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Election 1925 Results

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1925 New Jersey governor election

Arthur Harry Moore (Democrat) beat Arthur Whitney (Republican) in New Jersey in 1925, 51.9% to 47.6%, a margin of 4.2 points and 38,428 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1922, when George S. Silzer won.

Republicans led in 18 of the 21 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 3. The largest, Hudson, cast 201,997 votes and went to the Democrat by 51.5 points. The closest was Essex, where 291 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
Arthur Harry Moore won Democratic 471,549 51.9%
Arthur Whitney Republican 433,121 47.6%
All other candidates 4,492 0.5%
Total909,162

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hudson 152,582 75.5% 48,587 24.1% 828 201,997 D+51.5
Essex 65,158 49.6% 65,449 49.9% 661 131,268 R+0.2
Bergen 33,507 42.4% 45,013 57.0% 472 78,992 R+14.6
Passaic 28,791 51.7% 26,421 47.4% 517 55,729 D+4.3
Camden 22,525 41.4% 31,431 57.8% 448 54,404 R+16.4
Union 23,552 43.9% 29,813 55.6% 239 53,604 R+11.7
Middlesex 26,873 53.0% 23,672 46.7% 173 50,718 D+6.3
Monmouth 20,390 46.3% 23,618 53.6% 73 44,081 R+7.3
Mercer 19,276 49.2% 19,801 50.6% 88 39,165 R+1.3
Atlantic 13,207 41.1% 18,739 58.3% 221 32,167 R+17.2
Morris 12,284 39.4% 18,748 60.1% 137 31,169 R+20.7
Burlington 8,473 37.4% 14,111 62.3% 60 22,644 R+24.9
Gloucester 5,901 34.5% 11,008 64.4% 178 17,087 R+29.9
Somerset 6,835 41.7% 9,506 58.0% 40 16,381 R+16.3
Cumberland 5,475 33.7% 10,675 65.7% 90 16,240 R+32.0
Warren 5,733 45.7% 6,737 53.7% 65 12,535 R+8.0
Hunterdon 5,393 45.5% 6,418 54.1% 43 11,854 R+8.6
Ocean 4,116 37.8% 6,744 61.9% 31 10,891 R+24.1
Salem 3,813 37.4% 6,324 62.0% 65 10,202 R+24.6
Sussex 4,354 47.2% 4,836 52.4% 34 9,224 R+5.2
Cape May 3,311 37.6% 5,470 62.1% 29 8,810 R+24.5

Counties as they stood in 1925; 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