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This page provides information on the 2024 elections in New Jersey, including theoffices on the ballot covered by Ballotpedia,election dates, andfrequently asked questions.

Election dates

Statewide election dates in New Jersey are listed below. For more dates, please see theelections calendar.

Statewide election dates

June 4, 2024: Primary
November 5, 2024: General election

Offices on the ballot

Noteworthy elections

Below is a list of races in this state that received in-depth coverage on Ballotpedia. Click the link below to learn about that race.

• New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Democratic primary)
• New Jersey's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
• New Jersey's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Democratic primary)
• New Jersey's 9th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Democratic primary)

What's on your ballot?

See also:Sample Ballot Lookup

List of candidates

The following table displays a list of candidates in New Jersey. The list does not include presidential candidates, and it may not include all candidates for local offices. Pleaseclick here to learn more about Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Federal Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Andrew Kim	U.S. Senate New Jersey	Democratic	Won General
Curtis Bashaw	U.S. Senate New Jersey	Republican	Lost General
Albert Harshaw	U.S. Senate New Jersey	Republican	Lost Primary
Justin Murphy	U.S. Senate New Jersey	Republican	Lost Primary
Christine Serrano-Glassner	U.S. Senate New Jersey	Republican	Lost Primary
Patricia Campos Medina	U.S. Senate New Jersey	Democratic	Lost Primary
Lawrence Hamm	U.S. Senate New Jersey	Democratic	Lost Primary
Christina Khalil	U.S. Senate New Jersey	Green	Lost General
Kenneth Kaplan	U.S. Senate New Jersey	Libertarian	Lost General
Joanne Kuniansky	U.S. Senate New Jersey	Socialist Workers Party	Lost General
Patricia Mooneyham	U.S. Senate New Jersey	Vote Better Party	Lost General
Donald Norcross Incumbent	U.S. House New Jersey District 1	Democratic	Won General
Damon Galdo	U.S. House New Jersey District 1	Republican	Lost Primary
Claire Gustafson	U.S. House New Jersey District 1	Republican	Lost Primary
Theodore Liddell	U.S. House New Jersey District 1	Republican	Lost General
Joseph Spataro	U.S. House New Jersey District 1	American People's Freedom Party	Lost (Write-in) General
Robin Brownfield	U.S. House New Jersey District 1	Green	Lost General
Austin Johnson	U.S. House New Jersey District 1	Independent	Lost General
Jeff Van Drew Incumbent	U.S. House New Jersey District 2	Republican	Won General
Tim Alexander	U.S. House New Jersey District 2	Democratic	Lost Primary
Rodney A. Dean Sr.	U.S. House New Jersey District 2	Democratic	Lost Primary
Carolyn Rush	U.S. House New Jersey District 2	Democratic	Lost Primary
Joe Salerno	U.S. House New Jersey District 2	Democratic	Lost General
Thomas Cannavo	U.S. House New Jersey District 2	Green	Lost General
Herbert C. Conaway Jr.	U.S. House New Jersey District 3	Democratic	Won General
Michael Francis Faccone	U.S. House New Jersey District 3	Republican	Lost Primary
Shirley Maia-Cusick	U.S. House New Jersey District 3	Republican	Lost Primary
Rajesh Mohan	U.S. House New Jersey District 3	Republican	Lost General
Gregory Sobocinski	U.S. House New Jersey District 3	Republican	Lost Primary
Joseph Cohn	U.S. House New Jersey District 3	Democratic	Lost Primary
Carol Murphy	U.S. House New Jersey District 3	Democratic	Lost Primary
Brian Schkeeper	U.S. House New Jersey District 3	Democratic	Lost Primary
Sarah Schoengood	U.S. House New Jersey District 3	Democratic	Lost Primary
Steven Welzer	U.S. House New Jersey District 3	Green	Lost General
Justin Barbera	U.S. House New Jersey District 3	Join The Revolution Party	Lost General
Chris Russomanno	U.S. House New Jersey District 3	Libertarian	Lost General
Douglas Wynn	U.S. House New Jersey District 3	Why Not Wynn Party	Lost General
Chris Smith Incumbent	U.S. House New Jersey District 4	Republican	Won General
David Schmidt	U.S. House New Jersey District 4	Republican	Lost Primary
Matthew Jenkins	U.S. House New Jersey District 4	Democratic	Lost General
Barry Bendar	U.S. House New Jersey District 4	Green	Lost General
John Morrison	U.S. House New Jersey District 4	Libertarian	Lost General
Josh Gottheimer Incumbent	U.S. House New Jersey District 5	Democratic	Won General
Mary Jo Guinchard	U.S. House New Jersey District 5	Republican	Lost General
George Song	U.S. House New Jersey District 5	Republican	Lost Primary
Beau Forte	U.S. House New Jersey District 5	Green	Lost General
James Tosone	U.S. House New Jersey District 5	Libertarian	Lost General
Aamir Arif	U.S. House New Jersey District 5	Peace Freedom Liberty Party	Lost General
Frank Pallone Jr. Incumbent	U.S. House New Jersey District 6	Democratic	Won General
Scott Fegler	U.S. House New Jersey District 6	Republican	Lost General
Gregg Mele	U.S. House New Jersey District 6	Republican	Lost Primary
Fahad Akhtar	U.S. House New Jersey District 6	Common Sense Independent Party	Lost General
John Hsu	U.S. House New Jersey District 6	Democratic	Lost Primary
Herb Tarbous	U.S. House New Jersey District 6	Green	Lost General
Matthew Amitrano	U.S. House New Jersey District 6	Libertarian	Lost General
Thomas Kean Jr. Incumbent	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Republican	Won General
Roger Bacon	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Republican	Lost Primary
Susan Altman	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Democratic	Lost General
Andrew Black	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Green	Lost General
Lana Leguia	U.S. House New Jersey District 7	Libertarian	Lost General
Robert Menendez Jr. Incumbent	U.S. House New Jersey District 8	Democratic	Won General
Anthony Valdes	U.S. House New Jersey District 8	Republican	Lost General
Ravinder Bhalla	U.S. House New Jersey District 8	Democratic	Lost Primary
Kyle Jasey	U.S. House New Jersey District 8	Democratic	Lost Primary
Christian Robbins	U.S. House New Jersey District 8	Green	Lost General
Pablo Olivera	U.S. House New Jersey District 8	Labour Party	Lost General
Lea Sherman	U.S. House New Jersey District 8	Socialist Workers Party	Lost General
Nellie Pou	U.S. House New Jersey District 9	Democratic	Won General
Hector Castillo	U.S. House New Jersey District 9	Republican	Lost Primary
Billy Prempeh	U.S. House New Jersey District 9	Republican	Lost General
Mohamed Khairullah	U.S. House New Jersey District 9	Democratic	Lost Primary
Benjamin Taylor	U.S. House New Jersey District 9	Green	Lost General
Bruno Pereira	U.S. House New Jersey District 9	Libertarian	Lost General
Bill Pascrell Incumbent	U.S. House New Jersey District 9	Democratic	Withdrew General
LaMonica McIver	U.S. House New Jersey District 10 (Special election)	Democratic	Won General
Carmen Bucco	U.S. House New Jersey District 10 (Special election)	Republican	Lost General
Rayfield Morton	U.S. House New Jersey District 10 (Special election)	Creating Real Progress	Lost General
Derek Armstead	U.S. House New Jersey District 10 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Brittany Claybrooks	U.S. House New Jersey District 10 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
John J. Flora	U.S. House New Jersey District 10 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Darryl Godfrey	U.S. House New Jersey District 10 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Alberta Gordon	U.S. House New Jersey District 10 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Eugene Mazo	U.S. House New Jersey District 10 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Shana Melius	U.S. House New Jersey District 10 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Sheila Montague	U.S. House New Jersey District 10 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Debra Salters	U.S. House New Jersey District 10 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Jerry Walker	U.S. House New Jersey District 10 (Special election)	Democratic	Lost Primary
Russell Jenkins	U.S. House New Jersey District 10 (Special election)	One for All	Lost General
LaMonica McIver Incumbent	U.S. House New Jersey District 10	Democratic	Won General
Carmen Bucco	U.S. House New Jersey District 10	Republican	Lost General
Michelle Middleton	U.S. House New Jersey District 10	All Of Us! Party	Lost General
Cynthia Johnson	U.S. House New Jersey District 10	C4C 2024 Party	Lost General
Jon Serrano	U.S. House New Jersey District 10	Green	Lost General
Donna Weiss	U.S. House New Jersey District 10	Social Activist Party	Lost General
Donald Payne Jr. Incumbent	U.S. House New Jersey District 10	Democratic	Withdrew General
Mikie Sherrill Incumbent	U.S. House New Jersey District 11	Democratic	Won General
Raafat Barsoom	U.S. House New Jersey District 11	Republican	Lost Primary
Joseph Belnome	U.S. House New Jersey District 11	Republican	Lost General
John Sauers	U.S. House New Jersey District 11	Republican	Lost Primary
Mark DeLotto	U.S. House New Jersey District 11	Democratic	Lost Primary
Lily Benavides	U.S. House New Jersey District 11	Green	Lost General
Joshua Lanzara	U.S. House New Jersey District 11	Truth Freedom Prosperity Party	Lost General
Bonnie Watson Coleman Incumbent	U.S. House New Jersey District 12	Democratic	Won General
Thomas Jones Jr.	U.S. House New Jersey District 12	Republican	Lost Primary
Darius Mayfield	U.S. House New Jersey District 12	Republican	Lost General
Daniel J. Dart	U.S. House New Jersey District 12	Democratic	Lost Primary
Kim Meudt	U.S. House New Jersey District 12	Green	Lost General
Vic Kaplan	U.S. House New Jersey District 12	Libertarian	Lost General

Local Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Juan Rivera Jr. Incumbent	Essex County Register	Democratic	Won General
Jeffrey Polewka	Essex County Register	Republican	Lost General
Scott Pollack	Essex County Register	Republican	Lost Primary
Amir Jones	Essex County Sheriff	Democratic	Won General
Robert Bianco	Essex County Sheriff	Republican	Lost Primary
Nicholas Pansini	Essex County Sheriff	Republican	Lost General
Gary Nash	Essex County Sheriff	Democratic	Lost Primary
Joseph Harrison Incumbent	Trenton City Council East Ward	Nonpartisan	Won General
Jennifer Williams Incumbent	Trenton City Council North Ward	Nonpartisan	Won General
Jenna Figueroa Kettenburg Incumbent	Trenton City Council South Ward	Nonpartisan	Won General Runoff
Damian Malave	Trenton City Council South Ward	Nonpartisan	Lost General Runoff
Evangeline Ugorji	Trenton City Council South Ward	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Teska Frisby Incumbent	Trenton City Council West Ward	Nonpartisan	Won General
Mary Horne	Trenton City Council West Ward	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Natalia Ioffe Incumbent	Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education At-large 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Tia Rezabala	Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education At-large 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Matthew Schneider	Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education At-large 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Melany Cruz Burgos	Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education At-large 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Ahmed Kheir	Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education At-large 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Sumit Salia	Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education At-large 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Miriam Tawfiles	Jersey City Public Schools Board of Education At-large 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Kanileah Anderson Incumbent	Newark Public Schools Board of Education (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Won General
Dawn Haynes Incumbent	Newark Public Schools Board of Education 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Vereliz Santana Incumbent	Newark Public Schools Board of Education 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Helena Vinhas Incumbent	Newark Public Schools Board of Education 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Muta El-Amin	Newark Public Schools Board of Education 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Che' J.T. Colter	Newark Public Schools Board of Education 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Latoya Jackson	Newark Public Schools Board of Education 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Sheila Montague	Newark Public Schools Board of Education 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Debra Salters	Newark Public Schools Board of Education 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Jimmie White	Newark Public Schools Board of Education 3 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Tilo Rivas Incumbent	Hudson County Surrogate	Democratic	Won General
Juliana Lombard	Hudson County Surrogate	Republican	Lost General

Local election officials

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