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Election 2002 Results

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2002 US Senate election in New Jersey

Frank R. Lautenberg (Democrat) beat Douglas R. Forrester (Republican) in New Jersey in 2002, 53.9% to 43.9%, a margin of 9.9 points and 209,754 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1996, when Robert Torricelli won.

Democrats led in 13 of the 21 counties and Republicans in 8. The largest, Bergen, cast 253,880 votes and went to the Democrat by 11.4 points. The closest was Salem, where 745 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 R. Lautenberg won Democratic 1,138,193 53.9%
Douglas R. Forrester Republican 928,439 43.9%
All other candidates 45,972 2.2%
Total2,112,604

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Bergen 139,241 54.8% 110,272 43.4% 4,367 253,880 D+11.4
Monmouth 79,730 46.2% 88,424 51.3% 4,278 172,432 R+5.0
Middlesex 98,019 58.6% 65,128 39.0% 4,009 167,156 D+19.7
Essex 114,624 71.1% 44,072 27.3% 2,541 161,237 D+43.8
Ocean 69,328 45.2% 80,592 52.6% 3,315 153,235 R+7.4
Morris 55,592 40.3% 79,984 58.0% 2,406 137,982 R+17.7
Camden 77,640 63.2% 41,628 33.9% 3,564 122,832 D+29.3
Union 70,085 57.7% 49,243 40.6% 2,074 121,402 D+17.2
Burlington 61,476 51.7% 54,846 46.1% 2,563 118,885 D+5.6
Hudson 74,127 72.8% 25,194 24.7% 2,560 101,881 D+48.0
Passaic 53,275 56.1% 39,822 42.0% 1,806 94,903 D+14.2
Mercer 53,675 57.6% 37,195 39.9% 2,338 93,208 D+17.7
Somerset 36,476 43.4% 45,590 54.3% 1,951 84,017 R+10.8
Gloucester 41,009 55.5% 31,140 42.1% 1,776 73,925 D+13.4
Atlantic 33,277 53.8% 27,236 44.1% 1,288 61,801 D+9.8
Hunterdon 13,890 34.6% 25,124 62.5% 1,163 40,177 R+28.0
Sussex 13,673 34.3% 25,099 63.0% 1,045 39,817 R+28.7
Cape May 14,760 44.6% 17,751 53.6% 587 33,098 R+9.0
Cumberland 17,020 54.6% 13,189 42.3% 943 31,152 D+12.3
Warren 11,044 37.7% 17,423 59.4% 842 29,309 R+21.8
Salem 10,232 50.5% 9,487 46.8% 556 20,275 D+3.7

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