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New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1943

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November 2, 1943
  
1946 →

55.20%
  
44.08%

634,364
  
506,604

New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1943

Winner
  
Walter Evans Ed

The New Jersey gubernatorial election of 1943 was a race for Governor of New Jersey held on November 2, 1943. Republican Walter Evans Edge defeated Democratic nominee Vincent J. Murphy with 55.20% of the vote.

Contents

Primary elections

Primary elections were held on Tuesday September 21, 1943.

Candidates

Major party candidates

  • Walter Evans Edge (Republican), former Governor
  • Vincent J. Murphy (Democratic), Mayor of Newark
  • Other candidates

  • John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor Party of America)
  • John Binns (Prohibition Party)
  • Roy V. H. Wilkinson (Socialist)
  • References

    New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1943 Wikipedia