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.

Three Democrats and two Republicans did not vote. There is one vacancy on the Senate, which has 40 seats.

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.