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1984 United States Senate election in New Jersey

The 1984 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Democrat Bill Bradley defeated Republican nominee Mary V. Mochary with 64.16% of the vote, winning every county in the state.

To date, this is the most recent time Hunterdon, Sussex, and Warren counties were won by a Democrat in a statewide election. This is the first election since 1888 that a Democrat was re-elected to this seat, and the first time ever that they were popularly re-elected to this seat.

Primary elections

Primary elections were held on June 5, 1984.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

General election

Candidates

  • Bill Bradley, incumbent Senator since 1979 (Democratic)
  • Jasper C. Gould (Independent)
  • James T. Hagen (Independent)
  • Harold F. Leiendecker (Libertarian)
  • Jules Levin (Socialist Labor)
  • Mary V. Mochary, mayor of Montclair (Republican)
  • Priscilla Schenk (Socialist Workers)

Campaign

Mochary was forced to suspend her campaign in October due to her husband's life-threatening illness. She traveled with her husband to Stanford, California for an experimental heart transplant.

Results

Results by county

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References