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2 candidates are tracked for Hudson County Register of Deeds and Mortgages on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Jeffrey Dublin and Qamar Raza. Candidate information follows official Hudson County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Incumbent Democrat Jeffrey Dublin, seeking another five-year term, faces Republican Qamar Raza. Dublin won the June 2, 2026 Democratic primary with 25,703 votes to Melissa Alexander's 13,255; Raza won the Republican primary with 2,996 votes. Hudson and Essex are the only two New Jersey counties that still elect a county register, per the New Jersey Globe.
Democratic · Incumbent
Jeffrey Dublin is the incumbent Hudson County Register of Deeds and Mortgages, elected to the office in 2021 after previously serving on the Hudson County Board of Freeholders from 2004 to 2014, per Our Campaigns and the New Jersey Globe. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Jeffrey Dublin.
Republican
Qamar Raza is a professor at Hudson County Community College and the Republican nominee for Hudson County Register of Deeds and Mortgages, per the New Jersey Globe. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Qamar Raza.