2020 United States Senate election in New Jersey
An election happened on November 3, 2020, to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of New Jersey. The three people in the election were Cory Booker (Democratic Party), Rik Mehta (Republican Party) and Madelyn Hoffman (Green Party). There were also two independent people in the election. Cory Booker easily won the election and went back to the senate for a second time.
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Two primary elections were held on July 7,2020. There were two people in the Democratic Party primary election and there were five people in the Republican Party primary election. Cory Booker won the Democratic Party primary election and Rik Mehta won the Republican Party primary election.[1]
Democratic Party primary
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | Cory Booker (incumbent) | 838,110 | 87.58% | |
| Democrat | Lawrence Hamm | 118,802 | 12.42% | |
| Total votes | 956,912 | 100.0% | ||
Republican Party primary
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Rik Mehta | 154,817 | 38.01% | |
| Republican | Hirsh Singh | 146,133 | 35.88% | |
| Republican | Tricia Flanagan | 72,678 | 17.84% | |
| Republican | Natalie Lynn Rivera | 21,650 | 5.31% | |
| Republican | Eugene Anagnos | 12,047 | 2.96% | |
| Total votes | 407,325 | 100.0% | ||
Results
| United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2020[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democrat | Cory Booker (incumbent) | 2,541,178 | 57.23% | +1.39% | |
| Republican | Rikin Mehta | 1,817,052 | 40.92% | -1.41% | |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found. | Madelyn Hoffman | 38,288 | 0.86% | +0.18% | |
| Independent | Veronica Fernandez | 32,290 | 0.73% | N/A | |
| Independent | Daniel Burke | 11,632 | 0.26% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 4,440,440 | 100.0% | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
2020 United States Senate Election In New Jersey Media
NJ Senate 2020 by Cong District
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2020 Senate Election in New Jersey by Precinct
Results of the general election by municipality, darker colors indicate higher win percentage:*-Blue municipalities won by Booker*-Red municipalities won by Mehta*-Purple municipality (Teterboro only) Booker and Mehta tied
References
- ↑ Jonathan D. Salant (July 10, 2020). "This Republican will challenge Cory Booker for Senate this fall after just winning GOP primary". NJ Advance Media. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "2020-official-primary-results-us-senate.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Elections. August 9, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- ↑ "Official General Election Results: U.S. Senate" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Elections. Retrieved December 7, 2020.