NEW JERSEY 15 Electoral Votes
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, NJ Division of Elections)
Total Population, April 1, 2000 8,414,350
Voting Age Population, Nov. 2000 6,245,000 % change from '96  +3.4
Total Enrollment, Oct. 27, 2000 4,710,768
Dem. 1,179,577 (25%)   Rep. 876,386 (18%)   Unaffil. 2,641,861 (56%)   Ind. 12,944 (1%).
New Jersey has: 21 counties.
Largest counties: Bergen, Essex, Middlesex, Monmouth, Hudson.
Largest cities: Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth.

Government
Governor: Christine Todd Whitman (R).
State Legislature: New Jersey Legislature   House: 35D, 45R  Senate: 16D, 24R
Local: Counties and Municipalities   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 7D, 6R - 1. R.Andrews (D) | 2. F.LoBiondo (R) | 3. J.Saxton (R) | 4. C.Smith (R) | 5. M.Roukema (R) | 6. F.Pallone, Jr. (D) | 7. B.Franks (R) | 8. B.Pascrell, Jr (D) | 9. S.Rothman (D) | 10. D.Payne (D) | 11. R.Frelinghuysen (R) | 12. R.Holt (D) | 13. R.Menendez (D).
U.S. Senate: Frank Lautenberg (D) not seeking reelection in 2000, Robert Torricelli (D) faces reelection in 2002. 
Changes as of the November 2000 Elections
Acting Governor: Senate President Donald T. DiFrancesco sworn in as acting governor on Jan. 31, 2000, replacing Christine Todd  Whitman who resigned to become EPA Administrator. 
State Legislature: No seats were up (elections in 2001).
U.S. House: No change in partian balance.  7. M.Ferguson (R) elected to fill the seat vacated by Bob Franks. 
U.S. Senate: Jon Corzine (D) elected, defeating Rep. Bob Franks.

The Garden State
 

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General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Past Results
1996
Clinton (Dem.).......1,652,329 (53.72)
Dole (Rep.)...........1,103,078 (35.86)
Perot (Ref.)..............262,134
(8.52)
Nader (Grn.)..............32,465
(1.06)
Others (6)..................25,801
(0.84)
Total........3,075,807

1992
Clinton (Dem.).......1,436,206 (42.95)
Bush (Rep.)...........1,356,865 (40.58)
Perot (Ind.)...............521,829
 (15.61)
Others (10)..................28,694
(0.86)
Total........3,343,594

Results
2000
+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
1,788,850
(56.13)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
1,284,173
(40.29)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
94,554
(2.97)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
6,312
(0.20)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
6,989
(0.22)
Hagelin/Ticiati (Ind.)
2,215
(0.07)
McReynolds/Hollis(SPUSA)
1,880
(0.06)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
1,409
(0.04)
Harris/Trowe (SWP)
844
(0.03)
Total........3,187,226

3,219,650 total ballots cast, of which 9,037 rejected.

Overview
The Gore-Lieberman ticket won New Jersey with a plurality of 504,677 votes (15.84 percentage points), carrying 14 counties to 7 for Bush-Cheney (5 of which were in the northwest corner). Some Garden State Republicans believe a weak Bush state organization contributed to the poor showing and to down-ticket defeats.  In the U.S. Senate race, Jon Corzine (D) outspent Bob Franks (R) by $54.0 million to $3.8 million and won by 50.1% to 47.1% (1,511,237 to 1,420,267).  There were a couple of close House races: in the 12th Rep. Rush Holt (D) defeated former Rep. Dick Zimmer (R) by 651 votes (146,162 to 145,511); in the 7th Mike Ferguson (R) defeated Maryanne Connelly (D) by about 15,000 votes. 
General Election Actitivities

 
Primary Date:   Tuesday June 6, 2000
Republican Primary
Total Vote Percent
+George W. Bush 201,209 83.56%
Alan Keyes 39,601 16.44%
Total 240,810

Total Delegates
54 of 2,066 (2.6%).

 

Democratic Primary
Total Vote Percent
+Al Gore 358,951 94.89%
Lyndon LaRouche, Jr.
19,321
5.11%
Total 378,272

Total Pledged Delegates
105 of 3,537 (3.0%).
Total Delegates
124 of 4,335 (2.9%).

Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001  Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.