Political party strength in New Jersey facts for kids
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of New Jersey:
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State General Assembly
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: Democratic (D), Democratic-Republican (DR), Federalist (F), Independent (I), Jacksonian Democratic (J), no party, unknown, or other (N), National Republican (NR), Opposition (O), Pro-Administration (PA), Republican (R), Whig (W), and a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.
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| Governor | Lieutenant Governor/Sec. of State | State Senate | General Assembly | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | ||
| 1776 | William Livingston (F) | Did not exist | began in 1789 | |||||
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| 1789 | F Majority | F Majority | Jonathan Elmer (PA) | William Paterson (PA) | 4PA | George Washington (N)  |
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| 1790 | Elisha Lawrence (F) | F Majority | F Majority | |||||
| William Paterson (F) | ||||||||
| 1791 | F Majority | F Majority | John Rutherfurd (PA) | Philemon Dickinson (PA) | 3PA, 1I | |||
| 1792 | F Majority | DR Majority | George Washington (N) |
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| 1793 | Thomas Henderson (F) | F Majority | DR Majority | Frederick Frelinghuysen (PA) | 5PA | |||
| Richard Howell (F) | ||||||||
| 1794 | F Majority | DR Majority | 4PA, 1I | |||||
| 1795 | F Majority | DR Majority | 4F, 1I | |||||
| 1796 | F Majority | DR Majority | John Adams and Thomas Pinckney (F) |
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| 1797 | DR Majority | F Majority | Franklin Davenport (F) | Richard Stockton (F) | 5F | |||
| 1798 | DR Majority | DR Majority | ||||||
| 1799 | F Majority | F Majority | James Schureman (F) | Jonathan Dayton (F) | 3DR, 2F | |||
| 1800 | F Majority | F Majority | John Adams and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (F)  |
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| 1801 | Joseph Bloomfield (DR) | 9F, 4DR | 28F, 11DR | Aaron Ogden (F) | 5DR | |||
| 1802 | John Lambert (DR) | 7F, 6DR | 24DR, 16F | |||||
| 1803 | Joseph Bloomfield (DR) | 8DR, 5F | 20F, 19DR, 1? | John Condit (DR) | 6DR | |||
| 1804 | 8DR, 5F | 25DR, 14F, 1? | Thomas Jefferson and George Clinton (DR) |
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| 1805 | 9DR, 4F | 28DR, 12F | Aaron Kitchell (DR) | |||||
| 1806 | 8DR, 5F | 25DR, 14F, 1 Quid-R | ||||||
| 1807 | 7F, 6DR | 21DR, 19F | ||||||
| 1808 | 9DR, 4F | 25DR, 15F | James Madison and George Clinton (DR) |
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| 1809 | 7DR, 6F | 23DR, 17F | John Lambert (DR) | John Condit (DR) | ||||
| 1810 | 8DR, 5F | 24DR, 16F | ||||||
| 1811 | 26DR, 14F | |||||||
| 1812 | Aaron Ogden (F) | 9DR, 4F | 30DR, 10F | DeWitt Clinton and Jared Ingersoll (F) |
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| 1813 | William Sanford Pennington (DR) | 7F, 6DR | 23F, 17DR | 4F, 2DR | ||||
| 1814 | 7DR, 6F | 23DR, 17F | 3DR, 3F | |||||
| 1815 | Mahlon Dickerson (DR) | 22DR, 18F | James J. Wilson (DR) | 6DR | ||||
| 1816 | 27DR, 15F | James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) |
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| 1817 | Isaac Halstead Williamson (D) | 8DR, 5F | 23DR, 18F | Mahlon Dickerson (DR,
then Jacksonian Democratic) |
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| 1818 | 26DR, 16F | |||||||
| 1819 | 27DR, 16F | Samuel L. Southard (DR) | ||||||
| 1820 | 9DR, 4F | 31DR, 12F | James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) |
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| 1821 | 36DR, 7F | |||||||
| 1822 | 30DR, 13F | |||||||
| 1823 | 31DR, 12F | Joseph McIlvaine (DR) | ||||||
| 1824 | 8DR, 5F | 29DR, 14F | Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun (DR) |
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| 1825 | J Majority | J Majority | 3J, 2NR, 1I | |||||
| 1826 | J Majority | J Majority | ||||||
| 1827 | NR Majority | NR Majority | Ephraim Bateman (NR) | 3NR, 2I, 1J | ||||
| 1828 | NR Majority | NR Majority | John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush (NR) |
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| 1829 | Peter Dumont Vroom (D) | 9NR, 5J | 25NR, 18J | Mahlon Dickerson (J) | Theodore Frelinghuysen (NR) | 6NR | ||
| 1830 | 8J, 6NR | 28J, 15NR | ||||||
| 1831 | 10J, 4NR | 37J, 13NR | ||||||
| 1832 | Samuel L. Southard (W) | 7NR, 7J | 26J, 24NR | Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren (D) |
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| 1833 | Elias P. Seeley (W) | 8NR, 6J | 33NR, 17J | Samuel L. Southard (W) | 6J | |||
| Peter Dumont Vroom (D) | ||||||||
| 1834 | 13D, 1NR | 41D, 9NR | ||||||
| 1835 | 8D, 6W | 28D, 21W, 1? | Garret D. Wall (J, then Democratic) | 5J, 1W | ||||
| 1836 | Philemon Dickerson (D) | 9D, 5W | 34D, 16W | William Henry Harrison and Francis Granger (W) |
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| 1837 | William Pennington (W) | 7D, 7W | 31D, 19W | 6W | ||||
| 1838 | 10W, 6D | 35W, 18D | ||||||
| 1839 | 10W, 7D | 33W, 20D | 5D, 1W | |||||
| 1840 | William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (W) |
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| 1841 | 13W, 5D | 41W, 12D | William L. Dayton (W) | Jacob W. Miller (W) | 6W | |||
| 1842 | 9D, 9W | 34W, 24D | ||||||
| 1843 | Daniel Haines (D) | 10W, 8D | 32W, 26D | 4D, 1W | ||||
| 1844 | 12D, 6W | 35D, 23W | Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen (W) |
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| 1845 | Charles C. Stratton (W) | 13W, 6D | 40W, 18D | 4W, 1D | ||||
| 1846 | 12W, 7D | 30W, 27D, 1A | 3W, 2D | |||||
| 1847 | 40W, 18D | 4W, 1D | ||||||
| 1848 | Daniel Haines (D) | 38W, 20D | Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore (W) |
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| 1849 | 39W, 19D | |||||||
| 1850 | 10W, 9D | 33W, 25D | ||||||
| 1851 | George F. Fort (D) | 10D, 10W | 30D, 28W | Robert F. Stockton (D) | 4D, 1W | |||
| 1852 | 13D, 7W | 45D, 15W | Franklin Pierce and William R. King (D) |
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| 1853 | 39D, 21W | John R. Thomson (D) | William Wright (D) | |||||
| 1854 | Rodman M. Price (D) | 40D, 20W | ||||||
| 1855 | 10D, 9W, 1A | 29D, 25W, 6A | 4O, 1D | |||||
| 1856 | 11D, 5W, 4A | 31D, 15A, 14W | James Buchanan and John C. Breckinridge (D) |
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| 1857 | William A. Newell (R) | 11D, 6O, 3A | 38D, 22R | 3D, 2R | ||||
| 1858 | 15D, 6O | 35D, 25R | ||||||
| 1859 | 13D, 8O | 36O, 24D | John C. Ten Eyck (R) | 3R, 2D | ||||
| 1860 | Charles S. Olden (R) | 12D, 8R, 1A | 30D, 28R, 2A | Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin (R) - 4 Stephen A. Douglas and Herschel Vespasian Johnson (D) - 3 |
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| 1861 | 11R, 10D | 32D, 28R | Richard S. Field (R) | 3D, 2R | ||||
| 1862 | 10D, 10R, 1I | 36D, 24R | James W. Wall (D) | |||||
| 1863 | Joel Parker (D) | 13D, 8R | 45D, 15R | William Wright (D) | 4D, 1R | |||
| 1864 | 14D, 7R | 40D, 20R | George B. McClellan and George Hunt Pendleton (D) |
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| 1865 | 13D, 8R | 30D, 30R | John P. Stockton (D) | 3D, 2R | ||||
| 1866 | Marcus L. Ward (R) | 11R, 10D | 36R, 24D | |||||
| 1867 | 13R, 8D | 33R, 27D | Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R) | Alexander G. Cattell (R) | 3R, 2D | |||
| 1868 | 11D, 10R | 46D, 14R | Horatio Seymour and Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (D) |
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| 1869 | Theodore F. Randolph (D) | 12D, 9R | 32D, 28R | John P. Stockton (D) | 3D, 2R | |||
| 1870 | 13D, 8R | 34D, 26R | ||||||
| 1871 | 12R, 9D | 34R, 26D | Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R) | 3R, 2D | ||||
| 1872 | Joel Parker (D) | 36R, 24D | Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson (R) |
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| 1873 | 14R, 7D | 44R, 16D | 6R, 1D | |||||
| 1874 | 32R, 28D | |||||||
| 1875 | Joseph D. Bedle (D) | 13R, 8D | 41D, 19R | Theodore F. Randolph (D) | 5D, 2R | |||
| 1876 | 12R, 9D | 37R, 23D | Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas Andrews Hendricks (D) |
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| 1877 | 11D, 10R | 30D, 30R | John R. McPherson (D) | 4D, 3R | ||||
| 1878 | George B. McClellan (D) | 12D, 9R | 33D, 27R | |||||
| 1879 | 11R, 9D, 1I | 33R, 27D | 4R, 3D | |||||
| 1880 | 12R, 9D | 35R, 25D | Winfield Hancock and William Hayden English (D) |
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| 1881 | George C. Ludlow (D) | 15R, 5D, 1I | 34R, 26D | William J. Sewell (R) | 4R, 3D | |||
| 1882 | 12R, 9D | 35D, 25R | ||||||
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| 1884 | Leon Abbett (D) | 34D, 26R | Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks (D) |
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| 1885 | 11R, 10D | 34R, 26D | ||||||
| 1886 | 13R, 8D | 31R, 29D | ||||||
| 1887 | Robert Stockton Green (D) | 12R, 9D | 32R, 28D | Rufus Blodgett (D) | 5R, 2D | |||
| 1888 | 37R, 23D | Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman (D) |
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| 1889 | 11D, 10R | 32D, 28R | 4R, 3D | |||||
| 1890 | Leon Abbett (D) | 11R, 10D | 37D, 23R | |||||
| 1891 | 14D, 7R | 40D, 20R | 5D, 2R | |||||
| 1892 | 16D, 5R | 42D, 18R | Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D) |
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| 1893 | George T. Werts (D) | 39D, 21R | James Smith, Jr. (D) | 6D, 2R | ||||
| 1894 | 11R, 10D | 39R, 21D | ||||||
| 1895 | 16R, 5D | 54R, 6D | William J. Sewell (R) | 8R | ||||
| 1896 | John W. Griggs (R) | 18R, 3D | 53R, 7D | William McKinley and Garret A. Hobart (R) |
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| 1897 | 56R, 4D | |||||||
| 1898 | Foster M. Voorhees (R) | 14R, 7D | 37R, 23D | |||||
| David Ogden Watkins (R) | ||||||||
| 1899 | Foster M. Voorhees (R) | John Kean (R) | 6R, 2D | |||||
| 1900 | 43R, 17D | William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt (R) |
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| 1901 | 17R, 4D | 38R, 22D | John F. Dryden (R) | |||||
| 1902 | Franklin Murphy (R) | 46R, 14D | ||||||
| 1903 | 14R, 7D | 38R, 22D | 7R, 3D | |||||
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) |
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| 1905 | Edward C. Stokes (R) | 46R, 14D | 9R, 1D | |||||
| 1906 | 17R, 4D | 57R, 3D | ||||||
| 1907 | 15R, 6D | 31D, 29R | Frank O. Briggs (R) | 6R, 4D | ||||
| 1908 | John Franklin Fort (R) | 14R, 7D | 40R, 20D | William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman (R) |
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| 1909 | 13R, 8D | 45R, 15D | 7R, 3D | |||||
| 1910 | 15R, 6D | 41R, 19D | ||||||
| 1911 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | 12R, 9D | 42D, 18R | James E. Martine (D) | 7D, 3R | |||
| 1912 | 11R, 10D | 37R, 23D | Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) |
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| 1913 | James F. Fielder (D) | 12D, 9R | 52D, 8R | William Hughes (D) | 11D, 1R | |||
| Leon R. Taylor (D) | ||||||||
| 1914 | James F. Fielder (D) | 11D, 10R | 37D, 23R | |||||
| 1915 | 11R, 10D | 38R, 22D | 8R, 4D | |||||
| 1916 | 13R, 8D | 40R, 20D | Charles Evans Hughes and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) |
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| 1917 | Walter Evans Edge | 15R, 6D | 44R, 16D | Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (R) | David Baird (R) | 9R, 3D | ||
| 1918 | 46R, 17D | |||||||
| 1919 | William Nelson Runyon (R) | 30R, 30D | Walter Evans Edge (R) | 8R, 4D | ||||
| 1920 | Clarence E. Case (R) | 33R, 27D | Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R) |
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| Edward I. Edwards (D) | ||||||||
| 1921 | 59R, 1D | 11R, 1D | ||||||
| 1922 | 16R, 5D | 45R, 15D | ||||||
| 1923 | George Sebastian Silzer (D) | 17R, 4D | 44R, 16D | Edward I. Edwards (D) | 6R, 6D | |||
| 1924 | 42R, 18D | Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes (R) |
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| 1925 | 18R, 3D | 47R, 13D | 10R, 2D | |||||
| 1926 | A. Harry Moore (D) | 46R, 14D | ||||||
| 1927 | 17R, 4D | 47R, 13D | 9R, 3D | |||||
| 1928 | 18R, 3D | 46R, 14D | Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) |
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| 1929 | Morgan Foster Larson (R) | 48R, 12D | Hamilton F. Kean (R) | David Baird, Jr. (R) | 10R, 2D | |||
| 1930 | 17R, 4D | 46R, 14D | ||||||
| 1931 | Dwight W. Morrow (R) | 8R, 4D | ||||||
| 1932 | A. Harry Moore {D} | 15R, 6D | 34D, 26R | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) |
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| 1933 | 38R, 22D | W. Warren Barbour (R) | 10R, 4D | |||||
| 1934 | 33R, 27D | |||||||
| 1935 | Clifford Ross Powell (R) | 34R, 26D | A. Harry Moore (D) | |||||
| Horace Griggs Prall (R) | ||||||||
| Harold G. Hoffman (R) | ||||||||
| 1936 | 13R, 8D | 42R, 18D | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) |
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| 1937 | 11R, 10D | 39D, 21R | John G. Milton (D) | William H. Smathers (D) | 7R, 7D | |||
| 1938 | A. Harry Moore (D) | 13R, 8D | 41R, 19D | |||||
| 1939 | 15R, 6D | 45R, 15D | W. Warren Barbour (R) | 11R, 3D | ||||
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace (D) |
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| 1941 | Charles Edison (D) | 17R, 4D | 44R, 16D | 10R, 4D | ||||
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| 1943 | 18R, 3D | Arthur Walsh (D) | Albert W. Hawkes (R) | 11R, 3D | ||||
| 1944 | Walter Evans Edge (R) | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D) |
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| 1945 | 17R, 4D | 42R, 18D | H. Alexander Smith (R) | 12R, 2D | ||||
| 1946 | 41R, 19D | |||||||
| 1947 | Alfred E. Driscoll (R) | 15R, 6D | 48R, 12D | |||||
| 1948 | 17R, 4D | 45R, 15D | Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren (R) |
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| 1949 | 15R, 6D | 44R, 16D | Robert C. Hendrickson (R) | 9R, 5D | ||||
| 1950 | 14R, 7D | 38R, 22D | ||||||
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| 1952 | 16R, 5D | 43R, 17D | Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (R) |
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| 1953 | 8R, 6D | |||||||
| 1954 | Robert B. Meyner (D) | 17R, 4D | 40R, 20D | |||||
| 1955 | Clifford P. Case (R) | |||||||
| 1956 | 14R, 7D | Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (R) |
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| 1957 | 10R, 4D | |||||||
| 1958 | 13R, 8D | 42D, 18R | ||||||
| 1959 | Harrison A. Williams (D) | 9R, 5D | ||||||
| 1960 | 11R, 10D | 34D, 26R | John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (D) |
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| 1961 | 8R, 6D | |||||||
| 1962 | Richard J. Hughes (D) | 38D, 22R | ||||||
| 1963 | 8R, 7D | |||||||
| 1964 | 15R, 6D | 33R, 27D | Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) |
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| 1965 | 11D, 4R | |||||||
| 1966 | 19D, 10R | 41D, 19R | ||||||
| 1967 | 9D, 6R | |||||||
| 1968 | 31R, 9D | 58R, 22D | Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) |
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| 1970 | William T. Cahill (R) | 59R, 21D | ||||||
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| 1972 | 24R, 16D | 40D, 39R, 1I | Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) |
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| 1973 | 8D, 7R | |||||||
| 1974 | Brendan Byrne (D) | 29D, 10R, 1I | 66D, 14R | |||||
| 1975 | 12D, 3R | |||||||
| 1976 | 49D, 31R | Gerald Ford and Bob Dole (R) |
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| 1977 | 11D, 4R | |||||||
| 1978 | 27D, 13R | 54D, 26R | ||||||
| 1979 | Bill Bradley (D) | 10D, 5R | ||||||
| 1980 | 26D, 14R | 44D, 36R | Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R) |
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| 1981 | 8D, 7R | |||||||
| 1982 | Thomas Kean (R) | 22D, 13R | 43D, 37R | |||||
| Nicholas F. Brady (R) | ||||||||
| 1983 | Frank Lautenberg (D) | 9D, 5R | ||||||
| 1984 | 23D, 17R | 44D, 36R | Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R) |
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| 1985 | 8D, 6R | |||||||
| 1986 | 50R, 30D | |||||||
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| 1988 | 24D, 16R | 42R, 38D | George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) |
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| 1989 | ||||||||
| 1990 | James Florio (D) | 23D, 17R | 42D, 38R | |||||
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| 1992 | 27R, 13D | 58R, 22D | Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) |
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| 1993 | 7D, 6R | |||||||
| 1994 | Christine Todd Whitman (R) | 24R, 16D | 53R, 27D | |||||
| 1995 | 8R, 5D | |||||||
| 1996 | 50R, 30D | Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) |
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| 1997 | Robert Torricelli (D) | 7R, 6D | ||||||
| 1998 | 48R, 32D | |||||||
| 1999 | 7D, 6R | |||||||
| 2000 | 45R, 35D | Al Gore and Joe Lieberman (D) |
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| 2001 | Jon Corzine (D) | |||||||
| Donald DiFrancesco (R) | ||||||||
| 2002 | John Farmer Jr. (R) | 20D, 20R | 44D, 36R | |||||
| John O. Bennett (R) | ||||||||
| Richard Codey (D) | ||||||||
| Jim McGreevey (D) | ||||||||
| 2003 | Frank Lautenberg (D) | |||||||
| 2004 | 22D, 18R | 47D, 33R | John Kerry and John Edwards (D) |
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| Richard Codey (D) | ||||||||
| 2005 | ||||||||
| 2006 | Jon Corzine (D) | 49D, 31R | ||||||
| Bob Menendez (D) | 6D, 6R | |||||||
| 7D, 6R | ||||||||
| 2007 | ||||||||
| 2008 | 23D, 17R | 48D, 32R | Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) |
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| 2009 | 8D, 5R | |||||||
| 2010 | Chris Christie (R) | Kim Guadagno (R) | 47D, 33R | |||||
| 2011 | 24D, 16R | 7D, 6R | ||||||
| 2012 | 48D, 32R | |||||||
| 2013 | 6D, 6R | |||||||
| Jeffrey Chiesa (R) | ||||||||
| Cory Booker (D) | ||||||||
| 2014 | 6R, 5D | |||||||
| 2015 | 6D, 6R | |||||||
| 2016 | 52D, 28R | Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine (D) |
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| 2017 | 7D, 5R | |||||||
| Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor/Sec. of State | State Senate | General Assembly | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | Electoral College votes |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | ||||||
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