New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2017 (Stronger Together)
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Murphy: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Guadagno: 50–60% 60–70% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The New Jersey gubernatorial election of 2017 was held on November 7, 2017. There were seven candidates. Candidates for Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey run on the same ticket and thus are elected at the same time. Incumbent Republican Governor Chris Christie, who was re-elected to a second term in 2013, was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term.
Primary elections took place on June 6, 2017. Kim Guadagno, Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, won the Republican primary. Woodcliff Lake Mayor Carlos Rendo was her running mate. Phil Murphy, banker and former U.S. Ambassador to Germany, won the Democratic primary. Former State Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver was his running mate. Seth Kaper-Dale ran as the Green Party candidate; his running mate was Lisa Durden. Pete Rohrman ran as the Libertarian Party candidate; his running mate was Karrese Laguerre. Matt Riccardi ran as the Constitution Party candidate. There were two other independent candidates on the ballot.
Polls closed at 8 pm EST. Murphy won the election, receiving 51.8% of the vote against Guadagno's 45.5%. The result was significantly closer than expected, as most pundits expected a wide victory for Murphy.
General election[edit | edit source]
Results by county[edit | edit source]
County | Murphy % | Guadagno % | Other % |
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Atlantic | 51.3% | 46.3% | 2.4% |
Bergen | 51.4% | 47.0% | 1.6% |
Burlington | 51.4% | 46.9% | 1.7% |
Camden | 62.2% | 36.7% | 2.1% |
Cape May | 39.6% | 58.4% | 2.0% |
Cumberland | 50.3% | 46.8% | 2.9% |
Essex | 74.8% | 23.6% | 1.6% |
Gloucester | 50.1% | 47.4% | 2.5% |
Hudson | 75.5% | 22.5% | 2.0% |
Hunterdon | 33.9% | 64.0% | 2.1% |
Mercer | 59.9% | 39.1% | 2.0% |
Middlesex | 52.3% | 45.2% | 2.5% |
Monmouth | 39.1% | 59.8% | 1.9% |
Morris | 40.1% | 58.1% | 1.8% |
Ocean | 30.7% | 67.2% | 2.1% |
Passaic | 55.2% | 42.9% | 1.9% |
Salem | 40.3% | 55.1% | 4.6% |
Somerset | 44.7% | 53.0% | 2.3% |
Sussex | 31.4% | 64.6% | 4.0% |
Union | 60.3% | 37.5% | 2.2% |
Warren | 30.4% | 66.2% | 3.4% |