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Election 1984 Results

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1984 US Senate election in New Jersey

Bill Bradley (Democrat) beat Mary V. Mochary (Republican) in New Jersey in 1984, 64.2% to 34.9%, a margin of 29.3 points and 906,544 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1978, when Bill Bradley also won.

Democrats led in 21 of the 21 counties as they stood then. The largest, Bergen, cast 412,789 votes and went to the Democrat by 27.8 points. The closest was Hunterdon, where 3,025 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
Bill Bradley won Democratic 1,986,644 64.2%
Mary V. Mochary Republican 1,080,100 34.9%
All other candidates 29,712 1.0%
Total3,096,456

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Bergen 262,694 63.6% 148,080 35.9% 2,015 412,789 D+27.8
Essex 219,902 73.4% 76,179 25.4% 3,530 299,611 D+48.0
Middlesex 172,478 66.4% 83,617 32.2% 3,699 259,794 D+34.2
Monmouth 142,084 63.4% 80,093 35.7% 1,914 224,091 D+27.7
Union 142,320 65.0% 74,446 34.0% 2,102 218,868 D+31.0
Hudson 137,352 68.6% 60,844 30.4% 1,978 200,174 D+38.2
Camden 131,827 68.1% 60,581 31.3% 1,234 193,642 D+36.8
Morris 106,678 57.5% 77,683 41.9% 1,154 185,515 D+15.6
Ocean 94,076 54.7% 75,923 44.1% 2,033 172,032 D+10.6
Passaic 101,217 62.0% 59,468 36.4% 2,606 163,291 D+25.6
Burlington 89,463 63.5% 50,653 36.0% 737 140,853 D+27.6
Mercer 94,782 72.0% 35,745 27.2% 1,036 131,563 D+44.9
Somerset 55,757 58.0% 38,862 40.4% 1,562 96,181 D+17.6
Gloucester 56,072 64.8% 30,096 34.8% 421 86,589 D+30.0
Atlantic 47,478 60.9% 29,447 37.8% 1,020 77,945 D+23.1
Cumberland 29,520 61.6% 17,338 36.2% 1,097 47,955 D+25.4
Sussex 25,334 53.8% 21,494 45.6% 264 47,092 D+8.2
Cape May 21,859 54.1% 18,365 45.4% 209 40,433 D+8.6
Hunterdon 20,864 53.1% 17,839 45.4% 611 39,314 D+7.7
Warren 18,987 58.4% 13,248 40.7% 283 32,518 D+17.6
Salem 15,900 60.7% 10,099 38.5% 207 26,206 D+22.1

Counties as they stood in 1984; 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