1973 New Jersey gubernatorial election
Results

1973 New Jersey gubernatorial election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Democratic	Brendan Byrne	1,414,613	66.67%

Republican	Charles W. Sandman Jr.	676,235	31.87%

American Independent	A. Howard Freund	6,412	0.31%

Independent	Alfred V. Colabella	5,088	0.24%

Socialist Labor	Robert Clement	4,249	0.20%

Libertarian	John A. Goodson	3,071	0.15%

Independent	James J. Terlizzi, Sr.	2,670	0.13%

Independent	Stanley R. Knis	2,108	0.10%

Communist	Kenneth F. Newcombe	2,008	0.10%

Independent	Angelo S. Massaro	1,898	0.09%

Independent	Jack D. Alvino	1,843	0.09%

Independent	George Gilk	1,814	0.09%

Majority

Turnout

Democratic gain from Republican	Swing

Sentence(s)

Democratic nominee Brendan Byrne defeated Republican nominee Charles W. Sandman Jr. with 66.67% of the votes.

final_sentence: Democratic nominee Brendan Byrne defeated Republican nominee Charles W. Sandman Jr. with 66.67% of the votes.