1984 United States Senate election in New Jersey

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1984 United States Senate election in New Jersey
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  1978 November 6, 1984 1990  
  Sen. Bill Bradley (NJ) (cropped).jpg Mary Mochary 1984 (cropped).jpg
Nominee Bill Bradley Mary V. Mochary
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,986,6441,080,100
Percentage64.16%34.88%

1984 United States Senate election in New Jersey results map by county.svg
County results
Bradley:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Bill Bradley
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Bill Bradley
Democratic

The 1984 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Democrat Bill Bradley defeated Republican nominee Mary V. Mochary with 64.16% of the vote, winning every county in the state. To date, this is the most recent time Hunterdon, Sussex, and Warren counties were won by a Democrat in a statewide election. This was also the last time Morris County voted Democratic in a statewide election until 2020, where Senator Cory Booker won the county in his reelection and Joe Biden won the county in the 2020 presidential race.

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Primary elections

Primary elections were held on June 5, 1984. [1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bill Bradley (incumbent) 404,301 92.95%
Democratic Elliot Greenspan30,6807.05%
Total votes434,981 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mary V. Mochary 111,851 61.37%
Republican Robert J. Morris 70,41838.63%
Total votes182,269 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Campaign

Mochary was forced to suspend her campaign in October due to her husband's life-threatening illness. She traveled with her husband to Stanford, California for an experimental heart transplant. [2]

A Mochary bumper sticker attempting to tie her campaign to the popular Reagan-Bush ticket. Mary V. Mochary bumper sticker 2014BSReagan1Click-1x15a.jpg
A Mochary bumper sticker attempting to tie her campaign to the popular Reagan-Bush ticket.

Results

1984 United States Senate election in New Jersey [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bill Bradley (incumbent) 1,986,644 64.16%
Republican Mary V. Mochary 1,080,10034.88%
Independent James T. Hagen10,4090.34%
Libertarian Harold F. Leiendecker7,1350.23%
Socialist Labor Jules Levin 6,0530.20%
Socialist Workers Priscilla Schenk3,2240.10%
Independent Jasper C. Gould2,8910.09%
Total votes3,096,456 100.00%
Democratic hold

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "1984 Primary Election Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. 1984. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  2. Haitch, Richard (February 17, 1985). "Follow-up on the News: Mochary Sequel". The New York Times. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  3. "1984 General Election Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. 1984. Retrieved January 22, 2019.