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1993 election for New Jersey Governor

Governor · New Jersey

Christine Todd Whitman (R) won with 50.5% of the vote, defeating James Florio (D) by 1.1 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.

Christine Todd WhitmanRepublican · winner
50.5%1,236,124
James FlorioDemocrat
49.5%1,210,031
2,446,155 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 1993

Races before and after

EvenD+14.31977R+0.11981R+40.71985D+24.41989D+2.81992 Pres.R+1.11993R+1.11997D+15.02001

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)