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2013 New Jersey governor election

Chris Christie (Republican) beat Barbara Buono (Democrat) in New Jersey in 2013, 60.3% to 38.2%, a margin of 22.1 points and 468,954 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2009, when Chris Christie also won.

Republicans led in 19 of the 21 counties and Democrats in 2. The largest, Bergen, cast 226,069 votes and went to the Republican by 21.6 points. The closest was Union, where 4,266 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
Chris Christie won Republican 1,278,932 60.3%
Barbara Buono Democratic 809,978 38.2%
All other candidates 31,956 1.5%
Total2,120,866

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Bergen 87,376 38.7% 136,178 60.2% 2,515 226,069 R+21.6
Monmouth 48,477 27.8% 123,417 70.7% 2,753 174,647 R+42.9
Middlesex 70,225 40.3% 101,619 58.3% 2,468 174,312 R+18.0
Ocean 37,930 22.8% 125,781 75.8% 2,311 166,022 R+52.9
Essex 95,747 61.9% 57,353 37.0% 1,705 154,805 D+24.8
Morris 39,824 28.2% 98,888 70.1% 2,382 141,094 R+41.9
Burlington 46,161 36.3% 79,220 62.3% 1,698 127,079 R+26.0
Camden 51,546 43.7% 64,545 54.8% 1,786 117,877 R+11.0
Union 53,869 47.4% 58,135 51.2% 1,560 113,564 R+3.8
Passaic 46,825 46.0% 53,858 52.9% 1,140 101,823 R+6.9
Hudson 53,386 54.7% 42,567 43.6% 1,632 97,585 D+11.1
Mercer 43,282 46.3% 48,530 51.9% 1,621 93,433 R+5.6
Somerset 26,913 30.8% 58,981 67.6% 1,419 87,313 R+36.7
Gloucester 27,060 34.3% 50,640 64.1% 1,285 78,985 R+29.9
Atlantic 25,557 36.1% 43,975 62.2% 1,166 70,698 R+26.1
Hunterdon 10,425 24.5% 31,292 73.5% 842 42,559 R+49.0
Sussex 10,704 25.5% 29,873 71.1% 1,419 41,996 R+45.6
Cape May 8,798 26.8% 23,531 71.6% 519 32,848 R+44.9
Cumberland 13,129 41.5% 17,943 56.7% 595 31,667 R+15.2
Warren 6,855 25.1% 19,858 72.6% 645 27,358 R+47.5
Salem 5,889 30.8% 12,748 66.6% 495 19,132 R+35.9

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