New Jersey
New Jersey Voter Guide 2026: Candidates on Your Ballot
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New Jersey's 2026 ballot includes U.S. Senate (Cory Booker (D), Justin Murphy (R), Veronica Fernandez (I), and 1 more); 12 U.S. House districts. Browse tracked New Jersey jurisdictions, compare candidate profiles, and enter your ZIP code to see the exact races on your ballot.
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Primary ElectionJune 2, 2026
General ElectionNov. 3, 2026
StateNew Jersey
Places Listed31
Profiles334
New Jersey does not elect a governor in 2026. The statewide contests below are what appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
2026 Statewide & Congressional Races
Candidates The Ballot Brief is tracking for New Jersey's statewide contests. Tap a name for their bio and campaign link, or enter your address for the full ballot with finance data.
U.S. Senate
4 candidatesCory Booker (D)Incumbent
Cory Booker is New Jersey's incumbent U.S. senator and the Democratic nominee for a third full term in 2026. The former mayor of Newark, he has served in the Senate since 2013 and set the record for the longest Senate floor speech in 2025 protesting administration policy. His work centers on justice reform, economic opportunity, health care, and defending democratic institutions.Priorities: Lower health care and living costs for New Jersey families · Advance criminal justice reform and economic opportunity · Defend democratic institutions and civil rightsCampaign site →Justin Murphy (R)
Justin Murphy is the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, a self-employed small business owner from Tabernacle in Burlington County's Pine Barrens, per his campaign site and the New Jersey Globe. He served four years in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Comte De Grasse, including six months in the Persian Gulf, per WHYY, and served one term on the Tabernacle Township Committee after his 2000 election, per the New Jersey Globe. He won the four-way June nomination with about a third of the vote.Priorities: Replace the tax code with a flat income tax · Expand parental rights and school choice · Increase domestic energy production, including nuclear powerCampaign site →Veronica Fernandez (Independent)
Veronica Fernandez is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate from New Jersey, running under the slogan "End the Corruption." A lifelong New Jersey resident, Fernandez co-owns a small commercial electrical contracting business with her husband, according to the campaign site. Fernandez's platform centers on campaign finance reform, affordability and answering to constituents rather than party leadership.Priorities: Campaign finance reform, opposing the influence of big donors and special interests, per the campaign site · Making it more affordable to own a home, raise a family and access healthcare, per the campaign site · Answering to constituents rather than party leadership or donors, per the campaign siteCampaign site →Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party)
Joanne Kuniansky is the Socialist Workers Party nominee for U.S. Senate from New Jersey. Kuniansky joined the Socialist Workers Party in 1977 and has worked in oil refineries, railroads, meatpacking and as a Walmart deli worker, according to Insider NJ. Kuniansky submitted 3,000 petition signatures to qualify for the ballot and has run for New Jersey governor and U.S. Senate in earlier cycles, per The Militant. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026.Priorities: Breaking from the Democratic and Republican parties to build independent working-class political action
U.S. House - NJ-1
2 candidatesDonald Norcross (Democratic)Incumbent
Norcross is an electrician by trade who trained through a community college and skilled apprenticeship program and represents New Jersey's 1st District in Congress, per the campaign site. His campaign highlights his focus on raising wages and expanding affordable higher education for working families, per the campaign site.Priorities: Raising wages and jobs for working families, per his campaign site · Health care, including fighting drug price gouging, per his campaign site · Education and apprenticeships, per his campaign siteCampaign site →Damon Galdo (Republican)
Damon Galdo is a union carpenter in construction from West Deptford who hosts a conservative podcast, per his campaign site and the New Jersey Globe. This is his third campaign for the seat after 2022 and 2024 runs, per the New Jersey Globe.Priorities: Middle-class affordability through spending cuts, American energy, and deregulation, per his campaign site · Border security and enforcement of existing immigration law, per his campaign site · Apprenticeships, vocational education, and trades pathways, per his campaign siteCampaign site →
U.S. House - NJ-2
3 candidatesJeff Van Drew (Republican)Incumbent
Jeff Van Drew is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, serving since 2019, per the chamber's membership roster. A dentist and former state senator from Dennis Township, per the New Jersey Globe, he secured South Jersey coastal projects in the committee-approved Water Resources Development Act in 2026, per his campaign site. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026.Priorities: Election integrity and voter-roll accountability, per his campaign site · Lowering electric bills, pressing Atlantic City Electric and regulators, per his campaign site · Coastal and water infrastructure funding, per his campaign siteZack Mullock (Democratic)
Zack Mullock is the two-term Mayor of Cape May, whose family owns the Chalfonte Hotel; he was elected to council in 2018, won the mayoralty in 2020, and was reelected unopposed in 2024, per the New Jersey Globe. As mayor he avoided tax increases while building a new firehouse, police station, and library, per the New Jersey Globe. He won the four-way June nomination, per WHYY.Priorities: Affordability, especially utility bills, per the New Jersey Globe · Affordable healthcare and good-paying jobs, per his campaign site · Bipartisan, independent leadership, per WHYYCampaign site →Ramon Mora Jr. (Independent)
Ramon Mora Jr. is a Vineland resident running as an independent candidate for New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District. Mora remained on the November ballot after a challenge to his nominating petition signatures fell short, according to New Jersey Globe. Mora's campaign focuses on affordability, housing and utility costs, government transparency and appealing to voters across party lines, per the campaign site.Priorities: Making housing, utility bills and other costs more affordable for district families, per the campaign site · Increasing transparency and accountability for how taxpayer funds are spent, per the campaign site · Representing constituents independent of party or donor influence, per the campaign siteCampaign site →
U.S. House - NJ-3
4 candidatesHerb Conaway (Democratic)Incumbent
Herb Conaway is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, winning the seat in 2024, per the chamber's membership roster. A physician and attorney with degrees from Princeton, Jefferson Medical College, and Rutgers Law, he served four years as a U.S. Air Force Medical Corps captain and 25 years in the New Jersey General Assembly, chairing the Health Committee, per his official House biography.Priorities: Affordable health care, including reproductive care access, per his campaign site · Environmental protection and clean drinking water, per his campaign site · Service members, veterans, and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst families, per his campaign siteCampaign site →Michael P. McGuire (Republican)
Michael P. McGuire is a family law attorney, Marine Corps veteran, former NYPD officer, and current Navy reservist, per WHYY and the New Jersey Globe. He says he was spurred to run after he and fellow reservists missed paychecks during the government shutdown, per the New Jersey Globe. He won the three-way June nomination with about 58 percent.Priorities: Affordability through spending cuts and lower middle-class taxes, per his campaign site · Congressional term limits, per his campaign site · Defense readiness and veterans' health care, per his campaign siteCampaign site →Ryan Michael Kelly (Independent)
Kelly has spent a career in public service, education and civil rights oversight, per the campaign site. Kelly is running as an independent candidate for New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District, per the campaign site.Priorities: Lowering costs of healthcare, housing, student debt and utility bills, per the campaign site · Holding government officials and powerful institutions accountable, per the campaign site · Expanding access to healthcare, workers' rights, housing and education, per the campaign siteCampaign site →Steven Welzer (Green)
Welzer earned a master's degree in economics from Rutgers University and worked as a college instructor before spending more than four decades in environmental and social justice activism, per the campaign site. He helped found the Green Party of New Jersey and has run for state assembly, Congress and governor as a Green Party nominee since retiring in 2008, per the campaign site.Priorities: Ending dependence on fossil fuels and advancing ecological responsibility ("Green the Garden State"), per the campaign site · Establishing a universal single-payer healthcare system, per the campaign site · Reducing the influence of money in politics through campaign finance reform, per the campaign siteCampaign site →
U.S. House - NJ-4
2 candidatesChristopher H. Smith (Republican)Incumbent
Christopher H. Smith is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, serving since 1981 as dean of the state's delegation, per the chamber's membership roster and WHYY. He wrote the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and four further anti-trafficking laws, and his Autism CARES bill was signed into law in 2024, per his campaign site. He is a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.Priorities: Combating human trafficking, per his campaign site · Autism and health research programs, per his campaign site · Opposing offshore wind projects affecting New Jersey ratepayers, per his campaign siteCampaign site →Rachel Peace (Democratic)
Rachel Peace is a small business owner, single mother, and Ocean County native raising her son in Monmouth County, per WHYY and the New Jersey Globe. She rose through Jersey Shore advocacy for health and nutrition programs, per the New Jersey Globe, and won the June nomination with about 72 percent after taking the Monmouth Democratic convention endorsement.Priorities: Universal health coverage, paid family leave, and universal pre-K, per WHYY · Campaign finance reform, including overturning Citizens United, per WHYY · Coastal resilience and accountability for Shore flooding, per her campaign siteCampaign site →
U.S. House - NJ-5
3 candidatesJosh Gottheimer (Democratic)Incumbent
Josh Gottheimer is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, first elected in 2016, per the chamber's membership roster. He co-chairs the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus and is the only New Jersey member of House Financial Services, per his campaign site. Before Congress he worked at Ford and Microsoft and was one of the youngest White House speechwriters.Priorities: Lower taxes, including reinstating the SALT deduction, per his campaign site · Affordable health care and lower drug costs, per his campaign site · Veterans, first responders, and local police, per his campaign siteCampaign site →Sean Kirrane (Republican)
Sean Kirrane is a corporate consultant and AI entrepreneur from River Vale making his first run for office, per the New Jersey Globe. His site cites more than 20 years in healthcare, finance, and technology, including hospital turnarounds. He describes himself as socially moderate and fiscally responsible, per the New Jersey Globe.Priorities: Reduce and streamline taxes for families, per his campaign site · Border security and immigration enforcement, per his campaign site · Affordable-housing legislation and a market-driven universal health care system, per the New Jersey GlobeCampaign site →Adam Rueda (Independent)
Rueda is a Bucknell University graduate with a degree in financial management and accounting who has worked as a senior financial analyst, per the campaign site. He is a first-generation college graduate and National Hispanic Scholar from Sussex County, per the campaign site.Priorities: Opposing corporate influence in government, including a pledge not to own stocks or cryptocurrency while in office, per the campaign site · Addressing human rights conditions in Gaza, the West Bank and ICE detention facilities, per the campaign site · Protecting free speech online, in workplaces and in media, per the campaign siteCampaign site →
U.S. House - NJ-6
2 candidatesFrank Pallone Jr. (Democratic)Incumbent
Frank Pallone Jr. is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, serving since January 1993, per the chamber's membership roster. A lawyer by training born in Long Branch, he is the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, per his official House site.Priorities: Federal transportation investment, including the Carteret ferry expansion, per his official House site · Federal disaster aid for New Jersey, per his official House site · Environmental protection, including EPA testing in Keyport, per his official House siteCampaign site →Hillary Herzig (Republican)
Hillary Herzig is an Oceanport resident, mother of three, military spouse, and civil servant making her first run for office, per the New Jersey Globe. She has worked with the Key West Police Department, U.S. Army intelligence and security operations, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, per the New Jersey Globe and her campaign site.Priorities: Lower property taxes and cost-of-living relief, per her campaign site · Parental rights in education and school choice, per her campaign site · Parental consent in children's healthcare, per her campaign siteCampaign site →
U.S. House - NJ-7
3 candidatesThomas H. Kean Jr. (Republican)Incumbent
Thomas H. Kean Jr. is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, serving his second term on Energy and Commerce and Foreign Affairs, per his campaign site. He served in the New Jersey Assembly from 2001 and the State Senate, where he was Republican Leader for 14 years. A Dartmouth graduate with a Fletcher School master's, he lives in Westfield and is the son of former Gov. Thomas H. Kean Sr.Priorities: Lowering the cost of living, per his campaign site · Protecting access to high-quality healthcare, per his campaign site · Infrastructure, innovation, and education, per his campaign siteCampaign site →Rebecca Bennett (Democratic)
Rebecca Bennett is a former Navy helicopter pilot and aircraft commander with over a decade of service, a current Air National Guard officer, and a healthcare business leader with an MBA with honors from Wharton, per her campaign site. She won the four-way June nomination with about 46 percent and is endorsed by Gov. Mikie Sherrill, per the New Jersey Globe.Priorities: Affordability amid rising costs, per her campaign site · Lowering healthcare costs, per her campaign site · National security and support for veterans and military families, per her campaign siteCampaign site →Seamus Patrick O'Toole (Independent)
Seamus Patrick O'Toole appears on the Division of Elections' certified list as an independent. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026.
U.S. House - NJ-8
4 candidatesRob Menendez (Democratic)Incumbent
Rob Menendez is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, elected in 2022, and serves on Energy and Commerce after earlier service on Transportation and Infrastructure, where he advocated for the Gateway Program, per his campaign site. Before Congress he was a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioner chairing its Governance and Ethics Committee. He lives in Jersey City and won the June nomination with about 70 percent, per the Hudson Reporter.Priorities: Affordability for working families, per his campaign site · Transportation and infrastructure, including Gateway, per his campaign site · Healthcare access and environmental justice, per his campaign siteCampaign site →Aristotle Eliopoulos (Independent)
Aristotle 'Ari' Eliopoulos is a Jersey City public school teacher and union representative, born and raised in Jersey City as the son of Greek immigrant small-business owners, per his campaign site and the New Jersey Globe. A registered Republican running on an independent line, his bid is backed by the Hudson, Essex, and Union county Republican chairs, per the New Jersey Globe.Priorities: Federal support for public schools and expanded career and technical education, per his campaign site · Services for special-needs families, including strengthening IDEA, per his campaign site · Cost of living and Hudson County housing affordability, per his campaign siteCampaign site →Craig Honts (Socialist Workers Party)
Craig Honts is the Socialist Workers Party candidate for New Jersey's 8th Congressional District, covering most of Hudson County, part of Newark and Elizabeth. Honts is a factory worker and member of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union, according to The Militant. Honts joined the Socialist Workers Party in 1971 after taking part in protests over the killing of Kent State University students who were demonstrating against the Vietnam War, per Patch. Craig Honts appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House, NJ-8, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026.Da'Shone Hughey (Independent)
Hughey is an entrepreneur, educator, author, and technology innovator focused on artificial intelligence, robotics, workforce training, and education reform, per the campaign site. Hughey is running as an independent candidate for New Jersey's 8th District to build a future ready workforce and expand economic opportunity, per the campaign site.Priorities: Expanding technology, robotics and AI education so students can compete in the future job market, per the campaign site · Creating training-to-employment pathways in robotics, advanced manufacturing and technology services, per the campaign site · Supporting small business entrepreneurship and community-based economic development, per the campaign siteCampaign site →
U.S. House - NJ-9
3 candidatesNelida Pou (Democratic)Incumbent
Nelida 'Nellie' Pou is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, sworn in January 2025 as the first Latina from New Jersey in Congress, serving on Transportation and Infrastructure and Homeland Security, per her official House biography. She served as a state senator for the 35th District from 2012 after entering the Assembly in 1997, and spent over 40 years working for the City of Paterson, including as Business Administrator.Priorities: Lowering housing, grocery, child care, and health costs, including extending ACA tax credits, per her campaign site · Protecting health care, including the ACA, Medicaid, and drug costs, per her campaign site · Community safety, including police funding and 2026 World Cup security at MetLife, per her campaign siteCampaign site →Rosie Pino (Republican)
Rosie Pino is a Clifton city councilwoman, educator, and former U.S. Treasury bank examiner who served two terms on the Clifton Board of Education before winning a council seat in 2018 as the first minority elected to Clifton's council, per her campaign site. Born in the Bronx to Ecuadorian immigrant parents, she earned a GED and a Rutgers finance degree while raising a family. She won the June nomination by 366 votes, per the New Jersey Globe.Priorities: Economy and affordability, including tax cuts and energy independence, per her campaign site · Health care price transparency and protecting pre-existing conditions and Medicare, per her campaign site · Fully funding law enforcement, per her campaign siteCampaign site →Terrisa Bukovinac (Independent)
Terrisa Bukovinac is an anti-abortion activist on the certified list with the slogan Save Our Babies; her certified address is in Tennessee, per the New Jersey Globe.Campaign site →
U.S. House - NJ-10
2 candidatesLaMonica R. McIver (Democratic)Incumbent
LaMonica R. McIver is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, elected in a September 2024 special election to complete the late Rep. Donald Payne Jr.'s term as the first Black woman to represent the district, per her campaign site. In 2018 she became the youngest woman elected to the Newark Municipal Council, later serving as Council President, after a career in education administration and as a PSE&G public affairs manager.Priorities: Investing in families and affordability, per her campaign site · Safeguarding communities and the environment, per her campaign site · Jobs and small businesses, per her campaign siteCampaign site →Carmen Bucco (Republican)
Carmen Bucco is a tailor and owner of the custom-clothing business Bucco Couture and a former Belleville school board member, per the New Jersey Globe. He grew up in foster care and founded the children's charity Bucco's Rising Stars, per his campaign site. He was the nominee against McIver in both 2024 races and was unopposed in the June nomination.Priorities: Jobs and a strong economy, per his campaign site · Law enforcement, first responders, and public safety, per his campaign site · Eliminating government corruption, per his campaign siteCampaign site →
U.S. House - NJ-11
3 candidatesAnalilia Mejia (Democratic)Incumbent
Analilia Mejia is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, winning the April 16, 2026 special general with about 59.5 percent, per the Division of Elections' official results. A grassroots labor organizer and daughter of Colombian and Dominican immigrants, she led the fights for New Jersey's 15 dollar minimum wage and paid sick leave as director of the NJ Working Families Alliance, was National Political Director for Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign, and worked in the U.S. Department of Labor, per her campaign site and the New Jersey Monitor. She lives in Glen Ridge.Priorities: An economy for working families, building on minimum-wage and paid-sick-leave work, per her campaign site · Immigrant rights, per her campaign site · An affordability-focused agenda, per the New Jersey MonitorCampaign site →Joe Hathaway (Republican)
Joe Hathaway is a former mayor of Randolph, on the Township Council since May 2022, with more than 10 years in corporate affairs and communications in healthcare and financial services; he began his career as an advance aide to Gov. Chris Christie, per his campaign site. A Clifton native and 2009 Yale graduate, he was the nominee in the April special and is running a November rematch, per Morristown Green.Priorities: Tax relief for first-time homebuyers, including a refundable credit, per his campaign site · Transportation, including the Gateway Tunnel and one-seat rail to New York City, per his campaign site · Family affordability, including an expanded child tax credit, per his campaign siteCampaign site →Alan B. Bond (Independent)
Alan B. Bond of Montclair appears on the certified list with the slogan Hope For Tomorrow and also ran in the April special. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026.
U.S. House - NJ-12
4 candidatesAdam Hamawy (Democratic)
Adam Hamawy is a Princeton plastic and reconstructive surgeon and retired Army lieutenant colonel who served as a combat trauma surgeon, attending Rutgers on an ROTC scholarship, per the New Jersey Monitor. He was part of the medical team that treated Tammy Duckworth after her helicopter was shot down in Iraq, and Senators Duckworth and Sanders endorsed him, per The Hill. He won the 13-way June field with 27.4 percent and would be New Jersey's first Muslim member of Congress, per the New Jersey Monitor.Priorities: Affordable health care, per his campaign site · Strong public schools, per his campaign site · An economy for working families over special interests, per his campaign siteCampaign site →Gregg Mele (Republican)
Gregg Mele is an attorney practicing corporate law, contracts, securities, real estate, and estate planning who previously worked on Wall Street and has taught graduate courses in law and economics, per the New Jersey Globe. A lifelong New Jersey resident raised by blue-collar parents, he was the only Republican to file in the district and receives his first major-party nomination.Priorities: Fiscal responsibility and eliminating wasteful federal programs, per his campaign site · New Jersey's fair share of federal resources for its density and aging infrastructure, per his campaign site · Standing up for parents, seniors, small business owners, veterans, and first responders, per his campaign siteCampaign site →Andres Jinete (Green)
Andres Jinete is the Green Party nominee for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District. Jinete is a union member and community organizer who has organized in Bound Brook and central New Jersey around tenants' rights, seniors and working families, according to the campaign site. Jinete announced the candidacy in December 2025 and remained on the ballot after a petition challenge from an independent candidate did not succeed, per New Jersey Globe.Priorities: Rent control and stronger renters' protections to address the housing affordability crisis, per the campaign site · Universal healthcare to address medical expense burdens on working families, per the campaign site · Student debt relief, per the campaign siteCampaign site →Winston Jordan (Independent)
Winston Jordan is an independent candidate for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District. Jordan is an IT executive and DevOps team leader based in Lambertville, according to a LinkedIn profile. Jordan's campaign describes itself as a zero-donor effort that takes no corporate money, PAC money or wealthy-donor funding, per the campaign site. Winston Jordan appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House, NJ-12, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.Campaign site →
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Atlantic County
5 candidates- 5 tracked candidate profiles
- 4 office types represented
Bergen County
10 candidates- 10 tracked candidate profiles
- 4 races covered
Burlington County
14 candidates- 14 tracked candidate profiles
- 8 office types represented
Camden city
2 candidates- 2 tracked candidate profiles
- 2 office types represented
Camden County
7 candidates- 7 tracked candidate profiles
- 4 office types represented
Clifton city
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- 1 office type represented
East Orange city
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Elizabeth city
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- 2 office types represented
Essex County
17 candidates- 17 tracked candidate profiles
- 7 races covered
Franklin township
1 candidates- 1 tracked candidate profile
- 1 office type represented
Hudson County
32 candidates- 32 tracked candidate profiles
- 14 office types represented
Hunterdon County
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Lakewood township
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Mercer County
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Middlesex County
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- 14 office types represented
Middletown township
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- 1 office type represented
Monmouth County
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- 3 office types represented
Morris County
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- 1 race covered
Newark city
51 candidates- 51 tracked candidate profiles
- 9 office types represented
Ocean County
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Old Bridge township
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- 1 office type represented
Passaic city
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Passaic County
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Paterson city
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Piscataway township
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- 9 office types represented
Salem County
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- 15 office types represented
Sussex County
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Toms River township
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Trenton city
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Union County
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Union township
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Warren County
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How to vote in New Jersey in November 2026
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Dates below come from the New Jersey election office as of 2026-09-04; confirm on the official page or check your registration and polling place.
- Voter registration deadline
- online by Tuesday, October 13, 2026; by mail Tuesday, October 13, 2026; in person by Tuesday, October 13, 2026
- Early voting
- Saturday, October 24, 2026 through Sunday, November 1, 2026
- Mail ballot
- request by Monday, November 2, 2026, 3:00 p.m; return: In-person delivery to a County Board of Elections or authorized drop box: by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, November 3, 2026; no excuse needed
- Election Day hours
- 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Where to vote
- Find your polling place with the New Jersey election office's official lookup.
- ID at the polls
- Most voters are not required to show ID at the polls. Per the federal Help America Vote Act, first-time voters who registered by mail and did not previously provide ID information must show ID (photo ID such as a driver's license, or a current document with name and address such as a utility bill or bank statement).
New Jersey 2026 Election Questions
Who is running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2026?
The tracked 2026 U.S. Senate candidates in New Jersey are Cory Booker (D), Justin Murphy (R), Veronica Fernandez (I), Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party). Candidate fields follow official election office filings; see the race card on this page for biographies and priorities.
When is the New Jersey 2026 primary election?
New Jersey's 2026 state primary was held on June 2, 2026; the general election is November 3, 2026. Check your registration and polling place with your state election office.
When is the voter registration deadline in New Jersey for the November 2026 election?
To vote in New Jersey's November 3, 2026 general election, register online by Tuesday, October 13, 2026; by mail Tuesday, October 13, 2026; in person by Tuesday, October 13, 2026, per the state election office.
When does early voting start in New Jersey for the November 2026 election?
Early in-person voting in New Jersey runs Saturday, October 24, 2026 through Sunday, November 1, 2026, per the state election office.
What is the deadline to request a mail ballot in New Jersey for November 2026?
New Jersey mail ballots: request by Monday, November 2, 2026, 3:00 p.m; return: In-person delivery to a County Board of Elections or authorized drop box: by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, November 3, 2026; no excuse needed, per the state election office.
Where do I vote in New Jersey in November 2026?
Polling places are assigned by address. Use the New Jersey election office's official lookup at https://voter.svrs.nj.gov to find yours; early-voting sites are listed there as well.
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