title: 1957 New Jersey Senate election
text: # 1957 New Jersey Senate election
  
  The 1957 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 5.
  
  The elections coincided with the re-election of Governor Robert Meyner. Ten of New Jersey's 21 counties elected Senators. Democrats gained one seat in Passaic County, where Anthony J. Grossi unseated incumbent Republican Frank W. Shershin.
  
  ## Incumbents not running for re-election
  
  ### Democratic
  
  * James F. Murray Jr. (Hudson)
  
  ## Summary of results by county
  
  | County | Incumbent | Party | Elected Senator | Party | Party |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Atlantic | Frank S. Farley | Rep | Frank S. Farley | | Rep |
  | Bergen | Walter H. Jones | Rep | Walter H. Jones | | Rep |
  | Burlington | Albert McCay | Rep | No election | No election | No election |
  | Camden | Joseph W. Cowgill | Dem | No election | No election | No election |
  | Cape May | Charles W. Sandman | Rep | No election | No election | No election |
  | Cumberland | W. Howard Sharp | Dem | W. Howard Sharp | | Dem |
  | Essex | Donal C. Fox | Dem | No election | No election | No election |
  | Gloucester | Harold W. Hannold | Rep | No election | No election | No election |
  | Hudson | James F. Murray Jr. | Dem | William F. Kelly Jr. | | Dem |
  | Hunterdon | Wesley Lance | Rep | Wesley Lance | | Rep |
  | Mercer | Sido Ridolfi | Dem | Sido Ridolfi | | Dem |
  | Middlesex | John A. Lynch | Dem | No election | No election | No election |
  | Monmouth | Richard R. Stout | Rep | No election | No election | No election |
  | Morris | Thomas J. Hillery | Rep | Thomas J. Hillery | | Rep |
  | Ocean | W. Steelman Mathis | Rep | W. Steelman Mathis | | Rep |
  | Passaic | Frank W. Shershin | Rep | Anthony J. Grossi | | Dem |
  | Salem | John A. Waddington | Dem | No election | No election | No election |
  | Somerset | Malcolm Forbes | Rep | No election | No election | No election |
  | Sussex | George B. Harper | Rep | George B. Harper | | Rep |
  | Union | Kenneth Hand | Rep | No election | No election | No election |
  | Warren | Wayne Dumont | Rep | No election | No election | No election |
  
  ### Close races
  
  Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
  
  * Sussex, 8.86%
  * Cumberland, 8.92%
  
  Seats where the margin of victory was 10% or greater; and the seat flipped party control:
  
  * Passaic, 11.45% gain
  
  ## Atlantic
  
  1957 general election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Frank S. Farley (incumbent) | 33,225 | 62.03% |
  | | Democratic | Ernest M. Curtis | 20,341 | 37.97% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 53,566 | 100.0% |
  
  ## Bergen
  
  1957 general election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Walter H. Jones (incumbent) | 153,902 | 57.36% |
  | | Democratic | Louis A. D'Agosto | 114,407 | 42.64% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 268,309 | 100.0% |
  
  ## Cumberland
  
  1957 general election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | W. Howard Sharp (incumbent) | 16,270 | 50.55% |
  | | Republican | Charles E. Gant | 13,400 | 41.63% |
  | | Independent | Thomas A. Dailey | 2,517 | 7.82% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 32,187 | 100.0% |
  
  ## Hudson
  
  1957 general election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | William F. Kelley Jr. | 142,518 | 59.69% |
  | | Republican | Louis J. Miller | 92,803 | 38.87% |
  | | Independent | Julius G. Tassano | 1,458 | 0.61% |
  | | Independent | Arthur V. Murphy Jr. | 1,270 | 0.53% |
  | | Independent | Vincent A. Riley | 456 | 0.19% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 238,778 | 100.0% |
  
  ## Hunterdon
  
  1957 general election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Wesley Lance (incumbent) | 10,802 | 59.19% |
  | | Democratic | Franklin W. Kielb | 7,447 | 40.81% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 18,249 | 100.0% |
  
  ## Mercer
  
  1957 general election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Sido L. Ridolfi (incumbent) | 57,895 | 66.99% |
  | | Republican | Fred Van Deventer | 28,531 | 33.01% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 86,426 | 100.0% |
  
  ## Morris
  
  1957 general election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | Thomas J. Hillery (incumbent) | 48,414 | 65.27% |
  | | Democratic | F. Milton Hoth | 25,764 | 34.73% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 74,178 | 100.0% |
  
  ## Ocean
  
  1957 general election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | W. Steelman Mathis (incumbent) | 18,152 | 58.02% |
  | | Democratic | Nathaniel H. Roth | 13,136 | 41.98% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 31,288 | 100.0% |
  
  ## Passaic
  
  1957 general election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Anthony J. Grossi | 68,515 | 51.76% |
  | | Republican | Frank W. Shershin (incumbent) | 53,368 | 40.31% |
  | | Independent | William R. Brogan | 10,495 | 7.93% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 132,378 | 100.0% |
  
  ## Sussex
  
  1957 general election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Republican | George B. Harper (incumbent) | 9,426 | 54.43% |
  | | Democratic | James Dobbins | 7,893 | 45.57% |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 17,319 | 100.0% |
  