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Essex County, NJ

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U.S. House, New Jersey District 10
2 candidates
Federal ▾
LaMonica R. McIver portrait
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LaMonica R. McIver
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Investing in families and affordability
  • Safeguarding communities and the environment
  • Jobs and small businesses
Key voting record
Voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Opposed
Voted no on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Opposed
Voted no on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Opposed
Campaign siteFull profile
Carmen Bucco portrait
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Carmen Bucco
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Jobs and a strong economy
  • Law enforcement, first responders, and public safety
  • Eliminating government corruption
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
New Jersey fields are from the Division of Elections' Official List of general-election candidates, certified July 27, 2026.
U.S. Senate
4 candidates
Federal ▾
Cory Booker portrait
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Cory Booker
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
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 has no issues page as of October 23, 2026; the priorities above are the ones it names, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Justice and opportunity for all Americans
Campaign Finance
$32,267,998 raised · top industries: Small-dollar donors under $200 (50% of receipts), Large donors giving $2,000+ (28% of receipts)
Key voting record
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
Campaign siteFull profile
Justin Murphy portrait
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Justin Murphy
REP
Biography
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.
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
Campaign siteFull profile
Veronica Fernandez portrait
VF
Veronica Fernandez
Independent
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Campaign finance reform
  • Healthcare through Medicare for All
  • Abolish ICE and create a fast-tracked path to citizenship
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Joanne Kuniansky
Socialist Workers Party
Biography
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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Countywide races in Essex County

ZIP 07106 sits in Essex County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Essex County races (7).

Essex County Executive
2 candidates
County ▾
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Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr.
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. is the Essex County Executive, a position he has held since 2002, and is seeking a seventh term in November, per the New Jersey Globe. His administration's stated priorities are infrastructure improvements, public safety, recreational opportunities and economic growth, per the Essex County government website. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
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Maritza Mathews
REP
Biography
Maritza Mathews is the Essex County Republican Party's nominee for county executive. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Maritza Mathews.
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About this race
Incumbent Democrat Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr., who has held the office since 2002, is seeking a seventh term against Republican nominee Maritza Mathews, who won the June 2, 2026 GOP primary with 5,275 votes, per the New Jersey Globe. Republicans have not won a countywide race in Essex since 1998, per the same report.
Essex County Commissioner At-Large
9 candidates
County ▾
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Christine McGrath
DEM
Biography
McGrath has served on the Verona Town Council since 2019 and chairs the Verona Democratic Committee, per search-aggregated local reporting. She has served as president of the Friends of the Verona Library and the Junior Woman's Club, co-created Verona Fights Hunger Week, and has been involved with the gun-violence-prevention group Moms Demand Action, per search-aggregated local reporting. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
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Abdur R. Yasin
DEM
Biography
Yasin is a West Orange fire captain and serves as the West Orange Democratic Municipal Chairman, per search-aggregated local reporting. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
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Deborah Engel
DEM
Biography
Deborah Engel is a longtime Maplewood and South Orange community leader who served three years on the Maplewood Township Committee, including one year as deputy mayor, and chaired the board of South Orange Downtown, per The Village Green. She founded two local businesses, Work and Play (a coworking space with childcare) and General Store Cooperative (a co-retail incubator for small businesses), and won her Democratic nomination in June 2026 without the county party's backing. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Top Priorities
From other published sources
  • Address rising costs of healthcare, housing, groceries, utilities, insurance and transportation, per per The Village Green candidate profile
  • Expand shared services between municipalities to cut costs and improve efficiency, per per The Village Green candidate profile
  • Invest in infrastructure, including complete streets, pedestrian and bike infrastructure, flood mitigation and EV charging, per per The Village Green candidate profile
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Wayne L. Richardson
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Wayne L. Richardson is the incumbent Essex County Commissioner for one of the four at-large seats and was the only sitting at-large commissioner to seek re-election in 2026, per the New Jersey Globe. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
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Demetrius Eley
REP
Biography
Demetrius Eley of West Orange is one of four Republican nominees for the four at-large Essex County Commissioner seats. He previously ran unsuccessfully for the 34th Legislative District Assembly seat, per the New Jersey Globe. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
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Daniela Ferreira Almeida
REP
Biography
Daniela Ferreira Almeida is one of four Republican nominees for the four at-large Essex County Commissioner seats. She previously ran unsuccessfully for the 29th Legislative District Assembly seat, per the New Jersey Globe. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
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Douglas Freeman
REP
Biography
Douglas Freeman of Newark is one of four Republican nominees for the four at-large Essex County Commissioner seats, per the New Jersey Globe. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
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SD
Sahwa DeFrank
REP
Biography
Sahwa DeFrank of Newark is one of four Republican nominees for the four at-large Essex County Commissioner seats, per the New Jersey Globe. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
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WV
Wynnie-Fred Victor Hinds
Let's Wynn This! (nomination by petition)
Biography
Wynnie-Fred Victor Hinds is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Essex County Commissioner At-Large on a nomination-by-petition line (slogan "Let's Wynn This!"), per the Essex County Clerk's official 2026 General Election sample ballot.
Full profile
About this race
Four at-large seats are on the November 2026 ballot, and voters may vote for up to four of the nine names the Essex County Clerk's official sample ballot lists, including petition candidate Wynnie-Fred Victor Hinds. In the June 2, 2026 Democratic primary, Christine McGrath (38,543 votes), Abdur Yasin (32,657), Deborah Engel (31,211) and incumbent Wayne Richardson (30,549) won the four nominations over Shawn Klein (28,773) and Marques-Aquil Lewis (19,444), per the New Jersey Globe; Engel's win was notable because she lacked the county Democratic organization's backing. Republicans Demetrius Eley, Daniela Ferreira Almeida, Douglas Freeman and Sahwa DeFrank are the Republican nominees for the four seats; Republicans have not won an at-large commissioner seat since 1971, per the New Jersey Globe.

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