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2008 US Senate election in New Jersey

Frank R. Lautenberg (Democrat) beat Dick Zimmer (Republican) in New Jersey in 2008, 56.0% to 42.0%, a margin of 14.1 points and 490,193 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2002, when Frank R. Lautenberg also won.

Democrats led in 13 of the 21 counties and Republicans in 8. The largest, Bergen, cast 374,554 votes and went to the Democrat by 13.7 points. The closest was Salem, where 3,263 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 1,951,218 56.0%
Dick Zimmer Republican 1,461,025 42.0%
All other candidates 70,202 2.0%
Total3,482,445

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Bergen 210,799 56.3% 159,306 42.5% 4,449 374,554 D+13.7
Middlesex 175,284 59.5% 112,590 38.2% 6,489 294,363 D+21.3
Monmouth 132,189 45.7% 150,238 51.9% 7,034 289,461 R+6.2
Essex 198,623 75.0% 61,829 23.3% 4,348 264,800 D+51.7
Ocean 109,393 43.1% 139,480 55.0% 4,839 253,712 R+11.9
Morris 94,558 42.5% 124,198 55.9% 3,620 222,376 R+13.3
Camden 144,640 66.6% 69,821 32.1% 2,849 217,310 D+34.4
Burlington 114,781 56.3% 85,841 42.1% 3,194 203,816 D+14.2
Union 116,201 61.5% 69,069 36.6% 3,578 188,848 D+25.0
Hudson 126,098 73.7% 40,573 23.7% 4,373 171,044 D+50.0
Passaic 100,598 61.4% 59,556 36.3% 3,798 163,952 D+25.0
Mercer 91,088 62.2% 52,298 35.7% 3,004 146,390 D+26.5
Somerset 66,939 47.1% 71,392 50.3% 3,691 142,022 R+3.1
Gloucester 72,990 55.7% 55,024 42.0% 2,992 131,006 D+13.7
Atlantic 61,458 56.5% 45,509 41.9% 1,724 108,691 D+14.7
Sussex 27,178 37.8% 41,660 57.9% 3,124 71,962 R+20.1
Hunterdon 22,824 34.9% 40,309 61.6% 2,276 65,409 R+26.7
Cumberland 31,052 61.0% 18,498 36.3% 1,357 50,907 D+24.7
Warren 18,019 38.9% 27,268 58.9% 1,027 46,314 R+20.0
Cape May 20,374 45.2% 23,697 52.6% 984 45,055 R+7.4
Salem 16,132 53.0% 12,869 42.3% 1,452 30,453 D+10.7

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