1943 New Jersey gubernatorial election
Results

1943 New Jersey gubernatorial election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Republican	Walter Evans Edge	634,364	55.20%

Democratic	Vincent J. Murphy	506,604	44.08%

Socialist Labor	John C. Butterworth	4,587	0.40%

Prohibition	John Binns	2,074	0.18%

Socialist	Roy V. H. Wilkinson	1,563	0.14%

Majority

Turnout

Republican hold	Swing

Sentence(s)

Republican nominee Walter Evans Edge defeated Democratic nominee Vincent J. Murphy with 55.20% of the vote.

final_sentence: Republican nominee Walter Evans Edge defeated Democratic nominee Vincent J. Murphy with 55.20% of the vote.