1892 New Jersey gubernatorial election
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1892 New Jersey gubernatorial election
| country = New Jersey
| type = Presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1889 New Jersey gubernatorial election
| previous_year = 1889
| next_election = 1895 New Jersey gubernatorial election
| next_year = 1895
| election_date = November 8, 1892
| image1 = George Theodore Werts (cropped).jpg
| nominee1 = George Theodore Werts
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = 167,257
| percentage1 = 49.6%
| image2 = John Kean (c. 1895).jpg
| nominee2 = John Kean
| party2 = Republican Party (United States)
| popular_vote2 = 159,632
| percentage2 = 47.4%
| map_image = 1892 New Jersey gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
| map_size = 280px
| map_caption = County results
Werts: {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}}
Kean: {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50-60%}}
| title = Governor
| before_election = Leon Abbett
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = George Theodore Werts
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
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The 1892 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1892. Democratic nominee George Theodore Werts defeated Republican nominee John Kean with 49.65% of the vote.
This was the ninth consecutive Democratic gubernatorial victory, the party's longest in history.
General election
=Candidates=
- Benjamin Bird, (Populist)
- John Kean, chair of the New Jersey Republican Party and former U.S. Representative (Republican)
- George B. Keim, (Socialist Labor)
- Thomas J. Kennedy, (Prohibition)
- George Theodore Werts, State Senator for Morris County and President of the New Jersey Senate (Democratic)
=Results=
{{Election box begin | title=New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1892{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9CZECwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1715 |title=Guide to U.S. Elections |date= 24 December 2015|isbn=9781483380353 |access-date=2016-01-25|last1=Kalb |first1=Deborah |publisher=CQ Press }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = George Theodore Werts
| votes = 167,257
| percentage = 49.65%
| change = {{decrease}} 1.72
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = John Kean
| votes = 159,632
| percentage = 47.39%
| change = {{increase}} 1.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Prohibition Party
| candidate = Thomas J. Kennedy
| votes = 7,750
| percentage = 2.30%
| change = {{decrease}} 0.25
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Socialist Labor Party of America
| candidate = George B. Keim
| votes = 1,338
| percentage = 0.40%
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| party = Populist Party (United States)
| candidate = Benjamin Bird
| votes = 894
| percentage = 0.27%
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
| votes =
| percentage =
| change =
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{{Election box total|
| votes = 336,871
| percentage = 100.00%
| change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
| loser =
| swing =
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{{Election box end}}