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text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"> <tbody><tr><td style="width:10%;"> <div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><a href="/File:Flag_of_Virginia.svg" class="image"><img alt="Flag of Virginia.svg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/60px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="40" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/90px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/120px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></a></div></div> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> <p><b><a href="/Virginia_gubernatorial_election,_2017" title="Virginia gubernatorial election, 2017">Virginia</a></b>: <a href="/Virginia_gubernatorial_election,_2017" title="Virginia gubernatorial election, 2017">General election</a> • <a href="/Virginia_gubernatorial_primary_election,_2017" title="Virginia gubernatorial primary election, 2017">Primaries</a> • <a href="/Campaign_finance_in_the_Virginia_gubernatorial_election,_2017" title="Campaign finance in the Virginia gubernatorial election, 2017">Campaign finance</a> • <a href="/Virginia_gubernatorial_election_campaign_advertisements,_2017" title="Virginia gubernatorial election campaign advertisements, 2017">Campaign advertisements</a> • <a href="/Virginia_elections,_2017" title="Virginia elections, 2017">Other elections</a> </p> </td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2"><hr /></td></tr> <tr><td> <div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><a href="/File:Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg" class="image"><img alt="Flag of New Jersey.svg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg/60px-Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="36" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg/90px-Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg/120px-Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="308" /></a></div></div> </td><td style="text-align:center"> <p><b><a href="/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_and_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election,_2017" title="New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2017">New Jersey</a></b>: <a href="/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_and_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election,_2017" title="New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2017">General election</a> • <a href="/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_primary_election,_2017" title="New Jersey gubernatorial primary election, 2017">Primaries</a> • <a href="/Campaign_finance_in_the_New_Jersey_gubernatorial_and_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election,_2017" title="Campaign finance in the New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2017">Campaign finance</a> • <a href="/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_and_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election_campaign_advertisements,_2017" title="New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election campaign advertisements, 2017">Campaign advertisements</a> • <a href="/New_Jersey_elections,_2017" title="New Jersey elections, 2017">Other elections</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /> </p><table class="infobox" style="text-align: center; style="> <tbody><tr> <td><div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><a href="/State_Executive_Officials" title="State Executive Officials"><img alt="StateExecLogo.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/e/e7/StateExecLogo.png/130px-StateExecLogo.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="133" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/e/e7/StateExecLogo.png/195px-StateExecLogo.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/e/e7/StateExecLogo.png/260px-StateExecLogo.png 2x" data-file-width="1189" data-file-height="1216" /></a></div></div><center><big><b><a href="/State_Executive_Officials" class="mw-redirect" title="State Executive Officials">State Executive Officials</a></b></big></center><hr /> </td></tr> <tr> <td><center><b>State executive elections by position and year:</b></center> </td></tr> <tr> <td><center><div class="DoubleDropdown"><select id="dropdownOne" class="styled-dropdown"><option value="Select a position:">Select a position:</option><option value="Gubernatorial">Gubernatorial</option><option value="Lieutenant gubernatorial">Lieutenant gubernatorial</option><option value="Attorney General">Attorney General</option><option value="Secretary of State">Secretary of State</option><option value="Down ballot executive">Down ballot executive</option><option value="State executive official">State executive official</option></select><select id="dropdownTwo" class="styled-dropdown"><option value="Select year:">Select year:</option><option value="VAR_elections,_2025">2025</option><option value="VAR_elections,_2024">2024</option><option value="VAR_elections,_2023">2023</option><option value="VAR_elections,_2022">2022</option><option value="VAR_elections,_2021">2021</option><option value="VAR_elections,_2020">2020</option><option value="VAR_elections,_2019">2019</option><option value="VAR_elections,_2018">2018</option><option value="VAR_elections,_2017">2017</option><option value="VAR_elections,_2016">2016</option><option value="VAR_elections,_2015">2015</option><option value="VAR_elections,_2014">2014</option><option value="VAR_elections,_2013">2013</option><option value="VAR_elections,_2012">2012</option><option value="VAR_elections,_2011">2011</option><option value="VAR_elections,_2010">2010</option></select><button value="Reset" class="form-control" text="Reset">Reset</button></div></center> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>The governor, or chief executive officer of the state, is the only state executive office other than the <a href="/Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General">attorney general</a> that exists in every state in the country. But unlike the attorney general, which is the state's chief legal officer and is chosen by voters in only 43 states, the governor is elected by popular vote in all 50. </p><div style="margin: 5px 1%; border: 0px; border-left: 10px solid #E5E5E5; background: #fbfbfb;"> <div style="padding: .5em 1em 0.3em; font-size: 90%; width: 100%; color:#202020;"> <b>HIGHLIGHTS</b></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>In 2017, two states held gubernatorial elections - <a href="/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_and_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election,_2017" title="New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2017">New Jersey</a> and <a href="/Virginia_gubernatorial_election,_2017" title="Virginia gubernatorial election, 2017">Virginia</a>. These states are the only two to schedule gubernatorial elections in the year following a presidential election.</li></div> <div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>The winners of the gubernatorial elections were <a href="/Ralph_Northam" title="Ralph Northam">Ralph Northam</a> (D) in <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> and <a href="/Phil_Murphy_(New_Jersey)" title="Phil Murphy (New Jersey)">Phil Murphy</a> (D) in <a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>.</li></div><div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>Northam's election in Virginia prevented the formation of a Republican trifecta in the state and—alongside <a href="/Mark_Herring" title="Mark Herring">Mark Herring</a>'s (D) victory in the <a href="/Virginia_attorney_general_election,_2017" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia attorney general election, 2017">attorney general election</a>—preserved the state's Democratic triplex.</li></div><div style="padding: 0em 1.1em 0.3em; width: 100%;"><li>Murphy's election in <a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> created a Democratic trifecta and replaced the state's Republican triplex with a Democratic triplex.</li></div></div> <p>Both elections were held on <b>November 7, 2017</b>. In New Jersey, the primary election was held on <b>June 6, 2017</b>, while in Virginia the primary was held on <b>June 13, 2017</b>. Their previous gubernatorial elections were held in <a href="/Gubernatorial_elections,_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="Gubernatorial elections, 2013">2013</a>. Both states' <a href="/Lieutenant_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor">lieutenant governors</a>, <a href="/Ralph_Northam" title="Ralph Northam">Ralph Northam</a> (D) of <a href="/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Virginia" title="Lieutenant Governor of Virginia">Virginia</a> and <a href="/Kim_Guadagno" title="Kim Guadagno">Kim Guadagno</a> (R) of <a href="/Lieutenant_Governor_of_New_Jersey" title="Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, were running for governor in the 2017 elections. </p><p>As of June 2017, the overall race rating from five separate outlets was <font color="#3333FF"><i><b>Likely Democrat</b></i></font> in New Jersey and <font color="#B3B3FF"><i><b>Lean Democrat</b></i></font> in Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> <a href="/State_government_trifectas" title="State government trifectas">Trifecta</a> and <a href="/State_government_triplexes" title="State government triplexes">triplex</a> control of both states was at stake in the elections. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Election_information"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Election information</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#New_Jersey"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">New Jersey</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Virginia"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Virginia</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Comparison"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Comparison</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Overview"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Overview</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Gubernatorial_elections_in_New_Jersey_and_Virginia,_1997-2013"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, 1997-2013</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Presidential_elections_in_New_Jersey_and_Virginia,_2000-2016"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Presidential elections in New Jersey and Virginia, 2000-2016</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Pivot_counties"><span class="tocnumber">4.4</span> <span class="toctext">Pivot counties</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9"><a href="#Primary_results"><span class="tocnumber">4.4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Primary results</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Party_control_in_New_Jersey_and_Virginia"><span class="tocnumber">4.5</span> <span class="toctext">Party control in New Jersey and Virginia</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Primary_elections"><span class="tocnumber">4.6</span> <span class="toctext">Primary elections</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#Footnotes"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Footnotes</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Election_information">Election information</span></h3> <table class="wikitable collapsible sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="7" border="1" style="width:80%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9" align="center" style="background-color:#666; color: white;">Gubernatorial Election Information, 2017 </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">State </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Trifecta status (before) </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Triplex status (before) </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Incumbent </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Incumbent running? </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Winner </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Partisan switch? </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Trifecta status (after) </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Triplex status (after) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_and_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election,_2017" title="New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2017">New Jersey</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="/Gubernatorial_and_legislative_party_control_of_state_government" title="Gubernatorial and legislative party control of state government">Divided government</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="/State_government_triplexes" title="State government triplexes">Republican triplex</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="/File:Chris_Christie.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Chris Christie.jpg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Chris_Christie.jpg/75px-Chris_Christie.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="103" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Chris_Christie.jpg/113px-Chris_Christie.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Chris_Christie.jpg/150px-Chris_Christie.jpg 2x" data-file-width="745" data-file-height="1021" /></a><br /><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party"><img alt="Republican Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Chris_Christie_(New_Jersey)" title="Chris Christie (New Jersey)">Chris Christie</a></td> <td align="center"><b>No</b><br />(termed-out)</td> <td align="center"><a href="/File:Phil_Murphy_(New_Jersey).jpeg" class="image"><img alt="Phil Murphy (New Jersey).jpeg" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/3/30/Phil_Murphy_%28New_Jersey%29.jpeg/75px-Phil_Murphy_%28New_Jersey%29.jpeg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/3/30/Phil_Murphy_%28New_Jersey%29.jpeg/113px-Phil_Murphy_%28New_Jersey%29.jpeg 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/3/30/Phil_Murphy_%28New_Jersey%29.jpeg/150px-Phil_Murphy_%28New_Jersey%29.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="733" data-file-height="960" /></a><br /><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a><a href="/Phil_Murphy_(New_Jersey)" title="Phil Murphy (New Jersey)">Phil Murphy</a></td> <td align="center"><b>Yes</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="/Gubernatorial_and_legislative_party_control_of_state_government" title="Gubernatorial and legislative party control of state government">Democratic trifecta</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="/State_government_triplexes" title="State government triplexes">Democratic triplex</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Virginia_gubernatorial_election,_2017" title="Virginia gubernatorial election, 2017">Virginia</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="/Gubernatorial_and_legislative_party_control_of_state_government" title="Gubernatorial and legislative party control of state government">Divided government</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="/State_government_triplexes" title="State government triplexes">Democratic triplex</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="/File:Terry_McAuliffe.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Terry McAuliffe.jpg" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/5/59/Terry_McAuliffe.jpg/75px-Terry_McAuliffe.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="51" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/5/59/Terry_McAuliffe.jpg/113px-Terry_McAuliffe.jpg 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/5/59/Terry_McAuliffe.jpg/150px-Terry_McAuliffe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="745" data-file-height="508" /></a><br /><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a><a href="/Terry_McAuliffe" title="Terry McAuliffe">Terry McAuliffe</a></td> <td align="center"><b>No</b><br />(termed-out)</td> <td align="center"><a href="/File:Ralph_Northam.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Ralph Northam.jpg" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/8/81/Ralph_Northam.jpg/75px-Ralph_Northam.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/8/81/Ralph_Northam.jpg/113px-Ralph_Northam.jpg 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/8/81/Ralph_Northam.jpg/150px-Ralph_Northam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a><br /><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a><a href="/Ralph_Northam" title="Ralph Northam">Ralph Northam</a></td> <td align="center"><b>No</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="/Gubernatorial_and_legislative_party_control_of_state_government" title="Gubernatorial and legislative party control of state government">Divided government</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="/State_government_triplexes" title="State government triplexes">Democratic triplex</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="New_Jersey">New Jersey</span></h2> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_and_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election,_2017" title="New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2017">New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2017</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <table width="auto;" class="collapsible collapsed" style="{{{framestyle}}}"float:left;""><tbody><tr><th width="100%;" style="padding: .5em 1em 0.3em; border-left: 10px solid #E5E5E5; background: #fbfbfb;text-align:left;">Click [show] to view a list of candidates running in this election.</th><th width="100%"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" colspan="2"> <dl><dd><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Phil_Murphy_(New_Jersey)" title="Phil Murphy (New Jersey)">Phil Murphy</a></dd> <dd><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party"><img alt="Republican Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Kim_Guadagno" title="Kim Guadagno">Kim Guadagno</a></dd> <dd><a href="/Libertarian_Party" title="Libertarian Party"><img alt="Libertarian Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/f2/Specialsession.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Peter_Rohrman" title="Peter Rohrman">Peter Rohrman</a></dd> <dd><a href="/Green_Party" title="Green Party"><img alt="Green Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/9/9a/Green_Party_dot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Seth_Kaper-Dale" title="Seth Kaper-Dale">Seth Kaper-Dale</a></dd> <dd><a href="/Constitution_Party" title="Constitution Party"><img alt="Constitution Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/7/7e/Orange2.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Matt_Riccardi" title="Matt Riccardi">Matt Riccardi</a></dd> <dd><a href="/Independent" title="Independent"><img alt="Independent" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/a/a7/Grey.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Gina_Genovese" title="Gina Genovese">Gina Genovese</a></dd> <dd><a href="/Independent" title="Independent"><img alt="Independent" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/a/a7/Grey.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Vincent_Ross" title="Vincent Ross">Vincent Ross</a></dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Heading into the <a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> election, the incumbent was two-term <a href="/Governor_of_New_Jersey" title="Governor of New Jersey">Gov.</a> <a href="/Chris_Christie_(New_Jersey)" title="Chris Christie (New Jersey)">Chris Christie</a> (R), who was prevented from seeking re-election due to <a href="/States_with_gubernatorial_term_limits" title="States with gubernatorial term limits">term limits</a>. Christie was first elected in 2009 and was re-elected in <a href="/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_and_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election,_2013" title="New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2013">2013</a>. At the time of the election, <a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> had been under <a href="/State_government_trifectas" title="State government trifectas">divided government</a> since Christie first took office in 2010. Since the <a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party">Democratic Party</a> controlled both houses of the <a href="/New_Jersey_State_Legislature" title="New Jersey State Legislature">New Jersey State Legislature</a>, Democratic victory in the gubernatorial election turned <a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> into a Democratic trifecta. <a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> had been won by the <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> candidate in each of the past five presidential election cycles, and has been won twice by a <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> candidate and three times by a <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> candidate in the past five gubernatorial election cycles. </p> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_and_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election,_2017" title="New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2017">New Jersey gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2017</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p><a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> held an election for <a href="/Governor_of_New_Jersey" title="Governor of New Jersey">governor</a> and <a href="/Lieutenant_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor">lieutenant governor</a> on <b>November 7, 2017.</b> Governor <a href="/Chris_Christie" title="Chris Christie">Chris Christie</a> (R) was <a href="/State_executives_with_term_limits" title="State executives with term limits">term-limited</a> and ineligible to run for re-election. New Jersey elects its governor and lieutenant governor together on a joint ticket. </p><p>The general election took place on <b>November 7, 2017</b>. The primary election was held on <b>June 6, 2017</b>. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in the primary election was April 3, 2017. </p><p> The following candidates ran in the election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup></p><table width="500px" class="bptable gray collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color: #444;text-align:center" colspan="5"><b>New Jersey Gubernatorial and Lieutenant Gubernatorial Election, 2017</b></th> </tr> <tr><td style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</td> <td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td></tr><tr><td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a> <b><a href="/Phil_Murphy_(New_Jersey)" title="Phil Murphy (New Jersey)">Phil Murphy</a>/<a href="/Sheila_Oliver" title="Sheila Oliver">Sheila Oliver</a></b> <small></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">56.03%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,203,110</td></tr><tr><td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Kim_Guadagno" title="Kim Guadagno">Kim Guadagno</a>/<a href="/Carlos_Rendo" title="Carlos Rendo">Carlos Rendo</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">41.89%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">899,583</td></tr><tr><td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#bbb;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Independent </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Gina_Genovese" title="Gina Genovese">Gina Genovese</a>/<a href="/Derel_Stroud" title="Derel Stroud">Derel Stroud</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.57%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">12,294</td></tr><tr><td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fd0;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Libertarian </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Peter_Rohrman" title="Peter Rohrman">Peter Rohrman</a>/<a href="/Karese_Laguerre" title="Karese Laguerre">Karese Laguerre</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.49%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">10,531</td></tr><tr><td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#0b0;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Green </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Seth_Kaper-Dale" title="Seth Kaper-Dale">Seth Kaper-Dale</a>/<a href="/Lisa_Durden" title="Lisa Durden">Lisa Durden</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.47%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">10,053</td></tr><tr><td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#ffa500;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Constitution </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Matt_Riccardi" title="Matt Riccardi">Matt Riccardi</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.32%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">6,864</td></tr><tr><td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#bbb;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Independent </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Vincent_Ross" title="Vincent Ross">Vincent Ross</a>/<a href="/April_Johnson_(New_Jersey)" title="April Johnson (New Jersey)">April Johnson</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">0.23%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">4,980</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b> <i>(6385/6385 precincts reporting)</i></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>2,147,415</b></td></tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="5"><i>Source:</i> <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-official-general-election-results-governor.pdf"><i>New Jersey Division of Elections</i></a></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <p><a href="/Kim_Guadagno" title="Kim Guadagno">Kim Guadagno</a> defeated <a href="/Jack_Ciattarelli" title="Jack Ciattarelli">Jack Ciattarelli</a>, <a href="/Hirsh_Singh" title="Hirsh Singh">Hirsh Singh</a>, <a href="/Joseph_Rudy_Rullo" title="Joseph Rudy Rullo">Joseph Rudy Rullo</a>, and <a href="/Steve_Rogers" title="Steve Rogers">Steve Rogers</a> in the Republican primary.<sup id="cite_ref-NJSotSPrimary_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NJSotSPrimary-3">[3]</a></sup></p><table width="490px" class="bptable gray collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:red;text-align:center" colspan="3"><b>New Jersey Republican Gubernatorial Primary, 2017</b></th> </tr> <tr><td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td></tr><tr><td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a> <b><a href="/Kim_Guadagno" title="Kim Guadagno">Kim Guadagno</a></b> <small></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">46.82%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">113,846</td></tr><tr><td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Jack_Ciattarelli" title="Jack Ciattarelli">Jack Ciattarelli</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">31.08%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">75,556</td></tr><tr><td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Hirsh_Singh" title="Hirsh Singh">Hirsh Singh</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">9.76%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">23,728</td></tr><tr><td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Joseph_Rudy_Rullo" title="Joseph Rudy Rullo">Joseph Rudy Rullo</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">6.51%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">15,816</td></tr><tr><td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Steve_Rogers" title="Steve Rogers">Steve Rogers</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">5.84%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">14,187</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>243,133</b></td></tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="3"><i>Source:</i> <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-official-primary-results-governor-0628.pdf"><i>New Jersey Division of Elections</i></a></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <p><a href="/Phil_Murphy_(New_Jersey)" title="Phil Murphy (New Jersey)">Phil Murphy</a> defeated <a href="/Jim_Johnson_(New_Jersey)" title="Jim Johnson (New Jersey)">Jim Johnson</a>, <a href="/John_Wisniewski" title="John Wisniewski">John Wisniewski</a>, <a href="/Ray_Lesniak" class="mw-redirect" title="Ray Lesniak">Ray Lesniak</a>, <a href="/Bill_Brennan" title="Bill Brennan">Bill Brennan</a>, and <a href="/Mark_Zinna" title="Mark Zinna">Mark Zinna</a> in the Democratic primary.<sup id="cite_ref-NJSotSPrimary_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NJSotSPrimary-3">[3]</a></sup></p><table width="490px" class="bptable gray collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:blue;text-align:center" colspan="3"><b>New Jersey Democratic Gubernatorial Primary, 2017</b></th> </tr> <tr><td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td></tr><tr><td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a> <b><a href="/Phil_Murphy_(New_Jersey)" title="Phil Murphy (New Jersey)">Phil Murphy</a></b> <small></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">48.42%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">243,643</td></tr><tr><td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Jim_Johnson_(New_Jersey)" title="Jim Johnson (New Jersey)">Jim Johnson</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">21.91%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">110,250</td></tr><tr><td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/John_Wisniewski" title="John Wisniewski">John Wisniewski</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">21.57%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">108,532</td></tr><tr><td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Ray_Lesniak" class="mw-redirect" title="Ray Lesniak">Ray Lesniak</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">4.83%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">24,318</td></tr><tr><td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Bill_Brennan" title="Bill Brennan">Bill Brennan</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">2.24%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">11,263</td></tr><tr><td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Mark_Zinna" title="Mark Zinna">Mark Zinna</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">1.04%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">5,213</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>503,219</b></td></tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="3"><i>Source:</i> <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.njelections.org/2017-results/2017-official-primary-results-governor-0628.pdf"><i>New Jersey Division of Elections</i></a></td> </tr></tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Virginia">Virginia</span></h2> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Virginia_gubernatorial_election,_2017" title="Virginia gubernatorial election, 2017">Virginia gubernatorial election, 2017</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <table width="auto;" class="collapsible collapsed" style="{{{framestyle}}}"float:left;""><tbody><tr><th width="100%;" style="padding: .5em 1em 0.3em; border-left: 10px solid #E5E5E5; background: #fbfbfb;text-align:left;">Click [show] to view a list of candidates running in this election.</th><th width="100%"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" colspan="2"> <dl><dd><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Ralph_Northam" title="Ralph Northam">Ralph Northam</a></dd> <dd><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party"><img alt="Republican Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Ed_Gillespie" title="Ed Gillespie">Ed Gillespie</a></dd> <dd><a href="/Libertarian_Party" title="Libertarian Party"><img alt="Libertarian Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/f2/Specialsession.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Cliff_Hyra" title="Cliff Hyra">Cliff Hyra</a></dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Heading into the <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> election, the incumbent was one-term <a href="/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Gov.</a> <a href="/Terry_McAuliffe" title="Terry McAuliffe">Terry McAuliffe</a> (D), who was prevented from seeking re-election due to <a href="/States_with_gubernatorial_term_limits" title="States with gubernatorial term limits">term limits</a>. McAuliffe was first elected in <a href="/Virginia_gubernatorial_election,_2013" title="Virginia gubernatorial election, 2013">2013</a>. At the time of the election, <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> had been under <a href="/State_government_trifectas" title="State government trifectas">divided government</a> since McAuliffe first took office in 2014. Since the <a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party">Republican Party</a> controlled both houses of the <a href="/Virginia_State_Legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia State Legislature">Virginia State Legislature</a>, Republican victory in the gubernatorial election would have turned <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> into a <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> trifecta. <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> had been won three times by the <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> candidate and twice by the <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> candidate in the past five presidential election cycles and the past five gubernatorial election cycles. </p> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Virginia_gubernatorial_election,_2017" title="Virginia gubernatorial election, 2017">Virginia gubernatorial election, 2017</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p><a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> held an election for <a href="/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">governor</a> on <b>November 7, 2017.</b> Governor <a href="/Terry_McAuliffe" title="Terry McAuliffe">Terry McAuliffe</a> (D) was <a href="/State_executives_with_term_limits" title="State executives with term limits">term-limited</a> and ineligible to run for re-election to a consecutive term. </p><p>The general election took place on <b>November 7, 2017</b>. A primary election was held on <b>June 13, 2017</b>. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in the primary election was March 30, 2017. </p> <p><a href="/Ralph_Northam" title="Ralph Northam">Ralph Northam</a> (D) defeated <a href="/Ed_Gillespie" title="Ed Gillespie">Ed Gillespie</a> (R) and <a href="/Cliff_Hyra" title="Cliff Hyra">Cliff Hyra</a> (Libertarian) in the election for Governor of Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup></p><table width="500px" class="bptable gray collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color: #444;text-align:center" colspan="5"><b>Virginia Gubernatorial Election, 2017</b></th> </tr> <tr><td style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center" colspan="2" width="100px">Party</td> <td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td></tr><tr><td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#00b;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Democratic </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a> <b><a href="/Ralph_Northam" title="Ralph Northam">Ralph Northam</a></b> <small></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">53.93%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,409,175</td></tr><tr><td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#b00;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Republican </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Ed_Gillespie" title="Ed Gillespie">Ed Gillespie</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">45.00%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">1,175,731</td></tr><tr><td width="25px"> <span style="background-color:#fd0;">    </span></td> <td width="75px">Libertarian </td> <td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Cliff_Hyra" title="Cliff Hyra">Cliff Hyra</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">1.07%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">27,987</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>2,612,893</b></td></tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="5"><i>Source:</i> <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2017%20November%20General/Site/Statewide.html"><i>Virginia Department of Elections</i></a></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <p><a href="/Ralph_Northam" title="Ralph Northam">Ralph Northam</a> defeated <a href="/Tom_Perriello" title="Tom Perriello">Tom Perriello</a> in the Democratic primary for Governor of Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-filing_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-filing-5">[5]</a></sup></p><table width="490px" class="bptable gray collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:blue;text-align:center" colspan="3"><b>Virginia Democratic Gubernatorial Primary, 2017</b></th> </tr> <tr><td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td></tr><tr><td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a> <b><a href="/Ralph_Northam" title="Ralph Northam">Ralph Northam</a></b> <small></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">55.90%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">303,541</td></tr><tr><td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Tom_Perriello" title="Tom Perriello">Tom Perriello</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">44.10%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">239,505</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>543,046</b></td></tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="3"><i>Source:</i> <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/virginia-primary-elections"><i>The New York Times</i></a></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <p><a href="/Ed_Gillespie" title="Ed Gillespie">Ed Gillespie</a> defeated <a href="/Corey_Stewart" title="Corey Stewart">Corey Stewart</a> and <a href="/Frank_Wagner" title="Frank Wagner">Frank Wagner</a> in the Republican primary for Governor of Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-filing_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-filing-5">[5]</a></sup></p><table width="490px" class="bptable gray collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="color:white;background-color:red;text-align:center" colspan="3"><b>Virginia Republican Gubernatorial Primary, 2017</b></th> </tr> <tr><td width="275px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Candidate</td> <td width="75px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Vote %</td> <td width="100px" style="color:white;background-color:grey;text-align:center">Votes</td></tr><tr><td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a> <b><a href="/Ed_Gillespie" title="Ed Gillespie">Ed Gillespie</a></b> <small></small></td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">43.71%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">160,100</td></tr><tr><td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Corey_Stewart" title="Corey Stewart">Corey Stewart</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">42.53%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">155,780</td></tr><tr><td width="275px" style="text-align:center"><a href="/Frank_Wagner" title="Frank Wagner">Frank Wagner</a> </td> <td width="75" style="text-align:center">13.76%</td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center">50,394</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" width="450" style="color:white;background-color:#444;text-align:center"><b>Total Votes</b></td> <td width="100" style="text-align:center"><b>366,274</b></td></tr><tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="3"><i>Source:</i> <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/virginia-primary-elections"><i>The New York Times</i></a></td> </tr></tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Comparison">Comparison</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Overview">Overview</span></h3> <p>Heading into the 2017 elections, both <a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> and <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> were in a state of <a href="/State_government_trifectas" title="State government trifectas">divided government</a>, with one party holding majorities in both houses of the state legislature while the other party controlled the governor's mansion. At the time of the election, <a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> had a <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> governor and <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> majorities in both houses of the state legislature, while the pattern was reversed in <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>. In addition, both states had <a href="/State_government_triplexes" title="State government triplexes">a partisan triplex</a>, meaning that the offices of <a href="/Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor">governor</a>, <a href="/Attorney_General_(state_executive_office)" title="Attorney General (state executive office)">attorney general</a>, and <a href="/Secretary_of_State_(state_executive_office)" title="Secretary of State (state executive office)">secretary of state</a> were controlled by the same party. </p><p>Both <a href="/Governor_of_New_Jersey" title="Governor of New Jersey">Gov.</a> <a href="/Chris_Christie_(New_Jersey)" title="Chris Christie (New Jersey)">Chris Christie</a> (R) of <a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> and <a href="/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Gov.</a> <a href="/Terry_McAuliffe" title="Terry McAuliffe">Terry McAuliffe</a> (D) of <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> were prevented from seeking re-election in 2017 by <a href="/States_with_gubernatorial_term_limits" title="States with gubernatorial term limits">term limits</a>. In both states, the <a href="/Lieutenant_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor">lieutenant governor</a> sought election to the governor's office, with <a href="/Lieutenant_Governor_of_New_Jersey" title="Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey">Lt. Gov.</a> <a href="/Kim_Guadagno" title="Kim Guadagno">Kim Guadagno</a> (R) of <a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> and <a href="/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Virginia" title="Lieutenant Governor of Virginia">Lt. Gov.</a> <a href="/Ralph_Northam" title="Ralph Northam">Ralph Northam</a> (D) of <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> securing their parties' nominations in the June primary elections. While Northam was successful in the general election in Virginia, Guadagno was defeated by <a href="/Phil_Murphy_(New_Jersey)" title="Phil Murphy (New Jersey)">Phil Murphy</a>. </p> <h3><span id="Gubernatorial_elections_in_New_Jersey_and_Virginia.2C_1997-2013"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Gubernatorial_elections_in_New_Jersey_and_Virginia,_1997-2013">Gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, 1997-2013</span></h3> <p>The past five gubernatorial election cycles in Virginia and New Jersey have resulted in five <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> victories and five <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> victories. In <a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, a <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> candidate has won three of the past five elections, with the average result across the past five cycles being a 0.3 percent <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> victory. In <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, a <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> candidate has won three of the past five elections. However, all three <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> victories in <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> were by less than a six percent margin, while both <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> victories were by margins over ten percent. Therefore, the average result across the past five election cycles in <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> was a 3.4 percent <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> victory. </p><p>In the ten elections examined, the candidate from the same political party as the sitting president has been defeated in nine, with the <a href="/Virginia_gubernatorial_election,_2013" title="Virginia gubernatorial election, 2013">2013 election</a> of <a href="/Terry_McAuliffe" title="Terry McAuliffe">Terry McAuliffe</a> as <a href="/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">governor</a> of <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> during the presidency of <a href="/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> as the only exception. In the 1997 elections, held during the presidency of <a href="/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>, the average result across the two states was a 7.2 percent <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> victory. The 2001 and 2005 elections, held during the presidency of <a href="/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, delivered average margins of victory of 10.0 percent and 8.1 percent to the <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> candidate, respectively. Finally, in 2009 and 2013, while <a href="/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> was president, <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> candidates won by respective margins of 10.5 percent and 9.8 percent. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="background:none; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color:#008000; color: white;"><i>Election results (Governor of New Jersey and Virginia), 1997-2013</i> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Year </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">First-place New Jersey candidate </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">First-place New Jersey candidate margin of victory </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">First-place Virginia candidate </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">First-place Virginia candidate margin of victory </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Overall margin of victory </th></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party"><img alt="Republican Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Chris_Christie_(New_Jersey)" title="Chris Christie (New Jersey)">Chris Christie</a></td> <td>22.1%</td> <td><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Terry_McAuliffe" title="Terry McAuliffe">Terry McAuliffe</a></td> <td>2.5%</td> <td><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party"><img alt="Republican Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <b>9.8%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009</td> <td><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party"><img alt="Republican Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Chris_Christie_(New_Jersey)" title="Chris Christie (New Jersey)">Chris Christie</a></td> <td>3.6%</td> <td><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party"><img alt="Republican Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Bob_McDonnell" title="Bob McDonnell">Bob McDonnell</a></td> <td>17.3%</td> <td><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party"><img alt="Republican Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <b>10.5%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005</td> <td><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Jon_Corzine" title="Jon Corzine">Jon Corzine</a></td> <td>10.5%</td> <td><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Tim_Kaine" title="Tim Kaine">Tim Kaine</a></td> <td>5.7%</td> <td><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <b>8.1%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> Jim McGreevey</td> <td>14.7%</td> <td><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Mark_Warner" title="Mark Warner">Mark Warner</a></td> <td>5.2%</td> <td><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <b>10.0%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997</td> <td><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party"><img alt="Republican Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> Christine Todd Whitman</td> <td>1.1%</td> <td><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party"><img alt="Republican Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Jim_Gilmore" title="Jim Gilmore">Jim Gilmore</a></td> <td>13.2%</td> <td><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party"><img alt="Republican Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <b>7.2%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Overall</td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a></td> <td><b>0.3%</b></td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a></td> <td><b>3.4%</b></td> <td><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party"><img alt="Republican Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <b>1.9%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <h3><span id="Presidential_elections_in_New_Jersey_and_Virginia.2C_2000-2016"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Presidential_elections_in_New_Jersey_and_Virginia,_2000-2016">Presidential elections in New Jersey and Virginia, 2000-2016</span></h3> <p>The past five presidential election cycles in both <a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> and <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> have tended to favor <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> candidates, who won in both states in 2008, 2012, and 2016. In 2000 and 2004, <a href="/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> (R) won in <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> while <a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> went to the <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> candidate. <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> candidates have won in <a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> by an average 14 percent margin across the previous five election cycles. In <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, <a href="/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>'s victories were by a larger margin than <a href="/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>'s or <a href="/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>'s, meaning that the average presidential election result in <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> across the past five cycles has been a 0.2 percent <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> victory. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="background:none; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color:#008000; color: white;"><i>Election results (President of the United States), New Jersey and Virginia 2000-2016</i> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Year </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">First-place New Jersey candidate </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">First-place New Jersey candidate margin of victory </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">First-place Virginia candidate </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">First-place Virginia candidate margin of victory </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Overall margin of victory </th></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a></td> <td>14.1%</td> <td><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a></td> <td>5.3%</td> <td><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <b>9.7%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></td> <td>17.8%</td> <td><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></td> <td>3.9%</td> <td><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <b>10.9%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008</td> <td><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></td> <td>15.5%</td> <td><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></td> <td>6.3%</td> <td><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <b>10.9%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004</td> <td><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a></td> <td>6.7%</td> <td><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party"><img alt="Republican Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a></td> <td>8.2%</td> <td><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party"><img alt="Republican Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <b>0.8%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a></td> <td>15.8%</td> <td><a href="/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party"><img alt="Republican Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a></td> <td>8.1%</td> <td><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <b>3.9%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Overall</td> <td><a href="/File:Electiondot.png" class="image"><img alt="Electiondot.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a></td> <td><b>14.0%</b></td> <td><a href="/File:Ends.png" class="image"><img alt="Ends.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/f/fd/Ends.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a></td> <td><b>0.2%</b></td> <td><a href="/Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party"><img alt="Democratic Party" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/d/d4/Electiondot.png" width="18" height="18" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a> <b>6.9%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Pivot_counties">Pivot counties</span></h3> <p>Ballotpedia has identified 206 counties that voted for <a href="/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> (R) in <a href="/Presidential_election,_2016" title="Presidential election, 2016">2016</a> after voting for <a href="/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> (D) in 2008 and 2012. There are two of these <a href="/Pivot_Counties_by_state" title="Pivot Counties by state">pivot counties</a> in <a href="/Pivot_Counties_in_New_Jersey" title="Pivot Counties in New Jersey">New Jersey</a> and five in <a href="/Pivot_Counties_in_Virginia" title="Pivot Counties in Virginia">Virginia</a>. </p> <table class="marqueetable collapsible expanded" style="border:1px solid #424949; border-radius:5px; text-align=center;" cellspacing="10" cellpadding="6px" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="8" align="center" style="background-color: #424949; color:white;"><b>Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008</b> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#C8CCD0; color:black; border-radius:0px;">County </th> <th style="background-color:#C8CCD0; color:black; border-radius:0px;">Trump margin of victory in 2016 </th> <th style="background-color:#C8CCD0; color:black; border-radius:0px;">Obama margin of victory in 2012 </th> <th style="background-color:#C8CCD0; color:black; border-radius:0px;">Obama margin of victory in 2008 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Gloucester_County,_New_Jersey" title="Gloucester County, New Jersey">Gloucester County, New Jersey</a></td> <td>0.48%</td> <td>10.77%</td> <td>12.16% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Salem_County,_New_Jersey" title="Salem County, New Jersey">Salem County, New Jersey</a></td> <td>15.00%</td> <td>1.31%</td> <td>3.92% </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="marqueetable collapsible expanded" style="border:1px solid #424949; border-radius:5px; text-align=center;" cellspacing="10" cellpadding="6px" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="8" align="center" style="background-color: #424949; color:white;"><b>Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008</b> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#C8CCD0; color:black; border-radius:0px;">County </th> <th style="background-color:#C8CCD0; color:black; border-radius:0px;">Trump margin of victory in 2016 </th> <th style="background-color:#C8CCD0; color:black; border-radius:0px;">Obama margin of victory in 2012 </th> <th style="background-color:#C8CCD0; color:black; border-radius:0px;">Obama margin of victory in 2008 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Buckingham_County,_Virginia" title="Buckingham County, Virginia">Buckingham County, Virginia</a></td> <td>11.28%</td> <td>2.43%</td> <td>0.87% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Caroline_County,_Virginia" title="Caroline County, Virginia">Caroline County, Virginia</a></td> <td>5.02%</td> <td>8.24%</td> <td>11.97% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Essex_County,_Virginia" title="Essex County, Virginia">Essex County, Virginia</a></td> <td>2.14%</td> <td>7.30%</td> <td>10.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Nelson_County,_Virginia" title="Nelson County, Virginia">Nelson County, Virginia</a></td> <td>5.59%</td> <td>2.72%</td> <td>9.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Westmoreland_County,_Virginia" title="Westmoreland County, Virginia">Westmoreland County, Virginia</a></td> <td>7.14%</td> <td>6.95%</td> <td>10.24% </td></tr></tbody></table> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Primary_results">Primary results</span></h4> <p>Of Virginia and New Jersey's seven pivot counties, four--<a href="/Salem_County,_New_Jersey" title="Salem County, New Jersey">Salem County, New Jersey</a>, <a href="/Caroline_County,_Virginia" title="Caroline County, Virginia">Caroline County, Virginia</a>, <a href="/Essex_County,_Virginia" title="Essex County, Virginia">Essex County, Virginia</a>, and <a href="/Westmoreland_County,_Virginia" title="Westmoreland County, Virginia">Westmoreland County, Virginia</a>--were won by candidates who would go on to lose the primary election in both party's primaries. In addition, <a href="/Gloucester_County,_New_Jersey" title="Gloucester County, New Jersey">Gloucester County, New Jersey</a>, went to <a href="/Jack_Ciattarelli" title="Jack Ciattarelli">Jack Ciattarelli</a> in the Republican primary election despite his statewide loss to <a href="/Kim_Guadagno" title="Kim Guadagno">Kim Guadagno</a>. Across the 14 <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> and <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> primary elections held in the seven examined pivot counties in 2017, the eventual statewide winner was defeated in eight. All four statewide primary winners (<a href="/Phil_Murphy_(New_Jersey)" title="Phil Murphy (New Jersey)">Phil Murphy</a> (D) and <a href="/Kim_Guadagno" title="Kim Guadagno">Kim Guadagno</a> (R) in <a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> and <a href="/Ralph_Northam" title="Ralph Northam">Ralph Northam</a> (D) and <a href="/Ed_Gillespie" title="Ed Gillespie">Ed Gillespie</a> (R) in <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>) received a lower share of the vote in the average vote totals across pivot counties than they did in statewide results. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="background:none; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="8" style="background-color:#0B439E; color: white;"><i>Governor of New Jersey (Democratic primary) - pivot counties, 2017</i> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">County </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">First-place candidate </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">First-place candidate votes (%) </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Second-place candidate </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Second-place candidate votes (%) </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Third-place candidate </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Third-place candidate votes (%) </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Margin of victory (%) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Gloucester_County,_New_Jersey" title="Gloucester County, New Jersey">Gloucester County</a></td> <td><a href="/Phil_Murphy_(New_Jersey)" title="Phil Murphy (New Jersey)">Phil Murphy</a></td> <td>49.1%</td> <td><a href="/John_Wisniewski" title="John Wisniewski">John Wisniewski</a></td> <td>26.4%</td> <td><a href="/Jim_Johnson_(New_Jersey)" title="Jim Johnson (New Jersey)">Jim Johnson</a></td> <td>16.4%</td> <td><b>22.7%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Salem_County,_New_Jersey" title="Salem County, New Jersey">Salem County</a></td> <td><a href="/John_Wisniewski" title="John Wisniewski">John Wisniewski</a></td> <td>31.9%</td> <td><a href="/Phil_Murphy_(New_Jersey)" title="Phil Murphy (New Jersey)">Phil Murphy</a></td> <td>31.8%</td> <td><a href="/Jim_Johnson_(New_Jersey)" title="Jim Johnson (New Jersey)">Jim Johnson</a></td> <td>18.4%</td> <td><b>0.1%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Average across pivot counties</td> <td><a href="/Phil_Murphy_(New_Jersey)" title="Phil Murphy (New Jersey)">Phil Murphy</a></td> <td>40.5%</td> <td><a href="/John_Wisniewski" title="John Wisniewski">John Wisniewski</a></td> <td>29.2%</td> <td><a href="/Jim_Johnson_(New_Jersey)" title="Jim Johnson (New Jersey)">Jim Johnson</a></td> <td>17.4%</td> <td><b>11.3%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Statewide results</b></td> <td><a href="/Phil_Murphy_(New_Jersey)" title="Phil Murphy (New Jersey)">Phil Murphy</a></td> <td>48.4%</td> <td><a href="/Jim_Johnson_(New_Jersey)" title="Jim Johnson (New Jersey)">Jim Johnson</a></td> <td>21.9%</td> <td><a href="/John_Wisniewski" title="John Wisniewski">John Wisniewski</a></td> <td>21.6%</td> <td><b>26.5%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="background:none; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="8" style="background-color:#9E0B0B; color: white;"><i>Governor of New Jersey (Republican primary) - pivot counties, 2017</i> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">County </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">First-place candidate </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">First-place candidate votes (%) </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Second-place candidate </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Second-place candidate votes (%) </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Third-place candidate </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Third-place candidate votes (%) </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Margin of victory (%) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Gloucester_County,_New_Jersey" title="Gloucester County, New Jersey">Gloucester County</a></td> <td><a href="/Jack_Ciattarelli" title="Jack Ciattarelli">Jack Ciattarelli</a></td> <td>34.4%</td> <td><a href="/Kim_Guadagno" title="Kim Guadagno">Kim Guadagno</a></td> <td>34.2%</td> <td><a href="/Steve_Rogers" title="Steve Rogers">Steve Rogers</a></td> <td>12.4%</td> <td><b>0.2%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Salem_County,_New_Jersey" title="Salem County, New Jersey">Salem County</a></td> <td><a href="/Jack_Ciattarelli" title="Jack Ciattarelli">Jack Ciattarelli</a></td> <td>37.5%</td> <td><a href="/Kim_Guadagno" title="Kim Guadagno">Kim Guadagno</a></td> <td>31.0%</td> <td><a href="/Joseph_Rudy_Rullo" title="Joseph Rudy Rullo">Joseph Rudy Rullo</a></td> <td>13.8%</td> <td><b>6.5%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Average across pivot counties</td> <td><a href="/Jack_Ciattarelli" title="Jack Ciattarelli">Jack Ciattarelli</a></td> <td>36.0%</td> <td><a href="/Kim_Guadagno" title="Kim Guadagno">Kim Guadagno</a></td> <td>32.6%</td> <td><a href="/Joseph_Rudy_Rullo" title="Joseph Rudy Rullo">Joseph Rudy Rullo</a></td> <td>11.9%</td> <td><b>3.4%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Statewide results</b></td> <td><a href="/Kim_Guadagno" title="Kim Guadagno">Kim Guadagno</a></td> <td>46.7%</td> <td><a href="/Jack_Ciattarelli" title="Jack Ciattarelli">Jack Ciattarelli</a></td> <td>31.0%</td> <td><a href="/Hirsh_Singh" title="Hirsh Singh">Hirsh Singh</a></td> <td>9.7%</td> <td><b>15.7%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="background:none; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color:#0B439E; color: white;"><i>Governor of Virginia (Democratic primary) - pivot counties, 2017</i> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">County </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">First-place candidate </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">First-place candidate votes (%) </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Second-place candidate </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Second-place candidate votes (%) </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Margin of victory (%) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Buckingham_County,_Virginia" title="Buckingham County, Virginia">Buckingham County</a></td> <td><a href="/Tom_Perriello" title="Tom Perriello">Tom Perriello</a></td> <td>73.14%</td> <td><a href="/Ralph_Northam" title="Ralph Northam">Ralph Northam</a></td> <td>26.86%</td> <td><b>46.28%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Caroline_County,_Virginia" title="Caroline County, Virginia">Caroline County</a></td> <td><a href="/Ralph_Northam" title="Ralph Northam">Ralph Northam</a></td> <td>51.86%</td> <td><a href="/Tom_Perriello" title="Tom Perriello">Tom Perriello</a></td> <td>48.14%</td> <td><b>3.72%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Essex_County,_Virginia" title="Essex County, Virginia">Essex County</a></td> <td><a href="/Ralph_Northam" title="Ralph Northam">Ralph Northam</a></td> <td>64.05%</td> <td><a href="/Tom_Perriello" title="Tom Perriello">Tom Perriello</a></td> <td>35.95%</td> <td><b>28.10%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Nelson_County,_Virginia" title="Nelson County, Virginia">Nelson County</a></td> <td><a href="/Tom_Perriello" title="Tom Perriello">Tom Perriello</a></td> <td>90.81%</td> <td><a href="/Ralph_Northam" title="Ralph Northam">Ralph Northam</a></td> <td>9.19%</td> <td><b>81.62%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Westmoreland_County,_Virginia" title="Westmoreland County, Virginia">Westmoreland County</a></td> <td><a href="/Ralph_Northam" title="Ralph Northam">Ralph Northam</a></td> <td>61.08%</td> <td><a href="/Tom_Perriello" title="Tom Perriello">Tom Perriello</a></td> <td>38.92%</td> <td><b>22.16%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Average across pivot counties</td> <td><a href="/Tom_Perriello" title="Tom Perriello">Tom Perriello</a></td> <td>57.39%</td> <td><a href="/Ralph_Northam" title="Ralph Northam">Ralph Northam</a></td> <td>42.61%</td> <td><b>14.78%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Statewide results</b></td> <td><a href="/Ralph_Northam" title="Ralph Northam">Ralph Northam</a></td> <td>55.92%</td> <td><a href="/Tom_Perriello" title="Tom Perriello">Tom Perriello</a></td> <td>44.08%</td> <td><b>11.84%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="background:none; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="8" style="background-color:#9E0B0B; color: white;"><i>Governor of Virginia (Republican primary) - pivot counties, 2017</i> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">County </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">First-place candidate </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">First-place candidate votes (%) </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Second-place candidate </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Second-place candidate votes (%) </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Third-place candidate </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Third-place candidate votes (%) </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Margin of victory (%) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Buckingham_County,_Virginia" title="Buckingham County, Virginia">Buckingham County</a></td> <td><a href="/Corey_Stewart" title="Corey Stewart">Corey Stewart</a></td> <td>50.41%</td> <td><a href="/Ed_Gillespie" title="Ed Gillespie">Ed Gillespie</a></td> <td>43.38%</td> <td><a href="/Frank_Wagner" title="Frank Wagner">Frank Wagner</a></td> <td>6.21%</td> <td><b>6.93%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Caroline_County,_Virginia" title="Caroline County, Virginia">Caroline County</a></td> <td><a href="/Ed_Gillespie" title="Ed Gillespie">Ed Gillespie</a></td> <td>48.66%</td> <td><a href="/Corey_Stewart" title="Corey Stewart">Corey Stewart</a></td> <td>45.60%</td> <td><a href="/Frank_Wagner" title="Frank Wagner">Frank Wagner</a></td> <td>5.75%</td> <td><b>3.06%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Essex_County,_Virginia" title="Essex County, Virginia">Essex County</a></td> <td><a href="/Ed_Gillespie" title="Ed Gillespie">Ed Gillespie</a></td> <td>52.30%</td> <td><a href="/Corey_Stewart" title="Corey Stewart">Corey Stewart</a></td> <td>39.92%</td> <td><a href="/Frank_Wagner" title="Frank Wagner">Frank Wagner</a></td> <td>7.78%</td> <td><b>12.38</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Nelson_County,_Virginia" title="Nelson County, Virginia">Nelson County</a></td> <td><a href="/Corey_Stewart" title="Corey Stewart">Corey Stewart</a></td> <td>54.38%</td> <td><a href="/Ed_Gillespie" title="Ed Gillespie">Ed Gillespie</a></td> <td>35.71%</td> <td><a href="/Frank_Wagner" title="Frank Wagner">Frank Wagner</a></td> <td>9.91%</td> <td><b>18.67%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Westmoreland_County,_Virginia" title="Westmoreland County, Virginia">Westmoreland County</a></td> <td><a href="/Ed_Gillespie" title="Ed Gillespie">Ed Gillespie</a></td> <td>44.09%</td> <td><a href="/Corey_Stewart" title="Corey Stewart">Corey Stewart</a></td> <td>43.42%</td> <td><a href="/Frank_Wagner" title="Frank Wagner">Frank Wagner</a></td> <td>12.49%</td> <td><b>0.67%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Average across pivot counties</td> <td><a href="/Corey_Stewart" title="Corey Stewart">Corey Stewart</a></td> <td>46.75%</td> <td><a href="/Ed_Gillespie" title="Ed Gillespie">Ed Gillespie</a></td> <td>44.83%</td> <td><a href="/Frank_Wagner" title="Frank Wagner">Frank Wagner</a></td> <td>8.43%</td> <td><b>1.92%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Statewide results</b></td> <td><a href="/Ed_Gillespie" title="Ed Gillespie">Ed Gillespie</a></td> <td>43.74%</td> <td><a href="/Corey_Stewart" title="Corey Stewart">Corey Stewart</a></td> <td>42.50%</td> <td><a href="/Frank_Wagner" title="Frank Wagner">Frank Wagner</a></td> <td>13.75%</td> <td><b>1.24%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Party_control_in_New_Jersey_and_Virginia">Party control in New Jersey and Virginia</span></h3> <p>Between 1992 and 2017, both major parties have held trifecta control of <a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> and <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>. During that period, <a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> has spent six years under a <a href="/State_government_trifectas" title="State government trifectas">Democratic trifecta</a>, eight years under a <a href="/State_government_trifectas" title="State government trifectas">Republican trifecta</a>, and 12 years under <a href="/State_government_trifectas" title="State government trifectas">divided government</a>. In comparison, <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> has spent two years under a <a href="/State_government_trifectas" title="State government trifectas">Democratic trifecta</a>, four years under a <a href="/State_government_trifecta" class="mw-redirect" title="State government trifecta">Republican trifecta</a>, and 20 years under <a href="/State_government_trifectas" title="State government trifectas">divided government</a>. Heading into the 2017 elections, both states were under divided government. <a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> had held this status since <a href="/Chris_Christie_(New_Jersey)" title="Chris Christie (New Jersey)">Chris Christie</a> was sworn into office in 2010, ending a six-year Democratic trifecta. <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> had held this status since <a href="/Terry_McAuliffe" title="Terry McAuliffe">Terry McAuliffe</a> was sworn into office in 2014, ending a two-year Republican trifecta. In addition, the office of governor tended to alternate control in both states. No single party has controlled the governor's mansion for more than eight years since 1970 in New Jersey and 1994 in Virginia. </p><p>In <a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, the <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> victory replaced the state's <a href="/State_government_triplexes" title="State government triplexes">Republican triplex</a> with a Democratic triplex, since the <a href="/Governor_of_New_Jersey" title="Governor of New Jersey">governor of New Jersey</a> has the power to appoint the <a href="/Attorney_General_of_New_Jersey" title="Attorney General of New Jersey">attorney general</a> and <a href="/Secretary_of_State_of_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State of New Jersey">secretary of state</a>. Likewise, in Virginia, a <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> victory would have ended the state's <a href="/State_government_triplexes" title="State government triplexes">Democratic triplex</a>. If this was paired with a Republican victory in the <a href="/Virginia_attorney_general_election,_2017" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia attorney general election, 2017">attorney general election</a>, then Virginia would have become a Republican triplex, since the <a href="/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">governor of Virginia</a> has the power to appoint the <a href="/Secretary_of_State_of_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State of Virginia">secretary of state</a>. </p> <center> <p><big><b>New Jersey Party Control: 1992-2025</b></big><br /> <small><b><span style="color:blue">Fourteen years of Democratic trifectas</span>  •  <span style="color:crimson">Eight years of Republican trifectas</span></b></small> <br /><small><i>Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.</i></small> </p> <div style="overflow-x: auto;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:auto; text-align:center; clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">Year </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">92 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">93 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">94 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">95 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">96 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">97 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">98 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">99 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">00 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">01 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">02 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">03 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">04 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">05 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">06 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">07 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">08 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">09 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">10 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">11 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">12 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">13 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">14 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">15 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">16 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">17 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">18 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">19 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">20 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">21 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">22 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">23 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">24 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">25 </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/Governor_of_New_Jersey" title="Governor of New Jersey">Governor</a></b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/New_Jersey_State_Senate" title="New Jersey State Senate">Senate</a></b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="color:black" align="center"><b>S</b></td> <td style="color:black" align="center"><b>S</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/New_Jersey_General_Assembly" title="New Jersey General Assembly">Assembly</a></b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </center> <center> <p><big><b>Virginia Party Control: 1992-2025</b></big><br /> <small><b><span style="color:blue">Four years of Democratic trifectas</span>  •  <span style="color:crimson">Four years of Republican trifectas</span></b></small> <br /><small><i>Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.</i></small> </p> <div style="overflow-x: auto;"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:auto; text-align:center; clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">Year </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">92 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">93 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">94 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">95 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">96 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">97 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">98 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">99 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">00 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">01 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">02 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">03 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">04 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">05 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">06 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">07 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">08 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">09 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">10 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">11 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">12 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">13 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">14 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">15 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">16 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">17 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">18 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">19 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">20 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">21 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">22 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">23 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">24 </th> <th colspan="1" style="background-color:black; color: white;">25 </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor</a></b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/Virginia_State_Senate" title="Virginia State Senate">Senate</a></b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="color:black" align="center">S</td> <td style="color:black" align="center">S</td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="Virginia House of Delegates">House</a></b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="color:black" align="center">S</td> <td style="color:black" align="center">S</td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #c44; color: white" align="center"><b>R</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b></td> <td style="background: #44c; color: white" align="center"><b>D</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </center> <p><br /> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Primary_elections">Primary elections</span></h3> <dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/New_Jersey_gubernatorial_primary_election,_2017" title="New Jersey gubernatorial primary election, 2017">New Jersey gubernatorial primary election, 2017</a></i> and <i><a href="/Virginia_gubernatorial_primary_election,_2017" title="Virginia gubernatorial primary election, 2017">Virginia gubernatorial primary election, 2017</a></i></dd></dl> <p>Both <a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> and <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> held gubernatorial primary elections in June 2017. In both states, the sitting governor's party saw fewer candidates running in the primary. In New Jersey, there were five <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> candidates to six <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> candidates while in Virginia there were two <a href="/Democratic" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic">Democratic</a> candidates to three <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a> candidates. The <a href="/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> primary elections were decided by wider margins of victory than those in <a href="/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>. While <a href="/Phil_Murphy_(New_Jersey)" title="Phil Murphy (New Jersey)">Phil Murphy</a> secured a 26.5 percent margin of victory and <a href="/Kim_Guadagno" title="Kim Guadagno">Kim Guadagno</a> won her primary by a 15.7 percent margin, in Virginia <a href="/Ralph_Northam" title="Ralph Northam">Ralph Northam</a> won with an 11.8 percent margin of victory while <a href="/Ed_Gillespie" title="Ed Gillespie">Ed Gillespie</a> won by a 1.2 percent margin. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="background:none; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color:#0B439E; color: white;"><i>Governor of New Jersey and Virginia (Democratic primary) - 2017</i> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Virginia<br />Candidate </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Virginia<br />Votes </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Virginia<br />Votes (%) </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">New Jersey<br />Candidate </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">New Jersey<br />Votes </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">New Jersey<br />Votes (%) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a> <b><a href="/Ralph_Northam" title="Ralph Northam">Ralph Northam</a></b></td> <td>303,541</td> <td>55.90%</td> <td><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a> <b><a href="/Phil_Murphy_(New_Jersey)" title="Phil Murphy (New Jersey)">Phil Murphy</a></b></td> <td>243,643</td> <td>48.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Tom_Perriello" title="Tom Perriello">Tom Perriello</a></td> <td>239,505</td> <td>44.10%</td> <td><a href="/Jim_Johnson_(New_Jersey)" title="Jim Johnson (New Jersey)">Jim Johnson</a></td> <td>110,250</td> <td>21.91% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/John_Wisniewski" title="John Wisniewski">John Wisniewski</a></td> <td>108,532</td> <td>21.57% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/Ray_Lesniak" class="mw-redirect" title="Ray Lesniak">Ray Lesniak</a></td> <td>24,318</td> <td>4.83% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/Bill_Brennan" title="Bill Brennan">Bill Brennan</a></td> <td>11,263</td> <td>2.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/Mark_Zinna" title="Mark Zinna">Mark Zinna</a></td> <td>5,213</td> <td>1.04% </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="background:none; text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color:#9E0B0B; color: white;"><i>Governor of New Jersey and Virginia (Republican primary) - 2017</i> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Virginia<br />Candidate </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Virginia<br />Votes </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">Virginia<br />Votes (%) </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">New Jersey<br />Candidate </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">New Jersey<br />Votes </th> <th style="background-color:#444; color: white;">New Jersey<br />Votes (%) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a> <b><a href="/Ed_Gillespie" title="Ed Gillespie">Ed Gillespie</a></b></td> <td>160,100</td> <td>43.71%</td> <td><a href="/Won" title="Won"><img alt="Green check mark transparent.png" src="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/14px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png" width="14" height="14" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/21px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 1.5x, https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/thumb/0/0a/Green_check_mark_transparent.png/28px-Green_check_mark_transparent.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a> <b><a href="/Kim_Guadagno" title="Kim Guadagno">Kim Guadagno</a></b></td> <td>113,846</td> <td>46.82% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Corey_Stewart" title="Corey Stewart">Corey Stewart</a></td> <td>155,780</td> <td>42.53%</td> <td><a href="/Jack_Ciattarelli" title="Jack Ciattarelli">Jack Ciattarelli</a></td> <td>75,556</td> <td>31.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/Frank_Wagner" title="Frank Wagner">Frank Wagner</a></td> <td>50,394</td> <td>13.76%</td> <td><a href="/Hirsh_Singh" title="Hirsh Singh">Hirsh Singh</a></td> <td>23,728</td> <td>9.76% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/Joseph_Rudy_Rullo" title="Joseph Rudy Rullo">Joseph Rudy Rullo</a></td> <td>15,816</td> <td>6.51% </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/Steve_Rogers" title="Steve Rogers">Steve Rogers</a></td> <td>14,187</td> <td>5.84% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0"); 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