Democratic Party primaries in New Jersey, 2026
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| Democratic Party of New Jersey |
| State political party revenue |
This page focuses on the Democratic primaries that will take place in New Jersey on June 2, 2026.
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. New Jersey utilizes a semi-closed primary process, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is generally limited to registered party members. Unaffiliated voters can register as party members at the polls on primary election day. Otherwise, a voter must indicate his or her party preference (e.g., via an updated voter registration) no later than the 55th day preceding the primary in order to vote in that party's primary.[1]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Federal elections
U.S. Senate
A Democratic Party primary takes place on June 2, 2026, in New Jersey to determine which Democratic candidate will run in the state's general election on November 3, 2026.
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey
Incumbent Cory Booker (D), Saxon Callahan (D), Chris Fields (D), Lisa McCormick (D), and Gregory Richard Tomaini (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey on June 2, 2026.
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U.S. House
District 1
Democratic primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Donald Norcross (Incumbent)
- Lonnie Affrime
District 2
Democratic primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 3
Democratic primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Herbert C. Conaway Jr. (Incumbent)
District 4
Democratic primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 5
Democratic primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Josh Gottheimer (Incumbent)
- Nick Gebo
District 6
Democratic primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Frank Pallone Jr. (Incumbent)
- Katie Bansil
- John Hsu
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 7
Democratic primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Beth Ellen Adubato
- Rebecca Bennett
- Michael Garth
- Megan O'Rourke
- Michael Roth
- Felipe Santos
- Tina Shah
- Brian Varela
District 8
Democratic primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Robert Menendez Jr. (Incumbent)
- Mussab Ali
District 9
Democratic primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Nellie Pou (Incumbent)
- Samuel Buccola
District 10
Democratic primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- LaMonica McIver (Incumbent)
- Shana Melius
District 11
Democratic primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
District 12
Democratic primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Matthew Adams
- Susan Altman
- Michael Anderson
- Brad Cohen
- Elijah Dixon
- Adam Hamawy
- Raymond Heck
- Kyle Little
- Adrian Mapp
- Tennille R. McCoy
- Rick Morales
- Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
- Shanel Robinson
- Squire Servance
- Sujit Singh
- Iziah Thompson
- Jay Vaingankar
- Samuel Wang
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (Incumbent)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyVoting information
- See also: Voting in New Jersey
Context of the 2026 elections
New Jersey Party Control: 1992-2026
Fifteen years of Democratic trifectas • Eight years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | |
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| Governor | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | |
| Senate | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | S | S | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | |
| Assembly | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
State party overview
Democratic Party of New Jersey
- See also: Democratic Party of New Jersey
New Jersey has a Democratic state government trifecta. A trifecta exists when one political party simultaneously holds the governor’s office and majorities in both state legislative chambers. As of February 28, 2026, there are 23 Republican trifectas, 14 Democratic trifectas, and 13 divided governments where neither party holds trifecta control.
In the 2020 election, Republicans had a net gain of two trifectas and two states under divided government became trifectas. Prior to that election, New Jersey had a Democratic trifecta. There were 21 Republican trifectas, 15 Democratic trifectas, and 14 divided governments.
State political party revenue
State political parties typically deposit revenue in separate state and federal accounts in order to comply with state and federal campaign finance laws.
The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following map displays total state political party revenue per capita for the Democratic state party affiliates.
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
Two of 21 New Jersey counties—9.5 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
| Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008 | |||||||
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| County | Trump margin of victory in 2016 | Obama margin of victory in 2012 | Obama margin of victory in 2008 | ||||
| Gloucester County, New Jersey | 0.48% | 10.77% | 12.16% | ||||
| Salem County, New Jersey | 15.00% | 1.31% | 3.92% | ||||
In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won New Jersey with 55.5 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 41.4 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, New Jersey voted Democratic 46.67 percent of the time and Republican 53.33 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, New Jersey voted Democratic all five times.
See also
2026 Elections
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