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2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election

election for Governor of New Jersey

The 2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2021, to elect the governor of New Jersey.

2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election
← 2017 November 2, 2021 2025 →
Turnout40.5%[1] (Increase2.0%)
 
Nominee Phil Murphy Jack Ciattarelli
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Sheila Oliver Diane Allen
Popular vote 1,339,471 1,255,185
Percentage 51.2% 48.0%
Murphy:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Ciattarelli:      50–60%      60–70%
Governor before election

Phil Murphy
Democratic

Elected Governor

Phil Murphy
Democratic

Current Democratic Governor Phil Murphy, who was first elected in 2017 with 56% of the vote, ran for reelection to a second term.[3] He formally announced his plans to run for a second term on October 1, 2020.[4] He faced Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli, Green nominee Madelyn Hoffman, Libertarian nominee Gregg Mele and SWP nominee Joanne Kuniansky in the general election.

Based on polling numbers, many thought Murphy was going to easily win re-election.[5] Murphy beat Ciattarelli in a result that was closer than expected. Murphy is the first Democratic Governor of New Jersey to win re-election since Brendan Byrne in 1977.[6][7][8]

Murphy was sworn in for a second term on January 18, 2022.

Polls

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Source of poll
aggregation 		Date(s)
administered 		Dates
updated 		Phil
Murphy
Democratic 		Jack
Ciattarelli
Republican 		Gregg
Mele
Libertarian 		Madelyn
Hoffman
Green 		Joanne
Kuniansky
Socialist Workers 		Other[broken anchor]/
Undecided
[a] 		Lead
Real Clear Politics Oct 15–31, 2021 Nov 1, 2021 50.5% 42.7% - - - 6.8% 7.8%

Table

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Phil
Murphy
Democratic 		Jack
Ciattarelli
Republican 		Gregg
Mele
Libertarian 		Madelyn
Hoffman
Green 		Joanne
Kuniansky
Socialist Workers 		Other[broken anchor] Undecided Lead
Research Co. Oct 31 – Nov 1, 2021 450 (LV) ± 4.6% 50% 44% - - - 1% 5% 6%
The Trafalgar Group (R) Oct 29–31, 2021 1,085 (LV) ± 3.0% 49% 45% - - - 1% 4% 4%
Fairleigh Dickinson University Archived 2021-11-02 at the Wayback Machine Oct 23–28, 2021 823 (RV) ± 3.4% 53% 44% - - - 3%[b] 0% 9%
Rutgers-Eagleton Oct 21–27, 2021 901 (RV) ± 4.1% 50% 42% - - - - 8% 8%
Stockton University Oct 17–26, 2021 522 (LV) ± 4.3% 50% 41% - - - 6%[c] 3% 9%
Monmouth University Oct 21–25, 2021 1,000 (RV) ± 3.1% 50% 39% - - - 2%[d] 9% 11%
Emerson College Oct 15–18, 2021 600 (LV) ± 3.9% 50% 44% - - - 0% 7% 6%
Schoen Cooperman Research (D) Oct 9–12, 2021 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 50% 41% - - - 0% 9% 9%
Stockton University Sep 17–25, 2021 552 (LV) ± 4.1% 50% 41% - - - 6%[e] 3% 9%
Monmouth University Sep 16–20, 2021 804 (RV) ± 3.5% 51% 38% - - - 3%[f] 9% 13%
National Research Inc. (R)[g] Sep 13–16, 2021 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 45% 42% - - - - 10% 3%
Fabrizio Lee (R)[h] Aug 24–29, 2021 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 43% 41% 2% 1% <1% - 14% 2%
46% 45% - - - - 9% 1%
Monmouth University Aug 11–16, 2021 810 (RV) ± 3.5% 52% 36% - - - 3%[i] 9% 16%
National Research Inc. (R)[g] June 17–22, 2021 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 49% 37% - - - - 14% 12%
Fairleigh Dickinson University June 9–16, 2021 803 (RV) ± 3.9% 48% 33% - - - 5%[j] 14% 15%
Rutgers-Eagleton May 21–29, 2021 493 (A) ± 5.4% 52% 24% - - - 13%[k] 12% 28%
467 (RV) ± 5.6% 52% 26% - - - 11%[l] 10% 26%
Change Research (D)[m] May 15–20, 2021 1,215 (A) ± 3.9% 47% 36% - - - - 17% 11%
National Research Inc. (R)[g] April 11–13, 2021 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 47% 30% - - - - 23% 17%
2017 NJ gubernatorial election Nov 7, 2017 2,147,415 - 56.0% 41.9% 0.5% 0.5% - 1.1% - 14.1%

Results

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2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election, as of Nov. 4, 11:04 AM ET[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Phil Murphy (incumbent) 1,246,865 50.44
Republican Jack Ciattarelli 1,206,341 48.80
Green Madelyn R. Hoffman 7,745 0.31
Libertarian Gregg Mele 7,273 0.29
Socialist Workers Joanne Kuniansky 3,633 0.15 N/A
Total votes 2,471,857 100.00% N/A
Turnout
Registered electors
Democratic hold

Notes

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  1. ↑ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  2. ↑ "Someone Else" with 3%; "No One" with 1%
  3. ↑ "Refused" with 1%
  4. ↑ "Other candidate" with 1%; "No one" with 1%
  5. ↑ "Refused" with 1%
  6. ↑ "Other candidate" with 2%; "No one" with <1%
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Internal poll for the Jack Ciattarelli campaign
  8. ↑ This poll was sponsored by Club for Growth Action
  9. ↑ "Other candidate" with 2%; "No one" with 1%
  10. ↑ "Someone Else" with 4%; "No One" with 1%
  11. ↑ "Neither" with 7%; "Someone else" with 4%; "Would not vote" with 2%
  12. ↑ "Neither" with 6%; "Someone else" with 4%; "Would not vote" with 1%
  13. ↑ This poll was sponsored by Project Ready

References

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  1. ↑ "Total Number of Registered Voters, Ballots Cast, Ballots Rejected, Percentage of Ballots Cast and the Total Number of Election Districts in New Jersey" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  2. ↑ "New Jersey Election Results". The New York Times. 2021-11-02. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  3. ↑ "New Jersey Governor race results 2017". CNN. WarnerMedia. November 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ Wildstein, David (October 1, 2020). "Murphy formally launches bid for 2nd term as governor, will run with Oliver". New Jersey Globe. Sea of Reeds Media. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  5. ↑ "New Jersey Governor". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Murphy wins bruising N.J. governor's race, narrowly beating Ciattarelli for 2nd term".
  7. ↑ "LIVE NJ Election 2021 Updates: Phil Murphy wins reelection for governor in NJ over Jack Ciattarell". WABC-TV. November 3, 2021. Archived from the original on November 3, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  8. ↑ "New Jersey Governor Election Results 2021 | Live Map Updates | Voting by County". Politico. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  9. ↑ "New Jersey Election Results". The New York Times. 2021-11-02. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  10. ↑ dos. "New Jersey Division of Elections". nj.gov. Retrieved 20 October 2021..
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