Democratic Party primaries in New Jersey, 2026

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Democratic Party primaries, 2026

Primary Date

June 2, 2026

Federal elections

Democratic primaries for U.S. House

State party

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.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Federal elections

U.S. Senate

See also: United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2026 (June 2 Democratic primary)

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.

Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.

U.S. House

See also: United States House elections in New Jersey, 2026 (June 2 Democratic primaries)

The U.S. House of Representatives elections in New Jersey are scheduled on November 3, 2026. Voters will elect 12 candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's 12 U.S. House districts. The primary is June 2, 2026. The filing deadline is March 23, 2026. To see a full list of candidates in the primary in each district, click "Show more" below.

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District 1

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District 2

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District 3

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District 4

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District 5

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District 6

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District 7

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District 8

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District 9

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District 10

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District 11

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District 12

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

Voting information

See also: Voting in New Jersey

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.

Context of the 2026 elections

New Jersey Party Control: 1992-2025
Fourteen years of Democratic trifectas  •  Eight years of Republican trifectas
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State party overview

Democratic Party of New Jersey

See also: Democratic Party of New Jersey

State political party revenue

See also: State political party revenue and State political party revenue per capita

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
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.

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