1981 Gubernatorial Democratic Primary Election Results

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Gubernatorial
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

James J. Florio

Democratic

164,179

25.92%

Robert A. Roe

Democratic

98,660

15.58%

Kenneth A. Gibson

Democratic

95,212

15.03%

Joseph P. Merlino

Democratic

70,910

11.20%

John J. Degnan

Democratic

65,844

10.40%

Thomas F. X. Smith

Democratic

57,479

9.08%

Frank P. Dodd

Democratic

23,866

3.77%

Bill Hamilton

Democratic

17,395

2.75%

Barbara McConnell

Democratic

16,123

2.55%

Ann Klein

Democratic

14,884

2.35%

Herbert J. Buehler

Democratic

4,266

0.67%

Stella E. Mann

Democratic

2,375

0.38%

Rose Z. Manyek

Democratic

2,129

0.34%

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Turnout

Maps

1981 New Jersey County Map of Democratic Primary Election Results for Governor

Pop. (m)

Demographic Data

1990 Population:	7,747,750	Enum.	1990 Population Density:	403.3	persons/km²
1981 Population:	0	Est.	1981 Population Density:	0.0	persons/km²
1980 Population:	7,365,011	Enum.	1980 Population Density:	383.4	persons/km²
Land Area (2000):	19,211	km²	Annual Pop Growth Rate:	0.5	%

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Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data: New Jersey Division of Elections. 1981 Primary Results, New Jersey Division of Elections (http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/1981results/1981-primary-results-governor.pdf) (accessed 14 Jul 2009)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.

Results for and Individual County: