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Morris County, NJ

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

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U.S. House, New Jersey District 7
3 candidates
Federal ▾
Thomas H. Kean Jr. portrait
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Thomas H. Kean Jr.
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Lowering the cost of living
  • Protecting access to high-quality healthcare
  • Infrastructure, innovation, and education
Per the campaign site.
Key voting record
Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Supported
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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Rebecca Bennett
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Affordability amid rising costs
  • Lowering healthcare costs
  • National security and support for veterans and military families
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Seamus Patrick O'Toole
Biography
Seamus Patrick O'Toole appears on the Division of Elections' certified list as an independent. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
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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 ▾
Cory Booker portrait
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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
Justin Murphy portrait
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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
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Veronica Fernandez portrait
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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 Morris County

ZIP 07946 sits in Morris County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Morris County races (1).

Morris County Commissioner
2 candidates
County ▾
Tayfun Selen portrait
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Tayfun Selen
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Tayfun Selen is a CPA and architect who serves as Senior Vice President of Administration at Lincoln Educational Services, per the county's official commissioner biography. He previously served as Chatham Township Mayor and was selected by fellow commissioners to lead the board in 2022 and 2025. He immigrated to the United States in 1996, became a U.S. citizen in 2008, and holds an architecture degree from Istanbul Technical University and an MBA from Montclair State University, per his campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Keep Morris County the best-run county in the country
  • Maintain tax responsibility
  • Improve county services
Per the campaign site.
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Christopher (Chris) Russo
DEM
Biography
Chris Russo is Morristown Council Vice President for the Fourth Ward and works as a senior pharmaceutical representative for Novartis, per Morristown Green. He co-owns Superhero Events, a company he and a business partner started in 2010 that organizes half marathons and 10K races. A Gettysburg College graduate who grew up in the Cedar Knolls section of Hanover Township, he serves as the council's liaison to the Morristown Planning Board.
Top Priorities
  • Full transparency for every contract awarded and dollar spent
  • Reduce costs and lower taxes
  • Protect senior services, healthcare options and food programs
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
One three-year seat is up in 2026 (the other six Morris County Commissioner terms run through 2027 or 2028). Republican incumbent Tayfun Selen, seeking a third term, faces Democrat Chris Russo, Morristown Council Vice President, per the Morris County Clerk's certified November 3, 2026 general election candidate list and Morristown Green (9/7/2026, 3/22/2026) reporting. This is the only Morris County commission contest on the 2026 ballot, per centraljersey.com (8/19/2026).
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