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2021 New Jersey governor election

Phil Murphy (Democrat) beat Jack Ciattarelli (Republican) in New Jersey in 2021, 51.2% to 48.0%, a margin of 3.2 points and 84,286 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2017, when Philip Murphy also won.

Republicans led in 11 of the 21 counties and Democrats in 10. The largest, Bergen, cast 276,350 votes and went to the Democrat by 5.6 points. The closest was Cumberland, where 3,816 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
Phil Murphy won Democratic 1,339,471 51.2%
Jack Ciattarelli Republican 1,255,185 48.0%
All other candidates 20,174 0.8%
Total2,614,830

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Bergen 145,150 52.5% 129,644 46.9% 1,556 276,350 D+5.6
Monmouth 96,664 40.3% 141,100 58.8% 2,024 239,788 R+18.5
Ocean 68,615 31.8% 145,756 67.5% 1,439 215,810 R+35.7
Middlesex 116,352 55.7% 90,297 43.3% 2,109 208,758 D+12.5
Morris 81,915 44.1% 102,769 55.3% 1,239 185,923 R+11.2
Essex 132,520 74.0% 45,542 25.4% 1,105 179,167 D+48.5
Burlington 82,877 53.3% 71,772 46.1% 898 155,547 D+7.1
Camden 92,162 61.7% 56,016 37.5% 1,214 149,392 D+24.2
Union 83,913 61.6% 51,279 37.6% 1,126 136,318 D+23.9
Hudson 88,066 73.6% 30,443 25.4% 1,206 119,715 D+48.1
Somerset 58,585 51.5% 54,264 47.7% 823 113,672 D+3.8
Passaic 57,812 51.5% 53,551 47.7% 961 112,324 D+3.8
Mercer 66,151 65.1% 34,617 34.1% 857 101,625 D+31.0
Gloucester 44,959 44.6% 54,976 54.6% 813 100,748 R+9.9
Atlantic 35,736 44.0% 44,977 55.3% 595 81,308 R+11.4
Hunterdon 22,820 40.2% 33,459 58.9% 505 56,784 R+18.7
Sussex 17,346 31.9% 36,310 66.8% 663 54,319 R+34.9
Cape May 14,183 36.7% 24,260 62.8% 218 38,661 R+26.1
Warren 12,774 34.6% 23,739 64.2% 444 36,957 R+29.7
Cumberland 13,978 43.7% 17,794 55.7% 201 31,973 R+11.9
Salem 6,893 35.0% 12,620 64.1% 178 19,691 R+29.1

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