Governor elections in New Jersey
● In officeMikie SherrillDemocratic
Elections won
R 18 · D 67 · Other 22107 gubernatorial elections since 1789
Last decided by
14.4 pts2025, Mikie Sherrill over Jack Ciattarelli
Closest ever
0.08 pts1981, Thomas Kean over James Florio
Longest streak
19 in a rowDemocratic, 1813–1831
Next election
2029Tuesday, November 6, 2029
New Jersey's governor is Democrat Mikie Sherrill; Sherrill won the most recent race by 14.4 points in 2025. Sherrill has held the office since 2025. The 2025 race put Sherrill ahead of Jack Ciattarelli, 14.4 points clear. Across 107 elections since 1789, Republicans have won 18 and Democrats 67, with 22 going to other parties. Of those, the closest was 1981, decided by 0.08 points; the widest 1985, by 40.3 points.
Mikie Sherrill D 1,896,610 · Jack Ciattarelli R 1,417,705
Phil Murphy D 1,339,471 · Jack Ciattarelli R 1,255,185
Phil Murphy D 1,203,110 · Kim Guadagno R 899,583
Chris Christie R 1,278,932 · Barbara Buono D 809,978
Jon S. Corzine D 1,224,551 · Doug Forrester R 985,271
Jim McGreevey D 1,256,853 · Bret Schundler R 928,174
Christine Todd Whitman R 1,133,394 · Jim McGreevey D 1,107,968
Christine Todd Whitman R 1,236,124 · James Florio D 1,210,031
James Florio D 1,379,937 · Jim Courter R 838,553
Thomas Kean R 1,372,631 · Peter Shapiro D 578,402
Thomas Kean R 1,145,999 · James Florio D 1,144,202
Brendan Byrne D 1,184,564 · Raymond Bateman R 888,880
Brendan Byrne D 1,414,613 · Charles W. Sandman Jr. R 676,235
William T. Cahill R 1,411,905 · Robert B. Meyner D 911,003
Richard J. Hughes D 1,279,568 · Wayne Dumont R 915,996
Richard J. Hughes D 1,084,194 · James P. Mitchell R 1,049,274
Robert B. Meyner D 1,101,130 · Malcolm Forbes R 897,321
Robert B. Meyner D 962,710 · Paul L. Troast R 809,068
Alfred E. Driscoll R 885,882 · Elmer H. Wene D 810,022
Alfred E. Driscoll R 807,378 · Lewis G. Hansen D 585,960
Walter Evans Edge R 634,364 · Vincent J. Murphy D 506,604
Charles Edison D 984,407 · Robert C. Hendrickson R 920,512
A. Harry Moore D 746,033 · Lester H. Clee R 700,767
Harold G. Hoffman R 686,530 · William L. Dill D 674,096
A. Harry Moore D 735,504 · David Baird Jr. R 505,451
Morgan F. Larson R 824,005 · William L. Dill D 671,728
A. Harry Moore D 471,549 · Arthur Whitney R 433,121
George Sebastian Silzer D 427,206 · William Nelson Runyon R 383,312
Edward I. Edwards D 217,486 · Newton A.K. Bugbee R 202,976
Walter Evans Edge R 247,343 · H. Otto Wittpenn D 177,696
Woodrow Wilson D 233,682 · Vivian M. Lewis R 184,626
John Franklin Fort R 194,313 · Frank S. Katzenbach D 186,300
Edward C. Stokes R 231,363 · Charles C. Black D 179,719
Franklin Murphy R 183,814 · James M. Seymour D 166,681
Foster McGowan Voorhees R 164,051 · Elvin W. Crane D 158,552
John W. Griggs R 162,900 · Alexander T. McGill D 136,000
George Theodore Werts D 167,257 · John Kean R 159,632
Leon Abbett D 138,245 · Edward Burd Grubb Jr. R 123,992
Leon Abbett D 103,856 · Jonathan Dixon R 97,047
George C. Ludlow D 121,666 · Frederic A. Potts R 121,015
George B. McClellan D 97,837 · William A. Newell R 85,094
Joseph D. Bedle D 97,283 · George A Halsey R 84,050
Joel Parker D 82,362 · Cornelius Walsh R 76,383
Theodore Fitz Randolph D 83,955 · John Insley Blair R 79,333
Marcus Lawrence Ward N 67,525 · Theodore Runyon D 64,706
Joel Parker D 61,307 · Marcus Lawrence Ward N 46,710
Charles Smith Olden O 53,315 · Edwin R. V. Wright D 51,714
William A. Newell O 50,803 · William Cowper Alexander D 48,246
Rodman M. Price D 38,312 · Joel Haywood W 34,530
George Franklin Fort D 39,726 · John Runk W 34,054
Daniel Haines D 34,765 · William Wright W 32,251
Charles C. Stratton W 37,985 · John Renshaw Thomson D 36,581