2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election

2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election

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Turnout	40.5%[1] (2.0%)
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%
Election results by county Election results by congressional district 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

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

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.

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.