Incumbent Senator Cory Booker has been projected to defeat Republican challenger Justin Murphy in the race for New Jersey’s U.S. Senate seat. The victory, announced early Nov 4 by projection networks, ensures the state’s position in the upper house of Congress will remain with the Democratic Party.
Vote tallies reported during the Nov 3 general election showed a lead for the Democrats that reached 560,000 votes, or a margin of 22 percentage points, by 6 p.m. Total ballots across all categories reached 2,310,396 by the end of the day, with Democrats receiving 50.5% of the vote compared to 27.5% for Republicans.