Partisan identification in the electorate On November 1, 2025, the New Jersey Department of State reported 6,632,260 registered voters. Among these, 2,526,861 (38.1%) were registered Democrats, 1,673,397 (25.3%) were registered Republicans, 2,358,288 (35.6%) were registered unaffiliated, and 73,714 (1.1%) were registered with other parties.

Partisan affiliation of elected officials The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of New Jersey: Governor Lieutenant Governor

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate State General Assembly State delegation to the U.S. Senate State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes. 1776–2009

YearExecutive officeState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoral votesGovernorSenateAssemblySenator (Class I)Senator (Class II)House1776William Livingston began in 1789...17881789F majorityF majorityJonathan Elmer William Paterson 4PAGeorge Washington 1790Elisha Lawrence F majorityF majorityWilliam Paterson 1791F majorityF majorityJohn Rutherfurd Philemon Dickinson 3PA, 1I1792F majorityDR majority1793Thomas Henderson F majorityDR majorityFrederick Frelinghuysen 5PARichard Howell 1794F majorityDR majority4PA, 1I1795F majorityDR majorityJohn Rutherfurd Frederick Frelinghuysen 4F, 1I1796F majorityDR majorityJohn Adams/Thomas Pinckney 1797DR majorityF majorityFranklin Davenport Richard Stockton 5F1798DR majorityDR majority1799F majorityF majorityJames Schureman Jonathan Dayton 3DR, 2F1800F majorityF majorityJohn Adams/Charles Cotesworth Pinckney 1801Joseph Bloomfield 9F, 4DR28F, 11DRAaron Ogden 5DR1802John Lambert 7F, 6DR24DR, 16F1803Joseph Bloomfield 8DR, 5F20F, 19DR, 1?John Condit 6DR18048DR, 5F25DR, 14F, 1?Thomas Jefferson/George Clinton 18059DR, 4F28DR, 12FAaron Kitchell 18068DR, 5F25DR, 14F, 1OR18077F, 6DR21DR, 19F18089DR, 4F25DR, 15FJames Madison/George Clinton 18097DR, 6F23DR, 17FJohn Lambert John Condit 18108DR, 5F24DR, 16F181126DR, 14F1812Aaron Ogden 9DR, 4F30DR, 10FDeWitt Clinton/Jared Ingersoll 1813William Sanford Pennington 7F, 6DR23F, 17DR4F, 2DR18147DR, 6F23DR, 17F3DR, 3F1815Mahlon Dickerson 22DR, 18FJames J. Wilson 6DR181627DR, 15FJames Monroe/Daniel D. Tompkins 1817Isaac Halstead Williamson 8DR, 5F23DR, 18FMahlon Dickerson 181826DR, 16F181927DR, 16FSamuel L. Southard 18209DR, 4F31DR, 12F182136DR, 7F182230DR, 13F182331DR, 12FJoseph McIlvaine 18248DR, 5F29DR, 14FAndrew Jackson/John C. Calhoun 1825J majorityJ majorityJoseph McIlvaine Mahlon Dickerson 3J, 2NR, 1I1826J majorityJ majority1827NR majorityNR majorityEphraim Bateman 3NR, 2I, 1J1828NR majorityNR majorityJohn Quincy Adams/Richard Rush 1829Peter Dumont Vroom 9NR, 5J25NR, 18JMahlon Dickerson Theodore Frelinghuysen 6NR18308J, 6NR28J, 15NR183110J, 4NR37J, 13NR1832Samuel L. Southard 7NR, 7J26J, 24NRAndrew Jackson/Martin Van Buren 1833Elias P. Seeley 8NR, 6J33NR, 17JSamuel L. Southard 6JPeter Dumont Vroom 183413D, 1NR41D, 9NR18358D, 6W28D, 21W, 1?Garret D. Wall 5J, 1W1836Philemon Dickerson 9D, 5W34D, 16WWilliam Henry Harrison/Francis Granger 1837William Pennington 7D, 7W31D, 19WSamuel L. Southard Garret D. Wall 6W183810W, 6D35W, 18D183910W, 7D33W, 20D5D, 1W1840William Henry Harrison/John Tyler 184113W, 5D41W, 12DWilliam L. Dayton Jacob W. Miller 6W18429D, 9W34W, 24D1843Daniel Haines 10W, 8D32W, 26D4D, 1W184412D, 6W35D, 23WHenry Clay/Theodore Frelinghuysen 1845Charles C. Stratton 13W, 6D40W, 18D4W, 1D184612W, 7D30W, 27D, 1A3W, 2D184740W, 18D4W, 1D1848Daniel Haines 38W, 20DZachary Taylor/Millard Fillmore 184939W, 19D185010W, 9D33W, 25D1851George F. Fort 10D, 10W30D, 28WRobert F. Stockton 4D, 1W185213D, 7W45D, 15WFranklin Pierce/William R. King 185339D, 21WJohn Renshaw Thomson William Wright 1854Rodman M. Price 40D, 20W185510D, 9W, 1KN29D, 25W, 6KN4O, 1D185611D, 5W, 4KN31D, 15KN, 14WJames Buchanan/John C. Breckinridge 1857William A. Newell 11D, 6O, 3KN38D, 22R3D, 2R185815D, 6O35D, 25R185913D, 8O36O, 24DJohn C. Ten Eyck 3R, 2D1860Charles Smith Olden 12D, 8R, 1KN30D, 28R, 2KN4 – Abraham Lincoln/Hannibal Hamlin 3 – Stephen A. Douglas/Herschel V. Johnson 186111R, 10D32D, 28RRichard Stockton Field 3D, 2R186210D, 10R, 1I36D, 24RJames Walter Wall 1863Joel Parker 13D, 8R45D, 15RWilliam Wright 4D, 1R186414D, 7R40D, 20RGeorge B. McClellan/George H. Pendleton 186513D, 8R30D, 30RJohn P. Stockton 3D, 2R1866Marcus Lawrence Ward 11R, 10D36R, 24D186713R, 8D33R, 27DFrederick T. Frelinghuysen Alexander G. Cattell 3R, 2D186811D, 10R46D, 14RHoratio Seymour/Francis Preston Blair Jr. 1869Theodore F. Randolph 12D, 9R32D, 28RJohn P. Stockton 3D, 2R187013D, 8R34D, 26R187112R, 9D34R, 26DFrederick T. Frelinghuysen 3R, 2D1872Joel Parker 36R, 24DUlysses S. Grant/Henry Wilson 187314R, 7D44R, 16D6R, 1D187432R, 28D1875Joseph D. Bedle 13R, 8D41D, 19RTheodore F. Randolph 5D, 2R187612R, 9D37R, 23DSamuel J. Tilden/Thomas A. Hendricks 187711D, 10R30D, 30RJohn R. McPherson 4D, 3R1878George B. McClellan 12D, 9R33D, 27R187911R, 9D, 1I33R, 27D4R, 3D188012R, 9D35R, 25DWinfield Scott Hancock/William Hayden English 1881George C. Ludlow 15R, 5D, 1I34R, 26DWilliam J. Sewell 4R, 3D188212R, 9D35D, 25R18831884Leon Abbett 34D, 26RGrover Cleveland/Thomas A. Hendricks 188511R, 10D34R, 26D188613R, 8D31R, 29D1887Robert S. Green 12R, 9D32R, 28DRufus Blodgett 5R, 2D188837R, 23DGrover Cleveland/Allen G. Thurman 188911D, 10R32D, 28R4R, 3D1890Leon Abbett 11R, 10D37D, 23R189114D, 7R40D, 20R5D, 2R189216D, 5R42D, 18RGrover Cleveland/Adlai Stevenson I 1893George Theodore Werts 39D, 21RJames Smith Jr. 6D, 2R189411R, 10D39R, 21D189516R, 5D54R, 6DWilliam J. Sewell 8R1896John W. Griggs 18R, 3D53R, 7DWilliam McKinley/Garret Hobart 189756R, 4D1898Foster McGowan Voorhees 14R, 7D37R, 23DDavid Ogden Watkins 1899Foster McGowan Voorhees John Kean 6R, 2D190043R, 17DWilliam McKinley/Theodore Roosevelt 190117R, 4D38R, 22DJohn F. Dryden 1902Franklin Murphy 46R, 14D190314R, 7D38R, 22D7R, 3D1904Theodore Roosevelt/Charles W. Fairbanks 1905Edward C. Stokes 46R, 14D9R, 1D190617R, 4D57R, 3D190715R, 6D31D, 29RFrank O. Briggs 6R, 4D1908John Franklin Fort 14R, 7D40R, 20DWilliam Howard Taft/James S. Sherman 190913R, 8D45R, 15D7R, 3D191015R, 6D41R, 19D1911Woodrow Wilson 12R, 9D42D, 18RJames E. Martine 7D, 3R191211R, 10D37R, 23DWoodrow Wilson/Thomas R. Marshall 1913James Fairman Fielder 12D, 9R52D, 8RWilliam Hughes 11D, 1RLeon Rutherford Taylor 1914James Fairman Fielder 11D, 10R37D, 23R191511R, 10D38R, 22D8R, 4D191613R, 8D40R, 20DCharles Evans Hughes/Charles W. Fairbanks 1917Walter E. Edge15R, 6D44R, 16DJoseph S. Frelinghuysen Sr. David Baird Sr. 9R, 3D191846R, 17D1919William Nelson Runyon 30R, 30DWalter E. Edge 8R, 4D1920Clarence E. Case 33R, 27DWarren G. Harding/Calvin Coolidge Edward I. Edwards 192159R, 1D11R, 1D192216R, 5D45R, 15D1923George Sebastian Silzer 17R, 4D44R, 16DEdward I. Edwards 6R, 6D192442R, 18DCalvin Coolidge/Charles G. Dawes 192518R, 3D47R, 13D10R, 2D1926A. Harry Moore 46R, 14D192717R, 4D47R, 13D9R, 3D192818R, 3D46R, 14DHerbert Hoover/Charles Curtis 1929Morgan Foster Larson 48R, 12DHamilton F. Kean David Baird Jr. 10R, 2D193017R, 4D46R, 14D1931Dwight Morrow 8R, 4D1932A. Harry Moore 15R, 6D34D, 26RFranklin D. Roosevelt/John Nance Garner 193338R, 22DW. Warren Barbour 10R, 4D193433R, 27D1935Clifford Ross Powell 34R, 26DA. Harry Moore Horace Griggs Prall Harold G. Hoffman 193613R, 8D42R, 18D193711R, 10D39D, 21RJohn Milton William H. Smathers 7R, 7D1938A. Harry Moore 13R, 8D41R, 19D193915R, 6D45R, 15DW. Warren Barbour 11R, 3D1940Franklin D. Roosevelt/Henry A. Wallace 1941Charles Edison 17R, 4D44R, 16D10R, 4D1942194318R, 3DArthur Walsh Albert W. Hawkes 11R, 3D1944Walter E. Edge Franklin D. Roosevelt/Harry S. Truman 194517R, 4D42R, 18DH. Alexander Smith 12R, 2D194641R, 19D1947Alfred E. Driscoll 15R, 6D48R, 12D194817R, 4D45R, 15DThomas E. Dewey/Earl Warren 194915R, 6D44R, 16DRobert C. Hendrickson 9R, 5D195014R, 7D38R, 22D1951195216R, 5D43R, 17DDwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon 19538R, 6D1954Robert B. Meyner 17R, 4D40R, 20D1955Clifford P. Case 195614R, 7D195710R, 4D195813R, 8D42D, 18R1959Harrison A. Williams 9R, 5D196011R, 10D34D, 26RJohn F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson 19618R, 6D1962Richard J. Hughes 38D, 22R19638R, 7D196415R, 6D33R, 27DLyndon B. Johnson/Hubert Humphrey 196511D, 4R196619D, 10R41D, 19R19679D, 6R196831R, 9D58R, 22DRichard Nixon/Spiro Agnew 19691970William T. Cahill 59R, 21D1971197224R, 16D40D, 39R, 1I19738D, 7R1974Brendan Byrne 29D, 10R, 1I66D, 14R197512D, 3R197649D, 31RGerald Ford/Bob Dole 197711D, 4R197827D, 13R54D, 26R1979Bill Bradley 10D, 5R198026D, 14R44D, 36RRonald Reagan/George H. W. Bush 19818D, 7R1982Thomas Kean 22D, 18R43D, 37RNicholas F. Brady 1983Frank Lautenberg 9D, 5R198423D, 17R44D, 36R19858D, 6R198650R, 30D1987198824D, 16R42R, 38DGeorge H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle 19891990James Florio 23D, 17R42D, 38R1991199227R, 13D58R, 22DBill Clinton/Al Gore 19937D, 6R1994Christine Todd Whitman 24R, 16D53R, 27D19958R, 5D199650R, 30D1997Robert Torricelli 7R, 6D199848R, 32D19997D, 6R200045R, 35DAl Gore/Joe Lieberman 2001Jon Corzine Donald DiFrancesco 2002Various20D, 20R44D, 36RJim McGreevey 2003Frank Lautenberg 200422D, 18R47D, 33RJohn Kerry/John Edwards Richard Codey 20052006Jon Corzine 49D, 31RBob Menendez 6D, 6R7D, 6R2007200823D, 17R48D, 32RBarack Obama/Joe Biden 20098D, 5R

2010–present

YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoral votesGovernorLt. GovernorSenateAssemblySenator (Class I)Senator (Class II)House2010Chris Christie Kim Guadagno 23D, 17R47D, 33RBob Menendez Frank Lautenberg 8D, 5RBarack Obama/Joe Biden 201124D, 16R7D, 6R201248D, 32R20136D, 6RJeffrey Chiesa Cory Booker 20146R, 5D20156D, 6R201652D, 28RHillary Clinton/Tim Kaine 20177D, 5R2018Phil Murphy Sheila Oliver 25D, 15R54D, 26R201911D, 1R26D, 14R202025D, 15R52D, 28R10D, 2RJoe Biden/Kamala Harris 2021202224D, 16R46D, 34R202325D, 15R9D, 3RTahesha Way 202452D, 28RKamala Harris/Tim Walz George Helmy 2025Andy Kim 2026Mikie Sherrill Dale Caldwell 57D, 23R

See also Politics in New Jersey Politics of New Jersey Elections in New Jersey Law of New Jersey

References

External links State of New Jersey Department of State, Division of Elections Year-by-Year Election Results