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New Jersey State Senate elections, 2027

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General: November 2, 2027

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Elections for the New Jersey State Senate will take place in 2027. The general election is on November 2, 2027.

The New Jersey State Senate is one of eight state legislative chambers with elections in 2027. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.

Party control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates and State government trifectas
Party As of September 2025
     Democratic Party 25
     Republican Party 15
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 40

Candidates

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

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

Voting information

See also: Voting in New Jersey

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


Competitiveness

This section will be updated with information about the competitiveness of state legislative elections in New Jersey. For more information about Ballotpedia's Competitiveness Analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.

Process to become a candidate

See also: Ballot access requirements for political candidates in New Jersey

For partisan candidates

DocumentIcon.jpg See statutes: Title 19, Article 23 of the New Jersey Permanent Statutes

Political party candidates are nominated via primary elections. To access the primary ballot, a partisan candidate must do the following:[1]

1.) File a petition with the required number of signatures for the office being sought, including a guarantee that signers are qualified voters of New Jersey and the electoral district in which the candidate is running.[2]

  • The petition must indicate that the circulator/witness is the person who collected the signatures on the petition. The circulator must complete and sign the affidavit where indicated.[3]

2.) The candidate must sign a "Certificate of Acceptance" and an "Oath of Allegiance" to accompany the petition. The oath must also be notarized.[4]

The petition may include a candidate's designation or slogan, which must not exceed six words. The designation is for the purpose of indicating either an official act or policy to which the candidate is pledged or committed, or to distinguish the candidate as belonging to a particular faction or wing of his political party. No such designation or slogan can include or refer to the name of any person or any incorporated association of New Jersey without written consent.[5]

Signature requirements for primary petitions are established by Title 19, Article 23, Section 8, of the New Jersey Permanent Statutes.

Signature requirements
Office Signature requirements
Governor 2,500 registered voters[6]
State Senator 250 registered voters from the district[6]
State Representative 250 registered voters from the district[6]
United States Representative 200 registered voters from the congressional district
United States Senator 1,000 voters in the state who are members of the applicable political party

For independent candidates

DocumentIcon.jpg See statutes: Title 19, Article 13 of the New Jersey Permanent Statutes

An independent candidate must submit the same paperwork as a partisan candidate.[7]

Signature requirements for independent candidates are established by Title 19, Article 13, Section 5, of the New Jersey Permanent Statutes and are as follows:

Signature requirements
Office Signature requirements
Governor 2,000 registered voters[6]
State Senator 250 registered voters from the district[6]
State Representative 250 registered voters from the district
United States Representative 100 registered voters from the congressional district
United States Senator 800 registered voters in the state

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

In order to be a candidate to run for the New Jersey State Senate, a candidate must:[8]

  • Be a citizen of the United States
  • Be 30 years of age or older.
  • Resident of the state for a minimum of four years prior to the general election.
  • Resident of the legislative district for one year prior to the general election.
  • Obtain 100 signatures via petition and submit the signatures to the New Jersey Secretary of State.
  • Disclose any criminal convictions.

Salaries and per diem

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
State legislative salaries, 2024[9]
SalaryPer diem
$49,000/yearNo per diem is paid.

When sworn in

See also: When state legislators assume office after a general election

New Jersey legislators assume office at noon on the second Tuesday in January following the election.[10]

New Jersey political history

Trifectas

A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.

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

Presidential politics in New Jersey

2024

See also: Presidential election, 2024


Presidential election in New Jersey, 2024
 
Candidate/Running mate
%
Popular votes
Electoral votes
✔
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Kamala D. Harris/Tim Walz (D)
 
52.0
 
2,220,713 14
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Donald Trump/J.D. Vance (R)
 
46.1
 
1,968,215 0
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Jill Stein/Samson LeBeau Kpadenou (G)
 
0.9
 
39,041 0
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr./Nicole Shanahan (Independent)
 
0.5
 
23,479 0
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Chase Oliver/Mike ter Maat (L)
 
0.2
 
10,500 0
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Claudia De La Cruz/Karina Garcia (Party for Socialism and Liberation)
 
0.1
 
5,105 0
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Randall Terry/Stephen E. Broden (Constitution Party)
 
0.1
 
3,024 0
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Joseph Kishore/Jerry White (Socialist Equality Party)
 
0.0
 
1,371 0
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Rachele Fruit/Margaret Trowe (Socialist Workers Party)
 
0.0
 
1,277 0

There were no incumbents in this race The results have been certified.

Total votes: 4,272,725


2020

See also: Presidential election, 2020


Presidential election in New Jersey, 2020
 
Candidate/Running mate
%
Popular votes
Electoral votes
✔
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Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D)
 
57.3
 
2,608,335 14
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Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R)
 
41.4
 
1,883,274 0
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Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L)
 
0.7
 
31,677 0
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Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G)
 
0.3
 
14,202 0
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Bill Hammons/Eric Bodenstab (Unity Party)
 
0.1
 
3,255 0
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Don Blankenship/William Mohr (Constitution Party)
 
0.1
 
2,954 0
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Gloria La Riva/Sunil Freeman (Party for Socialism and Liberation)
 
0.1
 
2,928 0
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Roque De La Fuente/Darcy Richardson (Alliance Party)
 
0.1
 
2,728 0

Incumbents are bolded and underlined The results have been certified.

Total votes: 4,549,353


2016

See also: Presidential election, 2016
U.S. presidential election, New Jersey, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes Electoral votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngHillary Clinton/Tim Kaine 55.5% 2,148,278 14
     Republican Donald Trump/Mike Pence 41.4% 1,601,933 0
     Libertarian Gary Johnson/Bill Weld 1.9% 72,477 0
     Green Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka 1% 37,772 0
     Constitution Darrell Lane Castle/Scott Bradley 0.2% 6,161 0
     Socialist Workers Alyson Kennedy/Osborne Hart 0.1% 2,156 0
     American Delta Rocky De La Fuente/Michael Steinberg 0% 1,838 0
     Workers World Monica Moorehead/Lamont Lilly 0% 1,749 0
     Socialism and Liberation Gloria Estela La Riva/Eugene Puryear 0% 1,682 0
Total Votes 3,874,046 14
Election results via: New Jersey Department of State


New Jersey presidential election results (1900-2024)

  • 16 Democratic wins
  • 16 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winning Party R R R D R R R R D D D D R R R D D R R R R R R D D D D D D D D D


Redistricting following the 2020 census

On February 18, 2022, the New Jersey Legislative Reapportionment Commission voted to approve a new set of state legislative maps.[11] The commission voted 9-2 to approve the maps. Thomas Kean Jr. (R) and Cosmo A. Cirillo (D) were the two dissenting votes.[12] The New Jersey Monitor's Nikita Biryukov wrote that the vote was "an unprecedented compromise for a commission that has historically relied on a court-appointed tiebreaker to end partisan gridlock."[11]


See also

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ New Jersey Permanent Statutes, "Title 19:23-5," accessed April 24, 2025
  2. ↑ New Jersey Permanent Statutes, "Title 19:23-8," accessed April 24, 2025
  3. ↑ New Jersey Permanent Statutes, "Title 19:23-11," accessed April 24, 2025
  4. ↑ New Jersey Permanent Statutes, "Title 19:23-15," accessed April 24, 2025
  5. ↑ New Jersey Permanent Statutes, "Title 19:23-17," accessed April 24, 2025
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 New Jersey Department of State, "Changes in Signature Requirements for New Jersey Election Petitions Become Law," February 4, 2025
  7. ↑ New Jersey Secretary of State, "Candidate Information," accessed April 24, 2025
  8. ↑ Nj.gov, "PETITION FOR MEMBER OF THE NEW JERSEY STATE SENATE," accessed August 29, 2019
  9. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
  10. ↑ New Jersey Constitution, "Article IV, Section II (2.)," accessed February 10, 2021
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 New Jersey Monitor, "Democrats, GOP agree on new legislative map for N.J.," February 18, 2022
  12. ↑ Insider NJ, "Redistricting Commission Finalizes Legislative Map by 9-2 Vote," February 18, 2022


Current members of the New Jersey State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:Nicholas Scutari
Majority Leader:Teresa Ruiz
Minority Leader:Anthony Bucco
Senators
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
Vin Gopal (D)
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
Bob Smith (D)
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
Democratic Party (25)
Republican Party (15)


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