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NJ State Constitution. [Link]

Article V, Section I, paragraph 5 amended effective January 17, 2006.
The term of office of the Governor and of the Lieutenant Governor shall
be four years, beginning at noon of the third Tuesday in January next
following their election, and ending at noon of the third Tuesday in
January four years thereafter. No person who has been elected
Governor for two successive terms, including an unexpired term, shall
again be eligible for that office until the third Tuesday in January of the
fourth year following the expiration of the second successive term.

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Date Type Results
Nov 04, 2025 General Election
  Democratic Primary Winner
0
0.00% 		  Republican Primary Winner
0
0.00%
Nov 02, 2021 General Election
 Philip D. Murphy(I)
1,339,471
51.22% 		 Jack M. Ciattarelli
1,255,185
48.00% 		 Madelyn R. Hoffman
8,450
0.32% 		 Gregg Mele
7,768
0.30% 		 Joanne S. Kuniansky
4,012
0.15% 		 Edward "NJ Weedman" Forchion (W)
0
0.00%
Nov 07, 2017 General Election
 Philip D. Murphy
1,203,110
56.03% 		 Kim Guadagno
899,583
41.89% 		 Gina Genovese
12,294
0.57% 		 Peter J. Rohrman
10,531
0.49% 		 Seth Kaper-Dale
10,053
0.47% 		 Matthew Riccardi
6,864
0.32% 		 Vincent Ross
4,980
0.23%
   Write-In (W)
0
0.00%
Nov 05, 2013 General Election
 Chris Christie(I)
1,278,932
60.30% 		 Barbara Buono
809,978
38.19% 		 Kenneth R. Kaplan
12,155
0.57% 		 Steven Welzer
8,295
0.39% 		 Diane Sare
3,360
0.16% 		 William Araujo
3,300
0.16% 		 Hank Schroeder
2,784
0.13%
  Jeffrey Boss
2,062
0.10%
Nov 03, 2009 General Election
 Chris Christie
1,174,445
48.45% 		 Jon S. Corzine(I)
1,087,731
44.88% 		 Chris Daggett
139,579
5.76% 		 Kenneth R. Kaplan
4,830
0.20% 		 Gary T. Steele
3,585
0.15% 		 Jason Cullen
2,869
0.12% 		 David R. Meiswinkle
2,598
0.11%
  Kostas Petris
2,563
0.11% 		 Greg Pason
2,085
0.09% 		 Gary Stein
1,625
0.07% 		 Joshua Leinsdorf
1,021
0.04% 		 Alvin Lindsay, Jr.
753
0.03% 		  Others
108
0.00%
  John Meehan (W)
0
0.00% 		 Angela L. Lariscy (W)
0
0.00% 		 Eddie McOwskey (W)
0
0.00% 		 Floyd Vivino (W)
0
0.00% 		 Carl Klapper (W)
0
0.00%
Nov 08, 2005 General Election
 Jon S. Corzine
1,224,551
53.25% 		 Douglas R. "Doug" Forrester
985,271
42.84% 		 Hector L. Castillo
29,452
1.28% 		 Jeffrey Pawlowski
15,417
0.67% 		 Matthew Thieke
12,315
0.54% 		 Richard J. Codey(I) (W)
9,668
0.42% 		 Edward "NJ Weedman" Forchion
9,137
0.40%
  Michael Latigona
5,169
0.22% 		 Wesley K. Bell
4,178
0.18% 		 Angela L. Lariscy
2,531
0.11% 		 Constantino Rozzo
2,078
0.09%
Nov 15, 2004 Appointment
 Richard J. Codey
22
100.00%
Jan 12, 2002 Appointment
 Richard J. Codey
20
50.00%
Jan 08, 2002 Appointment
 John O. Bennett
20
50.00%
Nov 06, 2001 General Election
 James E. "Jim" McGreevey
1,256,853
56.43% 		 Bret D. Schundler
928,174
41.68% 		 William E. Schluter
24,084
1.08% 		 Jerry L. Coleman
6,238
0.28% 		 Mark Edgerton
4,684
0.21% 		 George Watson Jr.
2,568
0.12% 		 Michael W. Koontz
1,949
0.09%
  Constantino Rozzo
1,537
0.07% 		 Kari J. Sachs
1,078
0.05%
Jan 30, 2001 Appointment
 Donald T. DiFrancesco
25
100.00%
Nov 04, 1997 General Election
 Christine Todd Whitman(I)
1,133,394
46.87% 		 James E. "Jim" McGreevey
1,107,968
45.82% 		 Murray Sabrin
114,172
4.72% 		 Richard J. Pezzullo
34,906
1.44% 		 Madelyn R. Hoffman
10,703
0.44% 		 Michael Perrone, Jr.
6,805
0.28% 		 Robert B. Miller
2,816
0.12%
  Greg Pason
2,800
0.12% 		 Lincoln Norton
2,540
0.11% 		 Nuncie A. Ripa, Jr.
2,240
0.09%
Nov 02, 1993 General Election
 Christine Todd Whitman
1,236,124
49.33% 		 James J. "Jim" Florio(I)
1,210,031
48.29% 		 Pat Daly
10,071
0.40% 		 Kenneth R. Kaplan
7,935
0.32% 		 Tom Blomquist
5,164
0.21% 		 Joseph Marion
4,311
0.17% 		 Richard J. Lynch
4,030
0.16%
  Alene S. Ammond
3,330
0.13% 		 Tim Feeney
3,306
0.13% 		 Michael R. Scully
3,209
0.13% 		 Pete DiLauro
3,009
0.12% 		 Marilyn Arons
2,884
0.12% 		 John L. Kucek
2,822
0.11%
  Tom Fuscaldo
2,314
0.09% 		 Michael Ziruolo
2,127
0.08% 		 Andrew J. Zemel
1,530
0.06% 		 Andrea Lippi
1,294
0.05% 		 Mark J. Rahn
1,242
0.05% 		 Jerry T. Grant
1,231
0.05%
Nov 07, 1989 General Election
 James J. "Jim" Florio
1,379,937
61.23% 		 James A. Courter
838,553
37.21% 		 Dan Karlan
11,878
0.53% 		 Michael Ziruolo
10,210
0.45% 		 Tom Fuscaldo
6,989
0.31% 		 Catherine Renee Sedwick
6,197
0.27%
Nov 05, 1985 General Election
 Thomas H. Kean, Sr.(I)
1,372,631
69.58% 		 Peter Shapiro
578,402
29.32% 		 David Rodger Headrick
8,537
0.43% 		 Virginia A. Flynn
4,710
0.24% 		 Mark Satinoff
3,703
0.19% 		 Julius Levin
2,740
0.14% 		 George M. Fishman
1,901
0.10%
Nov 03, 1981 General Election
 Thomas H. Kean, Sr.
1,145,999
49.46% 		 James J. "Jim" Florio
1,144,202
49.38% 		 William "Bill" Gahres
4,525
0.20% 		 Chester Grabowski
4,496
0.19% 		 Jack Moyers
2,377
0.10% 		 Paul B. Rizzo
2,336
0.10% 		 Harry J. Gaynor
2,209
0.10%
  James A. Kolyer, III
2,144
0.09% 		 Julius Levin
2,073
0.09% 		 Charles C. Stone, Jr.
1,948
0.08% 		 James E. Harris
1,681
0.07% 		 Ernest D. Pellerino
1,647
0.07% 		 Jasper C. Gould
1,602
0.07%
Nov 08, 1977 General Election
 Brendan T. Byrne(I)
1,184,564
55.71% 		 Raymond H. Bateman
888,880
41.80% 		 Francis W. Flowers
8,677
0.41% 		 Chester Grabowski
8,494
0.40% 		 Frank J. Primich
5,674
0.27% 		 Chauncey E. McSpiritt
4,464
0.21% 		 Paul B. Rizzo
3,691
0.17%
  Richard D. McAleer
3,688
0.17% 		 John F. Donato
3,189
0.15% 		 Angelo S. Massaro
3,031
0.14% 		 William Zsidisin
2,974
0.14% 		 Julius Levin
2,276
0.11% 		 Jasper C. Gould
2,248
0.11%
  Leif O. Johnson
1,601
0.08% 		 Robert A. Ganteume
1,480
0.07% 		 William "Bill" Gahres
1,333
0.06%
Nov 06, 1973 General Election
 Brendan T. Byrne
1,414,613
66.66% 		 Charles W. Sandman, Jr.
676,235
31.87% 		 A. Howard Freund
6,412
0.30% 		 Alfred V. Colabella
5,088
0.24% 		 Robert Clement
4,249
0.20% 		 John A. Goodson
3,071
0.14% 		 James J. Terlizzi, Sr.
2,670
0.13%
  Stanley R. Knis
2,108
0.10% 		 Kenneth F. Newcombe
2,008
0.09% 		 Angelo S. Massaro
1,898
0.09% 		 Jack D. Alvino
1,843
0.09% 		 George Gilk
1,814
0.09%
Nov 04, 1969 General Election
 William T. Cahill
1,411,905
59.66% 		 Robert B. Meyner
911,003
38.49% 		 James E. Johnson
10,725
0.45% 		 Jack D. Alvino
10,149
0.43% 		 Winifred O. Perry
10,128
0.43% 		 Louis Vanderplate
6,611
0.28% 		 Julius Levin
6,085
0.26%
Nov 02, 1965 General Election
 Richard J. Hughes(I)
1,279,568
57.39% 		 Wayne Dumont, Jr.
915,996
41.08% 		 Robert Lee Schlachter
20,753
0.93% 		 Christopher C. Vespucci
5,378
0.24% 		 Julius Levin
4,669
0.21% 		 Ruth F. Shiminsky
3,219
0.14%
Nov 07, 1961 General Election
 Richard J. Hughes
1,084,194
50.37% 		 James P. Mitchell
1,049,274
48.74% 		 Reinhart V. Metzger
5,820
0.27% 		 Henry J. Krajewski
3,904
0.18% 		 Edward J. Lueddeke
2,541
0.12% 		 G. George Addonizio
2,462
0.11% 		 Albert Ronis
2,103
0.10%
  Daniel Petrino
1,393
0.06% 		 Ruth F. Shiminsky
971
0.05%
Nov 05, 1957 General Election
 Robert B. Meyner(I)
1,101,130
54.55% 		 Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Sr.
897,321
44.46% 		 Albert Ronis
6,306
0.31% 		 Henry J. Krajewski
6,256
0.31% 		 Winifred O. Perry
5,949
0.29% 		 Anthony D. Scipio
1,526
0.08%
Nov 03, 1953 General Election
 Robert B. Meyner
962,710
53.16% 		 Paul L. Troast
809,068
44.68% 		 Clendenin Ryan
23,271
1.29% 		 Henry J. Krajewski
12,881
0.71% 		 Albert Ronis
2,882
0.16%
Nov 08, 1949 General Election
 Alfred E. Driscoll(I)
885,882
51.54% 		 Elmer H. Wene
810,022
47.13% 		 James Imbrie
10,840
0.63% 		 John C. Butterworth
6,515
0.38% 		 Edson R. Leach
5,529
0.32%
Nov 05, 1946 General Election
 Alfred E. Driscoll
807,378
57.08% 		 Lewis G. Hansen
585,960
41.42% 		 Alan Kohlman
9,823
0.69% 		 Lawrence Mahan
4,031
0.28% 		 Rubye Smith
2,326
0.16% 		 Robert L. Gittings
2,108
0.15% 		 George E. Bopp
1,476
0.10%
  John Binns
1,425
0.10%
Nov 02, 1943 General Election
 Walter E. Edge
634,364
55.20% 		 Vincent J. Murphy
506,604
44.08% 		 John C. Butterworth
4,587
0.40% 		 John Binns
2,074
0.18% 		 Roy V. H. Wilkinson
1,563
0.14%
Nov 05, 1940 General Election
 Charles Edison
984,407
51.38% 		 Robert C. Hendrickson
920,512
48.04% 		 Marion Douglas
7,607
0.40% 		 Manuel Cantor
1,544
0.08% 		 John C. Butterworth
1,411
0.07% 		 Elmo L. Bateman
584
0.03%
Nov 02, 1937 General Election
 A. Harry Moore
746,033
50.84% 		 Lester H. Clee
700,767
47.75% 		 James E. Murray
9,532
0.65% 		 Eugene A. Smith
2,788
0.19% 		 Henry Jager
2,575
0.18% 		 Frank Chandler
2,379
0.16% 		 John T. Kurzowski
1,417
0.10%
  Dinshah P. Ghadiali
1,264
0.09% 		 John C. Butterworth
759
0.05%
Jan 08, 1935 Appointment
 Horace G. Prall
1
100.00%
Jan 03, 1935 Appointment
 Clifford R. Powell
1
100.00%
Nov 06, 1934 General Election
 Harold Giles Hoffman
686,530
49.90% 		 William L. Dill
674,096
49.00% 		 Herman F. Niessner
8,787
0.64% 		 Morris M. Brown
2,874
0.21% 		 Leslie E. Molineaux
1,508
0.11% 		 George E. Bopp
1,064
0.08% 		 Charles H. Ingersoll
528
0.04%
  Cornell J. Grossman
431
0.03%
Nov 03, 1931 General Election
 A. Harry Moore
735,504
57.82% 		 David Baird Jr.
505,451
39.74% 		 Edmund R. Halsey
13,474
1.06% 		 Owen M. Bruner
8,101
0.64% 		 Herman F. Niessner
5,247
0.41% 		 John J. Ballam
1,753
0.14% 		 John C. Butterworth
1,553
0.12%
  John A. Kelly
951
0.07%
Nov 06, 1928 General Election
 Morgan F. Larson
824,005
54.88% 		 William L. Dill
671,728
44.74% 		 Eugene A. Smith
2,151
0.14% 		 W. K. Tallman
2,041
0.14% 		 Scott Nearing
1,255
0.08% 		 John C. Butterworth
220
0.01%
Nov 03, 1925 General Election
 A. Harry Moore
471,549
51.87% 		 Arthur Whitney
433,121
47.64% 		 Leo M. Harkins
1,956
0.22% 		 Eugene A. Smith
1,198
0.13% 		 John C. Butterworth
594
0.07% 		 George Perlman
591
0.07% 		 Joseph Ferguson
153
0.02%
Nov 07, 1922 General Election
 George Sebastian Silzer
427,206
52.19% 		 William N. Runyon
383,312
46.82% 		 George H. Goebel
5,644
0.69% 		 Martin R. McDonald
1,137
0.14% 		 Frank Sanders
834
0.10% 		 Edward M. Caffall
486
0.06%
Jan 13, 1920 Appointment
 Clarence E. Case
1
100.00%
Nov 04, 1919 General Election
 Edward I. Edwards
217,486
49.20% 		 Newton A. K. Bugbee
202,976
45.92% 		 Albert Farr
11,014
2.49% 		 Charles E. Lane
6,089
1.38% 		 John C. Butterworth
3,243
0.73% 		 Mark M. Denterfass
1,246
0.28%
May 16, 1919 Appointment
 William N. Runyon
1
100.00%
Nov 07, 1916 General Election
 Walter E. Edge
247,343
55.44% 		 H. Otto Wittpenn
177,696
39.83% 		 Frederick Krafft
12,900
2.89% 		 Harry Vaughan
5,873
1.32% 		 John C. Butterworth
2,334
0.52%
Nov 04, 1913 General Election
 James F. Fielder
173,148
46.13% 		 Edward C. Stokes
140,298
37.38% 		 Everett Colby
41,132
10.96% 		 James M. Reilly
13,977
3.72% 		 James G. Mason
3,427
0.91% 		 John C. Butterworth
2,460
0.66% 		 Daniel F. Dwyer
875
0.23%
Oct 28, 1913 Appointment
 Leon R. Taylor
1
100.00%
Mar 01, 1913 Appointment
 James F. Fielder
1
100.00%
Nov 08, 1910 General Election
 Woodrow Wilson
233,682
53.93% 		 Vivian M. Lewis
184,626
42.61% 		 Wilson B. Killingbeck
10,134
2.34% 		 C. F. Repp
2,818
0.65% 		 John C. Butterworth
2,032
0.47%
Nov 05, 1907 General Election
 John Franklin Fort
194,313
49.28% 		 Frank S. Katzenbach Jr.
186,300
47.25% 		 Frederick Krafft
6,848
1.74% 		 James G. Mason
5,255
1.33% 		 John C. Butterworth
1,568
0.40%
Nov 08, 1904 General Election
 Edward C. Stokes
231,363
53.50% 		 Charles C. Black
179,719
41.56% 		 Henry R. Kearns
8,858
2.05% 		 James Parker
6,687
1.55% 		 George A. Honnecker
3,285
0.76% 		 George P. Herrschaft
2,526
0.58%
Nov 05, 1901 General Election
 Franklin Murphy
183,814
50.88% 		 James M. Seymour
166,681
46.14% 		 Joel W. Brown
5,365
1.49% 		 Charles H. Vail
3,489
0.97% 		 Frank W. Wilson
1,918
0.53%
Nov 08, 1898 General Election
 Foster M. Voorhees
164,051
48.91% 		 Elvin W. Crane
158,552
47.27% 		 Thomas H. Landon
6,893
2.05% 		 Matthew Maguire
5,458
1.63% 		 Frederick Schrayshuen
491
0.15%
Oct 18, 1898 Appointment
 David O. Watkins
1
100.00%
Jan 31, 1898 Appointment
 Foster M. Voorhees
1
100.00%
Nov 05, 1895 General Election
 John W. Griggs
162,900
52.28% 		 Alexander McGill
136,000
43.64% 		 Henry W. Wilbur
6,661
2.14% 		 George B. Keim
4,147
1.33% 		 William B. Ellis
1,901
0.61%
Nov 08, 1892 General Election
 George T. Werts
167,257
49.65% 		 John Kean, Jr.
159,632
47.39% 		 Thomas J. Kennedy
7,750
2.30% 		 George B. Keim
1,338
0.40% 		 Benjamin Bird
894
0.27%
Nov 05, 1889 General Election
 Leon Abbett
138,245
51.37% 		 E. Burd Grubb
123,992
46.08% 		 George La Monte
6,853
2.55% 		  Others (W)
13
0.00%
Nov 02, 1886 General Election
 Robert S. Green
109,939
47.44% 		 Benjamin F. Howey
101,919
43.98% 		 Clinton Bowen Fisk
19,808
8.55% 		  Others
73
0.03%
Nov 06, 1883 General Election
 Leon Abbett
103,856
49.93% 		 Jonathan Dixon
97,047
46.65% 		 Solomon Parsons
4,153
2.00% 		 Benjamin Urner
2,960
1.42%
Nov 02, 1880 General Election
 George C. Ludlow
121,666
49.53% 		 Frederic Augustus Potts
121,015
49.27% 		 Thomas B. Hoxey
2,759
1.12% 		 Stephen B. Ransom
195
0.08%
Nov 06, 1877 General Election
 George B. McClellan
97,837
51.65% 		 William Augustus Newell
85,094
44.92% 		 Thomas B. Hoxey
5,069
2.68% 		 Rodolphus Bingham
1,439
0.76%
Nov 03, 1874 General Election
 Joseph Dorsett Bedle
97,283
53.65% 		 George A. Halsey
84,050
46.35%
Nov 07, 1871 General Election
 Joel Parker
82,362
51.88% 		 Cornelius Walsh
76,383
48.12%
Nov 03, 1868 General Election
 Theodore F. Randolph
83,955
51.42% 		 John I. Blair
79,333
48.58%
Nov 07, 1865 General Election
 Marcus L. Ward
67,525
51.07% 		 Theodore Runyon
64,706
48.93%
Nov 04, 1862 General Election
 Joel Parker
61,307
56.76% 		 Marcus L. Ward
46,710
43.24%
Nov 08, 1859 General Election
 Charles S. Olden
53,315
50.76% 		 Edwin R. V. Wright
51,714
49.24%
Nov 04, 1856 General Election
 William Augustus Newell
50,803
51.29% 		 William C. Alexander
48,246
48.71%
Nov 01, 1853 General Election
 Rodman M. Price
38,312
52.60% 		 Joel Haywood
34,530
47.40%
Nov 05, 1850 General Election
 George F. Fort
39,726
53.84% 		 John Runk
34,054
46.16%
Nov 02, 1847 General Election
 Daniel Haines
34,765
51.88% 		 William Wright
32,251
48.12%
Oct 08, 1844 General Election
 Charles C. Stratton
37,985
50.94% 		 John R. Thomson
36,581
49.06%
Oct 31, 1778 Appointment
 William Livingston(I)
31
83.78% 		 Philemon Dickinson
6
16.22%
Aug 31, 1776 Appointment
 William Livingston
18
50.00% 		 Richard Stockton
18
50.00%

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