Ocean County residents gave Republican Jack Ciattarelli a heaping majority vote for New Jersey governor on Tuesday, outpolling Democrat Mikie Sherrill by a vote of 182,177 to 88, 257, with all 418 voting districts reporting. Statewide, however, Sherrill was projected to win by 56% to 43.4% of the vote.

In the 9th Legislative District, Republican incumbents Brian Rumpf and Gregory Myhre each won re-election to the General Assembly by 30,000 votes more than Democrats Lisa Bennett and Rosalee Keech.