The Green Papers: New Jersey 2025 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 3 June 2025 (presumably)
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2025 (presumably)
Tuesday 3 June 2025 (presumably) - Primary . Polling hours reportedly 6:00a-8:00p EDT (1000-0000 UTC).
Tuesday 4 November 2025 (presumably) - General Election . Polling hours reportedly 6:00a-8:00p EDT (1000-0000 UTC).
 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:9,294,493 (3.00% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:14(0.00% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:12(2.76% of 435)
Capital:Trenton
 

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New Jersey State and Local Government

           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 119th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator  Andrew "Andy" Kim
Previously served in the U.S. House being first elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2020, and 2022.
9 December 2024: Senator-elect Andrew "Andy" Kim (Democratic) was appointed by Governor Philip "Phil" Murphy (Democratic) to fill the vacancy caused by the 8 December 2024 resignation of Senator George S. Helmy (Democratic).
First elected to the U.S. Senate: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2030

Class 2 Democratic Senator  Cory A. Booker
First elected: 16 October 2013 in a Special Election re: passing of Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (Democratic). Re-elected: 2014, 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator  Cory A. Booker
FEC S4NJ00185

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2021, 2025. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

Chair up for regular election
Open
Democratic Governor  Philip "Phil" Murphy
First elected: 2017, re-elected: 2021
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2025
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - At term limit.
 Candidate list (11)
  Candidate Democratic     Newark Mayor  Ras J. Baraka
  Candidate Democratic     Jersey City Mayor  Steven M. Fulop
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Joshua S. "Josh" Gottheimer
12 November 2024: Candidate for Governor in 2025. Member of Congress CD 5.
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Rebecca Michelle "Mikie" Sherrill
12 November 2024: Candidate for Governor in 2025. Member of Congress CD 11.
  Candidate Democratic     Montclair Mayor  Sean M. Spiller
  Candidate Democratic     former state Senator Steve Sweeney
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Jon M. Bramnick
  Candidate Republican     former state Assembly Member Jack Ciattarelli
  Candidate Republican     Mike Crispi
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator Edward "Ed" Durr
Ed the Trucker
  Candidate Republican     Bill Spadea

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2021, 2025. Office created effective with the Gubernatorial Election of 2009. Elected on same ticket with GOVERNOR; following his/her nomination, the Gubernatorial candidate has 30 days to select a running mate.

Seat up for regular election
Open
Democratic Lieutenant Governor Tahesha Way
Appointed: 8 September 2023 [re: death of Lieutenant Governor Sheila Y. Oliver (Democratic)]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2025
Open Seat - Not running for election in 2025.
 1 August 2023: Lieutenant Governor Sheila Y. Oliver (Democratic), who was first elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021, died at the age of 71. Governor Philip "Phil" Murphy (Democratic) has 45 days to appoint a successor to fill the office for the remainder of the term which ends in 2026. The appointment does not require legislative confirmation.
8 September 2023: Governor Philip "Phil" Murphy (Democratic) appointed Secretary of State Tahesha Way (Democratic) as Lieutenant Governor.

119th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2026, 2028. No Term Limit. 119th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
9 Democratic (9 Undetermined);
3 Republican (3 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 1 Democratic Member of Congress  Donald W. Norcross
First elected in concurrent general and special elections [re: to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Member of Congress Robert Ernest "Rob" Andrews (Democratic)]: 4 November 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 2 Republican Member of Congress  Jeff Van Drew
First elected: 2018 as a Democrat. 20 December 2019: Changed registration to Republican.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 3 Democratic Member of Congress  Herb Conaway, Jr.
First elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 4 Republican Member of Congress  Christopher Henry "Chris" Smith
First elected: 1980
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 5 Democratic Member of Congress  Joshua S. "Josh" Gottheimer
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 6 Democratic Member of Congress  Frank Pallone, Jr.
First elected in a special election for the 100th Congress-- but never sworn in because Congress had adjourned-- (re: to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Member of Congress James J. Howard) and concurrently elected to the 101st Congress: 1988.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 Candidate list (1) - 120th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Katie Bansil
FEC H6NJ06260

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 7 Republican Member of Congress  Thomas H. "Tom" Kean, Jr.
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 8 Democratic Member of Congress  Robert J. "Rob" Menendez
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 9 Democratic Member of Congress  Nelida "Nellie" Pou
First elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 10 Democratic Member of Congress  LaMonica R. McIver
First elected in a special election for the 118th Congress [re: to fill the seat of Donald M. Payne, Jr. (Democratic)]: 18 September 2024
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 11 Democratic Member of Congress  Rebecca Michelle "Mikie" Sherrill
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 Candidate list (1) - 120th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Chatham Borough Council Member  Justin Strickland
3 December 2024: Filed with the FEC for the 2025 election.

FEC H6NJ11179

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 12 Democratic Member of Congress  Bonnie Watson Coleman
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 Candidate list (1) - 120th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Darius Mayfield
FEC H2NJ12127; 25 Nov 24; Tot $71,506; Dsb $76,255
 

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 13 incumbents, 9 candidates
  Republican: 3 incumbents, 6 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Green (affiliates)
  Libertarian
Other Third Parties
  AMERICANINDEPENDENTS.ORG
  Conservative USA
  Natural Law (affiliates)
  Socialist Party USA
  Unity
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Not readily classifiable
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


Links Links to other web sites

Election Authority
  New Jersey Division of Elections
  New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission
Democratic
  New Jersey Assembly Democratic Majority
  The New Jersey Democratic State Committee
Republican
  New Jersey Republican State Committee
  New Jersey Senate Republican Caucus
Third Party
  American Independents
  Conservative Party USA New Jersey
  Natural Law Party of New Jersey
  New Jersey Conservative Party
  New Jersey Libertarian Party
  Socialist Party of New Jersey
  The Green Party of New Jersey
  The Unity Party of New Jersey
Media & others
  centraljersey.com - Packet Publications - Princeton
  New Jersey Globe
  NJ.com- Everything Jersey Star-Ledger, Trenton Times, Jersey Journal and other NJ newspapers
  NJBiz.com
  NJTV - New Jersey Public Television - Englewood
  PolitickerNJ.com
  Politics1.com - New Jersey
  Press of Atlantic City
  the Trentonian
  The Westfield Leader

 


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