New Jersey 2026 Primary Elections

★ U.S. Senate Safe D

Incumbent: D Cory Booker

Democrat

Cory Booker Incumbent Nominee $18,869,341 raised

Independent

Michael Estrada $0 raised

Republican

Alex Zdan $48,322 raised

Justin Michael Murphy Nominee $27,316 raised

Richard Jerome Tabor Sr $27,190 raised

Robert Lebovics $178,219 raised

Dollar figures are each campaign’s total funds raised, from FEC filings.

Primary Results

Democratic Primary

Held June 2, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Cory Booker ✓	587,161	100.0%

Republican Primary

Held June 2, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Justin Murphy ✓	82,210	33.4%
Richard Tabor	71,892	29.2%
Alex Zdan	66,054	26.8%
Robert Lebovics	26,254	10.7%

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★ Governor

Governor race details will be available as filing opens.

★ U.S. House 12 districts

NJ-01 District 1 Safe D D Donald Norcross

Donald Norcross (D) Incumbent ✓ Damon Galdo (R) ✓

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NJ-02 District 2 Lean R R Jeff Van Drew

Jeff Van Drew (R) Incumbent ✓ Zack Mullock (D) ✓

Democratic · Jun 2 Zack Mullock 17,410 39.5% ✓ Tim Alexander 12,120 27.5% Bayly Winder 9,782 22.2% Terri Reese 4,710 10.7%

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NJ-03 District 3 Likely D D Herb Conaway

Herb Conaway (D) Incumbent ✓ Michael McGuire (R) ✓

Republican · Jun 2 Michael McGuire 14,810 57.9% ✓ Jason Cullen 6,238 24.4% Justin Barbera 4,519 17.7%

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NJ-04 District 4 Safe R R Chris Smith

Chris Smith (R) Incumbent ✓ Rachel Peace (D) ✓

Democratic · Jun 2 Rachel Peace 20,794 72.8% ✓ John Blake 7,765 27.2%

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NJ-05 District 5 Likely D D Josh Gottheimer

Josh Gottheimer (D) Incumbent ✓ Chandiha Gajapathy (R) Mary Jo-Ann Guinchard (R) Sean Joseph Kirrane (R)

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NJ-06 District 6 Safe D D Frank Pallone

Frank Pallone (D) Incumbent ✓ Hillary Herzig (R) ✓

Democratic · Jun 2 Frank Pallone 32,761 65.7% ✓ John Hsu 13,304 26.7% Katie Bansil 3,837 7.7%

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NJ-07 District 7 Lean R R Thomas Kean Jr.

Thomas Kean Jr. (R) Incumbent ✓ Rebecca Bennett (D) ✓

Democratic · Jun 2 Rebecca Bennett 27,525 45.3% ✓ Tina Shah 12,146 20.0% Brian Varela 11,614 19.1% Michael Roth 9,452 15.6%

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NJ-08 District 8 Safe D D Rob Menendez

Rob Menendez (D) Incumbent ✓ Mussab Ali (D) Richard Joseph Barilla (I)

Democratic · Jun 2 Rob Menendez 28,509 68.8% ✓ Mussab Ali 12,930 31.2%

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NJ-09 District 9 Safe D D Nellie Pou

Nellie Pou (D) Incumbent ✓ Rosie Pino (R) ✓

Republican · Jun 2 Rosie Pino 6,711 51.3% ✓ Tiffany Burress 6,366 48.7%

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NJ-10 District 10 Safe D D LaMonica McIver

LaMonica McIver (D) Incumbent ✓

Democratic · Jun 2 LaMonica McIver 38,769 84.8% ✓ Lawrence Poster 6,935 15.2%

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NJ-11 District 11 Likely D D Analilia Mejia

Analilia Mejia (D) Incumbent ✓ Joe Hathaway (R) ✓

Democratic · Jun 2 Analilia Mejia 52,908 81.7% ✓ Donald Cresitello 4,443 6.9% Justin Strickland 3,929 6.1% Joseph Lewis 3,507 5.4%

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NJ-12 District 12 Safe D D Bonnie Watson Coleman Open

Adam Hamawy (D) ✓ Gregg Mele (R) ✓

Democratic · Jun 2 Adam Hamawy 22,265 28.6% ✓ Brad Cohen 11,353 14.6% Sam Wang 7,286 9.4% Shanel Robinson 6,905 8.9% Verlina Reynolds-Jackson 6,858 8.8% Sue Altman 6,595 8.5% Squire Servance 4,273 5.5% Adrian Mapp 3,389 4.4% Sujit Singh 3,045 3.9% Jay Vaingankar 2,348 3.0% Matt Adams 1,613 2.1% Elijah Dixon 1,150 1.5% Kyle Little 674 0.9%

Republican · Jun 2 Gregg Mele 12,913 100.0% ✓

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📊 Primary Polls

Race	Pollster	Date	Sample	Results
House · Democratic primary	Tavern Research partisan·D	2026-06-01	479 LV	Rebecca Bennett 32% · Tina Shah 16% · Brian Varela 15% · Michael Roth 12% · Unsure 24%
House · Democratic primary	StimSight Research	2026-05-20	400 LV	Rebecca Bennett 31% · Brian Varela 17% · Tina Shah 16% · Michael Roth 15% · Unsure 21%
House · Democratic primary	Impact Research (D) partisan·D	2026-05-13	400 LV	Rebecca Bennett 36% · Tina Shah 15% · Michael Roth 13% · Brian Varela 12% · Unsure 22%

Primary polls are shown here only — they never enter the general-election averages. Pollster names link to track records.