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Election 1922 Results

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1922 New Jersey governor election

George S. Silzer (Democrat) beat William N. Runyon (Republican) in New Jersey in 1922, 52.2% to 46.8%, a margin of 5.4 points and 43,894 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1919, when Edward I. Edwards won.

Republicans led in 15 of the 21 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6. The largest, Hudson, cast 173,830 votes and went to the Democrat by 46.0 points. The closest was Sussex, where 95 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 S. Silzer won Democratic 427,206 52.2%
William N. Runyon Republican 383,312 46.8%
All other candidates 8,101 1.0%
Total818,619

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hudson 125,861 72.4% 45,956 26.4% 2,013 173,830 D+46.0
Essex 59,091 48.2% 61,970 50.6% 1,467 122,528 R+2.3
Bergen 30,874 50.0% 30,082 48.7% 815 61,771 D+1.3
Camden 23,873 43.9% 29,654 54.5% 888 54,415 R+10.6
Union 26,708 50.1% 25,781 48.4% 772 53,261 D+1.7
Passaic 26,628 51.7% 24,046 46.7% 859 51,533 D+5.0
Middlesex 25,004 57.3% 18,461 42.3% 201 43,666 D+15.0
Monmouth 17,445 46.6% 19,835 53.0% 146 37,426 R+6.4
Mercer 16,843 46.0% 19,512 53.3% 235 36,590 R+7.3
Atlantic 11,529 40.8% 16,675 59.0% 77 28,281 R+18.2
Morris 11,172 41.2% 15,747 58.0% 218 27,137 R+16.9
Burlington 8,632 36.7% 14,824 63.0% 69 23,525 R+26.3
Gloucester 5,434 34.3% 10,346 65.3% 72 15,852 R+31.0
Cumberland 5,265 33.3% 10,462 66.2% 77 15,804 R+32.9
Somerset 6,901 46.8% 7,795 52.9% 38 14,734 R+6.1
Hunterdon 5,278 45.6% 6,268 54.2% 18 11,564 R+8.6
Warren 6,409 56.2% 4,956 43.4% 48 11,413 D+12.7
Salem 3,674 38.9% 5,749 60.8% 30 9,453 R+22.0
Ocean 3,367 38.2% 5,410 61.4% 34 8,811 R+23.2
Cape May 3,087 35.7% 5,557 64.2% 8 8,652 R+28.5
Sussex 4,131 49.3% 4,226 50.5% 16 8,373 R+1.1

Counties as they stood in 1922; 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