New Jersey — 1997 governor election
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1997 · GovernorNew Jersey · GovernorChristine Todd WhitmanR+1.1
Candidates
New Jersey 1997 governor — certified statewide results.
- Christine Todd Whitman✓Republican1,133,39446.9%
- Jim McGreeveyDemocratic1,107,96845.8%
- Other candidatesOther176,9827.3%
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 1996D+17.9Governor 1997R+1.1vs. baselineR+18.9
New Jersey's 1997 governor race ran 18.9 points more Republican than its 1996 presidential margin.
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1997 gubernatorial returns · certified statewide totals. Real returns — nothing estimated.