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Incumbent governor Phil Murphy won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican Jack Ciattarelli by 51.2% to 48%. The race was considered a safe Democratic hold, but Murphy faced a closer margin than expected.
Learn about the candidates, endorsements, polls, and fundraising for the 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial election, which will take place on November 4, 2025. Incumbent Governor Phil Murphy is term-limited and ineligible to seek a third term.
Prior to the 2009 election, no Republican had won a statewide election in New Jersey since 1997, when Governor Christine Todd Whitman won re-election with 47.1% of the vote. The last Republican to win a statewide election in New Jersey with over 50% of the vote was incumbent governor Thomas Kean in 1985, who won with 71% of the vote. [85]
New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli makes a campaign stop at Majestic Diner with the Mahwah Republican Club on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, in Ramsey.
Polls showed Murphy got solid support for his handling of the COVID-19 outbreak, which hit New Jersey hard in early 2020 and resulted in the deaths of more than 25,000 people.
The last Republican gubernatorial candidate, Jack Ciattarelli, during a 2021 campaign stop in Mahwah. He plans to seek the GOP nomination again in 2025.
Phil Murphy is a Democrat who served as the U.S. ambassador to Germany under Barack Obama and was reelected as governor of New Jersey in 2021. He has a background in finance, diplomacy, and philanthropy and is the first National Governors Association chair from New Jersey since 2022.
Additional Info. Bob Menendez (Democratic) is not up for re-election this year. 2024.