2012 Senate elections · New Jersey history
New Jersey U.S. Senate election 2012
Bob Menendez DEM +19.5 · Class I seat · held 11/6/12
- Votes counted
- 3,376,649
- Margin
- 19.5 pts
- Seat held by
- Democraticheld
- President in NJ
- D+17.7same year
General election 11/6/12
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Menendez Won | DEM | 1,987,680 | 58.87% | |
| Joe Kyrillos | REP | 1,329,534 | 39.37% | |
| Kenneth R. Kaplan | LIB | 16,803 | 0.50% | |
| Kenneth Wolski | GRE | 15,801 | 0.47% | |
| Gwen Diakos | OTH | 9,359 | 0.28% | |
| J. David Dranikoff | OTH | 3,834 | 0.11% | |
| Inder Jit Soni | OTH | 3,593 | 0.11% | |
| Robert D. Turkavage | OTH | 3,532 | 0.11% | |
| Gregory Pason | SOC | 2,249 | 0.07% | |
| Eugene Martin LaVergne | OTH | 2,198 | 0.07% | |
| Daryl Mikell Brooks | OTH | 2,066 | 0.06% | |
| Total | 3,376,649 | |||
Official source: Election-Statistics
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 |
Full New Jersey Senate history →
Questions and answers
Who won the 2012 New Jersey Senate race?
Bob Menendez (DEM) won with 58.9% of the vote, ahead of Joe Kyrillos (39.4%), a margin of 19.5 points.
Did the New Jersey Senate seat change party in 2012?
No. The Democratic Party held it.
How many votes were cast in the 2012 New Jersey Senate race?
3,376,649 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.
Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.