1984 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary
June 5, 1984
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Presidential delegate primary | |||||||||||||||||||||
107 Democratic National Convention delegates | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Presidential preference primary (non-binding) | |||||||||||||||||||||
No Democratic National Convention delegates | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1984 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary was held on June 5, 1984, in New Jersey as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1984 United States presidential election. Former vice president Walter Mondale won an overwhelming victory over U.S. senator Gary Hart and civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, winning 45 percent of the vote but sweeping nearly all of the state's 107 pledged delegates. Mondale's victory, which came following a major political gaffe by Hart in the closing weeks of the campaign, put him on the precipice of the nomination and, following an endorsement by Frank Lautenberg, resulted in his status as the presumptive nominee. He was ultimately carried over the top at the 1984 Democratic National Convention by the support of superdelegates.
Over 670,000 voters participated in the primary, breaking the record set four years earlier.