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2013 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election

The 2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2013, to elect the governor of New Jersey.

Incumbent Republican Governor Chris Christie ran for re-election to a second term in office. He faced Democratic nominee Barbara Buono and six others in the general election.

2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election
2013 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election
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Turnout39.6% (Decrease7.3%)
  2013 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election 2013 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election
Nominee Chris Christie Barbara Buono
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Kim Guadagno Milly Silva
Popular vote 1,278,932 809,978
Percentage 60.3% 38.2%
2013 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election
2013 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election
2013 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election
Christie:      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80-90%      >90%
Buono:      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%      70-80%      80-90%
Governor before election

Chris Christie
Republican

Elected Governor

Chris Christie
Republican

Christie won the election outright, receiving over 60 percent of the vote and carrying 19 of the state's 21 counties, with Buono only winning heavily Democratic Hudson and Essex. This is the only statewide election held in New Jersey since the 1988 presidential election in which a Republican earned a majority of the vote and Christie became the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to win a majority of the vote since Thomas Kean's landslide victory in 1985.

Christie won 21% of Black voters and 51% of Latinos. As of 2023, this is the last time Republicans won any statewide election in New Jersey. This is also the last time the counties of Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Middlesex, Mercer, Passaic, and Union voted for the Republican candidate in a statewide election, as well as the last time that Somerset did so in a gubernatorial election. Buono is the only Democratic nominee for governor since 1985 to have never been elected governor.

Christie was criticized for spending an additional $12–25 million of state money to hold a special election for United States Senator for New Jersey 20 days earlier on October 16 instead of simply holding the special election on November 5, concurrent with the already scheduled gubernatorial election. The Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate was Newark mayor Cory Booker. Buono said it was hypocritical, speculating that Booker's presence on the ballot would attract more black and other minority voters who would be likely to vote for Buono.

This is the only gubernatorial election since 1989 in which anyone won over 60% of the vote, and Christie was the first Republican to do so since 1985. Cumberland, Camden, and Union counties voted Republican in a gubernatorial election for the first time since 1985, and Mercer & Passaic since 1993.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

2013 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election 
Results by county
Christie
  •   Christie—80–90%
  •   Christie—>90%
2013 Republican primary — New Jersey gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chris Christie (incumbent) 205,666 91.91%
Republican Seth Grossman 18,095 8.09%
Total votes 233,761 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Removed from primary ballot

  • William Araujo, former mayoral candidate in Edison
  • Carl Bergmanson, former mayor of Glen Ridge and candidate for governor in 2009
  • Jeff Boss, conspiracy theorist and perennial candidate

Araujo, Bergmanson, Boss, and Webster had their nominating petitions challenged by the New Jersey Democratic State Committee; only Webster's petitions were found to be valid therefore allowing his name to remain on the primary ballot with Buono. Araujo and Boss subsequently filed new petitions to run in the general election as independents.

Declined

Polling

Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Cory
Booker 		Barbara
Buono 		Richard
Codey 		Louis
Greenwald 		Steve
Sweeney 		John
Wisniewski 		Other Undecided
Quinnipiac January 15–21, 2013 616 ± 4% — 10% 28% — 10% — 5% 48%
Public Policy Polling November 26–28, 2012 300 ± 5.66% 46% 7% 23% — 6% — 7% 10%
Quinnipiac November 19–25, 2012 n/a ± n/a% 41% 4% 12% 1% — 1% 2% 39%

Results

2013 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election 
Results by county
Buono
  •   Buono—>90%
  •   Buono—80-90%
  •   Buono—70–80%
2013 Democratic primary — New Jersey gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barbara Buono 173,714 88.10%
Democratic Troy Webster 23,457 11.90%
Total votes 195,171 100.00%

General election

Major party candidates

  • Barbara Buono (Democratic), former majority leader of the New Jersey Senate

Minor candidates

Endorsements

Chris Christie (R)
    Organizations
  • Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA)
  • New Jersey Career Fire Chiefs' Association
  • Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey
  • National Federation of Independent Business
  • New Jersey Outdoor Alliance
  • Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Benevolent Association
  • National Coalition of Latino Officers
  • Essex County Association of Chiefs of Police
  • Lakewood Vaad
  • New Jersey Food Council
  • Port Authority Police Sergeants Benevolent Association
  • Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  • Port Authority Lieutenants Benevolent Association
  • Essex County Latino-American Chamber of Commerce
  • Port Authority Police Detectives Endowment Association
  • Waterfront Commission Police Detectives Endowment Association
  • New Jersey First Aid Council
  • Hispanic American Chamber of Commerce Foundation of Essex County
  • Overseas Korean Traders Association of New Jersey
  • Korean Marine Corps Veterans Association of New Jersey
  • Penel Concert Choir
  • New Jersey Taekwondo Association
  • Korean Real Estate Association of NJ
  • Korean American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey
  • Hudson County Taekwondo Association
  • Eastcoast Korean Real Estate Association
  • Korean American Grocery Association
  • New Jersey Central Korean American Association
  • New Jersey Korean American Dry Cleaning Association
  • New Jersey Korean American Nail Association
  • New Jersey Korean American Beauty Salon Association
    Elected officials
    Newspapers
    Religious leaders
  • Bishop Reginald Jackson, Executive Director of the Black Ministers' Council
  • Korean Pastors Association
  • Igud of Lakewood
  • Pastor Ron Christian
  • Michele Levine, president, Bayonne Jewish Community Center
  • Bishop Dr. Thomas Robinson
  • Pastor Joe Carter
  • Pastor Jerry Smith
  • Pastor Ralph Terrell
  • Pastor William Christian
  • Pastor Jeffrey Bryan
  • Pastor John Perry
  • Pastor R. Trabout
  • Minister Tami Christian
  • Reverend Najiyyah Brooks
  • Bishop Parrott Sr.
  • Reverend Alfred Fletcher
  • Reverend Miguel Rivera
  • Reverend Jose C. Lopez
  • Reverend Jesus Infante
  • Reverend Raul Otero
  • Reverend David Torres Oyola
  • Reverend Rafael Mesa
  • Reverend Ariel Torres
  • Reverend Dr. Hector A. Chiesa
  • Reverend Bob Rodriguez
  • Reverend Tomas Reyes
  • Reverend Julio Barriento
  • Reverend Renato Castro
  • Reverend David Rojas
    Others
Barbara Buono (D)
    Organizations
    Elected officials
    Others

Debates

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Rothenberg Political Report Safe R October 25, 2013
Sabato Safe R October 24, 2013

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Chris
Christie (R) 		Barbara
Buono (D) 		Other Undecided
Quinnipiac October 30–November 3, 2013 1,388 ± 2.6% 61% 33% 1% 6%
Monmouth October 30–November 2, 2013 1,436 ± 2.6% 57% 37% 2% 4%
Rutgers-Eagleton October 28–November 2, 2013 535 ± 4.2% 66% 30% — 4%
Fairleigh Dickinson University October 24–30, 2013 570 ± 4.1% 59% 40% 1% —
Kean University October 28, 2013 ? ± 3% 54% 36% — 10%
Stockton Polling Institute October 23–28, 2013 804 ± 3.5% 56% 32% 4% 8%
Quinnipiac October 21–27, 2013 1,203 ± 2.8% 64% 31% 1% 5%
Quinnipiac October 10–14, 2013 1,938 ± 2.2% 62% 33% — 5%
Rutgers-Eagleton October 7–13, 2013 562 ± 4.1% 59% 33% — 8%
Monmouth October 10–12, 2013 1,606 ± 2.5% 59% 35% 2% 4%
Stockton Polling Institute October 3–8, 2013 800 ± 3.5% 61% 28% — 11%
Rasmussen October 7, 2013 1,000 ± 3% 55% 34% 4% 7%
Quinnipiac Archived October 14, 2013, at the Wayback Machine October 5–7, 2013 1,144 ± 2.9% 62% 33% 1% 4%
Fairleigh Dickinson University September 30–October 5, 2013 702 ± 3.7% 58% 25% 2% 15%
Monmouth September 26–29, 2013 615 ± 4% 56% 37% — 7%
Quinnipiac Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine September 19–22, 2013 1,249 ± 2.8% 64% 30% 1% 5%
Pulse Opinion Research September 19, 2013 1,000 ± ? 52% 34% 6% 8%
Stockton Polling Institute September 15–21, 2013 812 ± 3.4% 58% 30% 1% 10%
Rasmussen September 10–11, 2013 999 ± 3% 58% 32% 2% 8%
Rutgers-Eagleton September 3–9, 2013 568 ± 4.1% 55% 35% 1% 8%
Fairleigh Dickinson University August 21–27, 2013 700 ± 3.7% 50% 26% 6% 19%
Monmouth August 15–18, 2013 777 ± 3.5% 56% 36% 3% 6%
Quinnipiac Archived August 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine August 1–5, 2013 2,042 ± 2.2% 58% 30% 1% 11%
Quinnipiac July 2–7, 2013 1,068 ± 3% 61% 29% 1% 9%
Pulse Opinion Research Archived January 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine June 18, 2013 1,000 ± 3% 58% 28% 6% 8%
Fairleigh Dickinson University June 10–16, 2013 705 ± 3.7% 57% 27% 2% 13%
Rasmussen June 12–13, 2013 1,000 ± 3% 58% 28% 4% 10%
Stockton Polling Institute June 8–13, 2013 741 ± 3.6% 64% 25% 2% 10%
Monmouth June 10–11, 2013 626 ± 3.9% 61% 31% 4% 4%
Quinnipiac Archived June 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine June 7–9, 2013 858 ± 3.4% 59% 29% 1% 10%
Rutgers-Eagleton June 3–9, 2013 763 ± 3.6% 59% 27% 2% 12%
NBC News/Marist April 28–May 2, 2013 1,080 ± 3% 60% 28% 1% 10%
Quinnipiac April 19–22, 2013 1,112 ± 2.9% 58% 26% 1% 14%
Rutgers-Eagleton April 3–7, 2013 819 ± 3.7% 57% 27% — 16%
Harper Polling March 24–25, 2013 760 ± 3.55% 58% 27% — 15%
Quinnipiac March 19–24, 2013 1,129 ± 2.9% 60% 25% 1% 14%
Fairleigh Dickinson University March 4–10, 2013 702 ± 3.7% 58% 22% — 20%
Quinnipiac February 13–17, 2013 1,149 ± 2.9% 62% 25% 1% 13%
Monmouth February 6–10, 2013 803 ± 3.5% 62% 20% 6% 12%
Rutgers-Eagleton January 30–February 3, 2013 698 ± 3.7% 63% 21% — 16%
Quinnipiac January 15–21, 2013 1,647 ± 2.4% 63% 22% — 14%
Pulse Opinion Research January 6, 2013 1,000 ± 3% 55% 22% 5% 18%
Fairleigh Dickinson University January 2–6, 2013 700 ± 3.7% 64% 21% 1% 14%
Public Policy Polling November 26–28, 2012 600 ± 4% 60% 20% — 21%
Quinnipiac November 19–25, 2012 1,664 ± 2.4% 61% 23% 1% 15%
Rutgers-Eagleton November 14–17, 2012 1,097 ± 2.9% 60% 22% 2% 15%
Quinnipiac October 10–14, 2012 1,405 ± 2.6% 49% 33% — 18%
Hypothetical polling
    with Booker
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Chris
Christie (R) 		Cory
Booker (D) 		Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling November 26–28, 2012 600 ± 4% 50% 36% — 14%
Quinnipiac November 19–25, 2012 1,664 ± 2.4% 53% 35% 1% 11%
Rutgers-Eagleton November 14–17, 2012 1,103 ± 2.9% 53% 34% 2% 11%
Quinnipiac October 10–14, 2012 1,405 ± 2.6% 46% 42% — 12%
Quinnipiac Archived September 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine August 27–September 2, 2012 1,560 ± 2.5% 47% 40% — 11%
Public Policy Polling July 15–18, 2011 480 ± 4.5% 43% 47% — 10%
Public Policy Polling January 6–9, 2011 520 ± 4.3% 42% 42% — 16%
    with Byrne
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Chris
Christie (R) 		Tom
Byrne (D) 		Other Undecided
Rutgers-Eagleton November 14–17, 2012 1,095 ± 2.9% 58% 22% 2% 18%
    with Codey
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Chris
Christie (R) 		Richard
Codey (D) 		Other Undecided
Quinnipiac January 15–21, 2013 1,647 ± 2.4% 59% 30% — 11%
Pulse Opinion Research January 6, 2013 1,000 ± 3% 53% 28% 5% 14%
Fairleigh Dickinson University January 2–6, 2013 700 ± 3.7% 59% 26% 1% 14%
Public Policy Polling November 26–28, 2012 600 ± 4% 53% 31% — 16%
Quinnipiac November 19–25, 2012 1,664 ± 2.4% 57% 30% 1% 12%
Rutgers-Eagleton November 14–17, 2012 1,099 ± 2.9% 56% 31% 2% 12%
Quinnipiac October 10–14, 2012 1,405 ± 2.6% 47% 41% 1% 11%
    with Greenwald
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Chris
Christie (R) 		Lou
Greenwald (D) 		Other Undecided
Quinnipiac November 19–25, 2012 1,664 ± 2.4% 62% 20% 1% 15%
Rutgers-Eagleton November 14–17, 2012 1,098 ± 2.9% 60% 21% 2% 18%
Quinnipiac October 10–14, 2012 1,405 ± 2.6% 50% 31% — 18%
    with Pallone
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Chris
Christie (R) 		Frank
Pallone (D) 		Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling July 15–18, 2011 480 ± 4.5% 43% 43% — 14%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Chris
Christie (R) 		Bruce
Springsteen (D) 		Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling November 26–28, 2012 600 ± 4% 61% 25% — 14%
Public Policy Polling July 15–18, 2011 480 ± 4.5% 42% 42% — 15%
    with Sweeney
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Chris
Christie (R) 		Stephen
Sweeney (D) 		Other Undecided
Quinnipiac January 15–21, 2013 1,647 ± 2.4% 61% 25% 1% 13%
Pulse Opinion Research January 6, 2013 1,000 ± 3% 58% 19% 7% 16%
Fairleigh Dickinson University January 2–6, 2013 700 ± 3.7% 65% 19% 1% 15%
Public Policy Polling November 26–28, 2012 600 ± 4% 57% 20% — 23%
Public Policy Polling July 15–18, 2011 480 ± 4.5% 42% 40% — 18%
    with Wisniewski
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Chris
Christie (R) 		John
Wisniewski (D) 		Other Undecided
Quinnipiac November 19–25, 2012 1,664 ± 2.4% 62% 21% 1% 15%

Results

2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Chris Christie (incumbent) 1,278,932 60.30% 2013 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election 11.84
Democratic Barbara Buono 809,978 38.19% 2013 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election  6.69
Libertarian Kenneth R. Kaplan 12,155 0.57% 2013 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election  0.37
Green Steve Welzer 8,295 0.39% N/A
Independent Diane W. Sare 3,360 0.16% N/A
Peace and Freedom William Araujo 3,300 0.16% N/A
Independent Hank Schroeder 2,784 0.13% N/A
Independent Jeff Boss 2,062 0.10% N/A
Total votes 2,120,866 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

County results

2013 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election 
Results of the general election by municipality, darker colors indicate higher win percentage:
-Red municipalities won by Christie
-Blue municipalities won by Buono
-One borough (Victory Gardens) Christie and Buono tied
County Christie % Christie votes Buono % Buono votes Other % Other votes
Atlantic 62.2% 43,975 36.1% 25,557 1.6% 1,166
Bergen 60.2% 136,178 38.6% 87,376 1.1% 2,515
Burlington 62.3% 79,220 36.3% 46,161 1.3% 1,698
Camden 54.8% 64,545 43.7% 51,546 1.5% 1,786
Cape May 71.6% 23,531 26.7% 8,798 1.6% 519
Cumberland 56.7% 17,943 41.4% 13,129 1.9% 595
Essex 37.0% 57,353 61.8% 95,747 1.1% 1,705
Gloucester 64.1% 50,640 34.2% 27,060 1.6% 1,285
Hudson 43.6% 42,567 54.7% 53,386 1.7% 1,632
Hunterdon 73.5% 31,292 24.4% 10,425 2.0% 842
Mercer 51.9% 48,530 46.3% 43,282 1.7% 1,621
Middlesex 58.3% 101,619 40.2% 70,225 1.4% 2,468
Monmouth 70.7% 123,417 27.7% 48,477 1.6% 2,753
Morris 70.1% 98,888 28.2% 39,824 1.7% 2,382
Ocean 75.8% 125,781 22.8% 37,930 1.4% 2,311
Passaic 52.9% 53,858 45.9% 46,825 1.1% 1,140
Salem 66.6% 12,748 30.7% 5,889 2.6% 495
Somerset 67.6% 58,981 30.8% 26,913 1.6% 1,419
Sussex 71.1% 29,873 25.4% 10,704 3.4% 1,419
Union 51.2% 58,135 47.4% 53,869 1.4% 1,560
Warren 72.6% 19,858 25.0% 6,855 2.4% 645

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Results by congressional district

Christe won 10 of the 12 congressional districts, including four that elected Democrats, although he won the 9th district by a very narrow margin.

District Christie Buono Representative
1st 57.23% 41.23% Rob Andrews
2nd 65% 33.2% Frank LoBiondo
3rd 67.9% 30.73% Jon Runyan
4th 68.94% 29.57% Chris Smith
5th 65.2% 33.27% Scott Garrett
6th 59.84% 38.63% Frank Pallone Jr.
7th 69.61% 28.64% Leonard Lance
8th 43.4% 54.97% Albio Sires
9th 49.51% 49.28% Bill Pascrell
10th 26.64% 72.23% Donald Payne Jr.
11th 66.21% 32.32% Rodney Frelinghuysen
12th 57.07% 41.42% Rush Holt Jr.

See also

References

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