2017 Democratic primary results: Murphy wins nomination for NJ governor

New Jersey Democrats have nominated another Wall Street executive as their candidate for governor.

Phil Murphy, a former Goldman Sachs executive and U.S. ambassador to German under President Obama, easily picked up his party’s nomination on Tuesday. With many precincts reporting before 9:30 p.m., Murphy was leading his opponents by a 2 to 1 margin.

Murphy, who has already spent more than $20 million on his campaign, was expected to win. He was endorsed by all 21 county Democratic committees.

See live results below.

Murphy has been running as a progressive against the record of Gov. Chris Christie, a two-term Republican who defeated Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine.

Murphy’s opponents in both parties have drawn parallels between him and Corzine, also a one-time Goldman Sachs executive who proved unpopular with New Jersey voters and municipal leaders.

This month Murphy agreed to limit spending on the general election race to no more than $13.8 million by participating in a public-matching funds.

Christie this week called Murphy a “fraud,” suggesting that money would pour in from outside the state to secure the Democrat’s victory.

To see Republican results, click here.

These are the numbers as of 11:30 p.m. Counties in bold reported 100 percent of their results Tuesday night. All numbers are unofficial.

County	Brennan	Johnson	Lesniak	Murphy	Wisniewski	Zinna
Atlantic	372	846	159	2,544	1,337	32
Bergen	679	10,381	1,280	19,755	10,490	480
Burlington	388	6,101	1,102	11,855	7,588	186
Camden	2,217	7,244	2,783	17,699	7,113	486
Cape May	61	692	239	1574	1096	46
Cumberland	46	873	388	1,788	1,267	28
Essex	852	17,757	1,068	34,647	7,052	167
Gloucester	232	988	286	3,777	1,715	124
Hudson	764	9,275	1,115	31,232	5,681	285
Hunterdon	154	1,372	626	2,556	2,209	66
Mercer	523	5,810	771	11,505	5,931	166
Middlesex	644	10,322	2,645	20,400	12,655	1,101
Monmouth	364	5,081	1,751	12,886	8,909	188
Morris	706	5,157	2,099	10,423	6,444	205
Ocean	503	2,864	1,165	6,967	6,614	669
Passaic	333	4,172	543	11,238	3,388	186
Salem	65	496	351	858	861	66
Somerset	857	4,634	984	7,133	4,762	149
Sussex	112	1,072	511	1,891	1,655	76
Union	351	9,081	3,192	18,331	5,234	186
Warren	68	561	228	907	882	28
	Brennan	Johnson	Lesniak	Murphy	Wisniewski	Zinna
Total	10,291	104,779	23,286	229,966	102,883	4,920
Percent	2.16%	22.01%	4.89%	48.30%	21.61%	1.03%