1968 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary

1968 New Jersey Democratic presidential primaries
June 4, 1968
Presidential delegate primary
82 Democratic National Convention delegates
 
Candidate Uncommitted Eugene McCarthy
Home state Minnesota
Delegate count 61 19
Popular vote 200,986 95,837
Percentage 62.4% 29.7%
Presidential preference primary (non-binding)
No Democratic National Convention delegates
 
Candidate Eugene McCarthy
(write-in) 		Robert F. Kennedy
(write-in) 		Hubert Humphrey
(write-in)
Home state Minnesota New York Minnesota
Popular vote 9,906 8,603 5,578
Percentage 36.1% 31.3% 20.3%
 
Candidate George Wallace
(write-in) 		Richard Nixon
(write-in)
Home state Alabama New York
Popular vote 1,399 1,364
Percentage 5.1% 5.0%
Main article: 1968 Democratic Party presidential primaries

The 1968 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary was held on June 4, 1968, in New Jersey as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1968 United States presidential election.

In the binding delegate primary, uncommitted delegates won a large majority over delegates pledged to support Eugene McCarthy. McCarthy captured nineteen delegates by narrowly winning several of the state's suburban congressional districts, including nine out of ten delegates from Bergen County. The uncommitted delegates were expected to determine internally whether to support Hubert Humphrey or Robert F. Kennedy. However, Kennedy was assassinated on the night of the primary, leading the New Jersey delegation to support Humphrey at the convention.

In the preference primary held at the same time, McCarthy won with 36.1 percent of the vote. However, no candidate appeared on the ballot and far fewer voters participated in the write-in preference primary, which had no binding effect on the delegates.

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