1965 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election
Who won the 1965 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election?
Richard J. Hughes won the 1965 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election. Richard J. Hughes received 1,279,568 popular votes (57.4%). The main challenger was Wayne Dumont (41.1%).
See the full head-to-head between Hughes and Dumont
Hughes +16.3 pts · won by 363,572 votes
1,279,568 votes
915,996 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.5% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.