Who is on the ballot in 07849?

Analilia Mejia is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, having won the April 16, 2026 special general election, 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.

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.

Alan B. Bond of Montclair appears on the certified list with the slogan Hope For Tomorrow and also ran in the April special. hopefortomorrownj.org is the campaign site on file with the FEC; its content is undated.

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.

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 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 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.

Tayfun Selen is a CPA and architect who serves as Senior Vice President of Administration at Lincoln Educational Services, per the county's official commissioner biography. He previously served as Chatham Township Mayor and was selected by fellow commissioners to lead the board in 2022 and 2025. He immigrated to the United States in 1996, became a U.S. citizen in 2008, and holds an architecture degree from Istanbul Technical University and an MBA from Montclair State University, per his campaign site.

Chris Russo is Morristown Council Vice President for the Fourth Ward and works as a senior pharmaceutical representative for Novartis, per Morristown Green. He co-owns Superhero Events, a company he and a business partner started in 2010 that organizes half marathons and 10K races. A Gettysburg College graduate who grew up in the Cedar Knolls section of Hanover Township, he serves as the council's liaison to the Morristown Planning Board.