1984 Senate elections · New Jersey history
New Jersey U.S. Senate election 1984
Bill Bradley DEM +29.3 · Class II seat · held 11/6/84
- Votes counted
- 3,096,456
- Margin
- 29.3 pts
- Seat held by
- Democraticheld
- President in NJ
- R+20.9same year
General election 11/6/84
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bradley Won | DEM | 1,986,644 | 64.16% | |
| Mary V. Mochary | REP | 1,080,100 | 34.88% | |
| James T. Hagen | OTH | 10,409 | 0.34% | |
| Harold F. Leiendecker | LIB | 7,135 | 0.23% | |
| Julius Levin | SLP | 6,053 | 0.20% | |
| Priscilla Schenk | SWP | 3,224 | 0.10% | |
| Jasper C. Gould | OTH | 2,891 | 0.09% | |
| Total | 3,096,456 | |||
Official source: data
Other New Jersey Senate races
| Year | Seat | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Class I | Andy Kim | 9.6 |
| 2020 | Class II | Cory A. Booker | 16.3 |
| 2018 | Class I | Bob Menendez | 11.2 |
| 2014 | Class II | Cory A. Booker | 13.5 |
| 2013 special | Class II | Cory A. Booker | 10.9 |
| 2012 | Class I | Bob Menendez | 19.5 |
| 2008 | Class II | Frank R. Lautenberg | 14.1 |
| 2006 | Class I | Bob Menendez | 16.0 |
| 2002 | Class II | Frank R. Lautenberg | 9.9 |
| 2000 | Class I | Jon Stevens Corzine | 3.0 |
| 1996 | Class II | Robert G. Torricelli | 10.1 |
| 1994 | Class I | Frank R. Lautenberg | 3.3 |
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Questions and answers
Who won the 1984 New Jersey Senate race?
Bill Bradley (DEM) won with 64.2% of the vote, ahead of Mary V. Mochary (34.9%), a margin of 29.3 points.
Did the New Jersey Senate seat change party in 1984?
No. The Democratic Party held it.
How many votes were cast in the 1984 New Jersey Senate race?
3,096,456 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.
Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.