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2018 US Senate election in New Jersey

Robert Menendez (Democrat) beat Bob Hugin (Republican) in New Jersey in 2018, 54.0% to 42.8%, a margin of 11.2 points and 354,299 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2012, when Robert Menendez also won.

Democrats led in 11 of the 21 counties and Republicans in 10. The largest, Bergen, cast 344,428 votes and went to the Democrat by 12.1 points. The closest was Cumberland, where 142 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 1,711,654 54.0%
Bob Hugin Republican 1,357,355 42.8%
All other candidates 100,301 3.2%
Total3,169,310

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Bergen 188,235 54.7% 146,406 42.5% 9,787 344,428 D+12.1
Monmouth 112,383 43.0% 140,628 53.8% 8,592 261,603 R+10.8
Essex 193,796 76.5% 53,180 21.0% 6,226 253,202 D+55.5
Ocean 75,597 33.7% 141,902 63.2% 6,895 224,394 R+29.5
Morris 93,763 43.6% 114,783 53.3% 6,669 215,215 R+9.8
Middlesex 121,800 57.8% 82,519 39.2% 6,408 210,727 D+18.6
Burlington 98,749 52.8% 82,240 43.9% 6,210 187,199 D+8.8
Union 117,937 64.2% 60,758 33.1% 5,031 183,726 D+31.1
Camden 113,137 61.8% 63,307 34.6% 6,741 183,185 D+27.2
Hudson 132,180 76.3% 36,087 20.8% 4,982 173,249 D+55.5
Passaic 86,242 57.7% 58,382 39.1% 4,797 149,421 D+18.6
Somerset 70,359 51.6% 61,373 45.0% 4,554 136,286 D+6.6
Mercer 80,773 63.7% 41,225 32.5% 4,865 126,863 D+31.2
Gloucester 52,303 46.4% 56,090 49.7% 4,409 112,802 R+3.4
Atlantic 44,617 47.4% 45,954 48.8% 3,502 94,073 R+1.4
Hunterdon 24,865 38.3% 36,098 55.7% 3,902 64,865 R+17.3
Sussex 20,229 33.2% 37,720 61.9% 2,996 60,945 R+28.7
Cape May 14,555 35.8% 24,823 61.0% 1,318 40,696 R+25.2
Warren 14,452 35.5% 24,357 59.9% 1,859 40,668 R+24.4
Cumberland 19,386 48.3% 19,244 47.9% 1,534 40,164 D+0.4
Salem 9,033 37.9% 13,687 57.4% 1,123 23,843 R+19.5

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