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2020 US Senate election in New Jersey

Cory Booker (Democrat) beat Rikin Mehta (Republican) in New Jersey in 2020, 57.2% to 40.9%, a margin of 16.3 points and 724,148 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2014, when Cory A. Booker also won.

Democrats led in 14 of the 21 counties and Republicans in 7. The largest, Bergen, cast 483,350 votes and went to the Democrat by 17.6 points. The closest was Salem, where 3,395 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
Cory Booker won Democratic 2,541,239 57.2%
Rikin Mehta Republican 1,817,091 40.9%
All other candidates 82,210 1.9%
Total4,440,540

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Bergen 280,054 57.9% 195,193 40.4% 8,103 483,350 D+17.6
Monmouth 173,609 46.6% 191,700 51.5% 7,045 372,354 R+4.9
Middlesex 221,802 60.6% 135,398 37.0% 8,727 365,927 D+23.6
Essex 260,604 77.8% 69,750 20.8% 4,715 335,069 D+57.0
Ocean 116,036 35.2% 207,751 63.1% 5,501 329,288 R+27.9
Morris 146,148 50.2% 141,373 48.6% 3,453 290,974 D+1.6
Camden 173,335 66.3% 85,406 32.7% 2,700 261,441 D+33.6
Burlington 150,160 58.8% 102,136 40.0% 3,250 255,546 D+18.8
Union 166,997 67.4% 76,677 31.0% 4,014 247,688 D+36.5
Hudson 176,658 73.6% 56,917 23.7% 6,538 240,113 D+49.9
Passaic 131,195 60.0% 80,827 37.0% 6,593 218,615 D+23.0
Somerset 105,681 57.5% 75,622 41.1% 2,520 183,823 D+16.4
Mercer 117,821 68.3% 52,248 30.3% 2,527 172,596 D+38.0
Gloucester 85,489 50.3% 80,943 47.6% 3,487 169,919 D+2.7
Atlantic 71,420 52.6% 61,568 45.4% 2,690 135,678 D+7.3
Sussex 33,919 39.3% 49,885 57.8% 2,525 86,329 R+18.5
Hunterdon 36,728 44.4% 43,951 53.1% 2,041 82,720 R+8.7
Cumberland 31,992 52.7% 26,626 43.9% 2,102 60,720 D+8.8
Warren 24,124 40.4% 33,893 56.8% 1,623 59,640 R+16.4
Cape May 22,952 41.6% 31,317 56.7% 945 55,214 R+15.2
Salem 14,515 43.3% 17,910 53.4% 1,111 33,536 R+10.1

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