Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today.

State senate elections, 2013

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search
2013 badge.jpg
2013 Legislative Election Results
Table Of Contents
Election results • Election analysis
Defeated incumbents
Freshman incumbents
Open seat winners
State-by-State Analysis
New Jersey • Virginia
Other 2013 Election information
State legislative elections • State legislative election results
Statewide elections, 2013 • Filing deadlines and primary dates

One state senate held general elections for state senators on November 5, 2013. This was in addition to the two state house chambers that held general elections in November.

A total of 40 (2.0%) of the country's 1,972 state senate seats were up for election in November 2013, and 180 (3.3%) of the country's 5,411 state house seats were up for election. Altogether, 220 (3.0%) of the country's 7,383 state legislative seats were up for election.

See also: State legislative elections, 2013 and State house elections, 2013

This page will detail the following:

  • Majority control before and after the election
  • Incumbents unopposed by a major party candidate
  • Primary challenges
  • Retiring incumbents

New Jersey State Senate elections, 2013

Heading into the November 5 election, the Democratic Party held the majority in the New Jersey State Senate. The party lost no seats and remained the majority party after the 2013 election:


New Jersey State Senate
Party As of November 4, 2013 After the 2013 Election
     Democratic Party 24 24
     Republican Party 16 16
Total 40 40

Candidates unopposed by a major party

2013 Competitiveness Overview
Competitiveness2013.jpg
Primary competition (state comparison)
Incumbents with no challenges at all in 2013
Incumbents defeated • Victorious challengers •
Primary competitiveness
Major party challengers (state comparison)
List of candidates with no competition
Open seats (state comparisons)
Long-serving senators • Long-serving reps
Star bookmark.png   Chart Comparing 2013 Results   Star bookmark.png
Comparisons Between Years
Competitiveness Index • Absolute Index
2013 State Legislative Elections
Competitiveness Studies from Other Years
2007 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2014

There was just one candidate, incumbent Raymond Lesniak (D), without competition in the November 5 general election and who was thus, barring unforeseen circumstances, guaranteed re-election in November. In one district, the major party candidate was opposed by only a third party candidate.

Primary challenges
Seven incumbents faced competition in the June 4 primary. All seven incumbents defeated their primary challengers.

Retiring incumbents
One incumbent senator did not run for re-election, while 39 (97.5%) ran for re-election.

  • District 18: Barbara Buono (D) declined to run for re-election, choosing to run in New Jersey's 2013 gubernatorial election. Buono and her running mate, Milly Silva, were defeated by Governor Chris Christie and Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno in the general election.[1]


See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ PolitickerNJ.com, "Buono: Together we can create a better New Jersey," June 4, 2013
v • e
State legislatures
Legislatures
Alabama (H, S) · Alaska (H, S) · Arizona (H, S) · Arkansas (H, S) · California (A, S) · Colorado (H, S) · Connecticut (H, S) · Delaware (H, S) · Florida (H, S) · Georgia (H, S) · Hawaii (H, S) · Idaho (H, S) · Illinois (H, S) · Indiana (H, S) · Iowa (H, S) · Kansas (H, S) · Kentucky (H, S) · Louisiana (H, S) · Maine (H, S) · Maryland (H, S) · Massachusetts (H, S) · Michigan (H, S) · Minnesota (H, S) · Mississippi (H, S) · Missouri (H, S) · Montana (H, S) · Nebraska · Nevada (A, S) · New Hampshire (H, S) · New Jersey (GA, S) · New Mexico (H, S) · New York (A, S) · North Carolina (H, S) · North Dakota (H, S) · Ohio (H, S) · Oklahoma (H, S) · Oregon (H, S) · Pennsylvania (H, S) · Rhode Island (H, S) · South Carolina (H, S) · South Dakota (H, S) · Tennessee (H, S) · Texas (H, S) · Utah (H, S) · Vermont (H, S) · Virginia (H, S) · Washington (H, S) · West Virginia (H, S) · Wisconsin (A, S) · Wyoming (H, S)
SLP badge.png
2025
2024
2023
Historical elections
2022 •  2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011 • 2010 • 2009 • 2008 • 2007 • 2006 • 2005 • 2004 • 2003 • 2002 • 2001 • 2000
Features of
state legislatures
State senates
State houses
Leadership positions
Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=State_senate_elections,_2013&oldid=5898796"