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Election 1928 Results

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1928 New Jersey governor election

Morgan F. Larson (Republican) beat William L. Dill (Democrat) in New Jersey in 1928, 54.9% to 44.7%, a margin of 10.1 points and 152,277 votes.

New Jersey changed party: in 1925 it went Democratic, for Arthur Harry Moore.

Republicans led in 19 of the 21 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 2. The largest, Essex, cast 280,858 votes and went to the Republican by 2.5 points. The closest was Middlesex, where 752 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
Morgan F. Larson won Republican 824,005 54.9%
William L. Dill Democratic 671,728 44.7%
All other candidates 5,667 0.4%
Total1,501,400

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Essex 135,663 48.3% 142,616 50.8% 2,579 280,858 R+2.5
Hudson 151,361 60.4% 98,818 39.4% 553 250,732 D+21.0
Bergen 56,553 41.7% 78,593 58.0% 408 135,554 R+16.3
Camden 33,597 31.9% 71,555 67.8% 326 105,478 R+36.0
Passaic 52,080 50.3% 50,865 49.1% 572 103,517 D+1.2
Union 42,350 40.9% 60,828 58.8% 326 103,504 R+17.9
Middlesex 35,833 49.3% 36,585 50.4% 211 72,629 R+1.0
Monmouth 28,550 41.2% 40,676 58.7% 65 69,291 R+17.5
Mercer 30,527 45.1% 36,952 54.6% 177 67,656 R+9.5
Atlantic 18,103 33.1% 36,446 66.7% 111 54,660 R+33.6
Morris 18,368 39.7% 27,878 60.2% 70 46,316 R+20.5
Burlington 12,182 31.7% 26,249 68.3% 29 38,460 R+36.6
Gloucester 7,760 26.3% 21,682 73.5% 64 29,506 R+47.2
Cumberland 7,440 26.0% 21,095 73.8% 32 28,567 R+47.8
Somerset 9,075 38.6% 14,423 61.3% 34 23,532 R+22.7
Warren 7,851 40.9% 11,320 58.9% 39 19,210 R+18.1
Ocean 5,067 31.9% 10,794 67.9% 27 15,888 R+36.0
Hunterdon 5,920 38.1% 9,608 61.8% 23 15,551 R+23.7
Cape May 4,147 28.4% 10,451 71.6% 8 14,606 R+43.2
Salem 4,250 29.5% 10,125 70.4% 8 14,383 R+40.8
Sussex 5,051 43.9% 6,446 56.0% 5 11,502 R+12.1

Counties as they stood in 1928; 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