2005 New Jersey gubernatorial election

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2005 New Jersey gubernatorial election
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Nominee Jon Corzine Doug Forrester
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,224,551 985,271
Percentage 53.5% 43.0%
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County results
Corzine:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Forrester:      50-60%      60-70%
Governor before election

Richard Codey
Democratic

Elected Governor

Jon Corzine
Democratic

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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.

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[]

Democratic Primary results[4]
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, former Mayor of West Windsor and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2002
  • Steve Lonegan, Mayor of Bogota
  • , Morris County Freeholder and former Mayor of Morris Township
  • Bob Schroeder, Washington Township Councilman
  • Bret Schundler, former Mayor of Jersey City and nominee for Governor in 2001

Results[]

Republican Primary results[5]
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) Former Mayor of West Windsor

Minor[]

  • Jeffrey Pawlowski, former Sayreville borough councilman (U.S. Libertarian Party)
  • Matthew Thieke, computer software analyst and resident of Maple Shade (Green)
  • Ed Forchion, Candidate for U.S. Representative in New Jersey's 3rd congressional district in 2004 ( Marijuana)
  • Angela Lariscy, Candidate for U.S. Representative in New Jersey's 13th congressional district in 2004 (Socialist Workers)
  • Constantino Rozzo, Congressional candidate in New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in 2004 (Socialist)
  • Hector Castillo, physician and candidate for Mayor of Paterson in 2002 (Independent)
  • Wesley Bell, former mayor of Stafford Township (Independent)
  • Michael Latigona, registered nurse and EMT from Marlton (Independent)

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 .

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 Archived 2005-12-27 at the Wayback Machine 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
New Jersey Gubernatorial Election, 2005[6]
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[]

  • Politics of New Jersey

References[]

  1. ^ Mansnerus, Laura. "On Politics: The Advantage of Having A Lieutenant Governor" in The New York Times (March 27, 2005). Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/05_primary_official_results-gov.pdf[dead link]
  5. ^ "Candidates for Governor" (PDF). Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Official List Candidates for Governor For November 2005 General Election" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. December 16, 2005. Retrieved October 21, 2016.

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