The 1984 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 6, 1984. Incumbent DemocratBill Bradley defeated Republican nominee Mary V. Mochary with 64.16% of the vote, winning every county in the state. To date, this is the most recent time Hunterdon, Sussex, and Warren counties were won by a Democrat in a statewide election. This was also the last time Morris County voted Democratic in a statewide election, until Senator Cory Booker won the county in his 2020 reelection, and Joe Biden also triumphed over Donald Trump in Morris County in the 2020 presidential race.
Bill Bradley, incumbent Senator since 1979 (Democratic)
Jasper C. Gould (Independent)
James T. Hagen (Independent)
Harold F. Leiendecker (Libertarian)
Jules Levin (Socialist Labor)
Mary V. Mochary, mayor of Montclair (Republican)
Priscilla Schenk (Socialist Workers)
Campaign[]
Mochary was forced to suspend her campaign in October due to her husband's life-threatening illness. She traveled with her husband to Stanford, California for an experimental heart transplant.[2]
Results[]
1984 United States Senate election in New Jersey[3]