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2005 New Jersey governor election

Jon S. Corzine (Democrat) beat Doug Forrester (Republican) in New Jersey in 2005, 53.5% to 43.0%, a margin of 10.4 points and 239,280 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2001, when James McGreevey won.

Democrats led in 13 of the 21 counties and Republicans in 8. The largest, Bergen, cast 256,019 votes and went to the Democrat by 13.4 points. The closest was Salem, where 449 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
Jon S. Corzine won Democratic 1,224,551 53.5%
Doug Forrester Republican 985,271 43.0%
All other candidates 80,277 3.5%
Total2,290,099

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Bergen 142,319 55.6% 108,017 42.2% 5,683 256,019 D+13.4
Monmouth 85,187 43.8% 101,085 51.9% 8,376 194,648 R+8.2
Middlesex 107,176 56.0% 75,021 39.2% 9,085 191,282 D+16.8
Essex 131,312 72.7% 45,789 25.4% 3,456 180,557 D+47.4
Ocean 71,953 41.6% 93,693 54.2% 7,242 172,888 R+12.6
Morris 60,986 41.3% 82,550 56.0% 3,997 147,533 R+14.6
Union 77,982 59.2% 50,036 38.0% 3,677 131,695 D+21.2
Burlington 64,421 50.5% 57,908 45.4% 5,203 127,532 D+5.1
Camden 76,955 60.4% 45,079 35.4% 5,458 127,492 D+25.0
Hudson 87,409 75.4% 25,769 22.2% 2,691 115,869 D+53.2
Passaic 61,803 57.9% 41,532 38.9% 3,413 106,748 D+19.0
Mercer 56,592 57.1% 38,871 39.2% 3,596 99,059 D+17.9
Somerset 40,459 43.3% 49,406 52.8% 3,661 93,526 R+9.6
Gloucester 41,128 53.2% 33,225 43.0% 3,004 77,357 D+10.2
Atlantic 34,539 53.3% 28,004 43.2% 2,238 64,781 D+10.1
Hunterdon 15,004 33.6% 27,521 61.6% 2,179 44,704 R+28.0
Sussex 14,854 35.1% 25,283 59.7% 2,182 42,319 R+24.6
Cumberland 18,580 57.2% 12,692 39.0% 1,231 32,503 D+18.1
Cape May 14,375 45.2% 16,179 50.9% 1,243 31,797 R+5.7
Warren 11,460 36.8% 18,003 57.9% 1,654 31,117 R+21.0
Salem 10,057 48.6% 9,608 46.5% 1,008 20,673 D+2.2

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