The 1931 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1931. Democratic nominee

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defeated

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nominee

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with 57.82% of the vote.

Republican primary

Candidates

, former interim U.S. Senator

Withdrew

* Robert Carey, Jersey City judge and candidate for governor in 1928

General election

Candidates

* John J. Ballam, founder of the Communist Party and trade union organizer (Communist) *

, former interim U.S. Senator (Republican) *Owen M. Bruner (Prohibition) *John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) *Edmund R. Halsey (independent) *John A. Kelly (Taxpayers) *

, former governor (Democratic) *Herman F. Niessner (Socialist)

Results

References

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November 1931 events