New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013

New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013

November 5, 2013

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%

Winning percentage by county:   Christie—70-80%   Christie—60-70%   Christie—50-60%   Buono—50-60%   Buono—60-70%

Governor before election Chris Christie Republican Elected Governor Chris Christie Republican

The New Jersey gubernatorial election of 2013 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.^[1] He faced Democratic nominee Barbara Buono and six others in the general election. He was re-elected by a wide margin, tallying over 60 percent of the vote^[2] Less than 40% of registered voters cast ballots, the lowest ever for a gubernatorial election.^[3] Christie became the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to win more than 50 percent of the vote since Tom Kean, Sr.'s landslide victory in 1985.

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 three weeks earlier on October 16, instead of simply holding the special election on the general election day on November 5. The U.S. Senate election featured popular Newark mayor Cory Booker, a Democrat, who it was thought would attract more black and other minority voters who would be likely to vote for Christie's Democratic opponent Buono in the Governor's race.^[4] Booker won the Senate election handily.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Chris Christie, incumbent Governor^[1]
• Seth Grossman, former Atlantic City Councilman^[5]

Results

2013 Republican Primary — New Jersey gubernatorial election^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Christie	205,666	91.91
	Republican	Seth Grossman	18,095	8.09

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Barbara Buono, State Senator and former State Senate majority leader^[7]
• Troy Webster, aide to East Orange mayor Robert Bowser^[8]

Removed from Primary Ballot

• William Araujo, former mayoral candidate in Edison^[9]
• Carl Bergmanson, former mayor of Glen Ridge and candidate for Governor in 2009^[10]
• Jeff Boss, conspiracy theorist and perennial candidate^[11]

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.^[12] Araujo and Boss subsequently filed new petitions to run in the general election as independents.^[13]

Declined

• Rob Andrews, U.S. Representative^[14]
• Chris Bollwage, Mayor of Elizabeth^[14]
• Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark (ran for and won a U.S. Senate seat three weeks earlier on October 16)^[15]
• Richard Codey, State Senator, former State Senate president and former Governor^[16][17]
• Joseph Cryan, former Assembly Majority Leader^[14]
• Brendan Gill, Essex County Freeholder^[18]
• Louis Greenwald, Assembly Majority Leader^[14][16]
• Lisa P. Jackson, former Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency^[19]
• Philip D. Murphy, U.S. Ambassador to Germany and former Goldman Sachs executive^[14]
• Sheila Oliver, Speaker of the State Assembly^[16]
• Frank Pallone, U.S. Representative^[14][16]
• Bill Pascrell, U.S. Representative^[20]
• Stephen Sweeney, State Senate President^[21]
• John Wisniewski, chair of the New Jersey Democratic Party and State Assemblyman^[22]

Polling

Results

2013 Democratic Primary — New Jersey gubernatorial election^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Buono	173,714	88.10
	Democratic	Troy Webster	23,457	11.90

General election

Major party candidates

• Chris Christie (Republican), incumbent Governor

• Running mate: Kim Guadagno, incumbent Lieutenant Governor

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

• Running mate: Milly Silva, New Jersey executive vice president for 1199 SEIU^[23]

Minor candidates

• William Araujo, Democrat^[13]
  • Running mate: Maria Salamanca
• Jeff Boss, NSA Did 911^[13]
  • Running mate: Robert B. Thorne
• Kenneth R. Kaplan, New Jersey Libertarian Party^[13]
  • Running mate: Brenda Bell
• Diane W. Sare, Glass-Steagall Now^[13]
  • Running mate: Bruce Todd
• Hank Schroeder, Independent^[13]
  • Running mate: Patricia Moschella
• Steve Welzer, Green Party of New Jersey^[13]
  • Running mate: Patricia Alessandrini

Endorsements

Chris Christie

Organizations Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA)[24] New Jersey Career Fire Chiefs' Association[25] Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey[26] National Federation of Independent Business[27] New Jersey Outdoor Alliance[28] Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Benevolent Association[29] National Coalition of Latino Officers[30] Essex County Association of Chiefs of Police[31] Lakewood Vaad[32] New Jersey Food Council[33] Port Authority Police Sergeants Benevolent Association[34] Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce[35] Port Authority Lieutenants Benevolent Association[34] Essex County Latino-American Chamber of Commerce[35] Port Authority Police Detectives Endowment Association[34] Waterfront Commission Police Detectives Endowment Association[34] New Jersey First Aid Council[36] Hispanic American Chamber of Commerce Foundation of Essex County[35] Overseas Korean Traders Association of New Jersey[37] Korean Marine Corps Veterans Association of New Jersey[37] Penel Concert Choir[37] New Jersey Taekwondo Association[37] Korean Real Estate Association of NJ[37] Korean American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey[37] Hudson County Taekwondo Association[37] Eastcoast Korean Real Estate Association[37] Korean American Grocery Association[37] New Jersey Central Korean American Association[37] New Jersey Korean American Dry Cleaning Association[37] New Jersey Korean American Nail Association[37] New Jersey Korean American Beauty Salon Association[37] Elected Officials Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator of Florida[38] Brian P. Stack, Democratic New Jersey State Senator and Mayor of Union City[39] Joe DiVincenzo, Democratic County Executive of Essex County[40] Armando Fontoura, Democratic Sheriff of Essex County[41] Karen Scheffler, Democratic Mayor of Palmyra[42] Raymond J. McDonough, Democratic Mayor of Harrison[43] Michael Blunt, Democratic Mayor of Chesilhurst[44] Dina Long, Democratic Mayor of Sea Bright[45] Angelo Corradino, Democratic Mayor of Manville[46] James Dodd, Democratic Mayor of Dover[47] Kevin Glover, Democratic Mayor of Scotch Plains[48] Anthony Davis, Democratic Council President of Paterson[49] Dwayne Warren, Democratic Mayor of Orange[46] Sandy Moscaritolo, Democratic Mayor of River Edge[50] Frank LoBiondo, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 2nd congressional district[51] Jon Runyan, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 3rd congressional district[51] Chris Smith, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 4th congressional district[51] Scott Garrett, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 5th congressional district[51] Leonard Lance, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 7th congressional district[51] Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 11th congressional district[51] David Borworth, Democratic Council President of Palmyra[42] FiorD'Aliza Frias, Democratic Commissioner of West New York[52] Laurence M. Bennett, Democratic Councilman of Harrison[43] Jesus R. Huaranga, Democratic Councilman of Harrison[43] James Doran, Democratic Councilman of Harrison[43] Victor Villalta, Democratic Councilman of Harrison[43] Carol Mandaglio, Democratic Councilwoman of Harrison[43] Michael Dolaghan, Democratic Councilman of Harrison[43] Francisco Nascimento, Democratic Councilman of Harrison[43] Anselmo Millan, Democratic Councilman of Harrison[43] Christine Noriega, Democratic Alderwoman of Dover[47] Michael Picciallo, Democratic Alderman of Dover[47] James Visioli, Democratic Alderman of Dover[47] Robert Rutan, Democratic Alderman of Dover[47] Michelle Yzarnotegui, Democratic Alderwoman of Dover[47] Yitz Stern, Democratic Councilman of Teaneck[53] Elie Katz, Democratic Councilman of Teaneck[53] Mark Schwartz, Democratic Councilman of Teaneck[53] Newspapers The Star Ledger[54] The Philadelphia Inquirer[55] Asbury Park Press[56] The Bergen Record[57] The Press of Atlantic City[58] Herald News[59] Religious leaders Bishop Reginald Jackson, Executive Director of the Black Ministers' Council[60] Korean Pastors Association[37] Igud of Lakewood[61] Pastor Ron Christian[62] Michele Levine, President, Bayonne Jewish Community Center[63] Bishop Dr. Thomas Robinson[63] Pastor Joe Carter[62] Pastor Jerry Smith[62] Pastor Ralph Terrell[62] Pastor William Christian[62] Pastor Jeffrey Bryan[62] Pastor John Perry[62] Pastor R. Trabout[62] Minister Tami Christian[62] Reverend Najiyyah Brooks[62] Bishop Parrott Sr.[62] Reverend Alfred Fletcher[62] Reverend Miguel Rivera[64] Reverend Jose C. Lopez[64] Reverend Jesus Infante[64] Reverend Raul Otero[64] Reverend David Torres Oyola[64] Reverend Rafael Mesa[64] Reverend Ariel Torres[64] Reverend Dr. Hector A. Chiesa[64] Reverend Bob Rodriguez[64] Reverend Tomas Reyes[64] Reverend Julio Barriento[64] Reverend Renato Castro[64] Reverend David Rojas[64] Others Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook[65] Buddy Valastro, star of Cake Boss[66] Shaquille O'Neal, former basketball player[67]

Barbara Buono

Organizations 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East[68] American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees[69] American Federation of Teachers New Jersey[70] Communications Workers of America (CWA)[71] Council of New Jersey State College Locals[72] Democracy for America (DFA)[73] EMILY's List[74] Garden State Equality[75] Health Professionals and Allied Employees[76] Latinas United for Political Empowerment PAC[77] Latino Action Network[78] NOW-NJ PAC[79] New Jersey Education Association (NJEA)[80] New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police (NJFOP)[81] New Jersey Environmental Federation[82] New Jersey State Council of Machinists[83] New Jersey State Industrial Union Council[84] Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey[85] Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU)[86] Sierra Club[87] Women's Campaign Fund[88] Women's Political Caucus of New Jersey[89][90] Elected Officials Nelson Albano, State Assemblyman[91] Rob Andrews, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 1st congressional district[92] Ras Baraka, South Ward member of the Newark Municipal Council[93] Jim Beach, State Senator and Co-Chair of the Camden County Democratic Party[91] Dan Benson, State Assemblyman[94] Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark and U.S. Senator-elect from New Jersey[95] John Burzichelli, State Assemblyman[91] Richard Codey, State Senator, former Governor of New Jersey, and former President of the New Jersey Senate[96] Herb Conaway, State Assemblyman[91] Mildred C. Crump, At-Large member of the Newark Municipal Council[93] Joe Cryan, State Assemblyman and former Majority Leader of the New Jersey General Assembly[97] Jim Florio, former Governor of New Jersey[92] Angel Fuentes, State Assemblyman[91] Brendan Gill, Essex County Freeholder[92] Nia Gill, President Pro Tempore of the New Jersey Senate[98] Louis Greenwald, Majority Leader of the New Jersey General Assembly[91] Maggie Hassan, Governor of New Hampshire[99] Jerramiah Healy, former Mayor of Jersey City[100] Rush Holt, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district[92][100] Pamela Rosen Lampitt, State Assemblywoman[91] Fred H. Madden, State Senator and Chairman of the Gloucester County Democratic Party[91] Robert Menendez, incumbent U.S. Senator (D-NJ)[92] Matthew Milam, former State Assemblyman[91] Frank Minor, Mayor of Logan Township[92] Paul Moriarty, State Assemblyman[91] Gabriela Mosquera, State Assemblywoman[91] Donald Norcross, State Senator and Co-Chair of the Camden County Democratic Party[91] Martin O’Malley, Governor of Maryland[101] Frank Pallone, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 6th congressional district[92][100] Bill Pascrell, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 9th congressional district[92] Donald Payne, Jr., U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district[92] Nick Poliseno, Republican Mayor of Spotswood[102] Ronald C. Rice, West Ward member of the Newark Municipal Council[93] Celeste Riley, State Assemblywoman[91] Darrin Sharif, Cental Ward member of the Newark Municipal Council[93] Troy Singleton, State Assemblyman[91] Albio Sires, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 8th congressional district[92] Peter Shumlin, Governor of Vermont and Chair of the Democratic Governors Association[103] Stephen Sweeney, President of the New Jersey Senate[91][104] Jeff Van Drew, State Senator[91] Jim Whelan, State Senator[91] Gilbert "Whip" Wilson, State Assemblyman[91] Others Babs Casbar Siperstein, Democratic National Committee member from New Jersey and LGBT activist[92] Kerry Washington, actress[105]

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%	61.2%	27.8%	—	10.9%
Rasmussen	October 7, 2013	1,000	± 3%	55%	34%	4%	7%
Quinnipiac	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	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%	58.2%	30.2%	1.3%	10.4%
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	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	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%	64.2%	24.5%	2%	10%
Monmouth	June 10–11, 2013	626	± 3.9%	61%	31%	4%	4%
Quinnipiac	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%

Results

New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013^[106]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Chris Christie (inc.)	1,278,932	60.30%	+11.80%
	Democratic	Barbara Buono	809,978	38.19%	-6.71%
	Libertarian	Kenneth R. Kaplan	12,155	0.57%	+0.37%
	Green	Steve Welzer	8,295	0.39%	+0.39%
	Glass-Steagall Now	Diane W. Sare	3,360	0.16%	+0.16%
	Peace and Freedom	William Araujo	3,300	0.16%	+0.16%
	Independent	Hank Schroeder	2,784	0.13%	+0.13%
	NSA Did 911	Jeff Boss	2,062	0.1%	+0.1%
Majority			468,954	22.11%	+18.53%
Turnout			2,120,866	38.48%	-8.4%
	Republican hold		Swing

County Results

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

See also

• New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009
• Governors of New Jersey
• United States gubernatorial elections, 2013
• Fort Lee lane closure controversy

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