How New Jersey's Democratic primary played out on each candidate's home turf

Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s Democratic superior triumph Tuesday concluded 1 of the much crowded competitory superior fields successful caller memory.

The six-candidate tract for politician included 2 sitting Congress members (Sherrill and Rep. Josh Gottheimer), 2 existent mayors (Newark’s Ras Baraka and Jersey City’s Steven Fulop), 1 erstwhile politician (Montclair’s Sean Spiller) and 1 erstwhile authorities legislator (Steve Sweeney).

Nearly each touted their location advantages arsenic their cardinal to the statewide nomination. With the results adjacent complete, here’s a look astatine however the candidates fared connected their location turf.

Newark

Candidate: Ras Baraka

Result: Baraka +61

Baraka has represented New Jersey’s largest metropolis for much than a decennary arsenic its mayor. Prior to his clip arsenic mayor, the Newark autochthonal served connected the Newark municipal assembly and arsenic a schoolhouse main successful the city. Baraka had a ascendant showing successful his hometown — but the turnout complaint successful Newark was abbreviated of adjacent towns. Overall, Baraka outpaced Sherrill successful Newark 73%-12%.

But successful the remainder of Essex County extracurricular of Newark, Sherrill bushed Baraka 39%-33%.

Jersey City

Candidate: Steven Fulop

Result: Fulop +5

Fulop, similar Baraka, has spent implicit a decennary representing his highly populous city. He spent clip arsenic a subordinate of the Jersey City Council for 8 years earlier that. Fulop spent the run warring Baraka for the progressive statement successful the superior and outpaced him by conscionable 5 points successful his location city.

Bergen County

Candidate: Josh Gottheimer

Result: Gottheimer +14

Gottheimer represents New Jersey’s 5th Congressional District covering parts of Bergen, Sussex and Passaic counties. Bergen County is the astir populous portion and bosom of his district. Gottheimer posted competitory numbers successful Bergen and Sussex but was incapable to gain important enactment extracurricular his location zone.

Montclair

Candidate: Sean Spiller

Result: Sherrill +31

While Spiller is presently the caput of the New Jersey Education Association, the state’s biggest teachers union, helium spent a decennary successful Montclair arsenic a councilman and mayor. Spiller’s clip successful bureau seemingly hasn’t resonated positively with existent residents. Spiller was trounced successful Montclair, acold outpaced by Sherrill — who lives present arsenic well.

Morris County

Candidate: Mikie Sherrill

Result: Sherrill +50

Sherrill hails from Montclair successful Essex County and represents the country successful New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District. But it’s Morris County that makes up much than fractional her district. And the bosom of Sherrill’s legislature constituency is wherever she posted her champion region show of the night.

Gloucester County

Candidate: Steve Sweeney

Result: Sweeney +18

The lone campaigner hailing from South Jersey, Sweeney is simply a longtime person serving arsenic a Gloucester County commissioner and authorities legislator representing the region and its neighbors. His mentation of the superior led with a beardown amusement of unit successful South Jersey.

While helium did amended successful his location county, crossed the 8 counties that comprise South Jersey, Sweeney placed 2nd to Sherrill 28%-21%. In North Jersey, however, Sweeney was past among the six candidates, earning 2% of the vote.