November 2008 Official New Jersey Election Returns (Source: NJ Division of Elections)

 

 
United States President & Vice President
Barack Obama-Joseph Biden (Democrat) 2,215,422 57.27%  
John McCain-Sarah Palin (Republican) 1,613,207 41.7%  
Ralph Nader-Matt Gonzalez (Independent) 21,298 .55%  
Bob Barr-Wayne A. Root (Libertarian) 8,441 .22%  
Chuck Baldwin-Darrell Castle (Constitution) 3,956 .10%  
Cynthia McKinney-Rosa Clemente (Green) 3,636 .09%  
Brian Moore-Stewart Alexander (Socialist Party USA) 699 .02%  
Jeffrey H. Boss-Andrea Marie Psoras (Vote Here) 639 .02%  
Roger Calero-Alyson Kennedy (Socialist Workers) 523 01% .

Gloria La Riva-Eugene Puryear (Socialism and Liberation)

416 .01%  
 

 

TOTAL VOTES CAST
3,868,237    
       
United States Senate
Frank Lautenberg (Democrat) 1,951,218 56.03%  
Dick Zimmer (Republican) 1,461,025 41.95%  
Jason Scheurer (Libertarian) 18,810 .54%  
J.M. Carter (God We Trust) 15,935 .46%  
Daryl Mikell Brooks (Poor People's Campaign) 15,925 .46%  
Jeffrey Boss (Boss for Senate) 10,345 .30%  
Sara J. Lobman (Socialist Workers) 9,187 .26%  
     
TOTAL VOTES CAST 3,482,445  
 
United States House of Representatives-District 1
Robert Andrews (Democrat)
206,453
73.6%
Dale M. Glading (Republican) 74,001 26.4%
Matthew Thieke (Green) 1,927 .67%
Margaret M. Chapman (Back to Basics) 1,258 .44%
Everitt M. Williams, III (Think Independently) 1,010 .35%
Alvin Lindsay (Lindsay for Congress) 508 .18%
     
TOTAL VOTES CAST 285,157  
     
United States House of Representatives-District 2
Frank A. LoBiondo (Republican) 167,699 59.07%
David Kurkowski (Democrat) 110,990 39.10%
Jason M. Grover (Green) 1,763 .62%
Constantino Rozzo (Socialist Workers USA) 564 .20%
Peter Boyce (Constitution Party of NJ) 1,551 .55%
Gary Stein (Rock the Boat) 1,312 .46%
     
TOTAL VOTES CAST 283,879  
     
United States House of Representatives-District 3
John Adler (Democrat) 166,390 52.08%
Chris Myers (Republican) 153,122 47.92%
       
TOTAL VOTES CAST 319,512    
 
United States House of Representatives-District 4
Christopher H. Smith (Republican) 202,972 66.21%
Joshua M. Zeitz (Democrat) 100,036 32.63%
Steven Welzer (Green) 3,543 1.16%
     
TOTAL VOTES CAST 306,551  
     
United States House of Representatives-District 5
Scott Garrett (Republican) 172,653 55.87%  
Dennis Shulman (Democrat) 131,033 42.4%  
Ed Fanning (Green) 5,321 1.72%  
     
TOTAL VOTES CAST 309,007  
   
United States House of Representatives-District 6
Frank Pallone, Jr. (Democrat) 164,077 66.95%  
Robert E. McLeod (Republican) 77,469 31.61%  
Herbert Tarbous (Regular Independent) 3,531 1.44%  
     
TOTAL VOTES CAST 245,077  
 
United States House of Representatives-District 7
Leonard Lance (Republican) 148,461 50.22%  
Linda Stender (Democrat) 124,818 42.22%  
Michael P. Hsing (Hsing for Congress) 16,419 5.55%  
Dean Greco (All-day Breakfast) 3,259 1.1%  
Thomas D. Abrams (Prosperity Not War) 2,651 .9%  
     
TOTAL VOTES CAST 295,608  
     
United States House of Representatives-District 8
Bill Pascrell, Jr. (Democrat) 152,279 70.18%
Roland Straten (Republican) 63,107 29.08%
Derek DeMarco (Libertarian) 1,600 .74%
       
TOTAL VOTES CAST 216,986    
     
United States House of Representatives-District 9
Steven R. Rothman (Democrat) 151,182 67.53%  
Vincent Micco (Republican) 69,503 31.04%  
Michael Perrone, Jr. (Independent/Progressive) 3,200 1.43%  
       
TOTAL VOTES CAST 223,385    
     
United States House of Representatives-District 10
Donald M. Payne (Democrat) 169,945 98.92%  
Michael Taber (Socialist Workers) 1,848 1.08%  
       
TOTAL VOTES CAST 171,793    
 
United States House of Representatives-District 11
Rodney Frelinghuysen (Republican) 186,696 61.47%  
Tom Wyka (Democrat) 113,510 37.37%  
Chandler Tedholm (For the People) 3,526 1.16%  
       
TOTAL VOTES CAST 303,732    
     
United States House of Representatives-District 12
Rush Holt (Democrat) 193,732 63.12%  
Alan R. Bateman (Republican) 108,400 35.32%  
David Corsi (Comon Sense Ideas) 4,802 1.56%  
       
TOTAL VOTES CAST 306,934    
     
United States House of Representatives-District 13
Albio Sires (Democrat) 120,382 75.36%  
Joseph Turula (Republican) 34,735 21.74%  
Julio A. Fernandez (Independent) 3,661 2.29%  
Louis Vernotico (Eliminate the Primary) 975 .61%  
Julio A. Fernandez (Independent) 3,661 2.29%  
       
TOTAL VOTES CAST 159,753    
     
Special Election-NJ General Assembly- District 20
Annette Quijano (Democrat) 35,746 71.2%  
Linda Gaglione (Republican) 14,458 28.8%  
       
TOTAL VOTES CAST 50,204    
       
Public Questions
Require voter approval for issuing State debt Yes--1,259,147 57.9%  
  No--915,395 42.1%  
       
TOTAL VOTES CAST 2,174,542    
       
Require method and selection of certain municipal court judges be set by statute rather than State Constitution Yes--984,404 45.45%  
  No--1,181,667 55.55%  
       
TOTAL VOTES CAST 2,166,071    
 

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