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New Jersey state executive official elections, 2025
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: March 24, 2025 |
| Primary: June 10, 2025 General: November 4, 2025 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in New Jersey |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
| Federal and state primary competitiveness State executive elections in 2025 Impact of term limits in 2025 State government trifectas and triplexes |
| Other state executive elections |
Two state executive offices were up for election in New Jersey in 2025:
Governor
General election
General election for Governor of New Jersey
Mikie Sherrill defeated Jack Ciattarelli, Vic Kaplan, and Joanne Kuniansky in the general election for Governor of New Jersey on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mikie Sherrill (D) | 56.3 | 1,431,585 |
 | Jack Ciattarelli (R) | 43.1 | 1,097,000 | |
 | Vic Kaplan (L) | 0.3 | 8,446 | |
| Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party) | 0.2 | 5,796 | ||
| Total votes: 2,542,827 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Karen Zaletel (Independent)
- Lily Benavides (G)
- Stephen Zielinski (G)
- Gerardo Cedrone (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of New Jersey
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of New Jersey on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mikie Sherrill | 34.0 | 286,244 |
 | Ras Baraka | 20.7 | 173,951 | |
 | Steve Fulop | 16.0 | 134,573 | |
 | Josh Gottheimer | 11.6 | 97,384 | |
 | Sean Spiller | 10.6 | 89,472 | |
 | Stephen Sweeney | 7.1 | 59,811 | |
| Total votes: 841,435 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of New Jersey
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of New Jersey on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jack Ciattarelli | 67.8 | 316,283 |
 | Bill Spadea | 21.7 | 101,408 | |
 | Jon Bramnick | 6.2 | 29,130 | |
 | Mario Kranjac | 2.7 | 12,782 | |
 | Justin Barbera | 1.4 | 6,743 | |
 | Hans Herberg (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Total votes: 466,346 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- James Fazzone (R)
- Roger Bacon (R)
- Monica Brinson (R)
- Robert Canfield (R)
- Edward R. Durr (R)
Lieutenant Governor
General election
General election for Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey
Dale Caldwell defeated James Gannon, Bruno Pereira, and Craig Honts in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dale Caldwell (D) | 56.3 | 1,431,585 |
 | James Gannon (R) | 43.1 | 1,097,000 | |
 | Bruno Pereira (L) | 0.3 | 8,446 | |
| Craig Honts (Socialist Workers Party) | 0.2 | 5,796 | ||
| Total votes: 2,542,827 | |||
| = 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. | ||||
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Context of the 2025 elections
Party control in New Jersey
New Jersey Party Control: 1992-2025
Fourteen years of Democratic trifectas • Eight years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in New Jersey
Past elections
2021
The following offices were up for election in 2021:
See also
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