1931 New Jersey gubernatorial election

The 1931 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1931. Democratic nominee A. Harry Moore defeated Republican nominee David Baird Jr. with 57.82% of the vote.

Candidates

 * David Baird Jr., former interim U.S. Senator

Withdrew

 * Robert Carey, Jersey City judge and candidate for governor in 1928

Candidates

 * John J. Ballam, founder of the Communist Party and trade union organizer (Communist)
 * David Baird Jr., former interim U.S. Senator (Republican)
 * Owen M. Bruner (Prohibition)
 * John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor)
 * Edmund R. Halsey (independent)
 * John A. Kelly (Taxpayers)
 * A. Harry Moore, former governor (Democratic)
 * Herman F. Niessner (Socialist)