1989Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1989 election for New Jersey Governor
Governor · New Jersey
James Florio (D) won with 62.2% of the vote, defeating James Courter (R) by 24.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
James FlorioDemocrat · winner
62.2%1,379,973
James CourterRepublican
37.8%838,553
2,218,526 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1989
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET