)
1998–1999 John Adler Mary Previte (D)Louis Greenwald (D)
2000–2001 Mary Previte (D)Louis Greenwald (D)
2002–2003 John Adler (D)Mary Previte (D)Louis Greenwald (D)
2004–2005 John Adler (D)Mary Previte (D)Louis Greenwald (D)
2006–2007 Pamela Rosen Lampitt (D)Louis Greenwald (D)
2008–2009 John Adler (D)[n 3]Pamela Rosen Lampitt (D) 
Louis Greenwald (D) 
James Beach (D)[n 4]
2010–2011 Pamela Rosen Lampitt (D)Louis Greenwald (D)
2012–2013 James Beach (D)Pamela Rosen Lampitt (D)Louis Greenwald (D)
2014–2015 James Beach (D)Pamela Rosen Lampitt (D)Louis Greenwald (D)
2016–2017 Pamela Rosen Lampitt (D)Louis Greenwald (D)
  1. ↑ Resigned on January 31, 1991 to become Camden County counsel
  2. ↑ Appointed February 21, 1991
  3. ↑ Resigned by January 3, 2009 upon election to the U.S. House of Representatives
  4. ↑ Appointed on January 3, 2009, won November 2009 special election to complete unexpired term

Election results

Senate

New Jersey general election, 1973[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alene S. Ammond 27,320 53.2
Republican John L. Miller 24,072 46.8
Total votes 51,392 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1977[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lee B. Laskin 29,823 52.1
Democratic Victor Pachter 27,449 47.9
Total votes 57,272 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1981[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lee B. Laskin 36,279 56.7
Democratic James Greenberg 27,735 43.3
Total votes 64,014 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1983[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lee B. Laskin 29,783 63.3
Democratic Francis J. Ward 17,235 36.7
Total votes 47,018 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1987[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lee B. Laskin 31,162 53.2
Democratic Maria Barnaby Greenwald 27,444 46.8
Total votes 58,606 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1991[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John H. Adler 31,289 55.4
Republican Lee B. Laskin 25,191 44.6
Total votes 56,480 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1993[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John H. Adler 38,235 59.8
Republican Louise Di Renzo Donaldson 25,752 40.2
Total votes 63,987 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1997[23][24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John H. Adler 34,073 53.0
Republican John A. Rocco 28,938 45.0
Conservative Kenneth L. Mayo 1,257 2.0
Total votes 64,268 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2001[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John H. Adler 39,336 66.7
Republican Jane A. Greenfogel 19,635 33.3
Total votes 58,971 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2003[26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John H. Adler 29,033 61.0
Republican Joseph A. Adolf 18,534 39.0
Total votes 47,567 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2007[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John H. Adler 25,737 61.9
Republican Joseph A. Adolf 15,846 38.1
Total votes 41,583 100.0
Special election, November 3, 2009[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Beach 36,582 58.2
Republican Joseph A. Adolf 26,280 41.8
Total votes 62,862 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2011[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Beach 25,297 62.1
Republican Phil Mitsch 15,415 37.9
Total votes 40,712 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2013[30]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Beach 34,847 63.4
Republican Sudhir Deshmukh 20,080 36.6
Total votes 54,927 100.0

Assembly

New Jersey general election, 1973[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John J. Gallagher, Jr. 26,846 26.6
Democratic Mary Keating Croce 25,874 25.6
Republican William K. Dickey 25,118 24.9
Republican Eugene Raymond III 23,131 22.9
Total votes 100,969 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1975[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic J. Jack Gallagher 25,081 26.7
Democratic Mary Keating Croce 23,990 25.6
Republican William K. Dickey 22,922 24.4
Republican Eugene Raymond, III 20,853 22.2
U.S. Labor Shirley Fingerman 985 1.0
Total votes 93,831 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1977[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mary Keating Croce 29,466 25.5
Democratic Barbara Berman 29,163 25.24
Republican Mario A. Iavicoli 28,993 25.1
Republican William K. Dickey 27,909 24.2
Total votes 115,531 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1979[32]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John A. Rocco 23,922 27.0
Republican Thomas J. Shusted 22,627 25.5
Democratic Barbara Berman 21,294 24.0
Democratic Mary Keating Croce 20,912 23.6
Total votes 88,755 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1981[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John A. Rocco 33,535 26.4
Republican Thomas J. Shusted 33,154 26.1
Democratic M. Bruce MacNaul 30,632 24.1
Democratic Francis J. Orlando 29,916 23.5
Total votes 127,237 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1983[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John A. Rocco 25,969 27.8
Republican Thomas J. Shusted 25,821 27.7
Democratic Michael G. Brennan 21,609 23.2
Democratic Bernard A. Platt 19,855 21.3
Total votes 93,254 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1985[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John A. Rocco 32,812 32.7
Republican Thomas J. Shusted 31,679 31.6
Democratic Carl B. Viniar 18,425 18.4
Democratic Harry Benn 17,382 17.3
Total votes 100,298 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1987[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John A. Rocco 33,057 29.0
Republican Thomas J. Shusted 31,965 28.0
Democratic John J. Tarditi, Jr. 25,112 22.0
Democratic Patrick J. Brennan 24,028 21.0
Total votes 114,162 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1989[34]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John A. Rocco 33,528 25.7
Republican Thomas J. Shusted 32,459 24.88
Democratic Barbara Berman 32,425 24.86
Democratic Mary Ellen Talbott 32,039 24.6
Total votes 130,451 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1991[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John A. Rocco 31,533 28.5
Republican Lee A. Solomon 31,095 28.1
Democratic Lewis “Robbie” Friedner 24,231 21.9
Democratic Dr. Leonard P. Krivy 23,920 21.6
Total votes 110,779 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1993[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John A. Rocco 35,316 27.2
Republican Lee A. Solomon 35,089 27.0
Democratic Jane M. Kershner 30,208 23.3
Democratic John Phillip Maroccia 29,142 22.5
Total votes 129,755 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1995[35]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Louis D. Greenwald 23,743 26.3
Republican Dr. John A. Rocco 22,520 24.9
Republican Lee A. Solomon 22,125 24.5
Democratic Annette Castiglione-Degan 22,039 24.4
Total votes 90,427 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1997[36]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Louis D. Greenwald 35,883 29.0
Democratic Mary T. Previte 34,105 27.6
Republican Thomas Shusted, Jr. 27,236 22.0
Republican Susan R. Rose 26,453 21.4
Total votes 123,677 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1999[37]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Louis D. Greenwald 23,663 30.1
Democratic Mary T. Previte 22,462 28.5
Republican Robert J. Seltzer 15,505 19.7
Republican Gerard M. Banmiller 15,293 19.4
Green Jay Fox 947 1.2
Independent Gerard "Gerry" Brigante 852 1.1
Total votes 78,722 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2001[38]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Louis D. Greenwald 38,327 32.7
Democratic Mary T. Previte 37,895 32.3
Republican Anthony "Tony" Clark 20,688 17.6
Republican Lou Harvey 20,452 17.4
Total votes 117,362 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2003[39]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Louis D. Greenwald 27,228 28.8
Democratic Mary T. Previte 26,798 28.4
Republican Mark Otto 18,421 19.5
Republican Joann R. Gurenlian 18,342 19.4
Green Kevin Madden 1,951 2.1
Green Martin Nolan 1,778 1.9
Total votes 94,518 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2005[40]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Louis D. Greenwald 38,211 31.3
Democratic Pamela Rosen Lampitt 34,961 28.6
Republican JoAnn R. Gurenlian 25,365 20.8
Republican Marc Fleischner 23,587 19.3
Total votes 122,124 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2007[41]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Louis D. Greenwald 23,626 28.8
Democratic Pamela R. Lampitt 22,701 27.7
Republican JoAnn R. Gurenlian 16,850 20.5
Republican Bradley L. Mattson 16,199 19.7
Green Michael Gellman 2,677 3.3
Total votes 82,053 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2009[42]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Louis D. Greenwald 36,446 29.5
Democratic Pamela R. Lampitt 33,320 27.0
Republican Scot DeCristofaro 27,005 21.9
Republican Brian Greenberg 26,581 21.5
Total votes 123,352 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2011[43]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Louis D. Greenwald 24,272 30.0
Democratic Pamela R. Lampitt 23,342 28.9
Republican Allan Richardson 16,714 20.7
Republican Gregory Horton 16,461 20.4
Total votes 80,789 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2013[44]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Louis D. Greenwald 33,232 30.7
Democratic Pamela R. Lampitt 31,366 29.0
Republican Chris Leone-Zwillinger 22,147 20.5
Republican George R. Fisher 21,399 19.8
Total votes 108,144 100.0
New Jersey general election, 2015[45]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Louis D. Greenwald 21,087 32.6
Democratic Pamela R. Lampitt 20,028 31.0
Republican Holly Tate 11,023 17.0
Republican Claire H. Gustafson 10,679 16.5
Green Amanda Davis 985 1.5
Green James Bracciante 850 1.3
Total votes 64,652 100.0

References

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  3. ↑ Statewide Voter Registration Summary, New Jersey Department of State, November 30, 2015. Accessed April 27, 2016.
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  5. ↑ District 6 Legislators, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 14, 2016.
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