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2006 US Senate election in New Jersey

Bob Menendez (Democrat) beat Tom Kean Jr. (Republican) in New Jersey in 2006, 53.4% to 44.3%, a margin of 9.0 points and 203,068 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2000, when Jon S. Corzine won.

Democrats led in 12 of the 21 counties and Republicans in 9. The largest, Bergen, cast 261,151 votes and went to the Democrat by 8.2 points. The closest was Salem, where 678 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
Bob Menendez won Democratic 1,200,843 53.4%
Tom Kean Jr. Republican 997,775 44.3%
All other candidates 51,452 2.3%
Total2,250,070

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Bergen 139,564 53.4% 118,199 45.3% 3,388 261,151 D+8.2
Monmouth 81,672 44.7% 96,247 52.7% 4,882 182,801 R+8.0
Middlesex 103,198 58.2% 68,734 38.7% 5,512 177,444 D+19.4
Essex 122,751 72.1% 45,266 26.6% 2,333 170,350 D+45.5
Ocean 64,621 39.8% 92,819 57.2% 4,730 162,170 R+17.4
Morris 61,431 41.0% 85,656 57.2% 2,738 149,825 R+16.2
Camden 81,577 61.7% 47,732 36.1% 2,960 132,269 D+25.6
Union 75,166 57.6% 52,496 40.3% 2,732 130,394 D+17.4
Burlington 65,788 51.8% 58,725 46.2% 2,577 127,090 D+5.6
Hudson 88,696 75.1% 27,536 23.3% 1,832 118,064 D+51.8
Passaic 58,333 57.2% 41,998 41.2% 1,642 101,973 D+16.0
Mercer 56,111 60.0% 34,958 37.4% 2,435 93,504 D+22.6
Somerset 42,242 46.0% 46,720 50.9% 2,839 91,801 R+4.9
Gloucester 42,766 52.5% 36,559 44.9% 2,117 81,442 D+7.6
Atlantic 34,251 50.7% 31,784 47.1% 1,512 67,547 D+3.7
Hunterdon 16,873 38.2% 25,531 57.7% 1,823 44,227 R+19.6
Sussex 14,839 34.7% 26,185 61.2% 1,769 42,793 R+26.5
Cape May 14,038 40.9% 19,506 56.9% 757 34,301 R+15.9
Cumberland 16,243 53.0% 13,537 44.2% 860 30,640 D+8.8
Warren 10,785 37.2% 17,011 58.6% 1,212 29,008 R+21.5
Salem 9,898 46.5% 10,576 49.7% 802 21,276 R+3.2

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