2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election
The 2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2013, to elect the governor of New Jersey. Incumbent Republican Governor Chris Christie ran for reelection to a second term in office.[2] He faced Democratic nominee Barbara Buono and six others in the general election. Christie was reelected with over 60 percent of the vote and carried 19 of the state's 21 counties, with Buono only winning heavily Democratic Hudson and Essex.[3] However, less than 40% of registered voters cast ballots, which was the lowest ever for a gubernatorial election.[1] Christie became the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to win more than 50 percent of the vote since Thomas Kean's landslide victory in 1985. He won 21% of African Americans and 51% of Latinos. This is the most recent election when a Republican candidate won a statewide race in the otherwise Democratic blue state of New Jersey.
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Christie was criticized for spending an additional $12–25 million of state money to hold a special election for United States Senator for New Jersey three weeks earlier on October 16, instead of simply holding the special election on November 5, concurrent with the already scheduled gubernatorial election. The Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate was popular Newark mayor Cory Booker, who is black, and it was thought that Booker's presence on the ballot would attract more black and other minority voters who would be likely to vote for Buono.[4]
Republican primary
Declared
- Chris Christie, incumbent governor[2]
- Seth Grossman, former Atlantic City Councilman[5]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Chris Christie (incumbent) | 205,666 | 91.91% | |
Republican | Seth Grossman | 18,095 | 8.09% | |
Total votes | 233,761 | 100.00% |
Democratic primary
Declared
- Barbara Buono, state senator and former state senate majority leader[7]
- Troy Webster, aide to East Orange mayor Robert Bowser[8]
Removed from Primary Ballot
- William Araujo, former mayoral candidate in Edison[9]
- Carl Bergmanson, former mayor of Glen Ridge and candidate for governor in 2009[10]
- Jeff Boss, conspiracy theorist and perennial candidate[11]
Araujo, Bergmanson, Boss, and Webster had their nominating petitions challenged by the New Jersey Democratic State Committee; only Webster's petitions were found to be valid therefore allowing his name to remain on the primary ballot with Buono.[12] Araujo and Boss subsequently filed new petitions to run in the general election as independents.[13]
Declined
- Rob Andrews, U.S. Representative[14]
- Chris Bollwage, Mayor of Elizabeth[14]
- Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark (ran for and won a U.S. Senate seat three weeks earlier on October 16)[15]
- Richard Codey, state senator, former state senate president and former governor[16][17]
- Joseph Cryan, former assembly majority leader[14]
- Brendan Gill, Essex County Freeholder[18]
- Louis Greenwald, Assembly Majority Leader[14][16]
- Lisa P. Jackson, former Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency[19]
- Phil Murphy, U.S. Ambassador to Germany, former Goldman Sachs executive, and future Governor of New Jersey[14]
- Sheila Oliver, Speaker of the State Assembly[16]
- Frank Pallone, U.S. Representative[14][16]
- Bill Pascrell, U.S. Representative[20]
- Stephen Sweeney, State Senate President[21]
- John Wisniewski, chair of the New Jersey Democratic Party and State Assemblyman[22]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Barbara Buono | 173,714 | 88.10% | |
Democratic | Troy Webster | 23,457 | 11.90% | |
Total votes | 195,171 | 100.00% |
General election
Major party candidates
- Chris Christie (Republican), incumbent governor
- Running mate: Kim Guadagno, incumbent lieutenant governor
- Barbara Buono (Democratic), former majority leader of the New Jersey Senate
Minor candidates
- William Araujo, Peace and Freedom[13]
- Running mate: Maria Salamanca
- Jeff Boss, NSA [13]
- Running mate: Robert B. Thorne
- Kenneth R. Kaplan, New Jersey Libertarian Party[13]
- Running mate: Brenda Bell
- Diane W. Sare, Glass-Steagall Now[13]
- Running mate: Bruce Todd
- Hank Schroeder, Independent[13]
- Running mate: Patricia Moschella
- Steve Welzer, Green Party of New Jersey[13]
- Running mate: Patricia Alessandrini
Endorsements
- Organizations
- Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA)[24]
- New Jersey Career Fire Chiefs' Association[25]
- Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey[26]
- National Federation of Independent Business[27]
- New Jersey Outdoor Alliance[28]
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Benevolent Association[29]
- National Coalition of Latino Officers[30]
- Essex County Association of Chiefs of Police[31]
- Lakewood Vaad[32]
- New Jersey Food Council[33]
- Port Authority Police Sergeants Benevolent Association[34]
- Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce[35]
- Port Authority Lieutenants Benevolent Association[34]
- Essex County Latino-American Chamber of Commerce[35]
- Port Authority Police Detectives Endowment Association[34]
- Waterfront Commission Police Detectives Endowment Association[34]
- New Jersey First Aid Council[36]
- Hispanic American Chamber of Commerce Foundation of Essex County[35]
- Overseas Korean Traders Association of New Jersey[37]
- Korean Marine Corps Veterans Association of New Jersey[37]
- Penel Concert Choir[37]
- New Jersey Taekwondo Association[37]
- Korean Real Estate Association of NJ[37]
- Korean American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey[37]
- Hudson County Taekwondo Association[37]
- Eastcoast Korean Real Estate Association[37]
- Korean American Grocery Association[37]
- New Jersey Central Korean American Association[37]
- New Jersey Korean American Dry Cleaning Association[37]
- New Jersey Korean American Nail Association[37]
- New Jersey Korean American Beauty Salon Association[37]
- Elected Officials
- Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator of Florida[38]
- Brian P. Stack, Democratic New Jersey State Senator and Mayor of Union City[39]
- Joe DiVincenzo, Democratic County Executive of Essex County[40]
- Armando Fontoura, Democratic Sheriff of Essex County[41]
- Karen Scheffler, Democratic Mayor of Palmyra[42]
- Raymond J. McDonough, Democratic Mayor of Harrison[43]
- Michael Blunt, Democratic Mayor of Chesilhurst[44]
- Dina Long, Democratic Mayor of Sea Bright[45]
- Angelo Corradino, Democratic Mayor of Manville[46]
- James Dodd, Democratic Mayor of Dover[47]
- Kevin Glover, Democratic Mayor of Scotch Plains[48]
- Anthony Davis, Democratic Council President of Paterson[49]
- Dwayne Warren, Democratic Mayor of Orange[46]
- Sandy Moscaritolo, Democratic Mayor of River Edge[50]
- Frank LoBiondo, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 2nd congressional district[51]
- Jon Runyan, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 3rd congressional district[51]
- Chris Smith, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 4th congressional district[51]
- Scott Garrett, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 5th congressional district[51]
- Leonard Lance, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 7th congressional district[51]
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 11th congressional district[51]
- David Borworth, Democratic Council President of Palmyra[42]
- FiorD'Aliza Frias, Democratic Commissioner of West New York[52]
- Laurence M. Bennett, Democratic Councilman of Harrison[43]
- Jesus R. Huaranga, Democratic Councilman of Harrison[43]
- James Doran, Democratic Councilman of Harrison[43]
- Victor Villalta, Democratic Councilman of Harrison[43]
- Carol Mandaglio, Democratic Councilwoman of Harrison[43]
- Michael Dolaghan, Democratic Councilman of Harrison[43]
- Francisco Nascimento, Democratic Councilman of Harrison[43]
- Anselmo Millan, Democratic Councilman of Harrison[43]
- Christine Noriega, Democratic Alderwoman of Dover[47]
- Michael Picciallo, Democratic Alderman of Dover[47]
- James Visioli, Democratic Alderman of Dover[47]
- Robert Rutan, Democratic Alderman of Dover[47]
- Michelle Yzarnotegui, Democratic Alderwoman of Dover[47]
- Yitz Stern, Democratic Councilman of Teaneck[53]
- Elie Katz, Democratic Councilman of Teaneck[53]
- Mark Schwartz, Democratic Councilman of Teaneck[53]
- Newspapers
- The Star Ledger[54]
- The Philadelphia Inquirer[55]
- Asbury Park Press[56]
- The Bergen Record[57]
- The Press of Atlantic City[58]
- Herald News[59]
- Religious leaders
- Bishop Reginald Jackson, Executive Director of the Black Ministers' Council[60]
- Korean Pastors Association[37]
- Igud of Lakewood[61]
- Pastor Ron Christian[62]
- Michele Levine, president, Bayonne Jewish Community Center[63]
- Bishop Dr. Thomas Robinson[63]
- Pastor Joe Carter[62]
- Pastor Jerry Smith[62]
- Pastor Ralph Terrell[62]
- Pastor William Christian[62]
- Pastor Jeffrey Bryan[62]
- Pastor John Perry[62]
- Pastor R. Trabout[62]
- Minister Tami Christian[62]
- Reverend Najiyyah Brooks[62]
- Bishop Parrott Sr.[62]
- Reverend Alfred Fletcher[62]
- Reverend Miguel Rivera[64]
- Reverend Jose C. Lopez[64]
- Reverend Jesus Infante[64]
- Reverend Raul Otero[64]
- Reverend David Torres Oyola[64]
- Reverend Rafael Mesa[64]
- Reverend Ariel Torres[64]
- Reverend Dr. Hector A. Chiesa[64]
- Reverend Bob Rodriguez[64]
- Reverend Tomas Reyes[64]
- Reverend Julio Barriento[64]
- Reverend Renato Castro[64]
- Reverend David Rojas[64]
- Others
- Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook[65]
- Buddy Valastro, star of Cake Boss[66]
- Shaquille O'Neal, former basketball player[67]
- David Letterman, talk-show host.
- Organizations
- 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East[68]
- American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees[69]
- American Federation of Teachers New Jersey[70]
- Communications Workers of America (CWA)[71]
- Council of New Jersey State College Locals[72]
- Democracy for America (DFA)[73]
- EMILY's List[74]
- Garden State Equality[75]
- Health Professionals and Allied Employees[76]
- Latinas United for Political Empowerment PAC[77]
- Latino Action Network[78]
- NOW-NJ PAC[79]
- New Jersey Education Association (NJEA)[80]
- New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police (NJFOP)[81]
- New Jersey Environmental Federation[82]
- New Jersey State Council of Machinists[83]
- New Jersey State Industrial Union Council[84]
- Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey[85]
- Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU)[86]
- Sierra Club[87]
- Women's Campaign Fund[88]
- Women's Political Caucus of New Jersey[89][90]
- Elected Officials
- Nelson Albano, state assemblyman[91]
- Rob Andrews, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 1st congressional district[92]
- Ras Baraka, South Ward member of the Newark Municipal Council[93]
- Jim Beach, state senator and Co-Chair of the Camden County Democratic Party[91]
- Dan Benson, state assemblyman[94]
- Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark and U.S. Senator-elect from New Jersey[95]
- John Burzichelli, state assemblyman[91]
- Richard Codey, State Senator, former governor of New Jersey, and former President of the New Jersey Senate[96]
- Herb Conaway, state assemblyman[91]
- Mildred C. Crump, at-large member of the Newark Municipal Council[93]
- Joe Cryan, state assemblyman and former Majority Leader of the New Jersey General Assembly[97]
- Jim Florio, former governor of New Jersey[92]
- Angel Fuentes, state assemblyman[91]
- Brendan Gill, Essex County freeholder[92]
- Nia Gill, President Pro Tempore of the New Jersey Senate[98]
- Louis Greenwald, Majority Leader of the New Jersey General Assembly[91]
- Maggie Hassan, Governor of New Hampshire[99]
- Jerramiah Healy, former Mayor of Jersey City[100]
- Rush Holt, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district[92][100]
- Pamela Rosen Lampitt, state assemblywoman[91]
- Fred H. Madden, state senator and Chairman of the Gloucester County Democratic Party[91]
- Robert Menendez, incumbent U.S. Senator (D-NJ)[92]
- Matthew Milam, former state assemblyman[91]
- Frank Minor, Mayor of Logan Township[92]
- Paul Moriarty, state assemblyman[91]
- Gabriela Mosquera, state assemblywoman[91]
- Donald Norcross, state senator and Co-Chair of the Camden County Democratic Party[91]
- Martin O'Malley, Governor of Maryland[101]
- Frank Pallone, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 6th congressional district[92][100]
- Bill Pascrell, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 9th congressional district[92]
- Donald Payne, Jr., U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district[92]
- Nick Poliseno, Republican Mayor of Spotswood[102]
- Ronald C. Rice, West Ward member of the Newark Municipal Council[93]
- Celeste Riley, state assemblywoman[91]
- Darrin Sharif, Cental Ward member of the Newark Municipal Council[93]
- Troy Singleton, state assemblyman[91]
- Albio Sires, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 8th congressional district[92]
- Peter Shumlin, Governor of Vermont and Chair of the Democratic Governors Association[103]
- Stephen Sweeney, President of the New Jersey Senate[91][104]
- Jeff Van Drew, state senator[91]
- Jim Whelan, state senator[91]
- Gilbert "Whip" Wilson, state assemblyman[91]
- Others
- Babs Casbar Siperstein, Democratic National Committee member from New Jersey and LGBT activist[92]
- Kerry Washington, actress[105]
Debates
- Complete video of debate, October 8, 2013 - C-SPAN
- Complete video of debate, October 15, 2013 - C-SPAN
Polling
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Chris Christie (R) |
Barbara Buono (D) |
Other | Undecided |
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Quinnipiac | October 30–November 3, 2013 | 1,388 | ± 2.6% | 61% | 33% | 1% | 6% |
Monmouth | October 30–November 2, 2013 | 1,436 | ± 2.6% | 57% | 37% | 2% | 4% |
Rutgers-Eagleton | October 28–November 2, 2013 | 535 | ± 4.2% | 66% | 30% | — | 4% |
Fairleigh Dickinson University | October 24–30, 2013 | 570 | ± 4.1% | 59% | 40% | 1% | — |
Kean University | October 28, 2013 | ? | ± 3% | 54% | 36% | — | 10% |
Stockton Polling Institute | October 23–28, 2013 | 804 | ± 3.5% | 56% | 32% | 4% | 8% |
Quinnipiac | October 21–27, 2013 | 1,203 | ± 2.8% | 64% | 31% | 1% | 5% |
Quinnipiac | October 10–14, 2013 | 1,938 | ± 2.2% | 62% | 33% | — | 5% |
Rutgers-Eagleton | October 7–13, 2013 | 562 | ± 4.1% | 59% | 33% | — | 8% |
Monmouth | October 10–12, 2013 | 1,606 | ± 2.5% | 59% | 35% | 2% | 4% |
Stockton Polling Institute | October 3–8, 2013 | 800 | ± 3.5% | 61.2% | 27.8% | — | 10.9% |
Rasmussen | October 7, 2013 | 1,000 | ± 3% | 55% | 34% | 4% | 7% |
Quinnipiac | October 5–7, 2013 | 1,144 | ± 2.9% | 62% | 33% | 1% | 4% |
Fairleigh Dickinson University | September 30–October 5, 2013 | 702 | ± 3.7% | 58% | 25% | 2% | 15% |
Monmouth | September 26–29, 2013 | 615 | ± 4% | 56% | 37% | — | 7% |
Quinnipiac | September 19–22, 2013 | 1,249 | ± 2.8% | 64% | 30% | 1% | 5% |
Pulse Opinion Research | September 19, 2013 | 1,000 | ± ? | 52% | 34% | 6% | 8% |
Stockton Polling Institute | September 15–21, 2013 | 812 | ± 3.4% | 58.2% | 30.2% | 1.3% | 10.4% |
Rasmussen | September 10–11, 2013 | 999 | ± 3% | 58% | 32% | 2% | 8% |
Rutgers-Eagleton | September 3–9, 2013 | 568 | ± 4.1% | 55% | 35% | 1% | 8% |
Fairleigh Dickinson University | August 21–27, 2013 | 700 | ± 3.7% | 50% | 26% | 6% | 19% |
Monmouth | August 15–18, 2013 | 777 | ± 3.5% | 56% | 36% | 3% | 6% |
Quinnipiac | August 1–5, 2013 | 2,042 | ± 2.2% | 58% | 30% | 1% | 11% |
Quinnipiac | July 2–7, 2013 | 1,068 | ± 3% | 61% | 29% | 1% | 9% |
Pulse Opinion Research | June 18, 2013 | 1,000 | ± 3% | 58% | 28% | 6% | 8% |
Fairleigh Dickinson University | June 10–16, 2013 | 705 | ± 3.7% | 57% | 27% | 2% | 13% |
Rasmussen | June 12–13, 2013 | 1,000 | ± 3% | 58% | 28% | 4% | 10% |
Stockton Polling Institute | June 8–13, 2013 | 741 | ± 3.6% | 64.2% | 24.5% | 2% | 10% |
Monmouth | June 10–11, 2013 | 626 | ± 3.9% | 61% | 31% | 4% | 4% |
Quinnipiac | June 7–9, 2013 | 858 | ± 3.4% | 59% | 29% | 1% | 10% |
Rutgers-Eagleton | June 3–9, 2013 | 763 | ± 3.6% | 59% | 27% | 2% | 12% |
NBC News/Marist | April 28–May 2, 2013 | 1,080 | ± 3% | 60% | 28% | 1% | 10% |
Quinnipiac | April 19–22, 2013 | 1,112 | ± 2.9% | 58% | 26% | 1% | 14% |
Rutgers-Eagleton | April 3–7, 2013 | 819 | ± 3.7% | 57% | 27% | — | 16% |
Harper Polling | March 24–25, 2013 | 760 | ± 3.55% | 58% | 27% | — | 15% |
Quinnipiac | March 19–24, 2013 | 1,129 | ± 2.9% | 60% | 25% | 1% | 14% |
Fairleigh Dickinson University | March 4–10, 2013 | 702 | ± 3.7% | 58% | 22% | — | 20% |
Quinnipiac | February 13–17, 2013 | 1,149 | ± 2.9% | 62% | 25% | 1% | 13% |
Monmouth | February 6–10, 2013 | 803 | ± 3.5% | 62% | 20% | 6% | 12% |
Rutgers-Eagleton | January 30–February 3, 2013 | 698 | ± 3.7% | 63% | 21% | — | 16% |
Quinnipiac | January 15–21, 2013 | 1,647 | ± 2.4% | 63% | 22% | — | 14% |
Pulse Opinion Research | January 6, 2013 | 1,000 | ± 3% | 55% | 22% | 5% | 18% |
Fairleigh Dickinson University | January 2–6, 2013 | 700 | ± 3.7% | 64% | 21% | 1% | 14% |
Public Policy Polling | November 26–28, 2012 | 600 | ± 4% | 60% | 20% | — | 21% |
Quinnipiac | November 19–25, 2012 | 1,664 | ± 2.4% | 61% | 23% | 1% | 15% |
Rutgers-Eagleton | November 14–17, 2012 | 1,097 | ± 2.9% | 60% | 22% | 2% | 15% |
Quinnipiac | October 10–14, 2012 | 1,405 | ± 2.6% | 49% | 33% | — | 18% |
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Chris Christie (incumbent) | 1,278,932 | 60.30% | +11.84% | |
Democratic | Barbara Buono | 809,978 | 38.19% | -6.69% | |
Libertarian | Kenneth R. Kaplan | 12,155 | 0.57% | +0.37% | |
Green | Steve Welzer | 8,295 | 0.39% | N/A | |
Independent | Diane W. Sare | 3,360 | 0.16% | N/A | |
Peace and Freedom | William Araujo | 3,300 | 0.16% | N/A | |
Independent | Hank Schroeder | 2,784 | 0.13% | N/A | |
Independent | Jeff Boss | 2,062 | 0.10% | N/A | |
Total votes | 2,120,866 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Republican hold |
County Results
County | Christie % | Christie votes | Buono % | Buono votes | Other % | Other votes |
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Atlantic | 62.2% | 43,975 | 36.1% | 25,557 | 1.6% | 1,166 |
Bergen | 60.2% | 136,178 | 38.6% | 87,376 | 1.1% | 2,515 |
Burlington | 62.3% | 79,220 | 36.3% | 46,161 | 1.3% | 1,698 |
Camden | 54.8% | 64,545 | 43.7% | 51,546 | 1.5% | 1,786 |
Cape May | 71.6% | 23,531 | 26.7% | 8,798 | 1.6% | 519 |
Cumberland | 56.7% | 17,943 | 41.4% | 13,129 | 1.9% | 595 |
Essex | 37.0% | 57,353 | 61.8% | 95,747 | 1.1% | 1,705 |
Gloucester | 64.1% | 50,640 | 34.2% | 27,060 | 1.6% | 1,285 |
Hudson | 43.6% | 42,567 | 54.7% | 53,386 | 1.7% | 1,632 |
Hunterdon | 73.5% | 31,292 | 24.4% | 10,425 | 2.0% | 842 |
Mercer | 51.9% | 48,530 | 46.3% | 43,282 | 1.7% | 1,621 |
Middlesex | 58.3% | 101,619 | 40.2% | 70,225 | 1.4% | 2,468 |
Monmouth | 70.7% | 123,417 | 27.7% | 48,477 | 1.6% | 2,753 |
Morris | 70.1% | 98,888 | 28.2% | 39,824 | 1.7% | 2,382 |
Ocean | 75.8% | 125,781 | 22.8% | 37,930 | 1.4% | 2,311 |
Passaic | 52.9% | 53,858 | 45.9% | 46,825 | 1.1% | 1,140 |
Salem | 66.6% | 12,748 | 30.7% | 5,889 | 2.6% | 495 |
Somerset | 67.6% | 58,981 | 30.8% | 26,913 | 1.6% | 1,419 |
Sussex | 71.1% | 29,873 | 25.4% | 10,704 | 3.4% | 1,419 |
Union | 51.2% | 58,135 | 47.4% | 53,869 | 1.4% | 1,560 |
Warren | 72.6% | 19,858 | 25.0% | 6,855 | 2.4% | 645 |
See also
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