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| 2 | 1977 New Jersey gubernatorial election - Results |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| 4 | - | Democratic | Brendan Byrne | 1,184,564 | 55.71% | - |
| 5 | - | Republican | Raymond Bateman | 888,880 | 41.81% | - |
| 6 | - | Independent | Francis W. Flowers | 8,677 | 0.41% | - |
| 7 | - | Independent | Chester Grabowski | 8,494 | 0.40% | - |
| 8 | - | Libertarian | Frank J. Primich | 5,674 | 0.27% | - |
| 9 | - | Independent | Chauncey E. McSpiritt | 4,464 | 0.21% | - |
| 10 | - | Independent | Paul B. Rizzo | 3,691 | 0.17% | - |
| 11 | - | Independent | Richard D. McAleer | 3,688 | 0.17% | - |
| 12 | - | Independent | John F. Donato | 3,189 | 0.15% | - |
| 13 | - | Independent | Angelo S. Massaro | 3,031 | 0.14% | - |
| 14 | - | Independent | William Zsidisin | 2,974 | 0.14% | - |
| 15 | - | Socialist Labor | Julius Levin | 2,276 | 0.11% | - |
| 16 | - | Independent | Jasper C. Gould | 2,248 | 0.11% | - |
| 17 | - | Independent | Leif O. Johnson | 1,601 | 0.08% | - |
| 18 | - | Independent | Robert Ganteaume | 1,480 | % | - |
| 19 | - | Independent | Bill Gahres | 1,333 | % | - |
| 20 | Majority | Majority | Majority | - | - | - |
| 21 | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | - | - | - |
| 22 | - | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Swing | - | - |

Question: What Democrat defeated what Republican, and what percentage of vote did the Democrat receive?
Answer: Democrat Brendan Byrne defeated Republican Raymond Bateman with 55.71% of the vote.