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Middlesex 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 6
2 candidates
Federal ▾
Frank Pallone Jr. portrait
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Frank Pallone Jr.
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Federal transportation investment, including the Carteret ferry expansion
  • Federal disaster aid for New Jersey
  • Environmental protection, including EPA testing in Keyport
Per the official House 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
Campaign siteFull profile
Hillary Herzig portrait
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Hillary Herzig
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Lower property taxes and cost-of-living relief
  • Parental rights in education and school choice
  • Parental consent in children's healthcare
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 ▾
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
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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.
Campaign siteFull profile
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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
Full profile

Countywide races in Middlesex County

ZIP 08863 sits in Middlesex County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Middlesex County races (4).

Middlesex County Surrogate
2 candidates
County ▾
Claribel Cortes portrait
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Claribel Cortes
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Claribel Cortes serves as Middlesex County Surrogate, the countywide office that oversees probate of wills, estates, and guardianships. A North Brunswick resident, she is the first Latina elected to a countywide constitutional office in Middlesex County and is seeking a new five-year term. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Claribel Cortes.
Top Priorities
  • Probate and estate services
  • Guardianship support for families
  • Multilingual access to Surrogate's Court
Full profile
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Harold V. Kane Jr.
REP
Biography
Harold V. Kane Jr. is running for Middlesex County Surrogate on the Middlesex County Republican Organization slate in the November 2026 election. The Surrogate oversees probate of wills, estates, adoptions, and guardianships for county residents. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Harold V. Kane Jr.
Full profile
About this race
Incumbent Democrat Claribel Cortes and Republican Harold V. Kane Jr. each advanced unopposed from the June 2 primaries and meet in the November 3 election for Middlesex County surrogate.
Middlesex County Commissioner (Vote for 2)
4 candidates
County ▾
Charles E. Tomaro portrait
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Charles E. Tomaro
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Charles E. Tomaro of Edison has served on the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners since 2014, with a county portfolio focused on infrastructure and engineering. He previously spent sixteen years on the Edison Township Council. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • County infrastructure and roads
  • Capital projects and engineering
  • Shared services with municipalities
Full profile
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Leslie Koppel
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Leslie Koppel of Monroe Township has served on the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners since 2017 and is a former Monroe Township council president. Commissioners set the county budget and oversee county services for 25 municipalities. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Leslie Koppel.
Top Priorities
  • County social services
  • Senior and community programs
  • Open space preservation
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John "Jack" Mikolajczyk
REP
Biography
John "Jack" Mikolajczyk is running for Middlesex County Commissioner on the Middlesex County Republican Organization slate in the November 2026 election. The seven-member board sets the county budget and oversees county departments. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for John "Jack" Mikolajczyk.
Full profile
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Andrew Zaborney
REP
Biography
Andrew Zaborney is running for Middlesex County Commissioner on the Middlesex County Republican Organization slate in the November 2026 election. The seven-member board sets the county budget and oversees county departments. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Andrew Zaborney.
Full profile
About this race
Incumbent Democrats Leslie Koppel and Charles E. Tomaro advanced from the June 2 primary and face Republicans John Mikolajczyk and Andrew Zaborney for two Middlesex County commissioner seats on November 3.
Woodbridge Township Board of Education
3 candidates
County ▾
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Frank DellaPietro III
INCUMBENT
Biography
Frank DellaPietro III is a sitting member of the Woodbridge Township Board of Education, whose term ends in 2026, and chairs its Personnel and Safety & Security committees, per the district's board page. He is a firefighter, EMT and fire prevention official with the Fords Fire Department (since 1991) and a fire service instructor at the Middlesex County Fire Academy, per the slate profile Patch published in September 2023. The ballot slogan filed with the county clerk is "Improving Our Schools." No campaign website was found as of October 1, 2026.
Full profile
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Marie Anderson
INCUMBENT
Biography
Marie Anderson is a sitting member of the Woodbridge Township Board of Education, whose term ends in 2026, per the district's board page. She is director of diversity, equity and inclusion at Hackensack Meridian Health and a former school business administrator, with a bachelor's degree from Florida A&M University and a master's in healthcare administration from Seton Hall University, per the slate profile Patch published in September 2023. The ballot slogan filed with the county clerk is "Improving Our Schools." No campaign website was found as of October 1, 2026.
Full profile
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Nazam Mohammed
INCUMBENT
Biography
Nazam Mohammed is a sitting member of the Woodbridge Township Board of Education, whose term ends in 2026, per the district's board page. He is a CPA and auditor who owns NZM Accounting & Consulting Services, an adjunct professor at Hudson County Community College and an assistant director in Rutgers University's Office for Research, per the slate profile Patch published in September 2023. The ballot slogan filed with the county clerk is "Improving Our Schools." No campaign website was found as of October 1, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Voters choose three members for three-year terms. Three candidates filed for the three seats, per the Middlesex County Clerk's official candidate list; the names still print on the November 3, 2026 ballot. All three are sitting board members, per the district's board page.
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