New Jersey U.S. Senate election history

Every New Jersey U.S. Senate election from 1976 to 2024: winners, parties, margins and the seats that changed hands.

Current senators

New Jersey Senate races: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

Year	Seat	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Margin	Votes
2024	Class I	Andy Kim	Democratic	Curtis Bashaw	9.6	4,031,795
2020	Class II	Cory A. Booker	Democratic	Rikin Mehta	16.3	4,440,440
2018	Class I	Bob Menendez	Democratic	Bob Hugin	11.2	3,169,310
2014	Class II	Cory A. Booker	Democratic	Jeff Bell	13.5	1,869,535
2013 special	Class II	Cory A. Booker	Democratic	Steven M. Lonegan	10.9	1,348,659
2012	Class I	Bob Menendez	Democratic	Joe Kyrillos	19.5	3,376,649
2008	Class II	Frank R. Lautenberg	Democratic	Dick Zimmer	14.1	3,482,445
2006	Class I	Bob Menendez	Democratic	Thomas H. Kean Jr.	16.0	101,973
2002	Class II	Frank R. Lautenberg	Democratic	Douglas R. Forrester	9.9	2,112,604
2000	Class I	Jon Stevens Corzine	Democratic	Bob Franks	3.0	3,015,662
1996	Class II	Robert G. Torricelli	Democratic	Dick Zimmer	10.1	2,883,466
1994	Class I	Frank R. Lautenberg	Democratic	Chuck Haytaian	3.3	2,054,887
1990	Class II	Bill Bradley	Democratic	Christie Whitman	3.0	1,938,454
1988	Class I	Frank R. Lautenberg	Democratic	Peter M. Dawkins	8.4	2,987,634
1984	Class II	Bill Bradley	Democratic	Mary V. Mochary	29.3	3,096,456
1982 flip	Class I	Frank R. Lautenberg	Democratic	Millicent Fenwick	3.2	2,193,945
1978 flip	Class II	Bill Bradley	Democratic	Jeffrey Bell	12.2	1,957,515
1976	Class I	Harrison A. Williams	Democratic	David F. Norcross	22.6	2,771,390

Andy Kim won in 2024 by 9.6 points.

Cory A. Booker (Democrat, term ends 2027) and Andy Kim (Democrat, term ends 2031).

In 2024, when Andy Kim won.

Results: FiveThirtyEight (from 1976 for Senate, 1996 for governor). Current members: congress-legislators.