The 1931 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1931. Democratic nominee A. Harry Moore defeated Republican nominee David Baird Jr. with 57.82% of the vote.
Republican primary
Candidates
Withdrew
- Robert Carey, Jersey City judge and candidate for governor in 1928
General election
Candidates
- John J. Ballam, founder of the Communist Party and trade union organizer (Communist)
- David Baird Jr., former interim U.S. Senator (Republican)
- Owen M. Bruner (Prohibition)
- John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor)
- Edmund R. Halsey (independent)
- John A. Kelly (Taxpayers)
- A. Harry Moore, former governor (Democratic)
- Herman F. Niessner (Socialist)
Results
References