2014 United States Senate election in New Jersey

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Nominee  | Cory Booker | Jeff Bell |
Party  | Democratic | Republican
Popular vote  | 1,043,866 | 791,297
Percentage  | 55.84% | 42.33%

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County results

Congressional district results

Municipality results

Booker: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
Bell: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%

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The 2014 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of New Jersey. Incumbent senator Cory Booker was first elected in a 2013 special election to complete the term of fellow Democrat Frank Lautenberg, who died in office. Booker defeated Jeff Bell (R) to win a first full term.

This is the last time that Somerset County voted Republican in a statewide election.

## Democratic primary

[edit]

### Candidates

[edit]

#### Declared

[edit]

* Cory Booker, incumbent U.S. Senator

#### Withdrew

[edit]

* Antonio Sabas, candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2013[1][2] (ran as an independent)

#### Declined

[edit]

* Rob Andrews, U.S. Representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2008[3]
* Robert M. Gordon, state senator[4]
* Patrick J. Kennedy, former U.S. Representative from Rhode Island[5]
* Beth Mason, Hoboken City Councilwoman[6]
* Bill Pascrell, U.S. Representative[7]
* Ronald Rice, state senator[8]
* Stephen M. Sweeney, president of the New Jersey Senate[9]

### Polling

[edit]

Hypothetical polling

Poll source  | Date(s)
administered | Sample
size | Margin of
error | Rob
Andrews  | Cory
Booker  | Rush D.
Holt Jr.  | Frank
Pallone  | Stephen
Sweeney  | Other  | Undecided

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Public Policy Polling[10] | November 26–28, 2012  | 300  | ± 5.6%  | 17%  | 48% | —  | 13%  | —  | 11%  | 11%
Merriman-River[11] | January 7–9, 2013  | 1,170  | ± 2.9%  | 10%  | 48% | —  | 8%  | 6%  | —  | 28%
Farleigh Dickinson[12] | March 4–10, 2013  | 323  | ± 5.5%  | —  | 50% | 7%  | 4%  | —  | 6%  | 32%
Poll source  | Date(s)
administered | Sample
size | Margin of
error | Cory
Booker  | Frank
Lautenberg  | Other  | Undecided

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Public Policy Polling[10] | November 26–28, 2012  | 300  | ± 5.6%  | 59% | 22%  | —  | 18%
Fairleigh Dickinson[13] | January 2–6, 2013  | 700  | ± 3.7%  | 42% | 20%  | 17%  | 21%
Merriman-River[11] | January 7–9, 2013  | 1,170  | ± 2.9%  | 48% | 21%  | —  | 31%
Quinnipiac[14] | January 15–21, 2013  | 616  | ± 4%  | 51% | 30%  | 1%  | 18%
Poll source  | Date(s)
administered | Sample
size | Margin of
error | Cory
Booker  | Frank
Lautenberg  | Frank
Pallone  | Alan
Rosenthal  | Stephen
Sweeney  | Other  | Undecided

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Monmouth[15] | February 6–10, 2013  |  | ± 7.1%  | 40% | 25%  | 4%  | 2%  | 2%  | 5%  | 22%

### Results

[edit]

Democratic primary results[16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Democratic | Cory Booker (incumbent)  | 197,158  | 100.00%
Total votes  | 197,158  | 100.00%

## Republican primary

[edit]

2013 nominee Steve Lonegan announced in his concession speech that he would not run again for the seat in the 2014 race.[17] The top-tier candidates for the Republican primary, Thomas Kean Jr. and Jay Webber also declined to run in early January 2014, leaving Jon Bramnick and Michael J. Doherty as the remaining candidates with established credentials and fundraising abilities able to start a United States Senate campaign.[18][19] On January 9, 2014, Brian D. Goldberg, a West Orange resident and New Jersey businessman, announced that he would seek the Republican nomination.[20] The following week, on January 17, 2014, both Bramnick and Doherty announced that they would not be running for United States Senate.[20][21]

On January 27, 2014, Freehold Township businessman Richard J. "Rich" Pezzullo announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination. Pezzullo had previously run for the US Senate in 1996 as the Conservative Party candidate.[22][23] On February 4, 2014, conservative political consultant Jeff Bell announced his bid for the nomination. Bell was the nominee for the Senate in 1978, having defeated incumbent senator Clifford Case in the Republican primary and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination in 1982.[24] Ramapo College professor Murray Sabrin, who ran for the Senate in 2000 and 2008, announced another run on February 13.[25] Former FBI agent Robert Turkavage, who ran as an Independent candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012, had declared his candidacy. However, he got stuck in a traffic jam when he attempted to turn in his petitions shortly before the deadline, and was forced to withdraw.[26]

On March 4, Richard Pezzullo won the Union County Convention on the first ballot, going on to then win the line in Camden County and Republican stronghold Monmouth County. Opponent Brian Goldberg won the party lines in conventions in Ocean, Atlantic, Cumberland, Mercer, and Somerset Counties. Murray Sabrin won only the Middlesex line, and Jeffrey Bell made no convention appearances and contested no lines.[27] Three candidates – Brian Goldberg, Richard Pezzullo and Murray Sabrin – claimed the Burlington county line, though only Goldberg claimed to have won the line.[28] Goldberg was given the county line with no convention in Essex, Passaic, and Hudson Counties. Robert Turkavage won the convention in Hunterdon County, but the line transferred to Goldberg after Turkavage dropped out of the race.

Jeff Bell received significant support from the conservative American Principles Fund, who ran a direct mail operation that cost over $80,000, and the National Organization for Marriage, a conservative traditional marriage group, who paid for $6,000 of automated calling.[29]

### Candidates

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#### Declared

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* Jeff Bell, political consultant, nominee for this seat in 1978 and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1982[24]
* Brian D. Goldberg, businessman[30]
* Richard J. "Rich" Pezzullo, businessman and perennial candidate[22]
* Murray Sabrin, professor at Ramapo College and perennial candidate[25][31]

#### Withdrew

[edit]

* Robert Turkavage, former FBI agent and Independent candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012[32][33]

#### Declined

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* Jeffrey Chiesa, former U.S. senator[34]
* Jack Ciattarelli, state assemblyman[35][36]
* Roger Daley, former Middlesex County Freeholder, former judge on the New Jersey Superior Court and candidate for Middlesex County Freeholder in 2013[37]
* Alieta Eck, former president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, founder of the Zarephath Health Center and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2013[38]
* Scott Garrett, U.S. Representative[18]
* Jon Hanson, former chairman of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority[4]
* Chris Isola, former Marine[39][40]
* Thomas Kean Jr., Minority Leader of the New Jersey Senate and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2006[18]
* Joe Kyrillos, state senator and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2012[41]
* Susanne LaFrankie, former television news reporter[42][43]
* Frank LoBiondo, U.S. Representative[44]
* Steve Lonegan, state director of Americans for Prosperity, former mayor of Bogota, candidate for governor in 2005 and 2009 and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2013[17]
* Bill Palatucci, attorney and member of the Republican National Committee[45]
* Joe J. Plumeri, businessman[46]
* Geraldo Rivera, talk show host[47]
* David Samson, chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and former New Jersey Attorney General[48]
* Jay Webber, state assemblyman[19]

### Results

[edit]

Republican primary results[16] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Republican | Jeff Bell | 42,728  | 29.41%
| Republican | Richard J. Pezzullo  | 38,130  | 26.24%
| Republican | Brian D. Goldberg  | 36,266  | 24.96%
| Republican | Murray Sabrin  | 28,183  | 19.40%
Total votes  | 145,307  | 100.00%
County  | Bell  | Pezzullo  | Goldberg  | Sabrin  | Total Votes

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Total  | %  | Total  | %  | Total  | %  | Total  | %
Atlantic | 1,115  | 17.85%  | 744  | 11.91%  | 4,030 | 64.50% | 359  | 5.75%  | 6,248
Bergen | 4,833 | 56.63% | 1,501  | 17.59%  | 953  | 11.17%  | 1,248  | 14.62%  | 8,535
Burlington | 4,208 | 39.12% | 3,220  | 24.58%  | 1,577  | 12.04%  | 4,097  | 31.27%  | 13,102
Camden | 2,121  | 36.05%  | 2,566 | 43.62% | 299  | 5.08%  | 897  | 15.25%  | 5,883
Cape May | 2,011 | 60.70% | 740  | 22.34%  | 245  | 7.40%  | 317  | 9.57%  | 3,313
Cumberland | 436  | 23.34%  | 301  | 16.11%  | 1,038 | 55.58% | 93  | 4.98%  | 1,868
Essex | 904  | 20.45%  | 1,035  | 23.42%  | 2,161 | 48.89% | 320  | 7.24%  | 4,420
Gloucester | 1,213  | 29.43%  | 1,280 | 31.06% | 714  | 17.33%  | 914  | 22.18%  | 4,121
Hudson | 642  | 21.89%  | 285  | 9.70%  | 1,225 | 41.71% | 785  | 26.73%  | 2,937
Hunterdon | 2,426  | 28.29%  | 2,604 | 30.37% | 2,118  | 24.70%  | 1,426  | 16.63%  | 8,574
Mercer | 927  | 26.16%  | 377  | 10.64%  | 1,331 | 37.56% | 909  | 25.65%  | 3,544
Middlesex | 1,738  | 26.31%  | 1,338  | 20.25%  | 1,531  | 23.18%  | 1,999 | 30.26% | 6,606
Monmouth | 2,096  | 19.26%  | 5,999 | 55.11% | 497  | 4.57%  | 2,293  | 21.07%  | 10,885
Morris | 5,206 | 37.09% | 3,197  | 22.77%  | 1,280  | 9.12%  | 4,355  | 31.02%  | 14,038
Ocean | 3,389  | 17.51%  | 3,570  | 18.45%  | 10,840 | 56.02% | 1,552  | 8.02%  | 19,351
Passaic | 1,194  | 20.64%  | 1,015  | 17.55%  | 2,414 | 41.74% | 1,161  | 20.07%  | 5,784
Salem | 332  | 25.50%  | 389  | 29.88%  | 78  | 5.99%  | 503 | 38.63% | 1,302
Somerset | 3,399 | 36.35% | 1,577  | 16.86%  | 3,122  | 33.39%  | 1,253  | 13.40%  | 9,351
Sussex | 1,465  | 26.68%  | 2,451 | 44.64% | 292  | 5.32%  | 1,282  | 23.35%  | 5,490
Union | 1,162  | 19.37%  | 3,117 | 51.96% | 283  | 4.72%  | 1,437  | 23.95%  | 5,999
Warren | 1,871 | 48.15% | 794  | 20.43%  | 238  | 6.12%  | 983  | 25.30%  | 3,886

## General election

[edit]

### Debates

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* Complete video of debate, October 24, 2014

### Fundraising

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Candidate (party)  | Receipts  | Disbursements  | Cash on hand  | Debt

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Cory Booker (D)  | $16,534,557  | $14,742,187  | $2,583,176  | $5,266
Jeff Bell (R)  | $373,577  | $282,459  | $91,116  | $11,788
[49][50][51][52][53][54]

### Endorsements

[edit]

Cory Booker

Organizations

* NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC[55]
* New Jersey Education Association PAC[56]
* New Jersey State AFL-CIO[57]

Jeff Bell

Current & former elected officials

* Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey[58]
* Thomas Kean, former Governor of New Jersey (1982–1990) and Chairman of the 9/11 Commission[59]

Media

* The New York Sun[60]

Organizations

* American Conservative Union PAC[61]

### Predictions

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Source  | Ranking  | As of

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The Cook Political Report[62] | Solid D  | November 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[63] | Safe D  | November 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report[64] | Safe D  | November 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics[65] | Likely D  | November 3, 2014

### Polling

[edit]

Poll source  | Date(s)
administered | Sample
size | Margin of
error | Cory
Booker (D)  | Jeff
Bell (R)  | Other  | Undecided

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Rasmussen Reports[66] | June 17–18, 2014  | 750  | ± 4%  | 48% | 35%  | 4%  | 13%
Monmouth University[67] | June 25–29, 2014  | 717  | ± 3.7%  | 43% | 23%  | 15%  | 17%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[68] | July 5–24, 2014  | 2,645  | ± 3.4%  | 50% | 43%  | 1%  | 6%
Quinnipiac University[69] | July 31 – August 4, 2014  | 1,148  | ± 2.9%  | 47% | 37%  | 1%  | 16%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[70] | August 18 – September 2, 2014  | 2,244  | ± 3%  | 52% | 37%  | 2%  | 10%
Fairleigh Dickinson University[71] | September 1–7, 2014  | 721  | ± 3.7%  | 42% | 29%  | 1%  | 27%
Richard Stockton College[72] | September 5–8, 2014  | 807  | ± 3.5%  | 49% | 36%  | 3%  | 12%
Quinnipiac University[73] | September 25–29, 2014  | 1,058  | ± 3%  | 51% | 40%  | 1%  | 8%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[74] | September 20 – October 1, 2014  | 2,011  | ± 3%  | 51% | 37%  | 0%  | 12%
Monmouth University[75] | October 2–5, 2014  | 477  | ± 4.5%  | 53% | 38%  | 2%  | 7%
Fairleigh Dickinson University[76] | October 13–19, 2014  | 525  | ± 4.3%  | 56% | 40%  | 1%  | 3%
Richard Stockton College[77] | October 18–22, 2014  | 806  | ± 3.5%  | 57% | 33%  | 5%  | 5%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov[74] | October 16–23, 2014  | 1,868  | ± 4%  | 51% | 39%  | 0%  | 9%
Monmouth University[78] | October 30 – November 2, 2014  | 750  | ± 3.6%  | 54% | 40%  | 1%  | 5%

Hypothetical polling

With Andrews

Poll source  | Date(s)
administered | Sample
size | Margin of
error | Rob
Andrews (D)  | Kim
Guadagno (R)  | Other  | Undecided

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Public Policy Polling[10] | November 26–28, 2012  | 600  | ± 4%  | 35% | 34%  | —  | 31%

With Booker

Poll source  | Date(s)
administered | Sample
size | Margin of
error | Cory
Booker (D)  | Kim
Guadagno (R)  | Other  | Undecided

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Public Policy Polling[10] | November 26–28, 2012  | 600  | ± 4%  | 42% | 39%  | —  | 19%
Poll source  | Date(s)
administered | Sample
size | Margin of
error | Cory
Booker (D)  | Geraldo
Rivera (R)  | Other  | Undecided

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Quinnipiac University[79] | February 13–17, 2013  | 1,149  | ± 2.9%  | 59% | 23%  | 2%  | 17%
Farleigh Dickinson University[80] | March 4–10, 2013  | 702  | ± 3.7%  | 52% | 21%  | —  | 26%
Poll source  | Date(s)
administered | Sample
size | Margin of
error | Cory
Booker (D)  | Murray
Sabrin (R)  | Other  | Undecided

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Monmouth University[81] | February 19–23, 2014  | 690  | ± 3.7%  | 58% | 25%  | 1%  | 15%

With Bradley

Poll source  | Date(s)
administered | Sample
size | Margin of
error | Bill
Bradley (D)  | Jeff
Bell (R)  | Other  | Undecided

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Fairleigh Dickinson University[76] | October 13–19, 2014  | 525  | ± 4.3%  | 57% | 36%  | 0%  | 7%

With Lautenberg

Poll source  | Date(s)
administered | Sample
size | Margin of
error | Frank
Lautenberg (D)  | Kim
Guadagno (R)  | Other  | Undecided

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Public Policy Polling[10] | November 26–28, 2012  | 600  | ± 4%  | 48% | 33%  | —  | 19%

With Pallone

Poll source  | Date(s)
administered | Sample
size | Margin of
error | Frank
Pallone (D)  | Kim
Guadagno (R)  | Other  | Undecided

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Public Policy Polling[10] | November 26–28, 2012  | 600  | ± 4%  | 22%  | 42% | —  | 36%

### Results

[edit]

United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2014[82] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Democratic | Cory Booker (incumbent)  | 1,043,866  | 55.84%  | +0.92%
| Republican | Jeff Bell | 791,297  | 42.33%  | −1.69%
| Libertarian | Joseph Baratelli  | 16,721  | 0.89%  | N/A
| Independent | Hank Schroeder  | 5,704  | 0.31%  | N/A
| Independent | Jeff Boss | 4,513  | 0.24%  | N/A
| Independent | Eugene Martin Lavergne  | 3,890  | 0.21%  | +0.13%
| Independent | Antonio N. Sabas  | 3,544  | 0.19%  | +0.09%
Total votes  | 1,869,535  | 100.00%  | N/A
| Democratic hold

#### By county

[edit]

County  | Booker %  | Booker votes  | Bell %  | Bell votes  | Other %  | Other votes

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Atlantic | 51.4% | 32,566 | 46.5%  | 29,422  | 2.1%  | 1,319
Bergen | 57.3% | 124,409 | 41.2%  | 89,597  | 1.5%  | 3,204
Burlington | 54.3% | 64,730 | 44.2%  | 52,721  | 1.5%  | 1,755
Camden | 65.3% | 73,881 | 33.2%  | 37,543  | 1.5%  | 1,730
Cape May | 41.1%  | 11,572  | 57.4% | 16,178 | 1.5%  | 429
Cumberland | 53.3% | 14,830 | 44.8%  | 12,455  | 1.9%  | 537
Essex | 77.2% | 106,472 | 21.4%  | 29,527  | 1.4%  | 1,975
Gloucester | 52.8% | 37,131 | 45.1%  | 31,717  | 2.1%  | 1,456
Hudson | 78.4% | 68,165 | 19.2%  | 16,707  | 2.4%  | 2,109
Hunterdon | 38.7%  | 14,241  | 59.0% | 21,709 | 2.3%  | 864
Mercer | 65.8% | 52,476 | 32.3%  | 25,749  | 1.9%  | 1,524
Middlesex | 60.0% | 83,732 | 38.4%  | 53,679  | 1.6%  | 2,244
Monmouth | 44.9%  | 67,011  | 53.2% | 79,417 | 1.9%  | 2,863
Morris | 42.9%  | 49,920  | 55.6% | 64,688 | 1.6%  | 1,807
Ocean | 40.3%  | 55,631  | 57.4% | 79,254 | 2.2%  | 3,082
Passaic | 60.6% | 52,533 | 37.6%  | 32,612  | 1.7%  | 1,508
Salem | 44.5%  | 8,060  | 51.4% | 9,304 | 4.1%  | 733
Somerset | 48.6%  | 37,124  | 49.5% | 37,835 | 1.9%  | 1,448
Sussex | 35.3%  | 12,722  | 61.8% | 22,292 | 2.9%  | 1,046
Union | 65.0% | 68,051 | 33.2%  | 34,741  | 1.8%  | 1,855
Warren | 36.4%  | 8,609  | 59.8% | 14,150 | 3.7%  | 884

#### By congressional district

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Booker won 7 of the 12 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.[83]

District  | Booker  | Bell  | Representative

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|

1st | 62.47% | 35.86%  | Donald Norcross
2nd | 47.49%  | 50.35% | Frank LoBiondo
3rd | 48.02%  | 50.08% | Tom MacArthur
4th | 44.27%  | 53.8% | Chris Smith
5th | 49.65% | 48.62%  | Scott Garrett
6th | 58.29% | 39.98%  | Frank Pallone Jr.
7th | 44.21%  | 53.7% | Leonard Lance
8th | 79.05% | 18.75%  | Albio Sires
9th | 66.9% | 31.19%  | Bill Pascrell
10th | 86.1% | 12.25%  | Donald Payne Jr.
11th | 47.18%  | 51.31% | Rodney Frelinghuysen
12th | 64.23% | 34.13%  | Bonnie Watson Coleman

## See also

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* United States Senate special election in New Jersey, 2013
* 2014 United States Senate elections
* 2014 United States elections

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