New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety - Division of Elections

2001 Governor Election Primary Filing Deadline: 4/12/01, Filing Deadline for Third Party / independent candidates 6/26/01, Primary: 6/26/01,
Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties
Governor, 47% in '97, Christine Todd Whitman (R) appointed to EPA Director St. Sen. Pres. / acting Governor Donald T. DiFrancesco (R) not seeking election, St. Sen. John Bennett (R) and St. Sen. Richard Codey (D) served as Acting Governor from 1/8/02 to 1/15/02 State Attorney General John J. Farmer, Jr. (R) served for one hour on 1/7/02 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 50% Democratic, Cook Political Report's overview: Toss Up, Congressional Quarterly Ranking: No Clear Favorite, Campaign & Election's Odds: 3:2 Republican,
'97 nominee / Woodbridge Mayor James E. "Jim" McGreevey (D) 56.2%	Jersey City Mayor Bret Schundler (R) 42.0%	GOP St. Sen. William E. "Bill" Schluter (I) 1.0%,
		ex-Councilman / '00 Congressional nominee Jerry L. Coleman (G) 0.25%,
		real estate broker Mark Edgerton (L) 0.2%,
		George Watson Jr. (I) 0.1%,
		1998 Congressional nominee Michael W. Koontz (Cns) 0.09,
		2000 Congressional nominee Constantino "Tino" Rozzo (S) 0.07%,
		2000 Congressional nominee Kari J. Sachs (SW) 0.04%,
		Joe Poutre (WI/Looney) 0.0%,

1. Link to Predictions:
Campaign & Election Magazine,
Congressional Quarterly,
The Cook Political Report,
D.C.'s Political Report,

2. Bold indicates incumbent. Yellow district indicates open races. Blue boxes indicates winner. Red boxes indicates change in party control.

3. Key to Party Identification.
(Cns) = New Jersey Conservative Party
(D) = Democratic Party
(G) = Green Party
(I) = independent candidates
(L) = Libertarian Party
(Looney) = Monster Raving Looney Party
(R) = Republican Party
(S) = Socialist Party
(SW) = Socialist Workers Party
(WI) = write in candidate