New Jersey's 9th Congressional District election, 2026

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New Jersey's 9th Congressional District
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: Pending
Primary: Pending General: November 3, 2026
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in New Jersey
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Lean Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
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All U.S. House districts, including the 9th Congressional District of New Jersey, are holding elections in 2026. The general election is November 3, 2026. To learn more about other elections on the ballot, click here.

Candidates and election results

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• Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
• Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

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.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Incumbent Nellie Pou, Samuel Buccola, and Rosemary Pino are running in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Nellie Pou (D)
	Submit photo	Samuel Buccola (D)
	Submit photo	Rosemary Pino (R)

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Candidate profiles

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• Rosemary Pino

Voting information

See also: Voting in New Jersey

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• Rosemary Pino

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Nellie Pou	Democratic Party	$854,637	$227,411	$779,700	As of June 30, 2025
Samuel Buccola	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Rosemary Pino	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

• Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
• Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
• Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.
• Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.

Race ratings: New Jersey's 9th Congressional District election, 2026
Race tracker	Race ratings
	9/9/2025	9/2/2025	8/26/2025	8/19/2025
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill	Pending	Pending	Pending	Pending
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

This section will contain information on ballot access related to this state's elections when it is available.

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.

2024

See also: New Jersey's 9th Congressional District election, 2024

New Jersey's 9th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Democratic primary)

New Jersey's 9th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Nellie Pou defeated Billy Prempeh, Benjamin Taylor, and Bruno Pereira in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nellie Pou (D)	50.8	130,514
		Billy Prempeh (R)	45.9	117,939
		Benjamin Taylor (G)	2.0	5,027
		Bruno Pereira (L)	1.4	3,533

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 257,013
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Bill Pascrell (D)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Incumbent Bill Pascrell defeated Mohamed Khairullah in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Pascrell	76.1	26,514
		Mohamed Khairullah	23.9	8,328

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,842
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• William Henry (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Billy Prempeh defeated Hector Castillo in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Billy Prempeh	72.6	11,504
		Hector Castillo	27.4	4,352

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,856
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Vincent Micco (R)

2022

See also: New Jersey's 9th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Incumbent Bill Pascrell defeated Billy Prempeh, Lea Sherman, and Sean Armstrong in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Pascrell (D)	55.0	82,457
		Billy Prempeh (R)	43.6	65,365
	Submit photo	Lea Sherman (Socialist Workers Party)	0.7	1,108
		Sean Armstrong (L)	0.7	1,054

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 149,984
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Incumbent Bill Pascrell advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Pascrell	100.0	19,524

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,524
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Billy Prempeh advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Billy Prempeh	100.0	10,724

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,724
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2020

See also: New Jersey's 9th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Incumbent Bill Pascrell defeated Billy Prempeh and Chris Auriemma in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Pascrell (D)	65.8	203,674
		Billy Prempeh (R)	31.9	98,629
		Chris Auriemma (Veteran For Change Party)	2.3	7,239

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 309,542
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Incumbent Bill Pascrell defeated Zinovia Spezakis and Alp Basaran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on July 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Pascrell	80.6	52,422
		Zinovia Spezakis	16.9	10,998
		Alp Basaran	2.4	1,592

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 65,012
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Blake Michael (D)
• Michael Wildes (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Billy Prempeh defeated Timothy Walsh (Unofficially withdrew) in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on July 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Billy Prempeh	74.2	10,055
	Submit photo	Timothy Walsh (Unofficially withdrew)	25.8	3,500

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,555
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District analysis

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See also

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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

Mikie Sherrill (D)

District 12

Bonnie Coleman (D)

Democratic Party (11)

Republican Party (3)

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