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Sussex County, NJ

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U.S. House, New Jersey District 7
3 candidates
Federal ▾
Thomas H. Kean Jr. portrait
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Thomas H. Kean Jr.
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Lowering the cost of living
  • Protecting access to high-quality healthcare
  • Infrastructure, innovation, and education
Key voting record
Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Supported
Voted yes 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. Supported
Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
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Rebecca Bennett
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Making New Jersey more affordable
  • Growing New Jersey's economy
  • Lowering healthcare costs
Campaign siteFull profile
SP
Seamus Patrick O'Toole
Biography
Seamus Patrick O'Toole appears on the Division of Elections' certified list as an independent. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full 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 lists no issues as of October 15, 2026.
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
JM
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
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Veronica Fernandez
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
Campaign siteFull profile
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Joanne Kuniansky
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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ZIP 07843 sits in Sussex County, per the Census crosswalk; see the Sussex County page for its local races.

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