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1954 US Senate election in New Jersey

Clifford P. Case (Republican) beat Charles R. Howell (Democrat) in New Jersey in 1954, 48.7% to 48.5%, a margin of 0.2 points and 3,370 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1948, when Robert C. Hendrickson won.

Republicans led in 13 of the 21 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 8. The largest, Essex, cast 275,688 votes and went to the Democrat by 2.9 points. The closest was Salem, where 280 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
Clifford P. Case won Republican 861,528 48.7%
Charles R. Howell Democratic 858,158 48.5%
All other candidates 50,871 2.9%
Total1,770,557

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Essex 137,245 49.8% 129,375 46.9% 9,068 275,688 D+2.9
Hudson 143,503 61.1% 74,830 31.9% 16,404 234,737 D+29.3
Bergen 84,291 38.1% 131,483 59.4% 5,643 221,417 R+21.3
Union 63,182 41.0% 83,896 54.4% 7,092 154,170 R+13.4
Passaic 58,782 49.4% 57,674 48.4% 2,640 119,096 D+0.9
Middlesex 65,128 57.7% 44,474 39.4% 3,313 112,915 D+18.3
Camden 63,095 57.4% 46,117 42.0% 667 109,879 D+15.5
Monmouth 35,232 42.4% 46,259 55.7% 1,514 83,005 R+13.3
Mercer 50,306 63.0% 28,944 36.2% 661 79,911 D+26.7
Morris 19,988 30.4% 44,087 67.2% 1,579 65,654 R+36.7
Atlantic 20,315 37.3% 33,936 62.4% 165 54,416 R+25.0
Burlington 25,321 54.5% 21,039 45.3% 122 46,482 D+9.2
Gloucester 17,978 46.8% 20,342 53.0% 63 38,383 R+6.2
Somerset 13,250 40.5% 18,587 56.8% 877 32,714 R+16.3
Cumberland 14,711 48.9% 15,328 50.9% 61 30,100 R+2.0
Ocean 9,001 33.7% 17,390 65.2% 289 26,680 R+31.4
Warren 10,736 52.7% 9,474 46.5% 144 20,354 D+6.2
Cape May 6,622 34.9% 12,308 64.9% 34 18,964 R+30.0
Salem 8,319 49.1% 8,599 50.8% 22 16,940 R+1.7
Hunterdon 6,397 41.6% 8,618 56.1% 354 15,369 R+14.5
Sussex 4,756 34.8% 8,768 64.1% 159 13,683 R+29.3

Counties as they stood in 1954; 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