NJ: How the Senators Voted on Gay Marriage

The 20-14 roll call vote by which the New Jersey Senate on Thursday defeated a bill to legalize gay marriage. Voting "no" were 6 Democrats and 14 Republicans. Voting "yes" were 13 Democrats and 1 Republican. It would have taken 21 "yes" votes to pass. Democrats - Yes Buono, Metuchen; Codey, West Orange; Cunningham, Jersey City; Gill, Montclair; Gordon, Fair Lawn; Lesniak, Elizabeth; Ruiz, Newark; Scutari, Linden; Smith, Piscataway; Stack, Union City; Vitale, Woodbridge; Weinberg, Teaneck; Whalen, Atlantic City. Democrats - No Girgenti, Hawthorne; Madden, Washington Township, Gloucester County; Rice, Newark; Sacco, North Bergen; Turner, Trenton; Van Drew, Dennis. Democrats - Not voting Beach, Voorhees; Sarlo, Wood-Ridge; Sweeney, West Deptford. Republicans - Yes Baroni, Hamilton. Republicans - No Bateman, Branchburg; Beck, Red Bank; Bucco, Denville; Cardinale, Demarest; Connors, Surf City; Doherty, Washington Township, Warren County; Haines, Springfield; S. Kean, Wall; T. Kean, Westfield; Kyrillos, Middletown; Oroho, Franklin Borough; O'Toole, Cedar Grove; Pennacchio, Montville; Singer, Lakewood. Republicans - Not voting Allen, Edgewater Park; Ciesla, Brick. Full Story from the Daily Record: http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20100108/UPDATES01/301080003/1005/NEWS01

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