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1997 New Jersey gubernatorial election
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County results
Congressional district results
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Whitman:
40?50%
50?60%
60?70%
McGreevey:
40?50%
50?60%
60?70%
70?80%
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The
1997 New Jersey gubernatorial election
was held on November 4, 1997. In the Democratic primary, state senator and
Woodbridge Township
mayor
James McGreevey
defeated pre-U.S. Rep.
Rob Andrews
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by 9,993 votes. In the general election, Republican Governor Christine Todd Whitman defeated McGreevey by 26,953 votes. Whitman won 46.87% of the vote, with
Democratic
nominee
James McGreevey
receiving 45.82% and
Libertarian
Murray Sabrin
receiving 4.7%.
Republican primary
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Candidates
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Results
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Democratic primary
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Candidates
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Results
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General election
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Candidates
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Campaign
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In June, a 60-second radio ad paid for by the
New Jersey Republican Party
focused on the 30% income tax cut and 180,000 new jobs. Whitman's ads blamed McGreevey for the state's auto insurance rates. The Whitman campaign emphasized the drops in unemployment, violent crime and welfare rolls during her term. Other ads took aim at McGreevey's record on taxes, particularly his support for former Gov.
Jim Florio
's (D) tax increase. The RNC criticized former Gov. Jim Florio (D) in an ad October, calling his 1990 tax increase a result of electing "liberal Democrats".
In September, McGreevey unveiled two TV ads criticizing Whitman and focusing on property taxes, auto insurance rates, pension bond debts, and education standards. The
Democratic National Committee
also spent $1 million during the home stretch of the campaign on television ads for Democratic candidates statewide. In October, a poll found that voters of NJ called
auto insurance
the most important issue in the campaign, and
property taxes
second.
Polling
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Poll source
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Date(s)
administered
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Sample
size
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Margin of
error
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Jim
McGreevey (D)
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Christine Todd
Whitman (R)
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Murray
Sabrin (L)
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Other
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Undecided
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Rutgers-Eagleton
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June 6?8, 1997
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602 RV
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±3.5%
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38%
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44%
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?
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18%
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Rutgers-Eagleton
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June 11?16, 1997
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613 RV
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±3.5%
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33%
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49%
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?
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18%
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Rutgers-Eagleton
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September 2?7, 1997
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673 RV
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±3.5%
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35%
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47%
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?
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18%
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32%
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47%
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3%
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18%
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Quinnipiac College
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September 8?13, 1997
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865
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±3.3%
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37%
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49%
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?
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4%
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10%
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Rutgers-Eagleton
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October 12?15, 1997
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631 RV
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±3.5%
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40%
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45%
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?
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15%
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38%
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42%
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6%
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14%
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Quinnipiac College
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October 14?20, 1997
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1,120
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±2.9%
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37%
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45%
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8%
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1%
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9%
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New York Times/CBS News
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October 25?29, 1997
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1,082
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±3.0%
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33%
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44%
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8%
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3%
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12%
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Rutgers-Eagleton
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October 28?31, 1997
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613 LV
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±3.0%
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36%
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45%
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9%
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18%
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Results
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This was the first gubernatorial election in the state since
1949
where a Republican won without
Passaic County
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Results by county
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County
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Whitman votes
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Whitman %
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McGreevey votes
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McGreevey %
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Other votes
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Other %
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Atlantic
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31,364
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47.3%
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29,091
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43.9%
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5,791
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8.7%
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Bergen
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148,934
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53.3%
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118,834
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42.5%
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11,903
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4.3%
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Burlington
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55,523
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43.5%
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60,690
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47.5%
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11,485
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9.0%
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Camden
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51,643
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35.7%
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82,028
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56.7%
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10,933
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7.6%
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Cape May
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18,227
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49.6%
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15,395
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41.9%
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3,159
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8.6%
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Cumberland
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13,651
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36.5%
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19,977
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53.5%
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3,729
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10.0%
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Essex
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69,470
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35.5%
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120,429
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61.2%
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6,778
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3.4%
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Gloucester
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30,314
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38.4%
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41,082
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52.1%
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7,519
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9.5%
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Hudson
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47,468
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35.6%
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80,526
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60.4%
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5,394
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4.0%
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Hunterdon
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24,465
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59.5%
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10,983
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26.7%
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5,698
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13.8%
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Mercer
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44,056
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40.8%
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54,977
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50.9%
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8,905
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8.3%
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Middlesex
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83,149
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39.3%
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110,354
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52.2%
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17,911
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5.5%
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Monmouth
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105,535
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53.9%
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74,098
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37.8%
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16,189
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8.3%
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Morris
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97,414
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65.4%
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41,296
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27.7%
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10,252
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6.9%
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Ocean
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84,897
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53.8%
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57,944
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36.7%
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15,076
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9.5%
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Passaic
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55,541
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45.2%
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60,256
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49.1%
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6,966
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5.7%
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Salem
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10,686
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49.9%
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8,790
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41.0%
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1,950
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9.1%
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Somerset
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51,465
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57.4%
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29,089
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32.4%
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9,154
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10.2%
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Sussex
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25,458
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60.4%
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11,331
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26.9%
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5,332
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12.7%
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Union
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68,721
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46.6%
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69,673
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47.2%
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9,065
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6.1%
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Warren
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15,413
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50.8%
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11,125
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36.7%
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3,793
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12.5%
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Notes
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- ^
Only top two candidates
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