New Jersey Sample Ballot 2026: Every Candidate on Your November Ballot

Norcross is an electrician by trade who trained through a community college and skilled apprenticeship program and represents New Jersey's 1st District in Congress, per the campaign site. His campaign highlights his focus on raising wages and expanding affordable higher education for working families, per the campaign site.

Damon Galdo is a union carpenter in construction from West Deptford who hosts a conservative podcast, per his campaign site and the New Jersey Globe. This is his third campaign for the seat after 2022 and 2024 runs, per the New Jersey Globe.

Jeff Van Drew is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, serving since 2019, per the chamber's membership roster. A dentist and former state senator from Dennis Township, per the New Jersey Globe, he secured South Jersey coastal projects in the committee-approved Water Resources Development Act in 2026, per his campaign site. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Zack Mullock is the two-term Mayor of Cape May, whose family owns the Chalfonte Hotel; he was elected to council in 2018, won the mayoralty in 2020, and was reelected unopposed in 2024, per the New Jersey Globe. As mayor he avoided tax increases while building a new firehouse, police station, and library, per the New Jersey Globe. He won the four-way June nomination, per WHYY.

Ramon Mora Jr. is a Vineland resident running as an independent candidate for New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District. Mora remained on the November ballot after a challenge to his nominating petition signatures fell short, according to New Jersey Globe. Mora's campaign focuses on affordability, housing and utility costs, government transparency and appealing to voters across party lines, per the campaign site.

Herb Conaway is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, winning the seat in 2024, per the chamber's membership roster. A physician and attorney with degrees from Princeton, Jefferson Medical College, and Rutgers Law, he served four years as a U.S. Air Force Medical Corps captain and 25 years in the New Jersey General Assembly, chairing the Health Committee, per his official House biography.

Michael P. McGuire is a family law attorney, Marine Corps veteran, former NYPD officer, and current Navy reservist, per WHYY and the New Jersey Globe. He says he was spurred to run after he and fellow reservists missed paychecks during the government shutdown, per the New Jersey Globe.

Kelly has spent a career in public service, education and civil rights oversight, per the campaign site. Kelly is running as an independent candidate for New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District, per the campaign site.

Welzer earned a master's degree in economics from Rutgers University and worked as a college instructor before spending more than four decades in environmental and social justice activism, per the campaign site. He helped found the Green Party of New Jersey and has run for state assembly, Congress and governor as a Green Party nominee since retiring in 2008, per the campaign site.

Christopher H. Smith is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, serving since 1981 as dean of the state's delegation, per the chamber's membership roster and WHYY. He wrote the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and four further anti-trafficking laws, and his Autism CARES bill was signed into law in 2024, per his campaign site. He is a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Rachel Peace is a small business owner, single mother, and Ocean County native raising her son in Monmouth County, per WHYY and the New Jersey Globe. She rose through Jersey Shore advocacy for health and nutrition programs, per the New Jersey Globe.

Josh Gottheimer is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, first elected in 2016, per the chamber's membership roster. He co-chairs the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus and is the only New Jersey member of House Financial Services, per his campaign site. Before Congress he worked at Ford and Microsoft and was one of the youngest White House speechwriters.

Sean Kirrane is a corporate consultant and AI entrepreneur from River Vale making his first run for office, per the New Jersey Globe. His site cites more than 20 years in healthcare, finance, and technology, including hospital turnarounds. He describes himself as socially moderate and fiscally responsible, per the New Jersey Globe.

Rueda is a Bucknell University graduate with a degree in financial management and accounting who has worked as a senior financial analyst, per the campaign site. He is a first-generation college graduate and National Hispanic Scholar from Sussex County, per the campaign site.

Frank Pallone Jr. is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, serving since January 1993, per the chamber's membership roster. A lawyer by training born in Long Branch, he is the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, per his official House site.

Hillary Herzig is an Oceanport resident, mother of three, military spouse, and civil servant making her first run for office, per the New Jersey Globe. She has worked with the Key West Police Department, U.S. Army intelligence and security operations, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, per the New Jersey Globe and her campaign site.

Thomas H. Kean Jr. is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, serving his second term on Energy and Commerce and Foreign Affairs, per his campaign site. He served in the New Jersey Assembly from 2001 and the State Senate, where he was Republican Leader for 14 years. A Dartmouth graduate with a Fletcher School master's, he lives in Westfield and is the son of former Gov. Thomas H. Kean Sr.

Rebecca Bennett is a former Navy helicopter pilot and aircraft commander with over a decade of service, a current Air National Guard officer, and a healthcare business leader with an MBA with honors from Wharton, per her campaign site. She is endorsed by Gov. Mikie Sherrill, per the New Jersey Globe.

Rob Menendez is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, elected in 2022, and serves on Energy and Commerce after earlier service on Transportation and Infrastructure, where he advocated for the Gateway Program, per his campaign site. Before Congress he was a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioner chairing its Governance and Ethics Committee. He lives in Jersey City, per the Hudson Reporter.

Aristotle 'Ari' Eliopoulos is a Jersey City public school teacher and union representative, born and raised in Jersey City as the son of Greek immigrant small-business owners, per his campaign site and the New Jersey Globe. A registered Republican running on an independent line, his bid is backed by the Hudson, Essex, and Union county Republican chairs, per the New Jersey Globe.

Hughey is an entrepreneur, educator, author, and technology innovator focused on artificial intelligence, robotics, workforce training, and education reform, per the campaign site. Hughey is running as an independent candidate for New Jersey's 8th District to build a future ready workforce and expand economic opportunity, per the campaign site.

Nelida 'Nellie' Pou is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, sworn in January 2025 as the first Latina from New Jersey in Congress, serving on Transportation and Infrastructure and Homeland Security, per her official House biography. She served as a state senator for the 35th District from 2012 after entering the Assembly in 1997, and spent over 40 years working for the City of Paterson, including as Business Administrator.

Rosie Pino is a Clifton city councilwoman, educator, and former U.S. Treasury bank examiner who served two terms on the Clifton Board of Education before winning a council seat in 2018 as the first minority elected to Clifton's council, per her campaign site. Born in the Bronx to Ecuadorian immigrant parents, she earned a GED and a Rutgers finance degree while raising a family. She won the June nomination by 366 votes, per the New Jersey Globe.

LaMonica R. McIver is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, elected in a September 2024 special election to complete the late Rep. Donald Payne Jr.'s term as the first Black woman to represent the district, per her campaign site. In 2018 she became the youngest woman elected to the Newark Municipal Council, later serving as Council President, after a career in education administration and as a PSE&G public affairs manager.

Carmen Bucco is a tailor and owner of the custom-clothing business Bucco Couture and a former Belleville school board member, per the New Jersey Globe. He grew up in foster care and founded the children's charity Bucco's Rising Stars, per his campaign site. He was the nominee against McIver in both 2024 races and was unopposed in the June nomination.

Analilia Mejia is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, having won the April 16, 2026 special general election, per the Division of Elections' official results. A grassroots labor organizer and daughter of Colombian and Dominican immigrants, she led the fights for New Jersey's 15 dollar minimum wage and paid sick leave as director of the NJ Working Families Alliance, was National Political Director for Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign, and worked in the U.S. Department of Labor, per her campaign site and the New Jersey Monitor. She lives in Glen Ridge.

Joe Hathaway is a former mayor of Randolph, on the Township Council since May 2022, with more than 10 years in corporate affairs and communications in healthcare and financial services; he began his career as an advance aide to Gov. Chris Christie, per his campaign site. A Clifton native and 2009 Yale graduate, he was the nominee in the April special and is running a November rematch, per Morristown Green.

Adam Hamawy is a Princeton plastic and reconstructive surgeon and retired Army lieutenant colonel who served as a combat trauma surgeon, attending Rutgers on an ROTC scholarship, per the New Jersey Monitor. He was part of the medical team that treated Tammy Duckworth after her helicopter was shot down in Iraq, and Senators Duckworth and Sanders endorsed him, per The Hill. He would be New Jersey's first Muslim member of Congress, per the New Jersey Monitor.

Gregg Mele is an attorney practicing corporate law, contracts, securities, real estate, and estate planning who previously worked on Wall Street and has taught graduate courses in law and economics, per the New Jersey Globe. A lifelong New Jersey resident raised by blue-collar parents, he was the only Republican to file in the district and receives his first major-party nomination.

Andres Jinete is the Green Party nominee for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District. Jinete is a union member and community organizer who has organized in Bound Brook and central New Jersey around tenants' rights, seniors and working families, according to the campaign site. Jinete announced the candidacy in December 2025 and remained on the ballot after a petition challenge from an independent candidate did not succeed, per New Jersey Globe.