On every Teterboro ballot
ExecutiveJames J. Tedesco III (D) · Todd H. Hennessey (R)
James J. Tedesco III
Tedesco has served as Bergen County Executive since first winning election in 2015 and is seeking a fourth term in 2026, per the county's official website. During his tenure the county launched its first countywide Emergency Medical Service and Bergen became the first county in the nation to end veteran homelessness, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Todd H. Hennessey
Hennessey is retired from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and previously worked in Hudson County government, including as an executive assistant to the Jersey City mayor, per the Bergen County Republican Organization. He served on the Rutherford Planning Board for more than a decade and sits on the Rutherford Republican County Committee, per the same source. He emerged as the Republican nominee for county executive after the party initially struggled to recruit a challenger to Tedesco, per New Jersey Globe. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
ClerkJohn S. Hogan (D) · Timothy C. Walsh (R)
John S. Hogan
John S. Hogan is the sitting Democratic Bergen County Clerk seeking a fourth term in 2026, having first been elected in 2011, per New Jersey Globe and the Bergen County Clerk's office. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Timothy C. Walsh
Timothy C. Walsh, a data analyst, is the Republican nominee for Bergen County Clerk, per New Jersey Globe. He previously ran for Bergen County commissioner in 2021. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
SurrogateLinda H. Schwager (D) · Joseph S. Conte (R)
Linda H. Schwager
Linda H. Schwager is a former three-term mayor of Oakland, New Jersey, and a former president of the Bergen County Bar Association, per the New Jersey Globe. She is listed as a court-approved mediator for family law economic matters, per the New Jersey Courts website. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Joseph S. Conte
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Handle estate, guardianship and probate matters with consistent fairness drawn from two decades on the bench
- Provide compassionate, patient service to families and seniors navigating the Surrogate's Court, including multilingual outreach
About Joseph S. Conte
Conte is a retired New Jersey Superior Court judge who served 20 years on the bench in the Criminal and Civil divisions and sat as a municipal court judge in five Bergen County towns, per his campaign site. He was elected to the Franklin Lakes Borough Council in 2025 and teaches Criminal Law as an adjunct professor at Bergen Community College, per the same source.
CommissionerJoan M. Voss (D) · Rafael Marte (D) · John Dinice (R) · Maria Soledad Laman (R)
Joan M. Voss
Joan M. Voss is the sitting Chair Pro Tempore of the Bergen County Board of Commissioners, per Bergen County government. She retired after forty one years as a high school teacher and supervisor in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly and on the Fort Lee Borough Council, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Rafael Marte
Rafael Marte is a sitting Bergen County Commissioner, per Bergen County government. He previously worked as a social worker for the Westchester Department of Social Services and served two terms as a Bergenfield Councilman, and founded the Dominican Cultural Association of New Jersey in 2019, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
John Dinice
John Dinice is the Republican candidate for Bergen County Commissioner, a longtime Mahwah resident who served 36 years as Compliance Manager at the Bergen County Utilities Authority, per the Bergen County Republican Organization. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science from William Paterson University and served nine years as a Mahwah Board of Education trustee, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Maria Soledad Laman
Maria Soledad Laman is the Republican candidate for Bergen County Commissioner and serves as Vice President of the Edgewater Board of Education, per the Bergen County Republican Organization. She has more than 20 years of corporate operations experience and is a small business owner, and holds bachelor's degrees in Business Administration and Economics from Universidad de Especialidades Espiritu Santo in Guayaquil, Ecuador, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full candidate profiles, priorities and campaign sites are on the Bergen County page.
Statewide races
U.S. SenateCory Booker (D) · Justin Murphy (R) · Veronica Fernandez (Independent) · Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party)
Cory Booker
Cory Booker is New Jersey's sitting U.S. senator, serving since 2013, per the campaign site. He attended Stanford University on a football scholarship, studied at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and graduated from Yale Law School in 1997, per the campaign site. He lived in Newark's Central Ward and later served as a tenant lawyer, city councilman and mayor of Newark, per the campaign site. The campaign site says he helped write and pass the First Step Act in 2018. The campaign site lists no issues as of October 15, 2026.
- Voted no on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the Senate 64-35 in January 2025. Opposed
Justin Murphy
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Abolish the IRS and enact a flat income tax
- Home ownership for American families
- Education and parental rights, with school choice
About Justin Murphy
Justin Murphy is 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.
Veronica Fernandez
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Campaign finance reform
- Healthcare through Medicare for All
- Abolish ICE and create a fast-tracked path to citizenship
About Veronica Fernandez
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.
Joanne Kuniansky
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. No campaign website was found as of October 20, 2026.
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