1977 Gubernatorial Democratic Primary Election Results

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Gubernatorial
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

Brendan T. Byrne

Democratic

175,448

30.30%

Robert A. Roe

Democratic

134,116

23.16%

Ralph C. De Rose

Democratic

99,948

17.26%

James J. "Jim" Florio

Democratic

87,743

15.15%

Joseph A. Hoffman

Democratic

58,835

10.16%

Raymond Garramone

Democratic

6,602

1.14%

A. Howard Freund

Democratic

6,205

1.07%

Paul Jordan

Democratic

2,996

0.52%

Emory J. Zold

Democratic

2,934

0.51%

George Koukos

Democratic

2,889

0.50%

Melvin M. Whaley

Democratic

1,282

0.22%

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Turnout

Maps

1977 New Jersey County Map of Democratic Primary Election Results for Governor

Pop. (m)

Demographic Data

1980 Population:	7,365,011	Enum.	1980 Population Density:	383.4	persons/km²
1977 Population:	0	Est.	1977 Population Density:	0.0	persons/km²
1970 Population:	7,171,112	Enum.	1970 Population Density:	373.3	persons/km²
Land Area (2000):	19,211	km²	Annual Pop Growth Rate:	0.3	%

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Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data: New Jersey Department of State. Democratic Candidates for the Office of Governor, New Jersey Department of State (https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/1920-1970//1977-primary-election.pdf) (accessed 9 March 2023)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.

Results for and Individual County: