1965 New Jersey gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1965 New Jersey gubernatorial election New Jersey Presidential no 1961 New Jersey gubernatorial election 1961 1969 New Jersey gubernatorial election 1969 November 2, 1965 72.7% of eligible voters (0.6 pp)https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/1920-1970//1977-general-election.pdf Results of the General Election Held November 8, 1977 Donald Lan, Secretary of State August 8, 2025 File:Richard J. Hughes 1962 (cropped).jpg 150x150px Richard J. Hughes Democratic Party (United States) 1,279,568 57.39% 3x4.svg Wayne Dumont Republican Party (United States) 915,996 41.08% 1965 New Jersey gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 280px County resultsHughes: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Dumont: #e27f7f 50–60% Governor Richard J. Hughes Democratic Party (United States) Richard J. Hughes Democratic Party (United States) The 1965 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1965. Democratic incumbent Richard J. Hughes defeated Republican nominee Wayne Dumont with 57 percent of the vote. Until 2025, the gubernatorial elections from 1953 to 1965 were the last in New Jersey in which any party won more than two consecutive elections. This is the most recent time a Democrat was reelected Governor with a higher share of the vote than the previous election. Primary elections were held on June 1, 1965.1965 Results of the Primary Election Held June 1, 1965 https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/1920-1970//1965-primary-election.pdf June 12, 2025 Secretary of State of New Jersey Hughes was easily re-nominated over token opposition from William H. Clark, while Dumont won a narrow primary over fellow state senator Charles W. Sandman Jr. of Cape May County. Bergen County voted Democratic for the first time since 1931, and since this election, the county has become a bellwether having voted for the winning candidate all but once since. Democrats simultaneously flipped both houses of the New Jersey legislature, a first since 1915. Democratic primary Candidates William H. Clark, Newark Marxist activist and member of the Negro-Labor Vanguard Richard J. Hughes, incumbent governor since 1962 Results Democratic primary results Richard J. Hughes (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 236,518 90.89% William J. Clark Democratic Party (United States) 23,722 9.12% 260,240 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Wayne Dumont, state senator from Warren County Charles W. Sandman, Jr., state senator from Cape May County Harold P. Poeschel, Short Hills life insurance agent and perennial Conservative Party candidateWilliams Is Given Edge on Shanley – Anti‐Goldwater Vote Seen Going to Jersey Senator The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/26/archives/williams-is-given-edge-on-shanley-antigoldwater-vote-seen-going-to.html 26 Oct 1964 34G.O.P. Fights Pace Jersey Primaries; 3,146,000 Are Eligible to Vote on Tuesday https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/05/30/101551518.html?pageNumber=54 54 30 May 1965 The New York Times Waggoner Walter H. Declined Nelson Stamler, state senator from Union CountyStamler Indicates Entry Into Jersey G.O.P. Primary The New York Times 7 March 1965 https://www.nytimes.com/1965/03/08/archives/stamler-indicates-entry-into-jersey-gop-primary.html 58 (endorsed Sandman) Campaign Senator Nelson Stamler informally sought party support for a potential campaign, citing his opposition to court-mandated legislative redistricting and Dumont's proposal for a sales tax. After failing to gain sufficient endorsements, Stamler declined to run and instead endorsed Sandman. Results Republican Party primary results Wayne Dumont Republican Party (United States) 167,402 50.35% Charles W. Sandman Jr. Republican Party (United States) 154,491 46.47% Harold P. Poeschel Republican Party (United States) 10,576 3.18% 332,469 100.00% General election Candidates Wayne Dumont, state senator from Warren County (Republican) Richard J. Hughes, incumbent governor since 1962 (Democratic) Julius Levin, apartment manager (Socialist Labor) Robert Lee Schlachter (Conservative) Ruth F. Shiminsky (Socialist Workers) Christopher C. Vespucci (Veterans Choice) Results New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1965http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/1920-1970-results/1965-general-election.pdf Votes Cast for the Office of Governor of the State of New Jersey Secretary of State of New Jersey 1965 August 24, 2015 Democratic Party (United States) Richard J. Hughes (incumbent) 1,279,568 57.39% 7.02 Republican Party (United States) Wayne Dumont 915,996 41.08% 7.66 New Jersey Conservative Party Robert Lee Schlachter 20,753 0.93% 0.73 Independent politician Christopher C. Vespucci 5,378 0.24% N/A Socialist Labor Party of America Julius Levin 4,669 0.21% 0.11 Socialist Workers Party (United States) Ruth F. Shiminsky 3,219 0.14% 0.09 Democratic Party (United States) Results by county County Hughes votes Hughes % Dumont votes Dumont % Other votes Other % Atlantic 35,245 52.1% 30,455 45.0% 1,999 3.0% Bergen 179,197 55.9% 138,097 43.1% 2,997 0.9% Burlington 35,468 53.0% 30,666 45.8% 843 1.3% Camden 73,926 56.5% 53,241 40.7% 3,728 2.9% Cape May 11,127 50.8% 10,449 47.7% 335 1.6% Cumberland 19,501 55.0% 15,800 44.6% 159 0.4% Essex 178,830 60.9% 109,081 37.1% 5,830 2.0% Gloucester 26,411 51.6% 24,487 47.8% 328 0.7% Hudson 156,671 72.3% 55,632 25.7% 4,513 2.1% Hunterdon 8,996 43.0% 11,726 56.1% 189 0.9% Mercer 62,835 65.0% 33,206 34.3% 634 0.7% Middlesex 114,548 64.7% 61,063 34.5% 1,479 0.8% Monmouth 64,525 51.7% 58,959 47.2% 1,365 1.1% Morris 46,174 45.2% 54,306 53.1% 1,709 1.7% Ocean 23,982 44.5% 28,879 53.6% 1,041 1.9% Passaic 78,193 57.2% 55,998 40.9% 2,581 1.9% Salem 11,629 53.5% 10,054 46.2% 62 0.3% Somerset 29,659 50.7% 27,207 46.5% 1,588 2.8% Sussex 9,162 41.1% 13,002 58.3% 135 0.5% Union 103,067 56.0% 78,820 42.8% 2,277 1.3% Warren 10,422 40.8% 14,868 58.3% 227 0.8% Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Atlantic Bergen Cape May Monmouth Union Somerset Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Warren References collapsed 1965 New Jersey Gubernatorial Category:November 1965 in the United States