1961 New Jersey Senate election

The 1961 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 5.

The elections took place alongside the election of Governor Richard J. Hughes. Ten of New Jersey's 21 counties elected Senators; no seats changed hands.

Democratic
All four Democratic Senators up for re-election ran for another term.

Republican

 * Walter H. Jones (Bergen) (ran for Governor)
 * Wesley Lance (Hunterdon)

Close races
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:


 * 1) Ocean, 5.74%
 * 2) Hunterdon, 5.76%
 * 3) Cumberland, 9.27%

Mercer
Remarkably, Senator Ridolfi received the exact same number of votes he had received in 1957.