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United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2024 (June 4 Democratic primary)
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: March 25, 2024 |
| Primary: June 4, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 Pre-election incumbent: George Helmy (Democratic) |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in New Jersey |
| Race ratings |
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Democratic Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic |
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A Democratic Party primary took place on June 4, 2024, in New Jersey to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the state's general election on November 5, 2024.
Andrew Kim advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey.
Thirty-four of 100 seats in the U.S. Senate were up for election in 2024, including one special election. At the time of the election, Democrats had a 51-49 majority.[1] Of the seats up for election in 2024, Democrats held 19, Republicans held 11, and independents held four. As of May 2024, eight members of the U.S. Senate had announced they were not running for re-election.
| Candidate filing deadline | Primary election | General election |
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Heading into the election, the incumbent was Bob Menendez Sr. (Democrat), who was first elected in 2006.
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.[2][3]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on New Jersey's United States Senate Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2024 (June 4 Republican primary)
- United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2024
Candidates and election results
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey
Andrew Kim defeated Patricia Campos Medina and Lawrence Hamm in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andrew Kim | 74.8 | 392,602 |
 | Patricia Campos Medina  | 16.1 | 84,286 | |
 | Lawrence Hamm | 9.1 | 47,796 | |
| Total votes: 524,684 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kevin Cupples (D)
- Tammy Murphy (D)
- Bob Menendez (D)
- Kyle Jasey (D)
- Patrick Merrill (D)
- Joseph Signorello (D)
Candidate profiles
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Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "Political Leader | Activist | Educator | Public Speaker Patricia is a labor leader, educator & policy innovator on worker rights and the economy. She is an advocate for workers and unions because they build strong middle-class families. Her professional record includes working as a national legislative and political director for labor unions, leading advocacy campaigns for American workers before the Congress and the White House. Patricia is an immigrant Latina, whose journey embodies the essence of the American dream. She came to the US as a teenager, learned English as a second language in HS and earned a scholarship to attend Cornell University, where she obtained her BS in Labor Relations, a MS in Public Administration, and later on her PhD from Rutgers. She is a faculty member of the ED of The Worker Institute, ILR, Cornell, where she conducts research and leads policy innovation on worker rights, gender violence prevention in the workplace and the pay gap for women workers in our green and care economy, including expanding rights for domestic workers. Campos-Medina serves as President of Latina Civic, an organization that supports Latinas to run for office. She is a board member of PODER PAC and PAC Chair for NJ Citizen Action. She is an Advisory Committee Member for ELLA Wins/Ready to Run, a program of the Center for American Women in Politics and is a Visiting Fellow at the Eagleton Institute, Rutgers. "
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. Senate New Jersey in 2024.
Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office:
- United States House of Representatives - New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District (Assumed office: 2019)
Biography: Kim received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Chicago and a master's and doctorate degree in international studies from Oxford University. He worked as an advisor to General David Petraeus and as an advisor to President Barack Obama (D) on the National Security Council.
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Sources: Andy Kim 2024 campaign website, "Ending Government Corruption," accessed September 5, 2024; Andy Kim 2024 campaign website, "Congressman Andy Kim Focuses on Making American Dream More Affordable and Accessible in Events Statewide," August 17, 2024; Andy Kim 2024 campaign website, "Strengthening Our Families’ Healthcare," accessed September 5, 2024; The University of Chicago News Room, "Two University of Chicago students win Rhodes Scholarships," November 21, 2004; Center for a New American Security, "Andrew Kim," accessed September 5, 2024; The New York Times, "Nobody Saw Andy Kim Coming. That’s What He Was Counting On," April 7, 2024
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. Senate New Jersey in 2024.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in New Jersey
Noteworthy endorsements
This section lists noteworthy endorsements issued in this election, including those made by high-profile individuals and organizations, cross-party endorsements, and endorsements made by newspaper editorial boards. It also includes a bulleted list of links to official lists of endorsements for any candidates who published that information on their campaign websites. Please note that this list is not exhaustive. If you are aware of endorsements that should be included, please click here.
Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| Patricia Campos Medina | Democratic Party | $477,182 | $477,182 | $0 | As of June 30, 2024 |
| Lawrence Hamm | Democratic Party | $25,362 | $11,424 | $13,938 | As of March 31, 2024 |
| Andrew Kim | Democratic Party | $12,441,004 | $11,981,836 | $621,700 | As of December 31, 2024 |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. 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." |
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Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in New Jersey in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in New Jersey, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2024 | ||||||||
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Signature formula | Filing fee | Filing fee formula | Filing deadline | Source |
| New Jersey | U.S. Senate | Ballot-qualified party | 1,000 | Fixed number | N/A | N/A | 3/25/2024 | Source |
| New Jersey | U.S. Senate | Unaffiliated | 800 | Fixed number | N/A | N/A | 6/4/2024 | Source |
Election analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
- Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
- State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
- Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
Cook PVI by congressional district
| Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for New Jersey, 2024 | |||
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| District | Incumbent | Party | PVI |
| New Jersey's 1st | Donald Norcross |  Democratic |
D+10 |
| New Jersey's 2nd | Jeff Van Drew |  Republican |
R+5 |
| New Jersey's 3rd | Andrew Kim | Democratic |
D+5 |
| New Jersey's 4th | Chris Smith | Republican |
R+14 |
| New Jersey's 5th | Josh Gottheimer | Democratic |
D+4 |
| New Jersey's 6th | Frank Pallone Jr. | Democratic |
D+8 |
| New Jersey's 7th | Thomas Kean Jr. | Republican |
R+1 |
| New Jersey's 8th | Robert Menendez Jr. | Democratic |
D+22 |
| New Jersey's 9th | Bill Pascrell | Democratic |
D+8 |
| New Jersey's 10th | Donald Payne Jr. | Democratic |
D+30 |
| New Jersey's 11th | Mikie Sherrill | Democratic |
D+6 |
| New Jersey's 12th | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Democratic |
D+12 |
2020 presidential results by 2024 congressional district lines
| 2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2024 district lines, New Jersey[4] | ||||
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| District | Joe Biden 
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Donald Trump 
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| New Jersey's 1st | 61.5% | 37.1% | ||
| New Jersey's 2nd | 46.9% | 51.8% | ||
| New Jersey's 3rd | 56.3% | 42.3% | ||
| New Jersey's 4th | 38.1% | 60.6% | ||
| New Jersey's 5th | 55.6% | 43.2% | ||
| New Jersey's 6th | 59.0% | 39.7% | ||
| New Jersey's 7th | 51.1% | 47.3% | ||
| New Jersey's 8th | 72.1% | 26.8% | ||
| New Jersey's 9th | 58.9% | 40.0% | ||
| New Jersey's 10th | 80.6% | 18.6% | ||
| New Jersey's 11th | 57.8% | 40.9% | ||
| New Jersey's 12th | 66.6% | 32.1% | ||
2012-2020
How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:
| County-level voting pattern categories | |||||||
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| Democratic | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Democratic | D | D | D | ||||
| Trending Democratic | R | D | D | ||||
| Battleground Democratic | D | R | D | ||||
| New Democratic | R | R | D | ||||
| Republican | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Republican | R | R | R | ||||
| Trending Republican | D | R | R | ||||
| Battleground Republican | R | D | R | ||||
| New Republican | D | D | R | ||||
Following the 2020 presidential election, 71.6% of New Jerseyans lived in one of the state's 12 Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 18.9% lived in one of six Solid Republican counties. Overall, New Jersey was Solid Democratic, having voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2012, Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016, and Joe Biden (D) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in New Jersey following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.
| New Jersey county-level statistics, 2020 | |||||||
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| Solid Democratic | 12 | 71.6% | |||||
| Solid Republican | 6 | 18.9% | |||||
| New Democratic | 1 | 5.5% | |||||
| Battleground Democratic | 1 | 3.3% | |||||
| Trending Republican | 1 | 0.7% | |||||
| Total voted Democratic | 14 | 80.4% | |||||
| Total voted Republican | 7 | 19.6% | |||||
Historical voting trends
New Jersey presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 15 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 |
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| 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 |
This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.
U.S. Senate elections
The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in New Jersey.
| U.S. Senate election results in New Jersey | ||
|---|---|---|
| Race | Winner | Runner up |
| 2020 | 57.2% |
40.9%
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| 2018 | 54.0% |
42.8%
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| 2014 | 55.8% |
42.3%
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| 2013 | 54.9% |
44.0%
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| 2012 | 58.9% |
39.4%
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| Average | 56.2 | 41.9 |
Gubernatorial elections
- See also: Governor of New Jersey
The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in New Jersey.
| Gubernatorial election results in New Jersey | ||
|---|---|---|
| Race | Winner | Runner up |
| 2021 | 51.2% |
48.0%
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| 2017 | 56.0% |
41.9%
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| 2013 | 60.3% |
38.2%
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| 2009 | 48.5% |
44.9%
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| 2005 | 53.5% |
43.0%
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| Average | 53.9 | 43.2 |
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of New Jersey's congressional delegation as of May 2024.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from New Jersey | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Republican | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 12 | 14 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in New Jersey's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.
| State executive officials in New Jersey, May 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Office | Officeholder |
| Governor | Phil Murphy
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| Lieutenant Governor | Tahesha Way
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| Secretary of State | Tahesha Way
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| Attorney General | Matt Platkin
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State legislature
New Jersey State Senate
| Party | As of February 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 25 | |
| Republican Party | 15 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | |
New Jersey General Assembly
| Party | As of February 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 52 | |
| Republican Party | 28 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 80 | |
Trifecta control
The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.
New Jersey Party Control: 1992-2024
Thirteen years of Democratic trifectas • Eight years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
The table below details demographic data in New Jersey and compares it to the broader United States as of 2022.
| Demographic Data for New Jersey | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | United States | |
| Population | 9,288,994 | 331,449,281 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 7,354 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 59.8% | 65.9% |
| Black/African American | 13.1% | 12.5% |
| Asian | 9.9% | 5.8% |
| Native American | 0.3% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander | 0% | 0.2% |
| Other (single race) | 8.3% | 6% |
| Multiple | 8.6% | 8.8% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 21.2% | 18.7% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 90.6% | 89.1% |
| College graduation rate | 42.3% | 34.3% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $97,126 | $75,149 |
| Persons below poverty level | 6.9% | 8.8% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2017-2022). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
See also
- United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2024 (June 4 Republican primary)
- United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2024
- United States Senate Democratic Party primaries, 2024
- United States Senate Republican Party primaries, 2024
- United States Senate elections, 2024
- U.S. Senate battlegrounds, 2024
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Two Independents caucused with the Democratic Party. Another independent, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, counted toward the Democratic majority for committee purposes.
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed September 27, 2024
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "Statutes & Rules § 19:23-45," accessed September 27, 2024
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed December 15, 2023
