1989 New Jersey gubernatorial election
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The 1989 New Jersey gubernatorial election was a statewide contest in which voters chose the governor of New Jersey for a four-year term, shaping the state's political leadership heading into the early 1990s.
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | gubernatorial election ⓘ |
| campaignIssue |
crime
ⓘ
education policy ⓘ state budget ⓘ state taxes ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decade | 1980s ⓘ |
| electedGovernor | Jim Florio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electedLieutenantGovernor | none (office not yet created) ⓘ |
| electionDate | 1989-11-07 ⓘ |
| electionType | general election ⓘ |
| electorate | registered voters of New Jersey ⓘ |
| governorNumber | Jim Florio became the 49th Governor of New Jersey ⓘ |
| governorTermEndYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| incumbentGovernor | Thomas Kean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| incumbentParty | Republican Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| incumbentRanForReelection | no ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New Jersey, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey
|
| losingCandidate | Jim Courter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorPartyCandidate |
Jim Courter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jim Florio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextElection | 1993 New Jersey gubernatorial election ⓘ |
| officeContestedJurisdiction | State of New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeStartDate | 1990-01-16 ⓘ |
| partOf |
1989 United States elections
ⓘ
New Jersey gubernatorial elections NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionContested | Governor of New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousElection | 1985 New Jersey gubernatorial election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonIncumbentDidNotRun | term-limited ⓘ |
| resultedIn | Democratic control of New Jersey governorship ⓘ |
| termLength | 4 years ⓘ |
| tookOfficeAsResult | Jim Florio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| votingSystem | first-past-the-post ⓘ |
| winner | Jim Florio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerPartyShiftRelativeToIncumbent | party change from Republican to Democratic ⓘ |
| winningCandidate | Jim Florio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winningParty | Democratic Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.