1963 New Jersey Senate election
New Jersey election
The 1963 New Jersey Senate elections were held on November 5. The elections took place midway through the first term of Governor Richard J. Hughes. Eleven of New Jersey's 21 counties elected Senators. Republicans gained four seats by flipping one seat each in Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Essex counties.
Incumbents not running for re-election
Democratic
Donal C. Fox (Essex) (lost support of county organization)
Republican
All five Republican incumbents stood for re-election.
Summary of results by county
Close races
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
Essex, 6.41% gain
Gloucester, 8.07% gain
Union, 9.22%
Burlington, 9.71% gain
Burlington
Democratic primary
Candidates
Henry S. Haines, incumbent Senator
Edward J. Hulse, director of the Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders and brother-in-law of Governor Hughes
Campaign
The campaign was bitter, with Hulse criticizing Haines's record in the Senate. Haines was aligned with Grover C. Richman Jr., the former Attorney General whom Governor Hughes had outmaneuvered for the 1961 Democratic nomination.
Results
Hulse and his four-man ticket won the primary by carrying the heavily Democratic towns of Burlington, Florence, Levittown, and Maple Shade. Haines was strongest in Bordentown and also received a large majority in Palmyra.
Both Haines and Hulse lost their own home towns, Burlington and Edgewater Park, respectively.
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