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1990 Senate elections · New Jersey history

New Jersey U.S. Senate election 1990

Bill Bradley DEM +3.0 · Class II seat · held 11/6/90

Votes counted
1,938,454
Margin
3.0 pts
Seat held by
Democraticheld

General election 11/6/90

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Bill Bradley WonDEM977,81050.44%
Christie WhitmanREP918,87447.40%
John L. KucekOTH19,9781.03%
Louis M. StefanelliLIB13,9880.72%
Don MackleSWP7,8040.40%
Total1,938,454

Official source: data

Other New Jersey Senate races

YearSeatWinnerMargin
2024Class IAndy Kim9.6
2020Class IICory A. Booker16.3
2018Class IBob Menendez11.2
2014Class IICory A. Booker13.5
2013 specialClass IICory A. Booker10.9
2012Class IBob Menendez19.5
2008Class IIFrank R. Lautenberg14.1
2006Class IBob Menendez16.0
2002Class IIFrank R. Lautenberg9.9
2000Class IJon Stevens Corzine3.0
1996Class IIRobert G. Torricelli10.1
1994Class IFrank R. Lautenberg3.3

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Questions and answers

Who won the 1990 New Jersey Senate race?

Bill Bradley (DEM) won with 50.4% of the vote, ahead of Christie Whitman (47.4%), a margin of 3.0 points.

Did the New Jersey Senate seat change party in 1990?

No. The Democratic Party held it.

How many votes were cast in the 1990 New Jersey Senate race?

1,938,454 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.