It was a sweep for Monmouth County's GOP in the state legislative elections Tuesday where the party won four Senate seats and eight General Assembly seats.

Each of the 40 electoral districts in New Jersey elects one State Senator and two Assembly representatives to the New Jersey Legislature. 

Recent redistricting threatened to throw incumbents a curve ball as some legislators straddled service in one district and an election in another. But Republicans Jen Beck (D-11) and Declan O'Scanlon (D-13), two of those who were redistricted, came out with clear majorities. Senator Beck taking about 57 percent of the vote and Assemblyman O'Scanlon and his running mate, Assemblywoman Amy Handlin, taking about 29 and 30 percent of the vote, respectively.

Sen. Sean Kane moved down to the lower house with his successful bid for a General Assembly seat in District 30 after redistricting pitted him against his buddy Sen. Robert Singer, whom voters also approved for office again.

You can read more about the breakdown of the new districts here on Patch. 

Legislative elections are held in November of odd-numbered years, with members serving two-year terms. 

Here are the results of the 2011 Monmouth County legislative races, from the Monmouth County Board of Elections

District 11

Senate race

• Jennifer Beck (R)* - 20,156
• Ray Santiago (D) - 15,149

Assembly race 

• Caroline Casagrande (R)* - 18,679
• Mary Pat Angelini (R)* - 18,420
• Vin Gopal (D) - 15,333
• Kathleen Horgan (D) 15,000
• Dan Jacobson (I) - 2,340

District 12 

Senate race

• Samuel D. Thompson (R)* - 6,089
• Robert Brown (D) - 4,182

 Assembly race 

• Robert Clifton (R) - 6,090
• Ronald Stanley Dancer (R) - 6,155
• Bill Spedding (D) - 3,995
• Catherine Tinney Rome (D) - 4,076

District 13 

Senate race

• Joseph Kyrillos, Jr. (R)* - 24,041
• Christopher G. Cullen (D) - 14,739
• Karen Anne Zaletel (I) - 515
• Stephen J. Boracchio (I) - 554
• MacDara F. Lyden (I) - 257

Assembly race

• Amy Handlin (R)* - 23,993
• Declan O'Scanlon (R)* - 22,685
• Patrick Short (D) - 15,286
• Kevin M. Lavan (D) - 15,118
• Frank Cottone (I) - 830
• William Lawton (I) - 751

District 30

Senate race 

• Robert Singer (R)* - 12,991
• Steve Morlino (D) - 7,419

Assembly race

• Sen. Sean Kane (R) running for state assembly - 14,058
• David Rible (R)* - 12,704
• Howard Kleinhendler (D) - 6,451
• Shaun O'Rourke (D) - 7,112
• David Schneck (I) - 729