The 1984 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Democrat Bill Bradley defeated Republican nominee Mary V. Mochary with 64.16% of the vote, winning every county in the state.

To date, this is the most recent time Hunterdon, Sussex, and Warren counties were won by a Democrat in a statewide election. This is the first election since 1888 that a Democrat was re-elected to this seat, and the first time ever that they were popularly re-elected to this seat.

Primary elections Primary elections were held on June 5, 1984.

Democratic primary

Candidates Bill Bradley, incumbent U.S. Senator Elliot Greenspan, perennial candidate

Results

Republican primary

Candidates Mary V. Mochary, Mayor of Montclair Robert J. Morris, anti-communist activist

Results

General election

Candidates Bill Bradley, incumbent Senator since 1979 (Democratic) Jasper C. Gould (Independent) James T. Hagen (Independent) Harold F. Leiendecker (Libertarian) Jules Levin (Socialist Labor) Mary V. Mochary, mayor of Montclair (Republican) Priscilla Schenk (Socialist Workers)

Campaign Mochary was forced to suspend her campaign in October due to her husband's life-threatening illness. She traveled with her husband to Stanford, California for an experimental heart transplant.

Results

Results by county County Bradley votes Bradley % Mochary votes Mochary % Other votes Other %Atlantic 47,478 60.9% 29,447 37.8% 1,020 1.3%Bergen262,694 63.6% 148,080 35.9% 2,015 0.5%Burlington89,46363.5% 50,653 36.0% 737 0.4%Camden137,82768.1% 60,581 31.3% 1,234 0.6%Cape May21,85954.1% 18,365 45.4% 209 0.6%Cumberland 29,520 61.0% 17,738 36.7% 1,097 2.3%Essex219,90273.4% 76,179 25.4% 3,530 1.1%Gloucester56,072 64.8% 30,096 34.8% 421 0.5%Hudson137,352 68.6% 60,844 30.4% 1,978 0.9%Hunterdon20,864 53.1% 17,839 45.4%6111.5%Mercer94,78272.0% 35,745 27.2% 1,036 0.8%Middlesex172,478 66.4% 83,617 32.2% 3,699 1.4%Monmouth142,08463.4% 80,09335.7%1,9140.8%Morris106,67857.5% 77,683 41.9% 1,154 0.6%Ocean94,076 54.7% 75,923 44.1%2,0331.2%Passaic101,217 62.0% 59,468 36.4% 2,606 1.6%Salem15,90060.7% 10,099 38.5% 207 0.8%Somerset55,75758.0% 38,862 40.4% 1,562 1.6%Sussex25,334 53.8% 21,494 45.6% 264 0.5%Union142,320 65.0% 74,446 34.0% 2,102 0.9%Warren18,987 58.4% 13,248 40.7% 283 0.9%

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Hunterdon Morris Ocean Somerset Sussex Cape May

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