1988 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary
June 7, 1988
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Presidential delegate primary | ||||||||||||||||
118 Democratic National Convention delegates | ||||||||||||||||
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Presidential preference primary (non-binding) | ||||||||||||||||
No Democratic National Convention delegates | ||||||||||||||||
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Preference primary results by county | ||||||||||||||||
The 1988 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary was held on June 7, 1988, in New Jersey as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1988 United States presidential election. Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis won over civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, winning 63 percent of the vote and the bulk of the state's 110 pledged delegates. Dukakis's victory came near the end of a long primary campaign and, along with a victory in the California primary on the same day, put him on the precipice of the nomination. He was ultimately carried over the top at the 1988 Democratic National Convention by the support of superdelegates.
After the primary, state Democratic leaders awarded Jackson additional delegates to provide him representation proportional to his popular vote in the state.