2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election

The **2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election** took place on November 2, 2021, to elect the governor of New Jersey.

Current Democratic Governor Phil Murphy, who was first elected in 2017 with 56% of the vote, ran for reelection to a second term. He formally announced his plans to run for a second term on October 1, 2020. He faced Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli, Green nominee Madelyn Hoffman, Libertarian nominee Gregg Mele and SWP nominee Joanne Kuniansky in the general election.

Based on polling numbers, many thought Murphy was going to easily win re-election. Murphy beat Ciattarelli in a result that was closer than expected. Murphy is the first Democratic Governor of New Jersey to win re-election since Brendan Byrne in 1977.

Murphy was sworn in for a second term on January 18, 2022.

## Polls

|rowspan="2"|Source of poll aggregation|rowspan="2"|Date(s) administered|rowspan="2"|Dates updated|class="unsortable"|Phil Murphy <small></small>|class="unsortable"|Jack Ciattarelli <small></small>|class="unsortable"|Gregg Mele <small></small>|class="unsortable"|Madelyn Hoffman <small></small>|class="unsortable"|Joanne Kuniansky <small></small>|rowspan="2" class="unsortable"|Other/ Undecided|rowspan="2"|Lead|
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|Real Clear Politics|Oct 15–31, 2021|Nov 1, 2021||**50.5%**|42.7%|-|-|-|6.8%|style="background-color:; color:white;"|**7.8%**|||||||||

### Table

|rowspan="2"|Poll source|rowspan="2"|Date(s) administered|rowspan="2"|Sample size|rowspan="2"|Margin|class="unsortable"|Phil Murphy <small></small>|class="unsortable"|Jack Ciattarelli <small></small>|class="unsortable"|Gregg Mele <small></small>|class="unsortable"|Madelyn Hoffman <small></small>|class="unsortable"|Joanne Kuniansky <small></small>|rowspan="2" class="unsortable"|Other|rowspan="2" class="unsortable"|Undecided|rowspan="2"|Lead|
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|style="text-align:left;"|Research Co.|Oct 31 – Nov 1, 2021|450 (LV)|± 4.6%||**50%**|44%|-|-|-|1%|5%|style="background-color:; color:white;"|6%||||||||||
|style="text-align:left;"|The Trafalgar Group (R)|Oct 29–31, 2021|1,085 (LV)|± 3.0%||**49%**|45%|-|-|-|1%|4%|style="background-color:; color:white;"|4%||||||||||
|style="text-align:left;"|Fairleigh Dickinson University|Oct 23–28, 2021|823 (RV)|± 3.4%||**53%**|44%|-|-|-|3%|0%|style="background-color:; color:white;"|9%||||||||||
|style="text-align:left;"|Rutgers-Eagleton|Oct 21–27, 2021|901 (RV)|± 4.1%||**50%**|42%|-|-|-|-|8%|style="background-color:; color:white;"|8%||||||||||
|style="text-align:left;"|Stockton University|Oct 17–26, 2021|522 (LV)|± 4.3%||**50%**|41%|-|-|-|6%|3%|style="background-color:; color:white;"|9%||||||||||
|style="text-align:left;"|Monmouth University|Oct 21–25, 2021|1,000 (RV)|± 3.1%||**50%**|39%|-|-|-|2%|9%|style="background-color:; color:white;"|11%||||||||||
|style="text-align:left;"|Emerson College|Oct 15–18, 2021|600 (LV)|± 3.9%||**50%**|44%|-|-|-|0%|7%|style="background-color:; color:white;"|6%||||||||||
|style="text-align:left;"|Schoen Cooperman Research (D)|Oct 9–12, 2021|500 (LV)|± 4.4%||**50%**|41%|-|-|-|0%|9%|style="background-color:; color:white;"|9%||||||||||
|style="text-align:left;"|Stockton University|Sep 17–25, 2021|552 (LV)|± 4.1%||**50%**|41%|-|-|-|6%|3%|style="background-color:; color:white;"|9%||||||||||
|style="text-align:left;"|Monmouth University|Sep 16–20, 2021|804 (RV)|± 3.5%||**51%**|38%|-|-|-|3%|9%|style="background-color:; color:white;"|13%||||||||||
|style="text-align:left;"|National Research Inc. (R)|Sep 13–16, 2021|600 (LV)|± 4.0%||**45%**|42%|-|-|-|-|10%|style="background-color:; color:white;"|3%||||||||||
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Fabrizio Lee (R)|rowspan="2"|Aug 24–29, 2021|rowspan="2"|600 (LV)|rowspan="2"|± 4.0%||**43%**|41%|2%|1%|<1%|-|14%|style="background-color:; color:white;"|2%|||||||
||**46%**|45%|-|-|-|-|9%|style="background-color:; color:white;"|1%|||||||||||||||
|style="text-align:left;"|Monmouth University|Aug 11–16, 2021|810 (RV)|± 3.5%||**52%**|36%|-|-|-|3%|9%|style="background-color:; color:white;"|16%||||||||||
|style="text-align:left;"|National Research Inc. (R)|June 17–22, 2021|600 (LV)|± 4.0%||**49%**|37%|-|-|-|-|14%|style="background-color:; color:white;"|12%||||||||||
|style="text-align:left;"|Fairleigh Dickinson University|June 9–16, 2021|803 (RV)|± 3.9%||**48%**|33%|-|-|-|5%|14%|style="background-color:; color:white;"|15%||||||||||
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Rutgers-Eagleton|rowspan="2"|May 21–29, 2021|493 (A)|± 5.4%||**52%**|24%|-|-|-|13%|12%|style="background-color:; color:white;"|28%|||||||||
|467 (RV)|± 5.6%||**52%**|26%|-|-|-|11%|10%|style="background-color:; color:white;"|26%|||||||||||||
|style="text-align:left;"|Change Research (D)|May 15–20, 2021|1,215 (A)|± 3.9%||**47%**|36%|-|-|-|-|17%|style="background-color:; color:white;"|11%||||||||||
|style="text-align:left;"|National Research Inc. (R)|April 11–13, 2021|600 (LV)|± 4.0%||**47%**|30%|-|-|-|-|23%|style="background-color:; color:white;"|17%||||||||||
|2017 NJ gubernatorial election|data-sort-value="2017-11-7"|Nov 7, 2017|2,147,415|-||**56.0%**|41.9%|0.5%|0.5%|-|1.1%|-|style="background:;color:white;"|14.1%||||||||||

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election
- **country**: New Jersey
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 2017 New Jersey gubernatorial election
- **previous year**: 2017 New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2017
- **next election**: 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial election
- **next year**: 2025
- **time zone**: EST
- **image size**: x150px
- **election date**: November 2, 2021
- **turnout**: 40.5%  (2.0%)
- **image1**:
- **nominee1**: **Phil Murphy**
- **party1**: Democratic Party (United States)
- **running mate1**: **Sheila Oliver**
- **popular vote1**: **1,339,471**
- **percentage1**: **51.2%**
- **image2**: Jack Ciattarelli December 2021 (cropped 2).jpg
- **nominee2**: Jack Ciattarelli
- **party2**: Republican Party (United States)
- **running mate2**: Diane Allen
- **popular vote2**: 1,255,185
- **percentage2**: 48.0%
- **map caption**: **Murphy:**
**Ciattarelli:**
- **title**: Governor of New Jersey, Governor
- **before election**: Phil Murphy
- **before party**: Democratic Party (United States)
- **after election**: Phil Murphy
- **after party**: Democratic Party (United States)