The Green Papers: New Jersey 2023 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
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

New Jersey Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans

           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 118th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator  Robert "Bob" Menendez
Appointed by Governor Jon S. Corzine to fill the vacancy caused by Corzine having resigned this seat 17 January 2006 upon taking the Oath of Office as Governor of the State; first elected: 2006; re-elected: 2012, 2018
[Previously served in the U.S. House to which he was first elected in 1992: subsequently re-elected in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (8)
  Candidate Democratic     Kyle Fort Jasey
FEC S4NJ00425
  Candidate Democratic     Christina Amira Khalil
FEC S4NJ00367
  Candidate Democratic     Senator  Robert "Bob" Menendez
FEC S6NJ00289; 31 Mar 23; Tot $1,132,267; Dsb $428,423
  Candidate Democratic     Roselle Park Mayor  Joseph "Joe" Signorello, III
FEC S4NJ00417; 31 Mar 23; Tot $42,651; Dsb $7,181
  Candidate Republican     Dan Cruz
FEC S4NJ00334
  Candidate Republican     Shirley Maia-Cusick
FEC S4NJ00359 or S4NJ00391

FEC S4NJ00391; 31 Mar 23; Tot $78,426; Dsb $68,697
  Candidate Republican     Gregg Mele
FEC S4NJ00409
  Candidate Independent     Nicholas Matthew "Nick" Carducci
FEC S4NJ00342

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

  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 (3)
  Candidate Democratic     Jersey City Mayor  Steven M. Fulop
  Candidate Democratic     former state Senator Steve Sweeney
  Candidate Republican     former state Assembly Member Jack Ciattarelli

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.

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor Sheila Y. Oliver
First elected: 2017, re-elected: 2021
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2025

118th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2024, 2026. No Term Limit. 118th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
9 Democratic (9 Undetermined);
3 Republican (3 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 118th 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 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Donald W. Norcross
FEC H4NJ01084; 31 Mar 23; Tot $152,773; Dsb $55,133
  Candidate Republican     Damon M. Galdo
FEC H2NJ01187; 31 Mar 23; Tot $0; Dsb $0

Incumbent - 118th 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 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (4) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Timothy C. "Tim" Alexander
FEC H4NJ02181
  Candidate Democratic     Carolyn Rush
  Candidate Democratic     Brandon Saffold
FEC H4NJ02199
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress  Jeff Van Drew
FEC H8NJ02166; 31 Mar 23; Tot $258,425; Dsb $203,387

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 3 Democratic Member of Congress  Andrew "Andy" Kim
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Andrew "Andy" Kim
FEC H8NJ03206; 31 Mar 23; Tot $469,303; Dsb $116,268

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 4 Republican Member of Congress  Christopher Henry "Chris" Smith
First elected: 1980
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress  Christopher Henry "Chris" Smith
FEC H8NJ04014; 31 Mar 23; Tot $70,687; Dsb $56,850

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 5 Democratic Member of Congress  Joshua S. "Josh" Gottheimer
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Joshua S. "Josh" Gottheimer
FEC H6NJ05171; 31 Mar 23; Tot $1,097,072; Dsb $219,750

Incumbent - 118th 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 5 November 2024

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 7 Republican Member of Congress  Thomas H. "Tom" Kean, Jr.
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic; (Working Families)     Susan Copius "Sue" Altman
FEC H4NJ07107
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress  Thomas H. "Tom" Kean, Jr.
FEC H0NJ07261; 30 Apr 23; Tot $831,845; Dsb $190,178

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 8 Democratic Member of Congress  Robert J. "Rob" Menendez
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Robert J. "Rob" Menendez
FEC H2NJ08232; 31 Mar 23; Tot $53,413; Dsb $191,184

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 9 Democratic Member of Congress  William J. "Bill" Pascrell, Jr.
First elected: 1996
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     William Oscar Henry
FEC H8NJ09120
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  William J. "Bill" Pascrell, Jr.
FEC H6NJ08118; 31 Mar 23; Tot $160,970; Dsb $159,305
  Candidate Republican     Vincent Micco
FEC H4NJ09137; 31 Mar 23; Tot $16,253; Dsb $9,218

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 10 Democratic Member of Congress  Donald M. Payne, Jr.
First elected in a special election for the 112th Congress (re: to fill the seat of his late father, Member of Congress Donald M. Payne) and concurrently to a full term in the 113th Congress: 6 Novemebr 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Donald M. Payne, Jr.
FEC H2NJ10154; 31 Mar 23; Tot $48,020; Dsb $55,732

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 11 Democratic Member of Congress  Rebecca Michelle "Mikie" Sherrill
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Rebecca Michelle "Mikie" Sherrill
FEC H8NJ11142; 31 Mar 23; Tot $443,202; Dsb $172,702

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 12 Democratic Member of Congress  Bonnie Watson Coleman
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Bonnie Watson Coleman
FEC H4NJ12149; 31 Mar 23; Tot $97,376; Dsb $73,538
 

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, 20 candidates
  Republican: 3 incumbents, 9 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.
  Constitution (affiliates)
  Green (affiliates)
  Libertarian
Other Third Parties
  AMERICANINDEPENDENTS.ORG
  Conservative USA
  Natural Law (affiliates)
  Socialist Party USA
  Unity
  Working Families: 1 candidate
Independents
  Independent: 1 candidate
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
  New Jersey Senate Democrats
  The New Jersey Democratic State Committee
Republican
  New Jersey Assembly Republicans
  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 Independents
  New Jersey Libertarian Party
  Socialist Party of New Jersey
  The Constitution Party of New Jersey
  The Green Party of New Jersey
  The Unity Party of New Jersey
Media & others
  Asbury Park Press
  centraljersey.com - Packet Publications - Princeton
  Courier-Post - Camden
  Daily Record - Morris County
  myCentralJersey - Courier News - Bridgewater, Home News Tribune - East Brunswick
  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
  NorthJersey.com
  phillyBurbs.com
  PolitickerNJ.com
  Politics1.com - New Jersey
  Press of Atlantic City
  The New Jersey Herald - Sussex County
  the Trentonian
  The Westfield Leader

 


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