1977 New Jersey gubernatorial election
Results
Table:
New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1977[3]

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

±%

Democratic

Brendan Byrne

1,184,564

55.71%

Republican

Raymond Bateman

888,880

41.81%

Independent

Francis W. Flowers

8,677

0.41%

Independent

Chester Grabowski

8,494

0.40%

Libertarian

Frank J. Primich

5,674

0.27%

Independent

Chauncey E. McSpiritt

4,464

0.21%

Independent

Paul B. Rizzo

3,691

0.17%

Independent

Richard D. McAleer

3,688

0.17%

Independent

John F. Donato

3,189

0.15%

Independent

Angelo S. Massaro

3,031

0.14%

Independent

William Zsidisin

2,974

0.14%

Socialist Labor

Julius Levin

2,276

0.11%

Independent

Jasper C. Gould

2,248

0.11%

Independent

Leif O. Johnson

1,601

0.08%

Independent

Robert Ganteaume

1,480

%

Independent

Bill Gahres

1,333

%

Majority

Turnout

Democratic hold

Swing

Based on the table titled 1977 New Jersey gubernatorial election — section "Results", answer the following question with a short sentence: What Democrat defeated what Republican, and what percentage of vote did the Democrat receive? Return your answer as JSON: {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Democrat Brendan Byrne defeated Republican Raymond Bateman with 55.71% of the vote.