2001Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2001 election for New Jersey Governor
Governor · New Jersey
James McGreevey (D) won with 57.5% of the vote, defeating Bret Schundler (R) by 15.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
James McGreeveyDemocrat · winner
57.5%1,256,853
Bret SchundlerRepublican
42.5%928,174
2,185,027 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 2001
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET