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The 2020 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of New Jersey. It was held concurrently with the 2020 United States presidential election, as well as various other elections. The primary elections were moved from June 2, 2020, to July 7, 2020, due to COVID-19 pandemic concerns. Incumbent senator Cory Booker was first elected in a 2013 special election to complete the term of fellow Democrat Frank Lautenberg, who died in office. [1]
Booker won a second full term against Republican Rik Mehta, narrowly winning Morris County, which no Democratic Senate candidate had carried since 1984 when Senator Bill Bradley swept every county. Booker also received the most votes (2,541,239) in a statewide non-presidential election in New Jersey history.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cory Booker (incumbent) | 838,110 | 87.58% | |
Democratic | Lawrence Hamm | 118,802 | 12.42% | |
Total votes | 956,912 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [47] | Safe D | October 29, 2020 |
Inside Elections [48] | Safe D | October 28, 2020 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [49] | Safe D | November 2, 2020 |
Daily Kos [50] | Safe D | October 30, 2020 |
Politico [51] | Safe D | November 2, 2020 |
RCP [52] | Likely D | October 23, 2020 |
DDHQ [53] | Safe D | November 3, 2020 |
538 [54] | Safe D | November 2, 2020 |
Economist [55] | Safe D | November 2, 2020 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 2] | Margin of error | Cory Booker (D) | Rik Mehta (R) | Other / Undecided |
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Research Co. | October 31 – November 1, 2020 | 450 (LV) | ± 4.6% | 55% | 32% | 13% [lower-alpha 3] |
Swayable | October 23–26, 2020 | 363 (LV) | ± 6.7% | 61% | 39% | – |
Rutgers University | October 19–24, 2020 | 851 (LV) | ± 4% | 61% | 31% | 9% [lower-alpha 4] |
Stockton University | October 7–13, 2020 | 721 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 57% | 32% | 10% [lower-alpha 5] |
Emerson College | September 4–7, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 52% | 28% | 21% [lower-alpha 6] |
Monmouth University | April 16–19, 2020 | 635 (RV) | ± 3.9% | 55% | 32% | 11% [lower-alpha 7] |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 2] | Margin of error | Cory Booker (D) | Hirsh Singh (R) | Other / Undecided |
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Monmouth University | April 16–19, 2020 | 635 (RV) | ± 3.9% | 58% | 33% | 9% [lower-alpha 8] |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 2] | Margin of error | Yes | No | Undecided |
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Quinnipiac | April 30 – May 4, 2020 | 941 (RV) | ± 3.2% | 53% | 36% | 11% |
The election was not close, with Booker winning re-election by 16.31%. Key to Booker's landslide victory were heavily populated areas such as Hackensack, Newark, and Trenton. Mehta did well in Ocean County, which is a Republican stronghold, as well as many rural areas of the state. Booker received 2,541,239 votes. Booker was sworn in for a second term on January 3, 2021. His term will expire on January 3, 2027.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Cory Booker (incumbent) | 2,541,239 | 57.23% | +1.39% | |
Republican | Rikin Mehta | 1,817,091 | 40.92% | −1.41% | |
Green | 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% | |||
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Booker won 9 out of the 12 congressional districts in New Jersey, and Mehta won the other 3, including one that elected a Democrat.
District | Booker | Mehta | Representative |
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1st | 62.3% | 36.3% | Donald Norcross |
2nd | 47.8% | 49.9% | Jeff Van Drew |
3rd | 49.0% | 49.4% | Andy Kim |
4th | 43.4% | 55.0% | Chris Smith |
5th | 51.7% | 46.5% | Josh Gottheimer |
6th | 57.6% | 40.1% | Frank Pallone Jr. |
7th | 52.1% | 46.3% | Tom Malinowski |
8th | 73.7% | 23.8% | Albio Sires |
9th | 64.4% | 32.9% | Bill Pascrell |
10th | 85.0% | 13.1% | Donald Payne Jr. |
11th | 52.1% | 46.5% | Mikie Sherrill |
12th | 66.3% | 31.9% | Bonnie Watson Coleman |
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