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New Jersey General Assembly elections, 2017
All 80 seats in the New Jersey General Assembly; 41 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Democratic hold Democratic gain; Republican hold
Speaker before election; Vincent Prieto; Democratic	Elected Speaker ; Craig Coughlin; Democratic

2017 New Jersey State Senate election
All 40 seats in the New Jersey Senate; 21 seats needed for a majority
	Results by district; Democratic hold Democratic gain; Republican hold Republican gain
Senate President before election; Steve Sweeney; Democratic	Elected Senate President ; Steve Sweeney; Democratic

2017 New Jersey gubernatorial election
Turnout	38.5% (1.1%)
	Murphy: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Guadagno: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% >90%
Governor before election; Chris Christie; Republican	Elected Governor ; Phil Murphy; Democratic

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.

Governor

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

↓
25	15
Democratic	Republican

Parties		Candidates	Seats				Popular Vote
Parties		Candidates	2013	2017	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic	40	24	25	1	63%	1,177,295	59.1%	11.7%
	Republican	37	16	15	1	38%	810,543	40.7%	11.4%
	Green	1	0	0		0%	1,306	0.1%	N/A
	Libertarian	1	0	0		0%	574	0.03%	0.02%
	Independent	4	0	0		0%	2,545	0.1%	0.4%
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

↓
54	26
Democratic	Republican

Parties		Candidates	Seats				Popular Vote
Parties		Candidates	2015	2017	+/-	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic	80	52	54	2	68%	2,266,879	58.1%	4.8%
	Republican	78	28	26	2	33%	1,613,865	41.4%	4.5%
	Green	4	0	0		0%	4,828	0.1%	0.3%
	Libertarian	4	0	0		0%	2,804	0.1%	0.0%
	Solidarity	1	0	0		0%	821	0.02%	N/A
	Independent	14	0	0		0%	13,537	0.3%	0.0%
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.^[2]^[3]
Public Question Number 2, a constitutional amendment that would require money collected from environmental contamination lawsuits to be used for cleanup and restoration efforts.^[4]^[5]