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Election 1993 Results

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1993 New Jersey governor election

Christine T. Whitman (Republican) beat James J. Florio (Democrat) in New Jersey in 1993, 49.3% to 48.3%, a margin of 1.0 point and 26,093 votes.

New Jersey changed party: in 1989 it went Democratic, for James J. Florio.

Republicans led in 12 of the 21 counties and Democrats in 9. The largest, Bergen, cast 310,691 votes and went to the Republican by 3.3 points. The closest was Union, where 193 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
Christine T. Whitman won Republican 1,236,124 49.3%
James J. Florio Democratic 1,210,031 48.3%
All other candidates 59,809 2.4%
Total2,505,964

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Bergen 147,387 47.4% 157,710 50.8% 5,594 310,691 R+3.3
Middlesex 105,679 49.0% 104,381 48.4% 5,738 215,798 D+0.6
Monmouth 87,006 42.8% 111,303 54.8% 4,859 203,168 R+12.0
Essex 116,891 58.7% 78,824 39.6% 3,436 199,151 D+19.1
Ocean 78,132 45.7% 87,943 51.4% 4,879 170,954 R+5.7
Morris 58,028 36.4% 98,715 61.9% 2,789 159,532 R+25.5
Union 76,552 48.8% 76,359 48.7% 3,950 156,861 D+0.1
Camden 93,686 62.3% 52,297 34.8% 4,342 150,325 D+27.5
Hudson 80,013 58.7% 54,144 39.7% 2,217 136,374 D+19.0
Passaic 55,086 44.6% 65,220 52.9% 3,083 123,389 R+8.2
Burlington 59,095 48.1% 59,760 48.7% 3,951 122,806 R+0.5
Mercer 50,840 45.9% 57,599 52.0% 2,407 110,846 R+6.1
Somerset 36,046 38.6% 55,444 59.3% 1,933 93,423 R+20.8
Gloucester 41,931 55.3% 31,252 41.2% 2,709 75,892 D+14.1
Atlantic 38,186 58.4% 25,833 39.5% 1,328 65,347 D+18.9
Sussex 13,052 30.3% 28,614 66.5% 1,373 43,039 R+36.2
Hunterdon 12,909 30.6% 28,304 67.0% 1,024 42,237 R+36.4
Cape May 19,904 53.3% 16,518 44.2% 922 37,344 D+9.1
Cumberland 18,231 50.2% 17,066 47.0% 1,028 36,325 D+3.2
Warren 12,215 39.4% 17,667 57.0% 1,101 30,983 R+17.6
Salem 9,162 42.7% 11,171 52.0% 1,146 21,479 R+9.4

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