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Election 1994 Results

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1994 US Senate election in New Jersey

Frank Lautenberg (Democrat) beat Chuck Haytaian (Republican) in New Jersey in 1994, 50.3% to 47.0%, a margin of 3.3 points and 67,243 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1988, when Frank R. Lautenberg also won.

Democrats led in 12 of the 21 counties and Republicans in 9. The largest, Bergen, cast 258,260 votes and went to the Democrat by 3.3 points. The closest was Cumberland, where 199 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
Frank Lautenberg won Democratic 1,033,487 50.3%
Chuck Haytaian Republican 966,244 47.0%
All other candidates 55,156 2.7%
Total2,054,887

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Bergen 131,252 50.8% 122,843 47.6% 4,165 258,260 D+3.3
Essex 107,082 62.7% 60,671 35.5% 3,116 170,869 D+27.2
Middlesex 90,873 53.6% 72,787 42.9% 5,993 169,653 D+10.7
Monmouth 75,636 46.4% 83,534 51.2% 3,888 163,058 R+4.8
Ocean 59,405 42.5% 76,250 54.6% 3,976 139,631 R+12.1
Union 70,904 53.0% 60,195 45.0% 2,661 133,760 D+8.0
Morris 49,241 38.7% 75,717 59.5% 2,237 127,195 R+20.8
Camden 70,288 58.5% 44,799 37.3% 5,058 120,145 D+21.2
Hudson 67,532 64.8% 34,211 32.8% 2,430 104,173 D+32.0
Burlington 50,473 49.3% 47,974 46.9% 3,912 102,359 D+2.4
Passaic 48,067 49.2% 47,152 48.2% 2,563 97,782 D+0.9
Mercer 46,175 53.8% 37,266 43.4% 2,432 85,873 D+10.4
Somerset 31,978 41.7% 42,812 55.8% 1,931 76,721 R+14.1
Gloucester 34,458 50.6% 30,429 44.7% 3,231 68,118 D+5.9
Atlantic 29,161 52.6% 25,071 45.2% 1,257 55,489 D+7.4
Sussex 11,332 31.0% 24,024 65.7% 1,195 36,551 R+34.7
Hunterdon 11,792 33.7% 22,179 63.4% 989 34,960 R+29.7
Cape May 14,398 44.4% 16,931 52.2% 1,079 32,408 R+7.8
Cumberland 14,657 48.4% 14,458 47.7% 1,182 30,297 D+0.7
Warren 9,907 35.1% 17,364 61.5% 955 28,226 R+26.4
Salem 8,876 45.8% 9,577 49.5% 906 19,359 R+3.6

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