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Election 1928 Results

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1928 US Senate election in New Jersey

Hamilton F. Kean (Republican) beat Edward I. Edwards (Democrat) in New Jersey in 1928, 57.9% to 41.8%, a margin of 16.0 points and 233,129 votes.

New Jersey changed party: in 1922 it went Democratic, for Edward I. Edwards.

Republicans led in 20 of the 21 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Essex, cast 270,731 votes and went to the Republican by 13.9 points. The closest was Middlesex, where 3,192 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.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Hamilton F. Kean won Republican 841,752 57.9%
Edward I. Edwards Democratic 608,623 41.8%
All other candidates 4,252 0.3%
Total1,454,627

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Essex 116,125 42.9% 153,755 56.8% 851 270,731 R+13.9
Hudson 150,640 61.1% 95,501 38.7% 557 246,698 D+22.4
Bergen 49,119 37.8% 80,133 61.7% 521 129,773 R+23.9
Camden 32,012 30.7% 71,885 69.0% 341 104,238 R+38.3
Union 38,541 38.3% 61,703 61.3% 359 100,603 R+23.0
Passaic 44,769 44.9% 54,184 54.4% 657 99,610 R+9.5
Middlesex 33,198 47.5% 36,390 52.1% 261 69,849 R+4.6
Monmouth 24,692 37.0% 41,896 62.8% 86 66,674 R+25.8
Mercer 28,591 43.2% 37,469 56.6% 198 66,258 R+13.4
Atlantic 17,004 32.0% 36,160 68.0% 29 53,193 R+36.0
Morris 15,258 34.2% 29,218 65.6% 84 44,560 R+31.3
Burlington 10,883 29.3% 26,182 70.6% 30 37,095 R+41.2
Gloucester 6,666 23.1% 22,146 76.7% 61 28,873 R+53.6
Cumberland 6,381 23.6% 20,639 76.3% 31 27,051 R+52.7
Somerset 7,894 34.9% 14,672 64.9% 49 22,615 R+30.0
Warren 6,676 36.1% 11,772 63.7% 40 18,488 R+27.6
Ocean 4,238 28.1% 10,816 71.7% 25 15,079 R+43.6
Hunterdon 5,024 34.3% 9,608 65.5% 34 14,666 R+31.3
Salem 3,599 25.7% 10,373 74.2% 15 13,987 R+48.4
Cape May 3,731 26.8% 10,187 73.1% 10 13,928 R+46.4
Sussex 3,582 33.6% 7,063 66.3% 13 10,658 R+32.7

Counties as they stood in 1928; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

New Jersey Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Andy Kim (D) D+9.6
2020 Cory Booker (D) D+16.3
2018 Robert Menendez (D) D+11.2
2014 Cory A. Booker (D) D+13.5
2012 Robert Menendez (D) D+19.5
2008 Frank R. Lautenberg (D) D+14.1
2006 Bob Menendez (D) D+9.0
2002 Frank R. Lautenberg (D) D+9.9
2000 Jon S. Corzine (D) D+3.0
1996 Robert Torricelli (D) D+10.2
1994 Frank Lautenberg (D) D+3.3
1990 Bill Bradley (D) D+3.0
1988 Frank R. Lautenberg (D) D+8.4
1984 Bill Bradley (D) D+29.3
1982 Frank R. Lautenberg (D) D+3.1
1978 Bill Bradley (D) D+12.2
1976 Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D) D+22.6
1972 Clifford P. Case (R) R+27.9
1970 Harrison Williams Jr. (D) D+11.9
1966 Clifford P. Case (R) R+23.0
1964 Harrison Williams Jr. (D) D+24.6
1960 Clifford P. Case (R) R+12.5
1958 Harrison Williams Jr. (D) D+4.5
1954 Clifford P. Case (R) R+0.2
1952 H. Alexander Smith (R) R+11.9
1948 Robert C. Hendrickson (R) R+2.7
1946 H. Alexander Smith (R) R+18.4
1942 Albert W. Hawkes (R) R+7.3
1940 W. Warren Barbour (R) R+11.0
1936 William H. Smathers (D) D+10.6
1934 A. Harry Moore (D) D+17.1
1930 Dwight T. Morrow (R) R+19.5
1928 Hamilton F. Kean (R) R+16.0
1924 Walter E. Edge (R) R+28.2
1922 Edward I. Edwards (D) D+10.9
1918 Walter E. Edge (R) R+7.1
1916 Joseph Frelinghuysen (R) R+17.1