United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2026 (June 2 Republican primary)
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: March 23, 2026 |
| Primary: June 2, 2026 General: November 3, 2026 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times:
6 a.m. to 8 p.m. |
| Race ratings |
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
| U.S. Senate battlegrounds U.S. House battlegrounds Federal and state primary competitiveness Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2026 |
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A Republican Party primary takes place on June 2, 2026, in New Jersey to determine which Republican candidate will run in the state's general election on November 3, 2026.
| Candidate filing deadline | Primary election | General election |
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Heading into the election, the incumbent is Cory Booker (Democrat), who was first elected in 2013.
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.[1]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Thirty-three of the 100 U.S. Senate seats are up for election, and another two seats are up for special election. Democrats hold 13 of the seats up for election, and Republicans hold 22. As of January 2026, nine members of the U.S. Senate announced they are not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. Senate elections taking place this year, click here.
This page focuses on New Jersey's United States Senate Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2026 (June 2 Democratic primary)
- United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2026
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
Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey
Justin Murphy (R), Natalie Rivera (R), Richard Tabor (R), and Alex Zdan (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey on June 2, 2026.
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 | Natalie Rivera | |
| Richard Tabor | ||
 | Alex Zdan | |
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Candidate profiles
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in New Jersey
Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| Justin Murphy | Republican Party | $3,557 | $2,087 | $574 | As of December 31, 2025 |
| Natalie Rivera | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| David Schmidt | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Richard Tabor | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Alex Zdan | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
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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." |
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Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in New Jersey in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in New Jersey, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2026 | ||||||
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| New Jersey | U.S. Senate | Ballot-qualified party | 2,000 | N/A | 3/23/2026 | Source |
| New Jersey | U.S. Senate | Unaffiliated | 2,000 | N/A | 6/2/2026 | Source |
See also
- United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2026 (June 2 Democratic primary)
- United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2026
- United States Senate Democratic Party primaries, 2026
- United States Senate Republican Party primaries, 2026
- United States Senate elections, 2026
- U.S. Senate battlegrounds, 2026
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