Jon S. Corzine won with 50.1% of the vote (1,511,237 votes), ahead of Bob Franks with 47.1% (1,420,267 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 3.0 percentage points (90,970 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 3.0 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 7.1 points toward Republicans.
3,015,662 votes were counted in this race, for 11 candidates or options.
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