New Jersey — 1985 governor election
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Akashic1985 · GovernorNew Jersey · GovernorThomas KeanR+40.3
Candidates
New Jersey 1985 governor — certified statewide results.
- Thomas Kean✓Republican1,372,63169.6%
- Peter ShapiroDemocratic578,40229.3%
- Other candidatesOther21,5911.1%
Statewide returns compiled from the Wikipedia gubernatorial-election article for this cycle, which aggregates the official state canvass returns it cites. No county map before the precinct era. Non-major vote restored from this cycle's certified county returns (per_governor_county), which carry the full per-county other; the statewide compilation had stored Democratic + Republican only.
presidential baselinePresident 1984R+20.9Governor 1985R+40.3vs. baselineR+19.4
New Jersey's 1985 governor race ran 19.4 points more Republican than its 1984 presidential margin.
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1985 gubernatorial returns · certified statewide totals. Real returns — nothing estimated.