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.

Republican primary

Candidates

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

Withdrew

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

General election

Candidates

John J. Ballam, founder of the Communist Party and trade union organizer
David Baird Jr., former interim U.S. Senator
Owen M. Bruner
John C. Butterworth
Edmund R. Halsey
John A. Kelly
A. Harry Moore, former governor
Herman F. Niessner