term defeating Phillip Rhudy 54%–45%. 2001 Then Freeholder Sweeney defeated eight-term Republican State Senator Raymond Zane 51%–49%. The race was the most expensive legislative race in New Jersey history at the time, totaling $2.4 million, with Sweeney spending an individual record $1.8 million to triple Zane's spending of $624,000. The record stood until 2003, when $4 million was spent in Fred H. Madden's successful race to unseat George Geist. References External links Political website Senator Sweeney's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 New Jersey Senate Democrats Website Biography Vote Smart biography |- |- 1959 births 21st-century American politicians American people of Irish descent Catholics from New Jersey County commissioners in New Jersey Living people Pennsauken High School alumni People from Pennsauken Township, New Jersey People from West Deptford Township, New Jersey Politicians from Camden, New Jersey Presidents of the New Jersey Senate Democratic Party New Jersey state senators