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1928 New Jersey gubernatorial election New Jersey 1896 Presidential no 1925 New Jersey gubernatorial election 1925 1931 New Jersey gubernatorial election 1931 November 6, 1928 87.32%https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/other/2022-1925-general-election-data.pdf General Election Data - 1924 to 2022 NJ.gov ( 13.05%) File:Morgan F. Larson (cropped).jpg 150x150px Morgan F. Larson Republican Party (United States) 824,005 54.88% File:3x4.svg William L. Dill Democratic Party (United States) 671,728 44.74% 1928 New Jersey gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 280px County resultsLarson: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% Dill: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor A. Harry Moore Democratic Party (United States) Morgan Foster Larson Republican Party (United States)
The 1928 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election was held on November 6, 1928. Republican nominee Morgan Foster Larson defeated Democratic nominee William L. Dill with 54.88% of the vote.
Primary elections were held on May 15, 1928.1928 Candidates for the Office of Governor – State of New Jersey https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/1920-1970//1928-primary-election.pdf September 5, 2015 Secretary of State of New Jersey Dill was unopposed for the Democratic nomination, while Larson defeated three opponents led by reformist judge Robert Carey.
Democratic primary
Candidates
William L. Dill, Motor Vehicle Commissioner
Results
Democratic Party primary results
William L. Dill Democratic Party (United States) 158,655 100.00
158,655 100.00
Republican primary
Candidates
Robert Carey, Jersey City judge
Cornelius Doremus, candidate for governor in 1925
Morgan Foster Larson, State Senator for Middlesex County from Perth Amboy
J. Henry Harrison, state senator for Essex County from Caldwell
Results
Republican primary results
Morgan Foster Larson Republican Party (United States) 194,513 38.69%
Robert Carey Republican Party (United States) 139,660 27.78%
J. Henry Harrison Republican Party (United States) 91,888 18.27%
Cornelius Doremus Republican Party (United States) 76,719 15.26%
502,780 100.00
Following the election, Carey alleged that many Democrats, at the behest of Jersey City boss Frank Hague, crossed party lines to vote for Larson.
General election
Candidates
John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor)
William L. Dill, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles (Democratic)
Morgan Foster Larson, state senator for Middlesex County (Republican)
Scott Nearing, radical activist and former professor of economics at Toledo University (Workers)
Eugene A. Smith (Prohibition)
W. K. Tallman (Socialist)
Results
New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1928http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/1920-1970-results/1928-general-election.pdf Votes Cast for the Office of Governor of the State of New Jersey Secretary of State of New Jersey 1928 September 5, 2015
Republican Party (United States) Morgan Foster Larson 824,005 54.88%
Democratic Party (United States) William L. Dill 671,728 44.74%
Prohibition Party Eugene A. Smith 2,151 0.14%
Socialist Party of America W. K. Tallman 2,041 0.14%
Independent politician Scott Nearing 1,255 0.08%
Socialist Labor Party of America John C. Butterworth 220 0.02%
Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States)
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