2001 New Jersey gubernatorial election

The 2001 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2001. Republican incumbent Donald DiFrancesco ran for reelection to a full term but withdrew from the Republican primary. Democratic nominee Jim McGreevey won the general election with 56 percent of the vote against Republican Bret Schundler, becoming New Jersey's first majority-elected governor since James Florio in 1989.

Primary elections were held on June 25. McGreevey won the Democratic nomination for the second consecutive election after U.S. senator Robert Torricelli failed to gain party organization support and dropped out of the race in July 2000. In the Republican primary, Jersey City mayor Bret Schundler defeated former U.S. representative Bob Franks after DiFrancesco withdrew.

Democrats simultaneously ended Republican control of both houses of the legislature after 10 years. As of 2026, this is the last statewide election in which Democrats won Monmouth or Ocean counties. This was the first time since 1973 that a Democrat won without carrying Cape May County.

McGreevey, who was sworn in on January 15, 2002, resigned in November 2004 after disclosing both his homosexuality and an alleged extramarital relationship with a man whom he had appointed as one of his advisors. He was succeeded by Senate president Richard Codey, who served the remainder of McGreevey's term until 2006.