Governor of New Jersey

New Jersey Governor
General information
Office Type:	Partisan
Office website:	Official Link
Compensation:	$175,000
2024 FY Budget:	$13,745,000
Term limits:	Two consecutive terms
Structure
Length of term:	4 years
Authority:	New Jersey Constitution, Article V, Section I
Selection Method:	Elected
Current Officeholder
Governor of New Jersey Phil Murphy Democratic Party Assumed office: January 16, 2018
Elections
Next election:	November 4, 2025
Last election:	November 2, 2021
Other New Jersey Executive Offices
Governor • Lieutenant Governor • Secretary of State • Attorney General • Treasurer • Comptroller• Commissioner of Education • Agriculture Secretary • Insurance Commissioner • Commissioner of Environmental Protection • Labor Commissioner • Public Utilities Board

The Governor of the State of New Jersey is an elected constitutional officer, the head of the executive branch and the highest state office and only elected statewide office in New Jersey. The governor is popularly elected every four years by a plurality and is limited to two consecutive terms.

New Jersey has a Democratic trifecta. The Democratic Party controls the office of governor and both chambers of the state legislature.

New Jersey has a Democratic triplex. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, and attorney general.

See also: New Jersey State Legislature, New Jersey General Assembly, New Jersey State Senate

Current officer

The 64th and current governor is Phil Murphy (D). He was first elected in November 2017. Murphy previously served as U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 2009 to 2013.

Authority

The state Constitution addresses the office of the governor in Article V, the Executive.

Under Article V, Section I:

The executive power shall be vested in a Governor.

Qualifications

State Executives
Current Governors
Gubernatorial Elections
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Current Lt. Governors
Lt. Governor Elections
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Candidates for governor must be:

• at least 30 years old
• a U.S. citizen for at least 20 years
• a resident of New Jersey for at least seven years

No governor shall hold office in any other state or under the federal government, nor shall a sitting governor be elected to any legislative seat. Governors who accept any state or federal position or profit are considered to have vacated their seat.

Vacancies

See also: How gubernatorial vacancies are filled

Details of vacancies are addressed under Article V, Section I, paragraph 6.

If the governor's office becomes vacant through resignation, removal, or death, then the lieutenant governor succeeds to the office.

If a governor-elect dies, the lieutenant governor-elect takes office as the governor.

After the lieutenant governor, the President of the New Jersey State Senate, followed by the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, complete the constitutionally prescribed line of succession.

The same line order applies if a governor is absent or temporarily unable to discharge the office, as well as when the governor-elect fails to qualify. In such cases, the acting governor serves until the absence, disqualification, or illness ends. The acting governor shall have all the "functions, powers, duties, and emoluments" of the governor's office.

If the governor has been absent or disqualified for six months, the Supreme Court of New Jersey, upon receipt of a concurrent resolution from the General Assembly, shall declare the office to be vacant.

The office shall be filled by an acting governor if less than one year remains in the current term; otherwise, a special election is called.

Duties

The governor of New Jersey is considered one of the most powerful governorships in the nation as it is the only state-wide (non-federal) elected office in the state. Thus, unlike many other states that have elections for some cabinet-level positions, under the New Jersey State Constitution the governor appoints the entire cabinet, subject to confirmation by the New Jersey Senate.

The governor is charged with faithfully upholding and executing the laws of New Jersey, a power that includes enforcing all constitutional and statutory mandates as well as restraining actions. New Jersey's governor is also the commander-in-chief of the militia.

He or she nominates all general and flag officers and the state militia and has ultimate authority for seeing that the state's militia is properly trained.

Other duties and privileges of the office include:

• Granting all commissions given to elected and appointed officers

• Nominating officers to all appointed positions not otherwise provided for and making appointments, with the consent of the Senate

• Convening the entire legislature or the Senate for extraordinary sessions

• Vetoing bills subject to a super-majority override in the legislature

• Granting pardons and reprieves, excluding cases of treason and impeachment

Divisions

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State budget

Role in state budget

See also: New Jersey state budget and finances

The state operates on an annual budget cycle. The sequence of key events in the budget process is as follows:

1. Budget instructions are sent to state agencies in September.
2. State agency requests are submitted in October.
3. The governor submits his or her proposed budget to the New Jersey State Legislature on or before the fourth Tuesday in February.
4. The legislature adopts a budget on or before June 30. A simple majority is required to pass a budget.
5. The fiscal year begins July 1.

New Jersey is one of 44 states in which the governor has line item veto authority.

The governor is constitutionally required to submit a balanced budget. In turn, the legislature is also constitutionally required to pass a balanced budget.

Governor's office budget

The budget for the Chief Executive Office of the Governor in Fiscal Year 2024 was $13,745,000.

Elections

New Jersey state government organizational chart

New Jersey belongs to the handful of states that hold off-year elections, that is, elections in off-numbered years that are neither presidential nor midterm years. In New Jersey's case, elections are held in the year after a presidential and before a midterm; thus, 2021, 2025, 2029, and 2033 are all gubernatorial election years. Legally, the inauguration is always held the third Tuesday in the January after an election.

New Jersey was, prior to the creation of the lieutenant governor's office, one of only three states, the others being Hawaii and Tennessee, where the governor is the only statewide elected office.

Term limits

See also: States with gubernatorial term limits

New Jersey governors are restricted to two consecutive terms in office, after which they must wait four years before being eligible to run again.

New Jersey Constitution, Article V, Section 1, Paragraph 5

No person who has been elected Governor for two successive terms, including an unexpired term, shall again be eligible for that office until the third Tuesday in January of the fourth year following the expiration of the second successive term.

Partisan composition

The chart below shows the partisan breakdown of New Jersey governors from 1992 to 2013.

Full history

To view the electoral history dating back to 2001 for the office of Governor of New Jersey, click [show] to expand the section.

2021 See also: New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2021 General election General election for Governor of New Jersey Incumbent Phil Murphy defeated Jack Ciattarelli, Madelyn Hoffman, Gregg Mele, and Joanne Kuniansky in the general election for Governor of New Jersey on November 2, 2021. Candidate % Votes ✔ Phil Murphy (D)   51.2   1,339,471 Jack Ciattarelli (R)   48.0   1,255,185 Madelyn Hoffman (G)    0.3   8,450 Gregg Mele (L)   0.3   7,768 Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party)   0.2   4,012 Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source Total votes: 2,614,886 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. Withdrawn or disqualified candidates Robert Edward Forchion Jr. (Legalize Marihuana Party) Justin Maldonado (Independent) David Winkler (Independent) Democratic primary election Democratic primary for Governor of New Jersey Incumbent Phil Murphy defeated Lisa McCormick in the Democratic primary for Governor of New Jersey on June 8, 2021. Candidate % Votes ✔ Phil Murphy   100.0   382,984 Lisa McCormick (Write-in)   0.0   0 Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2 Total votes: 382,984 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. Withdrawn or disqualified candidates Roger Bacon (D) Republican primary election Republican primary for Governor of New Jersey Jack Ciattarelli defeated Philip Rizzo, Hirsh Singh, and Brian Levine in the Republican primary for Governor of New Jersey on June 8, 2021. Candidate % Votes ✔ Jack Ciattarelli   49.5   167,690 Philip Rizzo   25.7   87,007 Hirsh Singh   21.6   73,155 Brian Levine   3.3   11,181 There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2 Total votes: 339,033 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. Withdrawn or disqualified candidates Doug Steinhardt (R) 2017 See also: New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2017 New Jersey held an election for governor and lieutenant governor on November 7, 2017. Governor Chris Christie (R) was term-limited and ineligible to run for re-election. New Jersey elects its governor and lieutenant governor together on a joint ticket. The general election took place on November 7, 2017. The primary election was held on June 6, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in the primary election was April 3, 2017. The following candidates ran in the election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey. New Jersey Gubernatorial and Lieutenant Gubernatorial Election, 2017 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Phil Murphy/Sheila Oliver 56.03% 1,203,110      Republican Kim Guadagno/Carlos Rendo 41.89% 899,583      Independent Gina Genovese/Derel Stroud 0.57% 12,294      Libertarian Peter Rohrman/Karese Laguerre 0.49% 10,531      Green Seth Kaper-Dale/Lisa Durden 0.47% 10,053      Constitution Matt Riccardi 0.32% 6,864      Independent Vincent Ross/April Johnson 0.23% 4,980 Total Votes (6385/6385 precincts reporting) 2,147,415 Source: New Jersey Division of Elections Kim Guadagno defeated Jack Ciattarelli, Hirsh Singh, Joseph Rudy Rullo, and Steve Rogers in the Republican primary. New Jersey Republican Gubernatorial Primary, 2017 Candidate Vote % Votes Kim Guadagno 46.82% 113,846 Jack Ciattarelli 31.08% 75,556 Hirsh Singh 9.76% 23,728 Joseph Rudy Rullo 6.51% 15,816 Steve Rogers 5.84% 14,187 Total Votes 243,133 Source: New Jersey Division of Elections Phil Murphy defeated Jim Johnson, John Wisniewski, Ray Lesniak, Bill Brennan, and Mark Zinna in the Democratic primary. New Jersey Democratic Gubernatorial Primary, 2017 Candidate Vote % Votes Phil Murphy 48.42% 243,643 Jim Johnson 21.91% 110,250 John Wisniewski 21.57% 108,532 Ray Lesniak 4.83% 24,318 Bill Brennan 2.24% 11,263 Mark Zinna 1.04% 5,213 Total Votes 503,219 Source: New Jersey Division of Elections 2013 On November 5, 2013, Chris Christie won re-election to the office of Governor of New Jersey. On November 5, 2013, Chris Christie and Kim Guadagno (R) won re-election as Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey. They defeated the Buono/Silva (D), Kaplan/Bell (L), Welzer/Alessandrini (I), Sare/Todd (I), Araujo/Salamanca (I), Schroeder/Moschella (I) and Boss/Thorne (I) ticket(s) in the general election. Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, 2013 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Chris Christie & Kim Guadagno 60.3% 1,278,932      Democratic Barbara Buono & Milly Silva 38.2% 809,978      Libertarian Kenneth Kaplan & Brenda Bell 0.6% 12,155      Independent Steven Welzer & Patricia Alessandrini 0.4% 8,295      Independent Diane Sare & Bruce Todd 0.2% 3,360      Independent William Araujo & Maria Salamanca 0.2% 3,300      Independent Hank Schroeder & Patricia Moschella 0.1% 2,784      Independent Jeff Boss & Robert Thorne 0.1% 2,062 Total Votes 2,120,866 Election Results Via: New Jersey Department of State 2009 On November 3, 2009, Chris Christie won election to the office of Governor of New Jersey. He defeated Jon Corzine, Chris Daggett, Kenneth Kaplan, Gary Steele, Jason Cullen, and David Meiswinkle in the general election. Governor of New Jersey, 2009 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Chris Christie 48.6% 1,174,445      Democratic Jon Corzine Incumbent 45% 1,087,731      Independent Chris Daggett 5.8% 139,579      Libertarian Kenneth Kaplan 0.2% 4,830      Leadership, Independence, Vision Gary Steele 0.1% 3,585      People Not Politics Jason Cullen 0.1% 2,869      Middle Class Empowerment David Meiswinkle 0.1% 2,598 Total Votes 2,415,637 Election results via http://elections.nj.com/dynamic/files/elections/2009/by_state/NJ_Governor_1103.html?SITE=NJNEWELN&SECTION=POLITICS. 2005 On November 8, 2005, Jon Corzine won election to the office of Governor of New Jersey. He defeated Douglas Forrester, Hector Castillo, Jeffrey Pawlowski, Matthew Thieke, Richard Codey, and Ed Forchion in the general election. Governor of New Jersey, 2005 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Jon Corzine 53.6% 1,224,551      Republican Douglas Forrester 43.1% 985,271      Independent Hector Castillo 1.3% 29,452      Libertarian Jeffrey Pawlowski 0.7% 15,417      Green Matthew Thieke 0.5% 12,315      Independent Richard Codey Incumbent 0.4% 9,668      Legalize Marijuana Ed Forchion 0.4% 9,137 Total Votes 2,285,811 Election results via http://nj.gov/state/elections/election-results/2005_official_gen_elect_gov.pdf. 2001 On November 6, 2001, James McGreevey won re-election to the office of Governor of New Jersey. He defeated Bret Schundler, William Schluter, Jerry Coleman, Mark Edgerton, George Watson Jr, Michael Koontz, Constantino Rozzo, and Kari Sachs in the general election. Governor of New Jersey, 2001 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic James McGreevey 56.4% 1,256,853      Republican Bret Schundler 41.7% 928,174      Independent William Schluter 1.1% 24,084      Green Jerry Coleman 0.3% 6,238      Libertarian Mark Edgerton 0.2% 4,684      Free New Jersey George Watson Jr 0.1% 2,568      NJ Conservative Michael Koontz 0.1% 1,949      Socialist Constantino Rizzo 0.1% 1,537      Socialist Workers Kari Sachs 0% 1,078 Total Votes 2,227,165 Election results via http://nj.gov/state/elections/election-results/2001-general-elect-gov-tallies.pdf.

Compensation

See also: Comparison of gubernatorial salaries and Compensation of state executive officers

The salaries of the governor and lieutenant governor are established by the New Jersey State Legislature as mandated by the state constitution. Article V, Section I, Paragraph 12 of the New Jersey Constitution says the following:

	Text of Section I, Paragraph 12: 10. a. The Governor and the Lieutenant Governor shall each receive for services a salary, which shall be neither increased nor diminished during the period for which the Governor or Lieutenant Governor shall have been elected or appointed. b. The Governor shall appoint the Lieutenant Governor to serve as the head of a principal department or other executive or administrative agency of State government, or delegate to the Lieutenant Governor duties of the office of Governor, or both. The Governor shall not appoint the Lieutenant Governor to serve as Attorney General. The Lieutenant Governor shall in addition perform such other duties as may be provided by law.

State executive officers, along with judicial and legislative officials, have not received salary increases since 2002. A seven-member salary commission determined annual pay for state officials from its creation in 1999 until legislators eliminated the commission in 2014. All cabinet officials under the governor's office receive annual salaries of $141,000 as legislators have not approved pay increases since the commission's elimination.

2022

In 2022, the officer's salary was $175,000, according to the Council of State Governments.

2021

In 2021, the governor received a salary of $175,000, according to the Council of State Governments.

2020

In 2020, the governor received a salary of $175,000, according to the Council of State Governments.

2019

In 2019, the governor received a salary of $175,000, according to the Council of State Governments.

2018

In 2018, the governor received a salary of $175,000, according to the Council of State Governments.

2017

In 2017, the governor received a salary of $175,000, according to the Council of State Governments.

2016

In 2016, the governor received a salary of $175,000, according to the Council of State Governments.

2015

In 2015, the governor received a salary of $175,000, according to the Council of State Governments.

2014

In 2014, the governor received a salary of $175,000, according to the Council of State Governments.

2013

In 2013, the governor's salary remained at $175,000, according to the Council of State Governments.

2010

In 2010, the governor was paid $175,000 a year, the 4th highest gubernatorial salary in America at the time.

History

Partisan balance 1992-2013

See also: Ballotpedia:Who Runs the States and Ballotpedia:Who Runs the States, New Jersey

Partisan breakdown of the New Jersey governorship from 1992-2013

From 1992-2013, in New Jersey there were Democratic governors in office for 10 years while there were Republican governors in office for 12 years, including the last four.

Across the country, there were 493 years of Democratic governors (44.82%) and 586 years of Republican governors (53.27%) from 1992 to 2013.

Over the course of the 22-year study, state governments became increasingly more partisan. At the outset of the study period (1992), 18 of the 49 states with partisan legislatures had single-party trifectas and 31 states had divided governments. In 2013, only 13 states had divided governments, while single-party trifectas held sway in 36 states, the most in the 22 years studied.

The chart below shows the partisan composition of the Office of the Governor of New Jersey, the New Jersey State Senate and the New Jersey House of Representatives from 1992 to 2013.

SQLI and partisanship

New Jersey was one of eight states to demonstrate a dramatic partisan shift in the 22 years studied. A dramatic shift was defined by a movement of 40 percent or more toward one party over the course of the study period.

The chart below depicts the partisanship of New Jersey state government and the state's SQLI ranking for the years studied. For the SQLI, the states were ranked from 1-50, with 1 being the best and 50 the worst. New Jersey had Republican trifectas from 1994-2001 and Democratic trifectas from 2004-2009. There were four years when New Jersey finished in the top-10, all of those years with Republican trifectas.

• SQLI average with Democratic trifecta: 18.67
• SQLI average with Republican trifecta: 9.75
• SQLI average with divided government: 21.86

Chart displaying the partisanship of New Jersey government from 1992-2013 and the State Quality of Life Index (SQLI).

Historical officeholders

There have been 64 Governors of New Jersey since 1776. Of the 64 officeholders, 21 were Republican, 29 were Democrat, five were Jeffersonian-Republican, five were Federalist, three were Whig, and one is of unknown party affiliation.

List of officeholders from 1776-present
#	Name	Tenure	Party
1	William Livingston	1776 - 1790	Federalist
2	William Paterson	1790 - 1793	Federalist
3	Thomas Henderson	1793 - 1793	Federalist
4	Richard Howell	1793 - 1801	Federalist
5	Joseph Bloomfield	1801 - 1802	Jeffersonian-Republican
6	John Lambert	1802 - 1803	Jeffersonian-Republican
5	Joseph Bloomfield	1803 - 1812	Jeffersonian-Republican
7	Aaron Ogden	1812 - 1813	Federalist
8	William Sanford Pennington	1813 - 1815	Jeffersonian-Republican
9	Mahlon Dickerson	1815 - 1817	Jeffersonian-Republican
10	Issac Halsted Williamson	1817 - 1829	Jeffersonian-Republican
11	Peter Dumont Vroom	1829 - 1832	Democratic
12	Samuel Lewis Southard	1832 - 1833	Whig
11	Peter Dumont Vroom	1833 - 1836	Democratic
13	Elias Pettit Seeley	1833 - 1833	Whig
14	Philemon Dickerson	1836 - 1837	Democratic
15	Daniel Haines	1843 - 1845	Democratic
16	Charles Creighton Stratton	1845 - 1848	Whig
15	Daniel Haines	1848 - 1851	Democratic
17	George Franklin Fort	1851 - 1854	Democratic
18	Rodman McCauley Price	1854 - 1857	Democratic
19	William Augustus Newell	1857 - 1860	Republican
20	Charles Smith Olden	1860 - 1863	Republican
21	Joel Parker	1863 - 1866	Democratic
22	Marcus Lawrence Ward	1866 - 1869	Republican
23	Theodore Fitz Randolph	1869 - 1872	Democratic
21	Joel Parker	1872 - 1875	Democratic
24	Joseph Dorsett Bedle	1875 - 1878	Democratic
25	George Brinton Mcclellan	1878 - 1881	Democratic
26	George Craig Ludlow	1881 - 1884	Democratic
27	Leon Abbett	1884 - 1887	Democratic
28	Robert Stockton Green	1887 - 1890	Democratic
29	Leon Abbett	1890 - 1893	Democratic
30	George Theodore Werts	1893 - 1896	Democratic
31	John William Griggs	1896 - 1898	Republican
32	Foster McGowan Voorhees	1898 - 1898	Republican
33	David Ogden Watkins	1898 - 1899	Republican
32	Foster McGowan Voorhees	1899 - 1902	Republican
34	Franklin Murphy	1902 - 1905	Republican
35	Edward Casper Stokes	1905 - 1908	Republican
36	John Franklin Fort	1908 - 1911	Republican
37	Thomas Woodrow Wilson	1911 - 1913	Democratic
38	James Fairman Fielder	1913 - 1913	Democratic
39	Leon R. Taylor	1913 - 1914	Democratic
38	James Fairman Fielder	1914 - 1917	Democratic
40	Walter Evans Edge	1917 - 1919	Republican
41	William Nelson Runyon	1919 - 1920	Republican
42	Clarence Edwards Case	1920 - 1920	Republican
43	Edward Irving Edwards	1920 - 1923	Democratic
44	George Sebastian Silzer	1923 - 1926	Democratic
45	Arthur Harry Moore	1926 - 1929	Democratic
46	Morgan Foster Larson	1929 - 1932	Republican
45	Arthur Harry Moore	1932 - 1935	Democratic
47	Horace Griggs Prall	1935 - 1935	Republican
48	Harold Giles Hoffman	1935 - 1938	Republican
45	Arthur Harry Moore	1938 - 1941	Democratic
49	Charles Edison	1941 - 1944	Democratic
50	Walter Evans Edge	1944 - 1947	Republican
51	Alfred Eastlack Driscoll	1947 - 1954	Unknown
52	Robert Baumie Meyner	1954 - 1962	Democratic
53	Richard Joseph Hughes	1962 - 1970	Democratic
54	William T. Cahill	1970 - 1974	Republican
55	Brendan Thomas Byrne	1974 - 1982	Democratic
56	Thomas H. Kean	1982 - 1990	Republican
57	Jim Florio	1990 - 1994	Democratic
58	Christine Todd Whitman	1994 - 2001	Republican
59	Donald T. DiFrancesco	2001 - 2002	Republican
60	John O. Bennett	2002 - 2002	Republican
61	Richard J. Codey	2002 - 2002	Democratic
62	James E. McGreevey	2002 - 2004	Democratic
61	Richard J. Codey	2004 - 2006	Democratic
62	Jon Corzine	2006 - 2010	Democratic
63	Chris Christie	2010 - 2018	Republican
64	Phil Murphy	2018 - Present	Democratic

State profile

Demographic data for New Jersey
	New Jersey	U.S.
Total population:	8,935,421	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	7,354	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	68.3%	73.6%
Black/African American:	13.5%	12.6%
Asian:	9%	5.1%
Native American:	0.2%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0%	0.2%
Two or more:	2.5%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	19%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	88.6%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	36.8%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$72,093	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	12.7%	11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in New Jersey. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in New Jersey

New Jersey voted for the Democratic candidate in all six presidential elections between 2000 and 2020.

Pivot Counties (2016)

Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, two are located in New Jersey, accounting for 0.97 percent of the total pivot counties.

Pivot Counties (2020)

In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. New Jersey had one Retained Pivot County and one Boomerang Pivot County, accounting for 0.55 and 4.00 percent of all Retained and Boomerang Pivot Counties, respectively.

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Contact information

Office of the Governor
PO Box 001
Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone:609-292-6000

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