New Jersey Election 2013: Greenstein Edges Inverso in Tight Race

They don’t come much tighter than this one.

Democratic State Sen. Linda Greenstein edged former State Sen. and Republican Peter Inverso 30,999 to 29,759 to hold on to her seat in the 14th Legislative District Tuesday night, according to unofficial results posted by the Middlesex County and Mercer County clerks’ offices.

Libertarian candidate Don Dezarn. Dezarn of East Windsor registered 1,001 votes. Had Inverso, a former Assistant Majority and Deputy Minority Leader in the Senate, collected the votes earned by Dezarn, he still would’ve fallen about 240 votes short of victory.

Inverso previously served as Senator from 1992-2008.

The Assembly race proved to be tight also, with incumbent Democrats Daniel Benson and Wayne DeAngelo holding onto their seats against Republican challengers Steve Cook and Ronald Haas.

DeAngelo was the top vote-getter, with 31,677 votes, followed by Benson with 30,639 votes. Cook was next with 28,000 votes, and running mate Haas collected 26,111 votes.

Libertarian candidate Sean O’Connor accounted for 888 votes and running mate Steve Uccio received 772 votes.