2005 New Jersey gubernatorial election
The 2005 New Jersey gubernatorial election was a race to determine the Governor of New Jersey. It was held on November 8, 2005. Democratic Governor Richard Codey, who replaced Governor Jim McGreevey in 2004 after his resignation, did not run for election for a full term of office.
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The primary election was held on June 7, 2005. U.S. Senator Jon Corzine won the Democratic nomination with no serious opposition. Former West Windsor Mayor Doug Forrester received the Republican nomination with a plurality of 36%. Corzine defeated Forrester in the general election. New Jersey is reliably Democratic at the federal level, but as of 2019, this was the only time since 1977 in which Democrats won more than one consecutive gubernatorial election in the state.
The 2005 general election also saw a public referendum question on the ballot for the voters to decide whether to create a position of lieutenant governor, alter the state's order of succession, and whether the state's first lieutenant governor would be chosen in the subsequent gubernatorial election held in 2009.[1][2] The question passed by a tally of 836,134 votes (56.1%) to 655,333 (43.9%)[3]
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Jon Corzine, U.S. Senator
- James D. Kelly Jr.
- Francis X. Tenaglio, former Pennsylvania State Representative
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jon S. Corzine | 207,670 | 88.08 | |
| Democratic | James D. Kelly, Jr. | 19,512 | 8.28 | |
| Democratic | Francis X. Tenaglio | 8,596 | 3.65 | |
| Total votes | 235,778 | 100.00 | ||
Republican primary
Candidates
- Todd Caliguire, Bergen County Freeholder
- Paul DiGaetano, State Assemblyman
- Doug Forrester, businessman and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2002
- Steve Lonegan, Mayor of Bogota
- John J. Murphy, Morris County Freeholder and former Mayor of Morris Township
- Bob Schroeder, Washington Township Councilman
- Bret Schundler, former Mayor of Jersey City
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Doug Forrester | 108,941 | 39.01 | |
| Republican | Bret Schundler | 94,417 | 34.21 | |
| Republican | John J. Murphy | 33,800 | 11.17 | |
| Republican | Steve Lonegan | 24,433 | 8.08 | |
| Republican | Robert Schroeder | 16,763 | 5.54 | |
| Republican | Paul DiGaetano | 16,684 | 5.52 | |
| Republican | Todd Caliguire | 7,463 | 2.47 | |
| Total votes | 302,501 | 100.00 | ||
General election
Candidates
Major
- Jon Corzine (D) Incumbent U.S. Senator
- Doug Forrester (R)
Minor
- Jeffrey Pawlowski, U.S. Libertarian Party former Sayreville borough councilman.
- Matthew Thieke, The Green Party candidate is a computer software analyst and resident of Maple Shade. He is a Rutgers University alumnus
- Ed Forchion, United States Marijuana Party candidate. Advocate of legalizing marijuana; 2004 Congressional candidate in New Jersey's 3rd congressional district
- Angela Lariscy, Socialist Workers Party candidate; 2004 Congressional candidate in New Jersey's 13th congressional district
- Constantino Rozzo, Socialist Party candidate; 2004 Congressional candidate in New Jersey's 2nd congressional district
- Hector Castillo, physician from Paterson, ran for mayor in Paterson in 2002 and lost
- Wesley Bell, former mayor of Stafford
- Michael Latigona, registered nurse and EMT from Marlton
Debates
The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission declared that the four candidates would be included in the official gubernatorial debates to be aired on NJN. They included Jeffrey Pawlowski and Hector Castillo.
- Complete video of debate, September 20, 2005
- Complete video of debate, October 18, 2005
- Complete video of debate, November 5, 2005
Polling
| Source | Date | Jon Corzine (D) |
Doug Forrester (R) |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmussen | June 8 | 47% | 40% | 5% | 8% |
| Rutgers | June 12 | 43% | 33% | – | – |
| Quinnipiac | June 15 | 47% | 37% | – | – |
| Rasmussen | July 15 | 50% | 38% | 4% | 8% |
| Strategic Vision | July 19 | 48% | 40% | – | – |
| Fairleigh Dickinson-PublicMind | July 21 | 47% | 34% | – | – |
| Rasmussen | August 7 | 45% | 37% | 5% | – |
| Quinnipiac | August 10 | 50% | 40% | – | – |
| Strategic Vision | August 18 | 50% | 40% | – | – |
| Star-Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers | September 12 | 48% | 28% | – | – |
| Strategic Vision | Sept 16 | 47% | 36% | – | – |
| Rasmussen | September 19 | 47% | 36% | 5% | – |
| Fairleigh-Dickinson | September 26 | 48% | 38% | 4% | 10% |
| Monmouth University | Sept 28 | 46% | 38% | – | – |
| Quinnipiac | September 28 | 48% | 44% | – | – |
| Rasmussen | October 6 | 45% | 38% | 5% | – |
| Star-Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers | October 3–6 | 44% | 37% | – | – |
| Marist | October 10 | 44% | 43% | – | – |
| Survey USA | October 11 | 49% | 41% | 5% | 5% |
| Strategic Vision | October 13 | 46% | 40% | – | – |
| Quinnipiac | October 19 | 50% | 43% | – | – |
| Rasmussen | October 20 | 49% | 40% | 3% | – |
| Survey USA | October 25 | 50% | 41% | 7% | 3% |
| Strategic Vision | November 2 | 48% | 42% | – | – |
| Fairleigh-Dickinson | November 2 | 44% | 40% | 3% | 13% |
| Quinnipiac | November 2 | 50% | 38% | – | – |
| Marist College | November 4 | 51% | 41% | – | – |
| Monmouth University | November 4 | 47% | 38% | – | – |
| Rasmussen | November 6 | 44% | 39% | 5% | 12% |
| Quinnipiac | November 7 | 52% | 45% | – | – |
| Survey USA | November 7 | 50% | 44% | 5% | 2% |
Results
Results of the general election by municipality, darker colors indicate higher win percentage:
-Blue municipalities won by Corzine
-Red municipalities won by Forrester
-Purple municipalities Corzine and Forrester tied
-Blue municipalities won by Corzine
-Red municipalities won by Forrester
-Purple municipalities Corzine and Forrester tied
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jon Corzine | 1,224,551 | 53.47% | -2.96% | |
| Republican | Doug Forrester | 985,271 | 43.02% | +1.34% | |
| Independent | Hector Castillo | 29,452 | 1.29% | ||
| Libertarian | Jeffrey Pawlowski | 15,417 | 0.67% | +0.46% | |
| Green | Matthew Thieke | 12,315 | 0.54% | +0.26% | |
| Legalize Marijuana | Edward Forchion | 9,137 | 0.40% | ||
| Independent | Michael Latigona | 5,169 | 0.23% | ||
| Independent | Wesley Bell | 4,178 | 0.18% | ||
| Socialist Workers | Angela Lariscy | 2,531 | 0.11% | +0.06% | |
| Socialist | Constantino Rozzo | 2,078 | 0.09% | +0.02% | |
| Majority | 239,280 | 10.45% | -4.31% | ||
| Turnout | 2,290,099 | ||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
- Results by county[6]
| County | Corzine votes | Corzine % | Forrester votes | Forrester % | Other votes | Other % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic | 34,539 | 53.3% | 28,004 | 43.2% | 2,238 | 3.5% |
| Bergen | 142,319 | 55.6% | 108,017 | 42.2% | 5,683 | 2.2% |
| Burlington | 64,421 | 50.5% | 57,908 | 45.4% | 5,203 | 4.1% |
| Camden | 76,955 | 60.4% | 45,079 | 35.4% | 5,458 | 4.3% |
| Cape May | 14,375 | 45.2% | 16,179 | 50.9% | 1,243 | 3.9% |
| Cumberland | 18,580 | 57.2% | 12,692 | 39.0% | 1,231 | 3.8% |
| Essex | 131,312 | 72.7% | 45,789 | 25.4% | 3,456 | 1.9% |
| Gloucester | 41,128 | 53.2% | 33,225 | 43.0% | 3,004 | 3.9% |
| Hudson | 87,409 | 75.4% | 25,769 | 22.2% | 2,691 | 2.3% |
| Hunterdon | 15,004 | 33.6% | 27,521 | 61.6% | 2,179 | 4.9% |
| Mercer | 56,592 | 57.1% | 38,871 | 39.2% | 3,596 | 3.6% |
| Middlesex | 107,176 | 56.0% | 75,021 | 39.2% | 9,085 | 4.7% |
| Monmouth | 85,187 | 43.8% | 101,085 | 51.9% | 8,376 | 4.3% |
| Morris | 60,986 | 41.3% | 82,550 | 56.0% | 3,997 | 2.7% |
| Ocean | 71,953 | 41.6% | 93,693 | 54.2% | 7,242 | 4.2% |
| Passaic | 61,803 | 57.9% | 41,532 | 38.9% | 3,413 | 3.2% |
| Salem | 10,057 | 48.6% | 9,608 | 46.5% | 1,008 | 4.9% |
| Somerset | 40,459 | 43.3% | 49,406 | 52.8% | 3,661 | 3.9% |
| Sussex | 14,854 | 35.1% | 25,283 | 59.7% | 2,182 | 5.2% |
| Union | 77,982 | 59.2% | 50,036 | 38.0% | 3,677 | 2.8% |
| Warren | 11,460 | 36.8% | 18,003 | 57.9% | 1,654 | 5.3% |
See also
References
- Mansnerus, Laura. "On Politics: The Advantage of Having A Lieutenant Governor" in The New York Times (March 27, 2005). Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- New Jersey State Legislature. Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2 (SCR2): "A Concurrent Resolution proposing to amend Articles II, IV, V, and XI of the Constitution of the State of New Jersey" (2004) and Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 100 (ACR100): "A Concurrent Resolution proposing to amend Articles II, IV, V and XI of the Constitution of the State of New Jersey" (2005). Retrieved 30 August 2013. Note that The New Jersey State Legislature doesn't provide distinct web addresses for its transactions on specific bills, however, at http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/BillView.asp Archived 2013-09-13 at the Wayback Machine click on "Bills 2004–2005" and search for ACR100 and SCR2 for these bills, vote tallies and historical information regarding their passage.
- New Jersey Division of Elections (New Jersey Department of State). "Official List Ballot Questions Tally For November 2005 General Election" Archived 2013-11-12 at the Wayback Machine (certified 16 December 2005). Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/05_primary_official_results-gov.pdf
- http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2009-official-primary-elect-governor-tallies-062909.pdf
- "Official List Candidates for Governor For November 2005 General Election" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. December 16, 2005. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
External links
- Candidates
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