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| Turnout | 74% of eligible voters ( 4 pp)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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 County results Meyner: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Forbes: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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The1957 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1957. IncumbentDemocratRobert B. Meyner defeatedRepublican nomineeMalcolm Forbes with 54.55% of the vote. This was the first time in the state's history that a governor was elected to two four-year terms.
Primary elections were held on April 16, 1957.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Robert B. Meyner (incumbent) | 192,657 | 100.00 | |
| Total votes | 192,657 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Malcolm Forbes | 216,677 | 63.72 | |
| Republican | Wayne Dumont | 123,350 | 36.28 | |
| Total votes | 340,027 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Robert B. Meyner (incumbent) | 1,101,130 | 54.55% | 1.38 | |
| Republican | Malcolm Forbes | 897,321 | 44.46% |  0.22 | |
| Socialist Labor | Albert Ronis | 6,306 | 0.31% | 0.15 | |
| Independent | Henry B. Krajewski | 6,256 | 0.31% | 0.40 | |
| Conservative | Winifred O. Perry | 5,949 | 0.30% | N/A | |
| Independent | Anthony D. Scipio | 1,526 | 0.08% | N/A | |
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| County | Meyner votes | Meyner % | Forbes votes | Forbes % | Other votes | Other % |
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| Atlantic | 26,223 | 45.62% | 30,841 | 53.65% | 421 | 0.73% |
| Bergen | 132,805 | 47.32% | 146,305 | 52.13% | 1,529 | 0.54% |
| Burlington | 30,175 | 56.28% | 23,397 | 43.64% | 41 | 0.08% |
| Camden | 74,576 | 60.68% | 47,884 | 38.96% | 446 | 0.36% |
| Cape May | 8,349 | 41.13% | 11,127 | 58.77% | 20 | 0.1% |
| Cumberland | 19,520 | 58.76% | 13,663 | 41.13% | 37 | 0.11% |
| Essex | 160,887 | 54.68% | 127,436 | 43.31% | 5,934 | 2.02% |
| Gloucester | 23,297 | 55.02% | 19,012 | 44.9% | 30 | 0.07% |
| Hudson | 144,388 | 58.05% | 101,489 | 40.81% | 2,835 | 1.14% |
| Hunterdon | 9,208 | 49.58% | 9,310 | 50.13% | 54 | 0.29% |
| Mercer | 56,881 | 66.16% | 26,682 | 33.36% | 413 | 0.48% |
| Middlesex | 50,243 | 62.83% | 28,682 | 35.87% | 1,045 | 1.31% |
| Monmouth | 47,664 | 49.81% | 47,520 | 49.66% | 499 | 0.52% |
| Morris | 34,040 | 43.95% | 43,110 | 55.65% | 310 | 0.4% |
| Ocean | 14,257 | 43.87% | 18,185 | 56.0% | 44 | 0.14% |
| Passaic | 75,643 | 55.19% | 57,217 | 41.75% | 4,192 | 3.06% |
| Salem | 11,968 | 61.24% | 7,552 | 38.64% | 23 | 0.12% |
| Somerset | 24,802 | 54.1% | 20,844 | 45.47% | 200 | 0.44% |
| Sussex | 8,057 | 46.03% | 9,440 | 53.93% | 8 | 0.05% |
| Union | 94,430 | 55.16% | 74,851 | 43.72% | 1,911 | 1.12% |
| Warren | 15,716 | 64.31% | 8,411 | 35.64% | 10 | 0.04% |
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