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2017 New Jersey gubernatorial election

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2017 New Jersey gubernatorial election

The 2017 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2017, to elect the governor of New Jersey. Incumbent Republican governor Chris Christie was term-limited and ineligible to seek re-election to a third consecutive term. Former U . Ambassador to Germany, Phil Murphy and former Speaker of the Assembly Sheila Oliver won the gubernatorial election in a landslide, defeating incumbent lieutenant governor Kim Guadagno and the incumbent Mayor of Woodcliff Lake Carlos Rendo by a wide margin of 14 %. This election was one of the first major races that took place during Donald Trump's first presidency. Primary elections took place on June 6, 2017. Kim Guadagno, the incumbent lieutenant governor of New Jersey, won the Republican primary for governor and chose Woodcliff Lake Mayor Carlos Rendo as her running mate. Phil Murphy, a banker and former U . Ambassador to Germany, won the Democratic primary, and chose former State Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver as his running mate. Seth Kaper-Dale ran as the Green Party candidate with Lisa Durden, while Pete Rohrman ran as the Libertarian Party candidate with Karrese Laguerre. Matt Riccardi ran as the Constitution Party candidate. There were two other independent candidates on the ballot. Murphy led throughout the general election, with many analysts expecting a Democratic pickup. When polls closed on Election Day, Murphy was immediately declared the winner, based on exit polling alone. Murphy received 56 % of the vote to Guadagno's 41 %. Murphy slightly outperformed Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential run in the state, and won one county (Gloucester) that Clinton lost in 2016, while Guadagno didn't win any county that Clinton won in 2016. With the election of Sheila Oliver as lieutenant governor, she became the first woman of color elected to statewide office in New Jersey. 38 % of registered voters cast ballots, marking the lowest turnout on record for any gubernatorial election in New Jersey. Guadagno later left the Republican Party in July 2021. 2017 was the first New Jersey gubernatorial election since 1989 in which the Democratic candidate won Somerset County, as well as the first since 2005 in which the Democratic candidate won Burlington County, Middlesex County, Atlantic County, or Gloucester County. Murphy became the first New Jersey governor since Brendan Byrne in 1973 to win without any prior elected experience, and the first since Charles Edison in 1940 to win without having held any prior public office in the state. This is the first gubernatorial election since 1937 in which the Democratic nominee won without winning Salem County, and the first since 1981 that it voted for the losing candidate.

Infobox

Turnout
38 % (1 %)
Nominee
Phil Murphy
Party
Democratic
Running mate
Sheila Oliver
Popular vote
1,203,110
Percentage
56 %

Tables

· Republican primary › Fundraising
Candidate
Candidate
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Candidate
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Raised
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Spent
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Cash on hand
Jack Ciattarelli
Jack Ciattarelli
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Jack Ciattarelli
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$1,768,417
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$1,731,962
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$36,337
Kim Guadagno
Kim Guadagno
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Kim Guadagno
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$3,540,927
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$3,451,743
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$89,184
Steven Rogers
Steven Rogers
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Steven Rogers
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$27,522
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$27,522
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$0
Joseph Rudy Rullo
Joseph Rudy Rullo
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Joseph Rudy Rullo
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$13,573
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$9,809
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$64
Hirsh Singh
Hirsh Singh
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Hirsh Singh
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$1,021,387
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$1,016,191
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$5,196
Source: New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission
Source: New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Source: New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Candidate
Raised
Spent
Cash on hand
Jack Ciattarelli
$1,768,417
$1,731,962
$36,337
Kim Guadagno
$3,540,927
$3,451,743
$89,184
Steven Rogers
$27,522
$27,522
$0
Joseph Rudy Rullo
$13,573
$9,809
$64
Hirsh Singh
$1,021,387
$1,016,191
$5,196
Source: New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission
· Republican primary › Polling
Stockton University
Stockton University
Poll source
Stockton University
Date(s) administered
May 16–23, 2017
Sample size
389 (LV)
Margin of error
± 4 %
Jack Ciattarelli
18%
Kim Guadagno
37%
Steven Rogers
4%
Joseph Rudy Rullo
3%
Hirsh Singh
3%
Other
2%
Undecided
31%
Stockton University
Stockton University
Poll source
Stockton University
Date(s) administered
April 26 – May 1, 2017
Sample size
359 (RV)
Margin of error
–
Jack Ciattarelli
19%
Kim Guadagno
29%
Steven Rogers
4%
Joseph Rudy Rullo
4%
Hirsh Singh
2%
Other
1%
Undecided
41%
Quinnipiac University
Quinnipiac University
Poll source
Quinnipiac University
Date(s) administered
April 26 – May 1, 2017
Sample size
331 (RV)
Margin of error
± 5 %
Jack Ciattarelli
12%
Kim Guadagno
23%
Steven Rogers
5%
Joseph Rudy Rullo
3%
Hirsh Singh
—
Other
a1%
Undecided
51%
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Poll source
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Date(s) administered
March 22–26, 2017
Sample size
216 (RV)
Margin of error
± 6 %
Jack Ciattarelli
5%
Kim Guadagno
24%
Steven Rogers
1%
Joseph Rudy Rullo
1%
Hirsh Singh
0%
Other
14%
Undecided
54%
Quinnipiac University
Quinnipiac University
Poll source
Quinnipiac University
Date(s) administered
March 9–13, 2017
Sample size
315 (RV)
Margin of error
± 5 %
Jack Ciattarelli
3%
Kim Guadagno
28%
Steven Rogers
2%
Joseph Rudy Rullo
1%
Hirsh Singh
—
Other
19%
Undecided
42%
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Poll source
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Date(s) administered
January 25–29, 2017
Sample size
275 (RV)
Margin of error
± 5 %
Jack Ciattarelli
2%
Kim Guadagno
18%
Steven Rogers
2%
Joseph Rudy Rullo
0%
Hirsh Singh
—
Other
25%
Undecided
52%
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size
Margin of error
Jack Ciattarelli
Kim Guadagno
Steven Rogers
Joseph Rudy Rullo
Hirsh Singh
Other
Undecided
Stockton University
May 16–23, 2017
389 (LV)
± 4 %
18%
37%
4%
3%
3%
2%
31%
Stockton University
April 26 – May 1, 2017
359 (RV)
–
19%
29%
4%
4%
2%
1%
41%
Quinnipiac University
April 26 – May 1, 2017
331 (RV)
± 5 %
12%
23%
5%
3%
—
a1%
51%
Fairleigh Dickinson University
March 22–26, 2017
216 (RV)
± 6 %
5%
24%
1%
1%
0%
14%
54%
Quinnipiac University
March 9–13, 2017
315 (RV)
± 5 %
3%
28%
2%
1%
—
19%
42%
Fairleigh Dickinson University
January 25–29, 2017
275 (RV)
± 5 %
2%
18%
2%
0%
—
25%
52%
FDU
FDU
Poll source
FDU
Date(s) administered
September 1–7, 2014
Sample size
721
Margin of error
± 3 %
Jon Bramnick
4%
Kim Guadagno
12%
Other
11%
Undecided
74%
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size
Margin of error
Jon Bramnick
Kim Guadagno
Other
Undecided
FDU
September 1–7, 2014
721
± 3 %
4%
12%
11%
74%
Republican primary results · Republican primary › Results
Total votes
Total votes
Party
Total votes
Party
243,771
Candidate
100 %
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican
Kim Guadagno
113,846
46 %
Republican
Jack Ciattarelli
75,556
30 %
Republican
Hirsh Singh
23,728
9 %
Republican
Joseph R. Rullo
15,816
6 %
Republican
Steven Rogers
14,187
5 %
Write-in
638
0 %
Total votes
243,771
100 %
· Democratic primary › Fundraising
Candidate
Candidate
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Candidate
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Raised
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Spent
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Cash on hand
Bill Brennan
Bill Brennan
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Bill Brennan
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$20,847
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$20,847
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$0
Jim Johnson
Jim Johnson
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Jim Johnson
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$3,256,514
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$3,198,226
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$58,288
Raymond Lesniak
Raymond Lesniak
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Raymond Lesniak
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$791,368
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$718,619
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$64,990
Phil Murphy
Phil Murphy
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Phil Murphy
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$21,995,248
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$21,735,597
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$262,951
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
John Wisniewski
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$2,142,139
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$2,081,439
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$60,795
Mark Zinna
Mark Zinna
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Mark Zinna
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$33,498
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$32,622
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
$877
Source: New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission
Source: New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Source: New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission
Primary campaign finance activity through June 23, 2017
Candidate
Raised
Spent
Cash on hand
Bill Brennan
$20,847
$20,847
$0
Jim Johnson
$3,256,514
$3,198,226
$58,288
Raymond Lesniak
$791,368
$718,619
$64,990
Phil Murphy
$21,995,248
$21,735,597
$262,951
John Wisniewski
$2,142,139
$2,081,439
$60,795
Mark Zinna
$33,498
$32,622
$877
Source: New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission

References

  1. Campaign finance activity through October 24, 2017 only
  2. Key: A – all adults RV – registered voters LV – likely voters V – unclear
  3. Dana Wefer 2%, "Someone else" 12%
  4. Joe Piscopo 18%, "Someone else" 1%
  5. Joe Piscopo 12%, "Someone else" 13%
  6. Lisa McCormick 2%, Monica Brinson 1%, Bob Hoatson 1%, Titus Pierce 0%, "Someone else" 6%
  7. Gina Genovese (I) 4%, Seth Kaper-Dale (G) 3%
  8. Gina Genovese (I) 2%, Seth Kaper-Dale (G) 1%, Matt Riccardi (C) 1%, Pete Rohrman (L) 1%, Vincent Ross (I) 1%
  9. Gina Genovese (I) 2%, "Someone else" 5%
  10. Gina Genovese (I) 2%, Pete Rohrman (L) 2%, Seth Kaper-Dale (G) 1%, Vincent Ross (I) 1%, Matt Riccardi (C) <1%
  11. Gina Genovese (I) 4%, Seth Kaper-Dale (G) 2%, Pete Rohrman (L) 1%, Other 2%
  12. Poll sponsored by Johnson's campaign
  13. Poll sponsored by Guadagno's campaign
  14. "Total Number of Registered Voters, Ballots Cast, Ballots Rejected, Percentage of Ballots Cast and the Total Number of Election Districts in New Jersey"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033627/http://nj.gov/state/elections/2017-results/2017-summary-registered-voters-general-election.pdf
  15. "Official List Candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor For November 2017 General Election"
    http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/2017-results/2017-official-general-candidates-governor.pdf
  16. Nj
    http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/11/murphy_beats_guadagno_new_jersey_governor_election_race_polls.html
  17. New Jersey 101
    https://nj1015.com/njs-governors-race-cost-79-million-but-had-lowest-turnout-ever/
  18. New Jersey Globe
    https://newjerseyglobe.com/governor/kim-guadagno-christies-lt-governor-leaves-the-republican-party/
  19. Asbury Park Press
    https://www.app.com/story/news/politics/2021/07/22/kim-guadagno-leaves-gop-after-rift-monmouth-chairman-shaun-golden/8056238002/
  20. NJ
    http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/06/polls_are_open_in_nj_primary_elections_today.html
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