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1892 New Jersey governor election

George T. Werts (Democrat) beat John Kean Jr. (Republican) in New Jersey in 1892, 49.7% to 47.4%, a margin of 2.3 points and 7,625 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1889, when Leon Abbett won.

Democrats led in 12 of the 21 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 9. The largest, Essex, cast 60,150 votes and went to the Republican by 0.2 points. The closest was Salem, where 32 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
George T. Werts won Democratic 167,257 49.7%
John Kean Jr. Republican 159,632 47.4%
All other candidates 9,982 3.0%
Total336,871

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Essex 30,002 49.9% 30,148 50.1% 60,150 R+0.2
Hudson 30,883 54.9% 24,526 43.6% 847 56,256 D+11.3
Passaic 11,419 49.5% 11,629 50.5% 23,048 R+0.9
Camden 9,890 45.9% 11,153 51.7% 519 21,562 R+5.9
Mercer 9,196 46.8% 9,970 50.8% 478 19,644 R+3.9
Monmouth 9,521 55.1% 7,744 44.9% 17,265 D+10.3
Union 8,979 53.4% 7,851 46.6% 16,830 D+6.7
Middlesex 8,165 56.7% 6,247 43.3% 14,412 D+13.3
Burlington 6,688 46.9% 7,053 49.4% 532 14,273 R+2.6
Morris 6,579 53.4% 5,735 46.6% 12,314 D+6.9
Bergen 5,791 52.4% 5,098 46.1% 166 11,055 D+6.3
Cumberland 5,441 49.3% 5,605 50.7% 11,046 R+1.5
Hunterdon 4,971 53.6% 3,587 38.7% 719 9,277 D+14.9
Warren 5,145 57.8% 3,226 36.2% 534 8,905 D+21.5
Gloucester 3,722 49.5% 3,804 50.5% 7,526 R+1.1
Somerset 3,376 48.8% 3,321 48.0% 224 6,921 D+0.8
Salem 3,191 48.0% 3,159 47.6% 292 6,642 D+0.5
Atlantic 3,022 45.6% 3,310 50.0% 293 6,625 R+4.3
Sussex 3,359 58.1% 2,421 41.9% 5,780 D+16.2
Ocean 1,749 40.1% 2,608 59.9% 4,357 R+19.7
Cape May 1,546 51.8% 1,437 48.2% 2,983 D+3.7

Counties as they stood in 1892; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

New Jersey governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2025 Mikie Sherrill (D) D+14.4
2021 Phil Murphy (D) D+3.2
2017 Philip Murphy (D) D+14.1
2013 Chris Christie (R) R+22.1
2009 Chris Christie (R) R+3.6
2005 Jon S. Corzine (D) D+10.4
2001 James McGreevey (D) D+14.8
1997 Christine T. Whitman (R) R+1.1
1993 Christine T. Whitman (R) R+1.0
1989 James J. Florio (D) D+24.0
1985 Thomas H. Kean (R) R+40.3
1981 Thomas H. Kean (R) R+0.1
1977 Brendan T. Byrne (D) D+13.9
1973 Brendan T. Byrne (D) D+34.8
1969 William T. Cahill (R) R+21.2
1965 Richard J. Hughes (D) D+16.3
1961 Richard J. Hughes (D) D+1.6
1957 Robert B. Meyner (D) D+10.1
1953 Robert B. Meyner (D) D+8.5
1949 Alfred Eastlack Driscoll (R) R+4.4
1946 Alfred Eastlack Driscoll (R) R+15.7
1943 Walter E. Edge (R) R+11.1
1940 Charles Edison (D) D+3.3
1937 Arthur Harry Moore (D) D+3.1
1934 Harold G. Hoffman (R) R+0.9
1931 A. Harry Moore (D) D+18.1
1928 Morgan F. Larson (R) R+10.1
1925 Arthur Harry Moore (D) D+4.2
1922 George S. Silzer (D) D+5.4
1919 Edward I. Edwards (D) D+3.3
1916 Walter Evans Edge (R) R+15.6
1913 James Fairman Fielder (D) D+8.8
1910 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+11.3
1907 John Franklin Fort (R) R+2.0
1904 Edward C. Stokes (R) R+11.9
1901 Franklin Murphy (R) R+4.7
1898 Foster M. Voorhees (R) R+1.6
1895 John W. Griggs (R) R+8.6
1892 George T. Werts (D) D+2.3
1889 Leon Abbett (D) D+5.3
1886 Robert S. Green (D) D+3.5
1883 Leon Abbett (D) D+3.3
1880 George C. Ludlow (D) D+0.3
1877 George B. McClellan (D) D+6.7
1874 Joseph D. Bedle (D) D+7.3
1871 Joel Parker (D) D+3.8
1868 Theodore F. Randolph (D) D+2.8
1865 Marcus Lawrence Ward (R) R+2.1