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2012 US Senate election in New Jersey

Robert Menendez (Democrat) beat Joe Kyrillos (Republican) in New Jersey in 2012, 58.9% to 39.4%, a margin of 19.5 points and 658,146 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2006, when Bob Menendez won.

Democrats led in 14 of the 21 counties and Republicans in 7. The largest, Bergen, cast 352,137 votes and went to the Democrat by 16.2 points. The closest was Cape May, where 2,316 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
Robert Menendez won Democratic 1,987,680 58.9%
Joe Kyrillos Republican 1,329,534 39.4%
All other candidates 59,435 1.8%
Total3,376,649

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Bergen 201,870 57.3% 144,709 41.1% 5,558 352,137 D+16.2
Middlesex 178,686 63.4% 97,730 34.7% 5,344 281,760 D+28.7
Essex 213,404 78.8% 53,009 19.6% 4,311 270,724 D+59.2
Monmouth 120,154 44.7% 144,366 53.7% 4,444 268,964 R+9.0
Ocean 99,362 42.1% 132,413 56.1% 4,229 236,004 R+14.0
Camden 148,925 69.5% 62,734 29.3% 2,722 214,381 D+40.2
Morris 93,209 44.4% 114,078 54.4% 2,561 209,848 R+9.9
Burlington 121,211 59.1% 82,374 40.1% 1,670 205,255 D+18.9
Union 125,635 66.9% 58,929 31.4% 3,180 187,744 D+35.5
Hudson 139,910 79.3% 32,876 18.6% 3,545 176,331 D+60.7
Passaic 105,286 64.9% 54,149 33.4% 2,780 162,215 D+31.5
Mercer 97,964 67.7% 43,793 30.3% 2,890 144,647 D+37.5
Somerset 70,264 51.6% 63,349 46.5% 2,645 136,258 D+5.1
Gloucester 74,271 57.2% 52,591 40.5% 3,072 129,934 D+16.7
Atlantic 61,464 58.2% 42,378 40.1% 1,792 105,634 D+18.1
Sussex 25,212 38.0% 38,250 57.7% 2,831 66,293 R+19.7
Hunterdon 24,676 39.3% 36,000 57.3% 2,123 62,799 R+18.0
Cumberland 31,367 63.7% 16,795 34.1% 1,051 49,213 D+29.6
Cape May 19,965 46.4% 22,281 51.7% 826 43,072 R+5.4
Warren 17,904 41.8% 24,046 56.2% 856 42,806 R+14.3
Salem 15,044 52.5% 12,555 43.8% 1,050 28,649 D+8.7

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