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2017 New Jersey governor election

Philip Murphy (Democrat) beat Kim Guadagno (Republican) in New Jersey in 2017, 56.0% to 41.9%, a margin of 14.1 points and 303,527 votes.

New Jersey changed party: in 2013 it went Republican, for Chris Christie.

Democrats led in 13 of the 21 counties and Republicans in 8. The largest, Bergen, cast 227,929 votes and went to the Democrat by 15.1 points. The closest was Salem, where 815 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
Philip Murphy won Democratic 1,203,110 56.0%
Kim Guadagno Republican 899,583 41.9%
All other candidates 44,722 2.1%
Total2,147,415

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Bergen 129,265 56.7% 94,904 41.6% 3,760 227,929 D+15.1
Monmouth 79,432 43.0% 101,525 55.0% 3,572 184,529 R+12.0
Middlesex 100,847 57.2% 70,940 40.3% 4,418 176,205 D+17.0
Essex 129,470 79.6% 30,633 18.8% 2,598 162,701 D+60.7
Ocean 56,582 35.8% 98,135 62.1% 3,279 157,996 R+26.3
Morris 65,507 45.1% 77,203 53.1% 2,617 145,327 R+8.0
Burlington 70,453 56.5% 52,191 41.8% 2,070 124,714 D+14.6
Union 79,113 65.2% 39,552 32.6% 2,594 121,259 D+32.6
Camden 81,268 67.2% 37,113 30.7% 2,534 120,915 D+36.5
Hudson 88,271 80.5% 19,236 17.5% 2,170 109,677 D+62.9
Passaic 57,415 60.1% 36,230 38.0% 1,810 95,455 D+22.2
Mercer 59,992 64.9% 30,645 33.1% 1,846 92,483 D+31.7
Somerset 45,935 49.8% 44,231 47.9% 2,107 92,273 D+1.8
Gloucester 42,349 55.2% 32,448 42.3% 1,898 76,695 D+12.9
Atlantic 36,952 55.1% 28,456 42.5% 1,607 67,015 D+12.7
Hunterdon 17,697 39.0% 26,708 58.9% 945 45,350 R+19.9
Sussex 15,431 36.3% 25,401 59.7% 1,717 42,549 R+23.4
Cape May 13,566 44.8% 16,118 53.2% 600 30,284 R+8.4
Warren 10,065 35.4% 17,409 61.2% 958 28,432 R+25.8
Cumberland 15,686 55.3% 11,876 41.8% 828 28,390 D+13.4
Salem 7,814 45.3% 8,629 50.1% 794 17,237 R+4.7

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