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1934 New Jersey governor election

Harold G. Hoffman (Republican) beat William L. Dill (Democrat) in New Jersey in 1934, 49.9% to 49.0%, a margin of 0.9 points and 12,434 votes.

New Jersey changed party: in 1931 it went Democratic, for A. Harry Moore.

Republicans led in 17 of the 21 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 4. The largest, Hudson, cast 240,656 votes and went to the Democrat by 37.1 points. The closest was Warren, where 388 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
Harold G. Hoffman won Republican 686,530 49.9%
William L. Dill Democratic 674,096 49.0%
All other candidates 15,192 1.1%
Total1,375,818

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hudson 164,104 68.2% 74,908 31.1% 1,644 240,656 D+37.1
Essex 105,031 51.0% 98,644 47.9% 2,371 206,046 D+3.1
Bergen 61,528 43.9% 77,217 55.1% 1,510 140,255 R+11.2
Union 46,464 45.4% 54,822 53.6% 1,083 102,369 R+8.2
Camden 37,391 40.6% 51,824 56.3% 2,891 92,106 R+15.7
Passaic 41,317 47.5% 43,817 50.4% 1,839 86,973 R+2.9
Middlesex 39,251 50.1% 38,601 49.2% 568 78,420 D+0.8
Monmouth 27,474 41.5% 38,454 58.1% 290 66,218 R+16.6
Mercer 26,694 47.5% 28,835 51.3% 696 56,225 R+3.8
Atlantic 22,804 40.9% 32,761 58.7% 241 55,806 R+17.8
Morris 16,240 38.0% 26,031 60.9% 461 42,732 R+22.9
Burlington 12,221 36.7% 20,811 62.6% 231 33,263 R+25.8
Gloucester 11,219 38.0% 17,930 60.7% 390 29,539 R+22.7
Cumberland 12,413 42.9% 16,273 56.3% 239 28,925 R+13.3
Somerset 11,246 44.3% 13,904 54.8% 208 25,358 R+10.5
Ocean 5,600 32.5% 11,535 66.8% 121 17,256 R+34.4
Warren 8,460 50.7% 8,072 48.4% 146 16,678 D+2.3
Cape May 6,747 41.6% 9,409 58.1% 45 16,201 R+16.4
Salem 6,195 40.3% 9,048 58.9% 113 15,356 R+18.6
Hunterdon 6,471 46.0% 7,543 53.6% 58 14,072 R+7.6
Sussex 5,226 46.0% 6,091 53.6% 47 11,364 R+7.6

Counties as they stood in 1934; 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