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Bergen County, NJ

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

6 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
U.S. Senate1U.S. House1Local4
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U.S. House, New Jersey District 5
3 candidates
Federal ▾
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Josh Gottheimer
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Lower taxes, including reinstating the SALT deduction
  • Affordable health care and lower drug costs
  • Veterans, first responders, and local police
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 yes 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. Supported
Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
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Sean Kirrane
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Reduce and streamline taxes for families, per his campaign site
  • Border security and immigration enforcement, per his campaign site
  • Affordable-housing legislation and a market-driven universal health care system, per the New Jersey Globe
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Adam Rueda
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Opposing corporate influence in government, including a pledge not to own stocks or cryptocurrency while in office
  • Addressing human rights conditions in Gaza, the West Bank and ICE detention facilities
  • Protecting free speech online, in workplaces and in media
Per the campaign site.
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 Bergen County

ZIP 07640 sits in Bergen County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Bergen County races (4).

Bergen County Executive
2 candidates
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James J. Tedesco III
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Tedesco has served as Bergen County Executive since first winning election in 2015 and is seeking a fourth term in 2026, per the county's official website. During his tenure the county launched its first countywide Emergency Medical Service and Bergen became the first county in the nation to end veteran homelessness, per the same source. He has been endorsed for re-election by more than 100 Bergen County Democratic elected officials and party leaders, per InsiderNJ. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for James J. Tedesco III.
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Todd H. Hennessey
REP
Biography
Hennessey is retired from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and previously worked in Hudson County government, including as an executive assistant to the Jersey City mayor, per the Bergen County Republican Organization. He served on the Rutherford Planning Board for more than a decade and sits on the Rutherford Republican County Committee, per the same source. He emerged as the Republican nominee for county executive after the party initially struggled to recruit a challenger to Tedesco, per New Jersey Globe. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Todd H. Hennessey.
Full profile
About this race
Democratic incumbent James J. Tedesco III, first elected in 2015 and now seeking a fourth term, faces Republican Todd H. Hennessey on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Bergen County Clerk's official countywide candidate list. Neither faced primary opposition; the Bergen County GOP struggled to recruit a candidate before finding Hennessey, per New Jersey Globe.
Bergen County Clerk
2 candidates
County ▾
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John S. Hogan
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
John S. Hogan is the sitting Democratic Bergen County Clerk seeking a fourth term in 2026, having first been elected in 2011, per New Jersey Globe and the Bergen County Clerk's office. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
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Timothy C. Walsh
REP
Biography
Timothy C. Walsh, a data analyst, is the Republican nominee for Bergen County Clerk, per New Jersey Globe. He previously ran for Bergen County commissioner in 2021. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Democratic incumbent John S. Hogan, seeking a fourth term after facing no primary opposition, faces Republican Timothy C. Walsh on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Bergen County Clerk's official countywide candidate list and New Jersey Globe.
Bergen County Surrogate
2 candidates
County ▾
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Linda H. Schwager
DEM
Biography
Linda H. Schwager is a former three-term mayor of Oakland, New Jersey, and a former president of the Bergen County Bar Association, per the New Jersey Globe. She is listed as a court-approved mediator for family law economic matters, per the New Jersey Courts website. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
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Joseph S. Conte
REP
Biography
Conte is a retired New Jersey Superior Court judge who served 20 years on the bench in the Criminal and Civil divisions and sat as a municipal court judge in five Bergen County towns, per his campaign site. He was elected to the Franklin Lakes Borough Council in 2025 and teaches Criminal Law as an adjunct professor at Bergen Community College, per the same source.
Top Priorities
  • Handle estate, guardianship and probate matters with consistent fairness drawn from two decades on the bench
  • Provide compassionate, patient service to families and seniors navigating the Surrogate's Court, including multilingual outreach
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Open seat following the December 2025 death of longtime Democratic incumbent Michael Dressler, per New Jersey Globe. Republican Joseph S. Conte won the June 2, 2026 primary over Daniel Ng, 10,870 votes to 3,431, per New Jersey Globe; Democrat Linda H. Schwager was unopposed in her primary after being backed by the county party convention, per the same source.
Bergen County Commissioner
4 candidates
County ▾
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Joan M. Voss
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Joan M. Voss is the sitting Chair Pro Tempore of the Bergen County Board of Commissioners, per Bergen County government. She retired after forty one years as a high school teacher and supervisor in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly and on the Fort Lee Borough Council, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
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Rafael Marte
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Rafael Marte is a sitting Bergen County Commissioner, per Bergen County government. He previously worked as a social worker for the Westchester Department of Social Services and served two terms as a Bergenfield Councilman, and founded the Dominican Cultural Association of New Jersey in 2019, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
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John Dinice
REP
Biography
John Dinice is the Republican candidate for Bergen County Commissioner, a longtime Mahwah resident who served 36 years as Compliance Manager at the Bergen County Utilities Authority, per the Bergen County Republican Organization. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science from William Paterson University and served nine years as a Mahwah Board of Education trustee, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
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Maria Soledad Laman
REP
Biography
Maria Soledad Laman is the Republican candidate for Bergen County Commissioner and serves as Vice President of the Edgewater Board of Education, per the Bergen County Republican Organization. She has more than 20 years of corporate operations experience and is a small business owner, and holds bachelor's degrees in Business Administration and Economics from Universidad de Especialidades Espiritu Santo in Guayaquil, Ecuador, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Two seats on the Board of County Commissioners are on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Democratic incumbents Joan M. Voss and Rafael Marte face Republicans John Dinice and Maria Soledad Laman, per the Bergen County Clerk's official countywide candidate list. Democrats currently hold all seven seats on the board, per New Jersey Globe.
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