| County | Turnout | Robert Meyner (D) |
Paul Troast (R) |
Clendenin Ryan (Independent Voters) |
Henry Krajewski (Jersey Veterans Bonus) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County data not available. | |||||||||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 50% | 962,710 | 53.2% | 809,068 | 44.7% | 23,271 | 1.3% | 12,881 | 0.7% | 2,882 | 0.2% | 153,642 | 1,810,812 | ||||||
| Total R vote: 809,068 (44.7%) Total D vote: 962,710 (53.2%) Total Other vote: 39,034 (2.2%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
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Other candidates included: Albert Ronis (Socialist Labor), 2,882 votes |
| Republican Primary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 1 | Paul Troast | 218,826 | 51.6% |
| 2 | Malcolm Forbes | 166,364 | 39.2% |
| 3 | Kenneth Hand | 15,373 | 3.6% |
| 4 | Alvin Van Schoick | 7,504 | 1.8% |
| 5 | Frederick Richardson | 6,255 | 1.5% |
| 6 | Fred Shepard | 6,229 | 1.5% |
| 7 | Charles Klein | 3,627 | 0.9% |
| TOTAL VOTES | 424,178 | ||
| Democrat Primary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 1 | Robert Meyner | 107,801 | 45.7% |
| 2 | Elmer Wene | 106,216 | 45.0% |
| 3 | Allie Ormsby | 17,161 | 7.3% |
| 4 | John Winberry | 4,828 | 2.0% |
| TOTAL VOTES | 236,006 | ||