An election happened on November 3, 2020, to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of New Jersey. The three people in the election were Cory Booker (Democratic Party), Rik Mehta (Republican Party) and Madelyn Hoffman (Green Party). There were also two independent people in the election. Cory Booker easily won the election and went back to the senate for a second time.
2020 United States Senate election in New Jersey|
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 County results
Booker: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Mehta: 50–60% 60–70% |
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Two primary elections were held on July 7,2020. There were two people in the Democratic Party primary election and there were five people in the Republican Party primary election. Cory Booker won the Democratic Party primary election and Rik Mehta won the Republican Party primary election.[1]
Democratic Party primary
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Democratic primary results[2]
| Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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Democratic
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Cory Booker (incumbent)
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838,110
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87.58%
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Democratic
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Lawrence Hamm
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118,802
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12.42%
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| Total votes
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956,912
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100.0%
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Republican Party primary
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Republican primary results[2]
| Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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Republican
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Rik Mehta
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154,817
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38.01%
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Republican
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Hirsh Singh
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146,133
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35.88%
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Republican
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Tricia Flanagan
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72,678
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17.84%
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Republican
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Natalie Lynn Rivera
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21,650
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5.31%
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Republican
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Eugene Anagnos
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12,047
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2.96%
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| Total votes
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407,325
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100.0%
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| United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2020[3]
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| Party
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Candidate
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Votes
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%
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±%
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Democratic
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Cory Booker (incumbent)
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2,541,178
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57.23%
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+1.39%
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Republican
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Rikin Mehta
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1,817,052
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40.92%
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-1.41%
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Green
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Madelyn Hoffman
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38,288
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0.86%
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+0.18%
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Independent
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Veronica Fernandez
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32,290
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0.73%
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N/A
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Independent
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Daniel Burke
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11,632
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0.26%
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N/A
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| Total votes
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4,440,440
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100.0%
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Democratic hold
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