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2025 New Jersey governor election

Mikie Sherrill (Democrat) beat Jack Ciattarelli (Republican) in New Jersey in 2025, 56.9% to 42.5%, a margin of 14.4 points and 478,905 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2021, when Phil Murphy won.

Democrats led in 14 of the 21 counties and Republicans in 7. The largest, Bergen, cast 344,661 votes and went to the Democrat by 11.0 points. The closest was Cumberland, where 2,076 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
Mikie Sherrill won Democratic 1,896,610 56.9%
Jack Ciattarelli Republican 1,417,705 42.5%
All other candidates 20,044 0.6%
Total3,334,359

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Bergen 190,461 55.3% 152,682 44.3% 1,518 344,661 D+11.0
Monmouth 131,484 45.8% 154,166 53.7% 1,503 287,153 R+7.9
Middlesex 174,038 62.6% 101,830 36.6% 1,992 277,860 D+26.0
Ocean 90,323 32.6% 185,957 67.0% 1,160 277,440 R+34.5
Essex 188,681 76.9% 55,503 22.6% 1,118 245,302 D+54.3
Morris 116,488 50.9% 111,422 48.7% 1,006 228,916 D+2.2
Burlington 116,774 60.5% 75,342 39.0% 986 193,102 D+21.5
Camden 130,752 68.1% 60,129 31.3% 1,179 192,060 D+36.8
Union 124,470 67.2% 59,646 32.2% 1,162 185,278 D+35.0
Hudson 127,181 74.7% 41,021 24.1% 2,122 170,324 D+50.6
Passaic 86,053 57.7% 61,966 41.6% 1,081 149,100 D+16.2
Somerset 83,355 59.3% 56,095 39.9% 1,037 140,487 D+19.4
Gloucester 67,066 51.9% 61,265 47.4% 935 129,266 D+4.5
Mercer 91,713 71.3% 36,156 28.1% 741 128,610 D+43.2
Atlantic 51,201 51.5% 47,603 47.9% 652 99,456 D+3.6
Hunterdon 31,663 47.4% 34,683 52.0% 401 66,747 R+4.5
Sussex 26,308 40.6% 38,118 58.8% 429 64,855 R+18.2
Warren 19,199 42.2% 25,980 57.1% 326 45,505 R+14.9
Cape May 18,270 41.5% 25,588 58.1% 214 44,072 R+16.6
Cumberland 21,348 52.2% 19,272 47.1% 290 40,910 D+5.1
Salem 9,782 42.1% 13,281 57.1% 192 23,255 R+15.0

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