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Phil Murphy became the 56th governor of New Jersey on January 16, 2018. He won re-election in 2021, becoming the first Democrat since Brendan Byrne in 1977 to do so. His first term, overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic, has been characterized as establishing the already liberal-leaning state as one of the nation's most progressive.
The 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial election is scheduled to take place on November 4, 2025, to elect the governor of New Jersey. Incumbent Democratic Governor Phil Murphy is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term in office. Primary elections will take place on June 10, 2025.
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; the latter two counties have not voted Democratic for governor since. Murphy ...
On the state level, Republicans are more competitive as the governorship has alternated between the two major parties since the election of Democrat Richard J. Hughes in 1961, with a succession of Republicans and Democrats serving as governor. Since 2018, New Jersey has had a Democratic governor, Phil Murphy, and a Democratic Lieutenant ...
Phil Murphy, governor of New Jersey (2018–present) [29] Dean Phillips, former U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 3rd congressional district (2019–2025), and candidate for president in 2024 [30] (endorsed Martin) [31] Chuck Rocha, political strategist [32]
Vote Winner; Joe Biden: 57.3%: 2,608,335: Donald Trump: ... (Democratic) is not up for re-election this year. 2024. ... Next gubernational election in New Jersey will ...
Kim beat Murphy, the wife of Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, by a vote of 265 to 181 votes, despite Murphy’s local connections and long list of endorsements from party leaders around New Jersey.
Atlantic County voted for the losing candidate for the first time since 1993. Also, this was the first New Jersey gubernatorial election in which Somerset County voted more Democratic than the state as a whole since 1910. Murphy became the first New Jersey Governor since Brendan Byrne to win both of his elections with a majority of the vote ...