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U.S. Senate, New Jersey
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: Solid Democratic DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
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Voters in New Jersey will elect one member to the U.S. Senate in the general election on November 3, 2026. The election will fill the Class II Senate seat held by Cory Booker (D), who first took office in 2013. To learn more about other elections on the ballot, click here.

Candidates and election results

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

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. Senate New Jersey

Incumbent Cory Booker is running in the general election for U.S. Senate New Jersey on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Cory Booker (D)

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Voting information

See also: Voting in New Jersey

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Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Cory Booker	Democratic Party	$25,980,927	$12,224,223	$19,643,810	As of June 30, 2025
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.

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: U.S. Senate election in New Jersey, 2026
Race tracker	Race ratings
	9/16/2025	9/9/2025	9/2/2025	8/26/2025
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill	Pending	Pending	Pending	Pending
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe 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.

Election history

The section below details election results for this state's U.S. Senate elections dating back to 2018.

2024

See also: United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2024

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 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andrew Kim (D)	53.6	2,161,491
		Curtis Bashaw (R)	44.0	1,773,589
		Christina Khalil (G)	1.1	45,443
		Kenneth Kaplan (L)	0.6	24,242
		Patricia Mooneyham (Vote Better Party)	0.4	17,224
	Submit photo	Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party)	0.2	9,806

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,031,795
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Bob Menendez (Independent)
• Nick Carducci (Independent)

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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey

Curtis Bashaw defeated Christine Serrano-Glassner, Justin Murphy, and Albert Harshaw in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Curtis Bashaw	45.6	144,869
		Christine Serrano-Glassner	38.4	121,986
		Justin Murphy	11.3	35,954
		Albert Harshaw	4.7	15,064

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 317,873
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Gregg Mele (R)
• Daniel Cruz (R)
• Peter Vallorosi (R)
• Shirley Maia-Cusick (R)
• Michael Estrada (R)
• Alex Zdan (R)

2020

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

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)

Election 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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