The 1919 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1919. Democratic nominee Edward I. Edwards defeated Republican nominee Newton A.K. Bugbee with 49.20% of the vote.
Republican primary Candidates Newton A.K. Bugbee, New Jersey comptroller and former chair of the New Jersey Republican Party Warren C. King, businessman and president of the New Jersey Manufacturers' Council Thomas Lynch Raymond, former mayor of Newark William N. Runyon, state senator from Union County and acting governor
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Democratic primary Candidates Edward I. Edwards, state senator from Hudson County and former New Jersey comptroller Frank M. McDermitt, attorney and perennial candidate from Newark James R. Nugent, city counsel for Newark, chair of the Essex County Democratic organization, and former chair of the New Jersey Democratic Party
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General election Candidates Newton A.K. Bugbee, New Jersey comptroller and former chair of the New Jersey Republican Party (Republican) John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor) Mark M. Denterfass (Single Tax) Edward I. Edwards, state senator from Hudson County and former New Jersey comptroller (Democratic) Albert Farr (Socialist) Charles E. Lane (Prohibition)
Withdrew
Fillmore Condit, former Essex County freeholder"Prohibitionists Looking to Lane," Asbury Park Press, October 14, 1919, page 2. (Anti-Saloon League) (endorsed Bugbee)
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