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Ballotpedia covers 11 state executive offices in the state of New Jersey. The executive branch is governed by Article V of the New Jersey Constitution.

State executive organization

Executive officials in New Jersey are part of a three-pronged government structure that includes state legislators and state judges. The following chart details the relationship among different branches of New Jersey's state government:

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Current officeholders

Office	Name	Party	Date assumed office
Attorney General of New Jersey	Matt Platkin	Democratic	September 29, 2022
Governor of New Jersey	Phil Murphy	Democratic	January 16, 2018
Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey	Tahesha Way	Democratic	September 8, 2023
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities	Marian Abdou	Nonpartisan	June 28, 2023
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities	Michael Bange	Nonpartisan	January 31, 2024
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities	Zenon Christodoulou	Nonpartisan	August 8, 2022
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities	Christine Guhl-Sadovy	Nonpartisan	June 7, 2023
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities	Vacant
New Jersey Commissioner of Education	Kevin Dehmer	Nonpartisan	February 12, 2024
New Jersey Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development	Robert Asaro-Angelo	Nonpartisan	2018
New Jersey Comptroller	Kevin D. Walsh	Nonpartisan	January 27, 2020
New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture	Ed Wengryn	Nonpartisan	March 25, 2024
New Jersey Secretary of State	Tahesha Way	Democratic	February 26, 2018
New Jersey Treasurer	Elizabeth Maher Muoio	Nonpartisan	2018

Elections

2025

See also: New Jersey state executive official elections, 2025

The following state executive offices are up for election in New Jersey in 2025:

Governor
Lieutenant Governor

2024

There were no state executive offices up for election in New Jersey in 2024.

2023

There were no state executive elections in New Jersey in 2023.

2022

There were no state executive offices up for election in New Jersey in 2022.

2021

See also New Jersey state executive official elections, 2021

There were two state executive offices up for election in New Jersey in 2021:

• Governor
• Lieutenant governor

2020

There were no state executive offices up for election in New Jersey in 2020.

2019

There were no state executive offices up for election in New Jersey in 2019.

2018

There were no state executive offices up for election in New Jersey in 2018.

2017

See also New Jersey state executive official elections, 2017

There were two state executive offices up for election in New Jersey in 2017:

• Governor
• Lieutenant governor

2016

There were no state executive offices up for election in New Jersey in 2016.

2015

There were no state executive elections in New Jersey in 2015.

2014

There were no state executive elections in New Jersey in 2014.

2013

See also New Jersey state executive official elections, 2013

There were two state executive offices up for election in New Jersey in 2013:

• Governor
• Lieutenant governor

2012

There were no state executive elections in New Jersey in 2012.

Footnotes

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