Английская Википедия:2017 New Jersey elections

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:ElectionsNJ A general election was held in the U.S. state of New Jersey on November 7, 2017. Primary elections were held on June 6. All elected offices at the state level were on the ballot in this election cycle, including Governor and Lieutenant Governor for four-year terms, all 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly for two-year terms, and all 40 seats in the State Senate for four-year terms. In addition to the gubernatorial and State Legislative elections, numerous county offices and Freeholders in addition to municipal offices were up for election. There were two statewide ballot questions and some counties and municipalities also had a local ballot question. Non-partisan local elections, some school board elections, and some fire district elections were also held throughout the year.

Legislature

State Senate

All 40 seats of the New Jersey Senate were up for election. Prior to the elections, Democrats held a 24–16 majority in the upper house. Democrats picked up an open seat in District 7 and defeated a Republican incumbent in District 11, while Republicans defeated an appointed Democratic incumbent in District 2. Overall, this resulted in Democrats having a net gain of one seat, increasing their majority to 25–15.

Overall results

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25	15
Democratic	Republican

Parties		Candidates	Seats				Popular Vote
			2013	2017	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
Шаблон:Party color cell	Democratic	40	align=right Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 24	align=right Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 25	Шаблон:Increase1	align=right Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 63%	align=right Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 1,177,295	align=right Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 59.1%	Шаблон:Increase11.7%
Шаблон:Party color cell	Republican	37	16	15	Шаблон:Decrease1	38%	810,543	40.7%	Шаблон:Decrease11.4%
Шаблон:Party color cell	Green	1	0	0	Шаблон:Steady	0%	1,306	0.1%	N/A
Шаблон:Party color cell	Libertarian	1	0	0	Шаблон:Steady	0%	574	0.03%	Шаблон:Decrease0.02%
Шаблон:Party color cell	Independent	4	0	0	Шаблон:Steady	0%	2,545	0.1%	Шаблон:Decrease0.4%
Total		83	40	40	0	100.0%	1,992,263	100.0%	-

General Assembly

All 80 seats of the New Jersey General Assembly were up for election. Prior to the elections, Democrats held a 52–28 majority in the lower house. Overall, the Democrats increased their majority by 2 to a supermajority at 54–26, thanks to holding all their seats as well as picking up open seats in District 2 and District 16.

Overall results

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54	26
Democratic	Republican

Parties		Candidates	Seats				Popular Vote
			2015	2017	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
Шаблон:Party color cell	Democratic	80	align=right Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 52	align=right Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 54	Шаблон:Increase2	align=right Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 68%	align=right Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 2,266,879	align=right Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic | 58.1%	Шаблон:Increase4.8%
Шаблон:Party color cell	Republican	78	28	26	Шаблон:Decrease2	33%	1,613,865	41.4%	Шаблон:Decrease4.5%
Шаблон:Party color cell	Green	4	0	0	Шаблон:Steady	0%	4,828	0.1%	Шаблон:Decrease0.3%
Шаблон:Party color cell	Libertarian	4	0	0	Шаблон:Steady	0%	2,804	0.1%	Шаблон:Steady0.0%
Шаблон:Party color cell	Solidarity	1	0	0	Шаблон:Steady	0%	821	0.02%	N/A
Шаблон:Party color cell	Independent	14	0	0	Шаблон:Steady	0%	13,537	0.3%	Шаблон:Steady0.0%
Total		181	80	80	0	100.0%	3,902,734	100.0%	-

Ballot measures

Two statewide questions were on the ballot. Both were approved by voters:

• Public Question Number 1, a bond measure that would borrow $125 million to fund capital projects for public libraries.
• Public Question Number 2, a constitutional amendment that would require money collected from environmental contamination lawsuits to be used for cleanup and restoration efforts.

Polling

Question 1

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Yes Шаблон:Aye	No Шаблон:Nay	Undecided
Stockton University	October 18–24, 2017	525 LV	± 4.3%	align="center" Шаблон:Party shading/Green |56%	39%	5%
Stockton University	October 4–12, 2017	585 LV	± 4.1%	align="center" Шаблон:Party shading/Green |48%	45%	6%

Question 2

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Yes Шаблон:Aye	No Шаблон:Nay	Undecided
Stockton University	October 18–24, 2017	525 LV	± 4.3%	align="center" Шаблон:Party shading/Green |87%	9%	4%
Stockton University	October 4–12, 2017	585 LV	± 4.1%	align="center" Шаблон:Party shading/Green |79%	13%	8%

Results

Question 1

Choice	Votes	%
Yes Шаблон:Aye	970,334	60.03
No Шаблон:Nay	646,110	39.97
Total votes	1,616,444	100

Question 2

Choice	Votes	%
Yes Шаблон:Aye	1,093,448	69.02
No Шаблон:Nay	490,763	30.98
Total votes	1,584,211	100