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Election 2001 Results

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2001 New Jersey governor election

James McGreevey (Democrat) beat Bret Schundler (Republican) in New Jersey in 2001, 56.4% to 41.7%, a margin of 14.8 points and 328,679 votes.

New Jersey changed party: in 1997 it went Republican, for Christine T. Whitman.

Democrats led in 15 of the 21 counties and Republicans in 6. The largest, Bergen, cast 254,542 votes and went to the Democrat by 11.4 points. The closest was Cape May, where 353 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
James McGreevey won Democratic 1,256,853 56.4%
Bret Schundler Republican 928,174 41.7%
All other candidates 42,138 1.9%
Total2,227,165

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Bergen 140,215 55.1% 111,221 43.7% 3,106 254,542 D+11.4
Middlesex 117,061 62.7% 66,749 35.7% 2,999 186,809 D+26.9
Monmouth 91,838 49.5% 89,987 48.5% 3,647 185,472 D+1.0
Essex 129,406 71.9% 48,540 27.0% 2,083 180,029 D+44.9
Ocean 84,538 51.2% 77,726 47.1% 2,690 164,954 D+4.1
Morris 60,948 42.8% 79,350 55.8% 1,942 142,240 R+12.9
Union 79,682 60.3% 50,780 38.4% 1,790 132,252 D+21.9
Hudson 85,074 68.8% 37,440 30.3% 1,224 123,738 D+38.5
Camden 78,169 64.6% 40,063 33.1% 2,728 120,960 D+31.5
Burlington 62,697 55.4% 48,098 42.5% 2,437 113,232 D+12.9
Passaic 62,390 58.1% 43,806 40.8% 1,238 107,434 D+17.3
Mercer 57,513 60.9% 31,705 33.6% 5,148 94,366 D+27.3
Somerset 39,110 45.6% 44,815 52.2% 1,903 85,828 R+6.6
Gloucester 41,083 58.1% 28,210 39.9% 1,392 70,685 D+18.2
Atlantic 38,623 57.5% 27,547 41.0% 995 67,165 D+16.5
Hunterdon 13,911 35.3% 23,059 58.4% 2,484 39,454 R+23.2
Sussex 14,641 37.5% 23,478 60.1% 957 39,076 R+22.6
Cape May 17,118 48.5% 17,471 49.5% 735 35,324 R+1.0
Cumberland 19,445 57.7% 13,583 40.3% 668 33,696 D+17.4
Warren 12,554 42.3% 15,668 52.8% 1,432 29,654 R+10.5
Salem 10,837 53.5% 8,878 43.8% 540 20,255 D+9.7

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