United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Jersey,_1984

1984 United States Senate election in New Jersey

1984 United States Senate election in New Jersey

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The 1984 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Democrat Bill Bradley defeated Republican nominee Mary V. Mochary with 64.16% of the vote, winning every county in the state. To date, this is the most recent time Hunterdon, Sussex, and Warren counties were won by a Democrat in a statewide election. This was also the last time Morris County voted Democratic in a statewide election until 2020, where Senator Cory Booker won the county in his reelection and Joe Biden won the county in the 2020 presidential race.

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Primary elections

Primary elections were held on June 5, 1984.[1]

Democratic primary

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Republican primary

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General election

Candidates

  • Bill Bradley, incumbent Senator since 1979 (Democratic)
  • Jasper C. Gould (Independent)
  • James T. Hagen (Independent)
  • Harold F. Leiendecker (Libertarian)
  • Jules Levin (Socialist Labor)
  • Mary V. Mochary, mayor of Montclair (Republican)
  • Priscilla Schenk (Socialist Workers)

Campaign

Mochary was forced to suspend her campaign in October due to her husband's life-threatening illness. She traveled with her husband to Stanford, California for an experimental heart transplant.[2]

A Mochary bumper sticker attempting to tie her campaign to the popular Reagan-Bush ticket.

Results

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References

  1. [1]
    "1984 Primary Election Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. 1984. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  2. [2]
    Haitch, Richard (February 17, 1985). "Follow-up on the News: Mochary Sequel". The New York Times. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  3. [3]
    "1984 General Election Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. 1984. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
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