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1919 New Jersey governor election

Edward I. Edwards (Democrat) beat Newton A.K. Bugbee (Republican) in New Jersey in 1919, 49.2% to 45.9%, a margin of 3.3 points and 14,510 votes.

New Jersey changed party: in 1916 it went Republican, for Walter Evans Edge.

Republicans led in 16 of the 21 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 5. The largest, Hudson, cast 87,106 votes and went to the Democrat by 41.5 points. The closest was Hunterdon, where 3 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
Edward I. Edwards won Democratic 217,486 49.2%
Newton A.K. Bugbee Republican 202,976 45.9%
All other candidates 21,592 4.9%
Total442,054

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hudson 59,226 68.0% 23,113 26.5% 4,767 87,106 D+41.5
Essex 39,424 51.9% 33,736 44.4% 2,769 75,929 D+7.5
Camden 13,010 41.7% 16,492 52.8% 1,729 31,231 R+11.1
Passaic 13,455 44.1% 14,944 48.9% 2,141 30,540 R+4.9
Bergen 12,623 41.9% 15,207 50.5% 2,264 30,094 R+8.6
Union 11,498 46.7% 11,664 47.4% 1,434 24,596 R+0.7
Mercer 10,196 45.8% 11,541 51.9% 507 22,244 R+6.0
Middlesex 10,374 47.2% 10,756 49.0% 830 21,960 R+1.7
Monmouth 9,226 45.3% 10,594 52.0% 549 20,369 R+6.7
Morris 5,450 38.3% 8,271 58.2% 497 14,218 R+19.8
Atlantic 4,289 32.5% 8,464 64.1% 459 13,212 R+31.6
Burlington 5,341 40.4% 7,444 56.3% 426 13,211 R+15.9
Gloucester 2,919 32.8% 5,049 56.8% 925 8,893 R+24.0
Cumberland 2,892 35.1% 4,903 59.6% 435 8,230 R+24.4
Somerset 3,312 42.6% 4,192 53.9% 278 7,782 R+11.3
Warren 3,767 53.8% 2,812 40.1% 429 7,008 D+13.6
Hunterdon 3,221 47.7% 3,218 47.6% 317 6,756 level
Salem 2,237 39.5% 3,178 56.1% 246 5,661 R+16.6
Sussex 2,277 49.7% 2,101 45.8% 205 4,583 D+3.8
Ocean 1,397 33.1% 2,653 62.9% 168 4,218 R+29.8
Cape May 1,352 32.1% 2,644 62.8% 217 4,213 R+30.7

Counties as they stood in 1919; 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