Top 25 Most Expensive Local Races
In New Jersey
| Rank | Location | Year | Type | Amount (Unadjusted) | Amount (in 2014 dollars) |
Key Race |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newark | 2006 | Municipal | $11,437,051 | $13,439,543 | Cory Booker defeats Ronald Rice for mayor. |
| 2 | Newark | 2014 | Municipal | $12,562,933 | $12,562,933 | Ras Baraka defeats Shavar Jeffries for mayor. |
| 3 | Newark | 2002 | Municipal | $8,692,816 | $11,437,916 | Mayor Sharpe James defeats Cory Booker. |
| 4 | Newark | 2010 | Municipal | $9,827,153 | $10,670,090 | Mayor Cory Booker defeats Clifford Minor. |
| 5 | Bergen County | 2002 | County | $7,667,682 | $10,089,055 | Dennis McNerney defeats Henry McNamara for executive. |
| 6 | Jersey City | 2001 | Municipal | $5,655,735 | $7,561,143 | Glenn Cunningham defeats Tom DeGise to become mayor. |
| 7 | Jersey City | 2009 | Municipal | $5,889,743 | $6,500,820 | Mayor Jerramiah Healy defeats Louis Manzo. |
| 8 | Jersey City | 1989 | Municipal | $3,041,000 | $5,803,435 | Gerald McCann defeats Glenn Cunningham for mayor. |
| 9 | Essex County | 1978 | County | $1,514,107 | $5,505,844 | Peter Shapiro defeats Robert Notte for Executive. |
| 10 | Jersey City | 2013 | Municipal | $5,269,015 | $5,354,690 | Steven Fulop defeats Jerramiah Healy for mayor. |
| 11 | Bergen County | 1986 | County | $2,374,662 | $5,128,860 | William McDowell defeats Matthew Feldman for executive. |
| 12 | Newark | 1998 | Municipal | $3,265,789 | $4,746,786 | Mayor Sharpe James defeats Ronald Rice And Mildred Crump. |
| 13 | Essex County | 2002 | County | $3,203,840 | $4,215,579 | Joseph DiVincenzo defeats Thomas Giblin for executive. |
| 14 | Newark | 1990 | Municipal | $2,117,287 | $3,835,665 | Mayor Sharpe James, Unopposed, Reelected. |
| 15 | Jersey City | 1997 | Municipal | $2,554,639 | $3,767,904 | Bret Schundler defeats Jerramiah Healy for mayor. |
| 16 | Jersey City | 1985 | Municipal | $1,658,324 | $3,652,696 | Anthony Cucci defeats Gerald McCann for mayor. |
| 17 | Jersey City | 1981 | Municipal | $1,347,568 | $3,509,292 | Gerald McCann defeats Walter Sheil for mayor. |
| 18 | Newark | 1986 | Municipal | $1,598,783 | $3,453,095 | Sharpe James defeats Mayor Kenneth Gibson. |
| 19 | Essex County | 1986 | County | $1,558,418 | $3,365,914 | Nicholas Amato defeats Executive Peter Shapiro. |
| 20 | Bergen County | 2010 | County | $3,092,145 | $3,357,378 | Kathleen Donovan defeats Executive Dennis McNerney |
| 21 | Jersey City | 1977 | Municipal | $855,638 | $3,342,336 | Thomas FX Smith defeats William Macci for mayor. |
| 22 | Jersey City | 2005 | Municipal | $2,720,386 | $3,297,438 | Mayor Jerramiah Healy defeats MelissaHolloway. |
| 23 | Camden County | 1994 | County | $1,981,926 | $3,166,016 | Michael McLaughlin defeats Sheriff William Simon. |
| 24 | Essex County | 1994 | County | $1,972,253 | $3,150,564 | James Treffinger defeats Cardell Cooper for executive. |
| 25 | Hoboken | 2009 | Municipal | $2,845,551 | $3,140,785 | Peter Cammarano defeats Dawn Zimmer for mayor. |