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1895 New Jersey governor election

John W. Griggs (Republican) beat Alexander T. McGill (Democrat) in New Jersey in 1895, 52.3% to 43.6%, a margin of 8.6 points and 26,900 votes.

New Jersey changed party: in 1892 it went Democratic, for George T. Werts.

Republicans led in 18 of the 21 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 3. The largest, Essex, cast 53,832 votes and went to the Republican by 12.6 points. The closest was Sussex, where 29 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
John W. Griggs won Republican 162,900 52.3%
Alexander T. McGill Democratic 136,000 43.6%
All other candidates 12,709 4.1%
Total311,609

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Essex 22,621 42.0% 29,397 54.6% 1,814 53,832 R+12.6
Hudson 26,847 54.5% 20,943 42.5% 1,498 49,288 D+12.0
Passaic 8,569 39.6% 11,613 53.7% 1,456 21,638 R+14.1
Camden 6,696 33.2% 12,785 63.4% 672 20,153 R+30.2
Mercer 7,878 40.5% 11,100 57.0% 486 19,464 R+16.6
Monmouth 7,836 47.6% 8,197 49.8% 438 16,471 R+2.2
Union 6,887 42.9% 8,401 52.4% 750 16,038 R+9.4
Middlesex 6,487 46.2% 7,241 51.6% 318 14,046 R+5.4
Burlington 5,106 39.5% 7,312 56.5% 516 12,934 R+17.1
Bergen 5,331 45.6% 6,083 52.1% 267 11,681 R+6.4
Morris 4,351 39.1% 6,063 54.5% 716 11,130 R+15.4
Cumberland 3,235 33.9% 5,316 55.6% 1,005 9,556 R+21.8
Hunterdon 4,137 50.8% 3,448 42.3% 562 8,147 D+8.5
Warren 4,023 50.0% 3,375 41.9% 653 8,051 D+8.0
Gloucester 2,929 40.3% 4,065 55.9% 280 7,274 R+15.6
Atlantic 2,482 37.4% 3,853 58.1% 298 6,633 R+20.7
Somerset 2,828 43.6% 3,458 53.4% 195 6,481 R+9.7
Salem 2,845 44.3% 3,331 51.9% 248 6,424 R+7.6
Sussex 2,639 47.8% 2,668 48.4% 209 5,516 R+0.5
Ocean 1,223 30.3% 2,652 65.6% 167 4,042 R+35.4
Cape May 1,050 37.4% 1,599 56.9% 161 2,810 R+19.5

Counties as they stood in 1895; 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