1997 New Jersey gubernatorial election
Results

1997 New Jersey gubernatorial election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Republican	Christine Todd Whitman (inc.)	1,133,394	46.87%	2.46%

Democratic	Jim McGreevey	1,107,968	45.82%	+10.62%

Libertarian	Murray Sabrin	114,172	4.72%	+4.40%

Conservative	Richard J. Pezzullo	34,906	1.44%	+1.24%

Green	Madelyn R. Hoffman	10,703	0.44%

Independent	Michael Perrone, Jr.	6,805	0.28%

Socialist Workers	Robert B. Miller	2,816	0.12%	+0.07%

Socialist	Greg Pason	2,800	0.12%

Natural Law	Lincoln Norton	2,540	0.11%

Independent	Nuncie A. Ripa, Jr.	2,240	0.09%

Plurality	25,426	1.05%	+0.01%

Turnout	2,418,344

Republican hold	Swing

Sentence(s)

Whitman won 46.87% of the vote, with Democratic nominee James McGreevey receiving 45.82% and Libertarian Murray Sabrin.

final_sentence: Whitman won 46.87% of the vote, with Democratic nominee James McGreevey receiving 45.82% and Libertarian Murray Sabrin.