New Jersey Went Murphy, Here's How Morris County Went

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — Democrat Phil Murphy was elected governor of New Jersey last night, but Morris County was one of eight counties that voted in favor of his Republican challenger, Kim Guadagno.

97,737 voters, or 62.4 percent of the vote cast in Morris County, voted in favor of Guadagno, versus 56,279, or 35.9 percent, who voted for Murphy. The remaining 1.7 percent of the vote was split between four third-party candidates.

Of the state senators and assembly members elected last night, only one Democrat from the county won: Sen. Richard Codey in the 27th district. He won by just 147 votes. The 27th district is split between Morris and Essex counties.

Morris County has traditionally been a Republican stronghold in a blue state, with 49.72 percent of Morris voters selecting Donald Trump in 2016. In fact, the county has voted for the Republican presidential candidate every year since 1992, and every republican gubernatorial candidate since 1993, the last year data was available for.

New Jersey as a whole, on the other hand, has not gone for a Republican presidential candidate since George H.W. Bush in 1988.

The other New Jersey counties that voted in favor of Guadagno are Sussex, Warren, Hunterdon, Ocean, Monmouth, Salem, and Cape May.

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