Natalie Rivera

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Natalie Rivera

Republican Party

Candidate, U.S. Senate New Jersey

Elections and appointments

Last election

July 7, 2020

Next election

June 2, 2026

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Natalie Rivera (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. Senate to represent New Jersey. She declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on June 2, 2026.^[source]

Elections

2026

See also: United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on June 2, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. Senate New Jersey

Michael Misseri (Independent) is running in the general election for U.S. Senate New Jersey on November 3, 2026.

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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.

		Candidate
		Cory Booker
	Submit photo	Saxon Callahan
		Chris Fields
		Lisa McCormick
		Gregory Richard Tomaini

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey

Justin Murphy (R), Natalie Rivera (R), Richard Tabor (R), and Alex Zdan (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey on June 2, 2026.

		Candidate
		Justin Murphy
		Natalie Rivera
	Submit photo	Richard Tabor
		Alex Zdan

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2020

See also: United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2020

United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2020 (July 7 Democratic primary)

United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2020 (July 7 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate New Jersey

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate New Jersey on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cory Booker (D)	57.2	2,541,178
		Rik Mehta (R)	40.9	1,817,052
		Madelyn Hoffman (G)	0.9	38,288
		Veronica Fernandez (Of, By, For! Party)	0.7	32,290
		Daniel Burke (Larouche Was Right Party)	0.3	11,632
		Luis Vergara (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,440,440
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey

Incumbent Cory Booker defeated Lawrence Hamm in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey on July 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cory Booker	87.6	838,110
		Lawrence Hamm	12.4	118,802

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 956,912
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Harsh Naik (D)
• Lisa McCormick (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey

Rik Mehta defeated Hirsh Singh, Tricia Flanagan, Natalie Rivera, and Eugene Anagnos in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey on July 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rik Mehta	38.0	154,817
		Hirsh Singh	35.9	146,133
		Tricia Flanagan	17.8	72,678
		Natalie Rivera	5.3	21,650
		Eugene Anagnos	3.0	12,047

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 407,325
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Gary Rich (R)
• Navodaya Garepalli (R)
• Stuart David Meissner (R)

2018

See also: United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. Senate New Jersey

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate New Jersey on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Menendez (D)	54.0	1,711,654
		Bob Hugin (R)	42.8	1,357,355
		Madelyn Hoffman (G)	0.8	25,150
		Murray Sabrin (L)	0.7	21,212
		Natalie Rivera (For the People Party)	0.6	19,897
		Tricia Flanagan (New Day NJ Party)	0.5	16,101
		Kevin Kimple (Make it Simple Party)	0.3	9,087
		Hank Schroeder (Economic Growth Party)	0.3	8,854

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,169,310 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Muhammad Usman (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey

Incumbent Bob Menendez defeated Lisa McCormick in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Menendez	62.3	262,477
		Lisa McCormick	37.7	158,998

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 421,475
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Michael Starr Hopkins (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey

Bob Hugin defeated Brian Goldberg in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Hugin	75.1	168,052
		Brian Goldberg	24.9	55,624

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 223,676
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Antonio Sabas (R)
• Dana Wefer (R)
• Jeff Bell (R)
• Jerry Watson (R)

Campaign themes

2026

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2020

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Campaign finance summary

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Natalie Rivera campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2026*	U.S. Senate New Jersey	Candidacy Declared primary	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. Senate New Jersey	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2018	U.S. Senate New Jersey	Lost general	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

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New Jersey's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Cory Booker (D)

Andrew Kim (D)

Representatives

District 1

Donald Norcross (D)

District 2

Jeff Van Drew (R)

District 3

Herbert Conaway (D)

District 4

Chris Smith (R)

District 5

Josh Gottheimer (D)

District 6

Frank Pallone (D)

District 7

Thomas Kean (R)

District 8

Robert Menendez (D)

District 9

Nellie Pou (D)

District 10

LaMonica McIver (D)

District 11

Vacant

District 12

Bonnie Coleman (D)

Democratic Party (10)

Republican Party (3)

Vacancies (1)