United States Presidential election7 Nov 2028in 728 days Senate D 97% House D 58% Calendar Track record Research
Closest results
Election 2014 Results

Each election opens in its own mode: the forecast before the votes are counted, the live count while races are still too close to call, and the results once every race is decided.

2014 US Senate election in New Jersey

Cory A. Booker (Democrat) beat Jeff Bell (Republican) in New Jersey in 2014, 55.8% to 42.3%, a margin of 13.5 points and 252,569 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2008, when Frank R. Lautenberg won.

Democrats led in 12 of the 21 counties and Republicans in 9. The largest, Bergen, cast 217,210 votes and went to the Democrat by 16.0 points. The closest was Somerset, where 711 votes separated the two parties.

United States
If only voted How this works
If the polls miss like

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
Cory A. Booker won Democratic 1,043,866 55.8%
Jeff Bell Republican 791,297 42.3%
All other candidates 34,372 1.8%
Total1,869,535

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Bergen 124,409 57.3% 89,597 41.2% 3,204 217,210 D+16.0
Monmouth 67,011 44.9% 79,417 53.2% 2,863 149,291 R+8.3
Middlesex 83,732 60.0% 53,679 38.4% 2,244 139,655 D+21.5
Essex 106,472 77.2% 29,527 21.4% 1,975 137,974 D+55.8
Ocean 55,631 40.3% 79,254 57.4% 3,082 137,967 R+17.1
Burlington 64,730 54.3% 52,721 44.2% 1,755 119,206 D+10.1
Morris 49,920 42.9% 64,688 55.6% 1,807 116,415 R+12.7
Camden 73,881 65.3% 37,543 33.2% 1,730 113,154 D+32.1
Union 68,051 65.0% 34,741 33.2% 1,855 104,647 D+31.8
Hudson 68,165 78.4% 16,707 19.2% 2,109 86,981 D+59.2
Passaic 52,533 60.6% 32,612 37.6% 1,508 86,653 D+23.0
Mercer 52,476 65.8% 25,749 32.3% 1,524 79,749 D+33.5
Somerset 37,124 48.6% 37,835 49.5% 1,448 76,407 R+0.9
Gloucester 37,131 52.8% 31,717 45.1% 1,456 70,304 D+7.7
Atlantic 32,566 51.4% 29,422 46.5% 1,319 63,307 D+5.0
Hunterdon 14,241 38.7% 21,709 59.0% 864 36,814 R+20.3
Sussex 12,722 35.3% 22,292 61.8% 1,046 36,060 R+26.5
Cape May 11,572 41.1% 16,178 57.4% 429 28,179 R+16.3
Cumberland 14,830 53.3% 12,455 44.8% 537 27,822 D+8.5
Warren 8,609 36.4% 14,150 59.8% 884 23,643 R+23.4
Salem 8,060 44.5% 9,304 51.4% 733 18,097 R+6.9

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