1997 Gubernatorial General Election Results

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Gubernatorial
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

Christine Todd Whitman

Republican

1,133,394

46.87%

James E. McGreevy

Democratic

1,107,968

45.82%

Murray Sabrin

Independent

114,172

4.72%

Richard J. Pezzullo

Independent

34,906

1.44%

Madelyn R. Hoffman

Independent

10,703

0.44%

Michael Perrone, Jr.

Independent

6,805

0.28%

Robert B. Miller

Independent

2,816

0.12%

Gregory Pason

Independent

2,800

0.12%

Lincoln Norton

Independent

2,540

0.11%

Nuncie A. Ripa, Jr.

Independent

2,240

0.09%

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Turnout

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Demographic Data

2000 Population:	8,414,350	Enum.	2000 Population Density:	438.0	persons/km²
1997 Population:	8,218,808	Est.	1997 Population Density:	427.8	persons/km²
1990 Population:	7,747,750	Enum.	1990 Population Density:	403.3	persons/km²
Land Area (2000):	19,211	km²	Annual Pop Growth Rate:	0.8	%

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Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data: New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety. Division of Elections, Official List Gubernatorial General Election Returns by County For Election Held November 4, 1997 (Trenton, 1997)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.

Results for and Individual County: