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Passaic County, NJ

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

5 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
U.S. Senate1U.S. House1Local3
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U.S. House, New Jersey District 9
3 candidates
Federal ▾
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Nelida Pou
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Lowering housing, grocery, child care, and health costs, including extending ACA tax credits
  • Protecting health care, including the ACA, Medicaid, and drug costs
  • Community safety, including police funding and 2026 World Cup security at MetLife
Per the campaign site.
Key voting record
Voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Opposed
Voted no on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Opposed
Voted no on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Opposed
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Rosie Pino portrait
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Rosie Pino
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Economy and affordability, including tax cuts and energy independence
  • Health care price transparency and protecting pre-existing conditions and Medicare
  • Fully funding law enforcement
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Terrisa Bukovinac
Biography
Terrisa Bukovinac is an anti-abortion activist on the certified list with the slogan Save Our Babies; her certified address is in Tennessee, per the New Jersey Globe.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
New Jersey fields are from the Division of Elections' Official List of general-election candidates, certified July 27, 2026.
U.S. Senate
4 candidates
Federal ▾
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Cory Booker
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Cory Booker is New Jersey's incumbent U.S. senator and the Democratic nominee for a third full term in 2026. The former mayor of Newark, he has served in the Senate since 2013 and set the record for the longest Senate floor speech in 2025 protesting administration policy. His work centers on justice reform, economic opportunity, health care, and defending democratic institutions.
Top Priorities
  • Lower health care and living costs for New Jersey families
  • Advance criminal justice reform and economic opportunity
  • Defend democratic institutions and civil rights
Campaign Finance
$32,267,998 raised · top industries: Small-dollar donors under $200 (50% of receipts), Large donors giving $2,000+ (28% of receipts)
Key voting record
Opposed Laken Riley Act as one of nine Senate votes against it, saying it would expand mandatory detention of people not convicted of crimes and invite profiling of immigrant communities. Opposed
Opposed Republican stopgap funding measure during the government shutdown that began , holding out for an extension of Affordable Care Act health insurance tax credits. Opposed
Campaign siteFull profile
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Justin Murphy
REP
Biography
Justin Murphy is the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, a self-employed small business owner from Tabernacle in Burlington County's Pine Barrens, per his campaign site and the New Jersey Globe. He served four years in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Comte De Grasse, including six months in the Persian Gulf, per WHYY, and served one term on the Tabernacle Township Committee after his 2000 election, per the New Jersey Globe. He won the four-way June nomination with about a third of the vote.
Top Priorities
  • Replace the tax code with a flat income tax
  • Expand parental rights and school choice
  • Increase domestic energy production, including nuclear power
Campaign siteFull profile
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Veronica Fernandez
Biography
Veronica Fernandez is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate from New Jersey, running under the slogan "End the Corruption." A lifelong New Jersey resident, Fernandez co-owns a small commercial electrical contracting business with her husband, according to the campaign site. Fernandez's platform centers on campaign finance reform, affordability and answering to constituents rather than party leadership.
Top Priorities
  • Campaign finance reform, opposing the influence of big donors and special interests
  • Making it more affordable to own a home, raise a family and access healthcare
  • Answering to constituents rather than party leadership or donors
Per the campaign site.
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Joanne Kuniansky
Biography
Joanne Kuniansky is the Socialist Workers Party nominee for U.S. Senate from New Jersey. Kuniansky joined the Socialist Workers Party in 1977 and has worked in oil refineries, railroads, meatpacking and as a Walmart deli worker, according to Insider NJ. Kuniansky submitted 3,000 petition signatures to qualify for the ballot and has run for New Jersey governor and U.S. Senate in earlier cycles, per The Militant. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Breaking from the Democratic and Republican parties to build independent working-class political action
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Countywide races in Passaic County

ZIP 07501 sits in Passaic County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Passaic County races (3).

Passaic County Commissioner
4 candidates
County ▾
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Orlando Cruz
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Orlando Cruz is president of the Greater Paterson Chamber of Commerce and previously served as executive director of the Downtown Paterson Special Improvement District, per New Jersey Globe reporting. A Paterson native who attended Eastside High School, he began his career as a professional DJ before rising to chief operations officer at a Northeast entertainment company, per TAPinto Paterson. He was sworn in as Passaic County Commissioner in 2023. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Orlando Cruz.
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Nick Veliky
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Nick Veliky was appointed to the Passaic County Board of County Commissioners in 2026 to fill the vacancy left by John Bartlett's resignation, per the West Milford Messenger. He works in marketing and business development, previously served as president of the Clifton Democratic Club, and is an ordained permanent deacon in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Nick Veliky.
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Ed Leonard
REP
Biography
Ed Leonard serves as Council President of the Wanaque Borough Council, where he chairs committees including Ordinances, Public Works, Sewer, and Veterans, per the borough's official website. He was selected as the Passaic County Republican Organization's nominee for county commissioner after original primary winner Daniel Sagan withdrew from the race, per New Jersey Globe. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Ed Leonard.
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John Rodriguez
REP
Biography
John Rodriguez is a former law enforcement official and a career New Jersey Transit locomotive engineer, per New Jersey Globe reporting on the Passaic County commissioner race. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for John Rodriguez.
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About this race
Two three-year seats are up in 2026. Democratic incumbent Orlando Cruz, first sworn in as commissioner in 2023, and Democrat Nick Veliky, appointed earlier in 2026 to a Board of Commissioners vacancy and now seeking a full term, won their party's nomination at the June 2, 2026 primary and face Republicans Ed Leonard, a Wanaque councilman, and John Rodriguez, a former law enforcement official and NJ Transit locomotive engineer, per New Jersey Globe reporting. This is separate from the unexpired-term commissioner seat also on the November ballot (see below).
Passaic County Commissioner (Unexpired Term)
2 candidates
County ▾
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Aleksandra Tasic
DEM
Biography
Aleksandra Tasic is an attorney and a Haledon Councilwoman, per New Jersey Globe reporting. She was selected by the Passaic County Democratic Committee's screening committee as its nominee to fill the unexpired County Commissioner term left vacant by John Bartlett's resignation. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Aleksandra Tasic.
Full profile
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Marko Kopec
REP
Biography
Marko Kopec appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Passaic County Commissioner (Unexpired Term), per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Marko Kopec.
Full profile
About this race
A thirteen-month unexpired term created by Commissioner John Bartlett's resignation (he left to become general counsel of the Gateway Development Corporation); the winner serves through December 31, 2027. Haledon Councilwoman Aleksandra Tasic was selected as the Democratic nominee by the Passaic County Democratic Committee, and Passaic City businessman Marko Kopec was selected as the Republican nominee, per New Jersey Globe reporting.
Passaic County Surrogate
2 candidates
County ▾
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Zoila Cassanova
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Zoila Cassanova is a former attorney with the New York Supreme Court's Criminal Division in Queens and the Bronx, per New Jersey Globe. She was first elected Passaic County Surrogate in 2021 and is seeking a second five-year term. As Surrogate, she has hosted a free guardianship-application clinic and an annual disability-inclusion event for county families, per an official county news release. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Zoila Cassanova.
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Jessica Sprague
REP
Biography
Jessica Sprague is a shareholder at Jardim Meisner Salmon Sprague & Susser specializing in family and matrimonial law, and is certified as a Matrimonial Attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court, per her law firm's attorney profile. She served as the 100th President of the Passaic County Bar Association and currently serves as general counsel for the Passaic County Regular Republican Organization. She holds a B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Jessica Sprague.
Full profile
About this race
A five-year term. Democratic incumbent Zoila Cassanova, first elected in 2021, is seeking a second term unopposed within her own party and faces Republican Jessica Sprague, a family law attorney, in the general election, per New Jersey Globe reporting.
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