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1969 New Jersey governor election

William T. Cahill (Republican) beat Robert B. Meyner (Democrat) in New Jersey in 1969, 59.7% to 38.5%, a margin of 21.2 points and 500,902 votes.

New Jersey changed party: in 1965 it went Democratic, for Richard J. Hughes.

Republicans led in 20 of the 21 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Bergen, cast 348,670 votes and went to the Republican by 27.1 points. The closest was Warren, where 1,896 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
William T. Cahill won Republican 1,411,905 59.7%
Robert B. Meyner Democratic 911,003 38.5%
All other candidates 43,698 1.8%
Total2,366,606

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Bergen 124,304 35.7% 218,908 62.8% 5,458 348,670 R+27.1
Essex 131,479 46.2% 147,188 51.8% 5,681 284,348 R+5.5
Hudson 85,379 41.8% 116,066 56.8% 3,018 204,463 R+15.0
Union 82,618 42.1% 107,997 55.0% 5,785 196,400 R+12.9
Middlesex 73,171 38.2% 114,446 59.7% 4,011 191,628 R+21.5
Passaic 61,816 42.0% 81,079 55.1% 4,320 147,215 R+13.1
Camden 47,667 33.0% 95,170 65.9% 1,477 144,314 R+32.9
Monmouth 47,407 34.0% 89,957 64.5% 2,003 139,367 R+30.5
Morris 38,613 31.5% 82,144 67.0% 1,843 122,600 R+35.5
Mercer 47,421 46.7% 52,041 51.3% 1,995 101,457 R+4.6
Burlington 30,005 37.9% 48,240 60.9% 933 79,178 R+23.0
Ocean 20,085 28.9% 48,076 69.1% 1,415 69,576 R+40.2
Somerset 18,905 28.7% 45,348 68.8% 1,653 65,906 R+40.1
Atlantic 23,004 36.7% 37,662 60.1% 2,030 62,696 R+23.4
Gloucester 20,446 36.4% 35,255 62.7% 511 56,212 R+26.3
Cumberland 14,340 40.0% 21,348 59.6% 143 35,831 R+19.6
Sussex 7,800 31.5% 16,275 65.7% 704 24,779 R+34.2
Warren 13,057 53.6% 11,161 45.8% 163 24,381 D+7.8
Hunterdon 7,047 30.5% 15,830 68.6% 209 23,086 R+38.0
Cape May 8,050 35.2% 14,532 63.6% 274 22,856 R+28.4
Salem 8,389 38.8% 13,182 60.9% 72 21,643 R+22.1

Counties as they stood in 1969; 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