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Republican Governor-elect Chris Christie greets supporters on election night at his headquarters in Parsippany, New Jersey. Republican Chris Christie has been elected the next governor of New Jersey, defeating Democrat Jon Corzine to become the first member of his party elected to statewide office in the Garden State in 12 years. Christie won with 49 percent of the vote to Corzine's 44 percent.
Langlie and Daniel J. Evans are the state's only three term governors. Populist Party candidate John Rankin Rogers is the only non-Democratic or Republican nominee to win office. The current governor is Jay Inslee, who took office on January 16, 2013; his term will expire in January 2017.