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U.S. Senate, New Jersey
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March 25, 2024
Primary: June 4, 2024 General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in New Jersey
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Likely Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic Inside Elections: Likely Democratic
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Voters in New Jersey will elect one member to the U.S. Senate in the general election on November 5, 2024.

The election will fill the Class I Senate seat held by Bob Menendez Sr. (D), who first took office in 2006.

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Candidates and election results

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Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated. Before the candidate filing deadline passes, Ballotpedia will separate these candidates into their respective primaries as appropriate.

General election

The general election will occur on November 5, 2024.

General election for U.S. Senate New Jersey

The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. Senate New Jersey on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Bob Menendez (D)
		Kevin Cupples (D)
		Lawrence Hamm (D)
		Andrew Kim (D)
		Tammy Murphy (D)
		Daniel Cruz (R)
		Shirley Maia-Cusick (R)
		Gregg Mele (R)
		Christine Serrano-Glassner (R)
		Christina Khalil (G)
		Nick Carducci (Independent)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kyle Jasey (D)
• Joseph Signorello (D)

Voting information

See also: Voting in New Jersey

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Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Survey responses from candidates in this race

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Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Steve Boston (R)

It's time for a new chapter in America, to fix our broken system and return power to the people.

Endless wars, endless inflation from money printing, and corporate control of Congress are affecting all of us, putting not only our financial security at risk, but also the safety of simply living in this increasingly interconnected world. It's time we made real change where our actions as a country are in alignment with our values and ideals.

The issues that we face here in New Jersey face us all across the country. We have to return power to the people. After all, we are a self governing nation, but that power has been eroded over the years and been hijacked by corporate interests at the expense of the people.

Nick Carducci (Independent)

Suplex the phillips curve over utility. The Senate is to make the treasury operations guide a more atomic economy as per productivity as well as the advertised-intent of the Constitution.

Save the rats! Direct and honest consensual trade is omnipotent, if the Constitution were not withstanding. The right-to-try is tokenized in Liberty of the Preamble, only necessitated by minimal viable product duress for such closed-source ingredients.

End the Fed. Salt bank depositary, reverse amortize current cash:debt * annual income so we all paid what we would have without payment installments, and target margin premium networks to rollover without social nor human capital (just commodities), and steward industry-specific royalty debentures as such awaits customers with private capital (yet with socialized production) with geohash/month report and two week financial disclosure with automated accounting software by electronic fund transfer service. Otherwise, go ahead and barter with commodities. Gifts are not discounted sales, but regular substantial business!

Christina Khalil (G)

Inflation- Khalil believes we have to fight to ensure that New Jersey residents can comfortably rest knowing they can afford to pay their rent every month. Citizens deserve to be able to work one full time job and be able to afford their basic needs.

High Premiums/Universal Healthcare - Khalil believes in order to ensure that healthcare companies do not raise their prices. It is essential that copayments or deductibles remain affordable for everyone until we can obtain universal healthcare.

Social Security- Geriatric population is ignored after many years of keeping this country afloat. Citizens are who run this country. Without the citizens this country would fall and so would all the multi-million and billion dollar corporations. We need to thank and treat all the amazing citizens and take care of them the same way they have taken care of our country.

Shirley Maia-Cusick (R)

The border is not a political issue. It is a human rights issue. The heinous crimes happening at our border violate the most basic human rights and are a threat to our national security!

We empower America by empowering the family. We need fighters that will keep Washington out of our wallets and out of the classrooms!

America is EXCEPTIONAL! We must fight against those dragging us further and further into socialism and reclaim OUR American dream!

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Steve Boston (R)

Public policy, for far too long has been benefiting Big Pharma, Big Tech and an unaccountable Defense Spending Industry. We now have a mainstream media that is virtually a mouthpiece for the state shutting down any opposing views that don't agree with that narrative. Difficult as it may be to hear conflicting opinions, this is the essence of American democracy. If we are to be free we must reverse this trend toward cancellation and replace it with lively debate.

It's time for people over profit, a simple one page tax system for all, an element of direct democracy to take power back from corporate interests over the people's interests, term limits for all members of Congress, a stop to endless wars for profit and control in the name of bringing democracy. In other words, an end to bringing democracy at the point of a gun.

We need new policy that focuses on a renaissance in manufacturing alongside an ambitious plan for massive modern infrastructure building, the reform of our financial system, and a return to an America of high ideals, and not simply the lip service to those ideals that we extol.

Nick Carducci (Independent)

I seek to delineate social production from private capital. I understand correlations and will advocate by way of the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution, for otherwise such is bad advice and grounds borne by hypocrisy as certain harm. I believe that Amendment 14.4 was a way to bandaid over a certain vulnerability in Article 1.8 that permits the federal government to abet states to hold taxes for free rider mutable scope unbarred as well as the direction of the general welfare and defense of the United States, and Article 4.4 on domestic Violence by name-determined, 'riots', namely the promise of Uniform taxes that bonds cannot abide, and electronic fund transfer transaction fees obviates. I believe all permits and desists should either pay members of public spaces, or a 11/12 industry-variable vertical, platform jurist-assertion, while only video or physical material admits suspects into a docket with 'free' lawyers. Education should be free as in documentation.

Christina Khalil (G)

Inflation is impacting all families across the country especially in New Jersey. Inflation has created an imbalance within the communities with rent being almost two thousand dollars a month on average. It is nearly impossible for people to be able to afford a one bedroom apartment on their own. The minimum wage in New Jersey, which will increase on January 1, 2023, will be $14.13. Once taxes from paychecks are taken out without adding the cost of premium health insurance, $949.22 is what is left. This equals $1,898.44 a month after taxes to spend on bills and other basic needs.

This is an impossible amount to live off of, welfare goes by net income- before taxes. A single adult working one full time job is making $2,260.80 gross income before taxes. The New Jersey food stamp minimum monthly income limit is $1,316.00 per month and Medicaid $1,565.00 per month. A single person working one full time minimum wage job doesn’t qualify to apply for any benefits such as food stamps or Medicaid. There is a trickle effect because of inflation such as increased crime, increased domestic violence, increased homelessness, increased mental health, increased substance abuse. There is also an increase in health issues as well, people are getting sick from overworking their bodies. If you do not take a break your body will make you take a break. When a person is sick they tend to be ignored and forgotten about. It is important to change that in New Jersey.

Shirley Maia-Cusick (R)

I have spent the better part of my adult life entrenched in the immigration system. Being an immigrant myself, I have experienced the process firsthand. I know what works and what is broken. Most politicians in Washington DC talk a lot about immigration reform but do nothing to move us toward a system that works. This ends the day I get elected! The immigration crisis touches every facet of American life. It is a human rights issue, a national security issue, and it deserves more than lip service from do-nothing politicians.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Steve Boston (R)

My parents were an example in different ways. Many individuals and authors fall into a larger category of influencers but there are too many to name.

Nick Carducci (Independent)

Francesco Redi, Russel Brand, Ewan McGregor

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

Steve Boston (R)

not at this time

Nick Carducci (Independent)

Advanced Microeconomics: The Micro-Theory.com Podcast

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Steve Boston (R)

Fairness, an ability to hear both sides of an issue, a willingness to admit when one is in error, a strong set of incorruptible values and a desire to always learn more.

Nick Carducci (Independent)

Appropriations cannot go towards a subsidiary that which the office-holders' non-concurrentable, last-traded good will share is worth more than $100k. After I am in office, inflation will stop and Wall street employees will be bussing tables at restaurants my voters work at, to lower costs for all in an atomic and efficient labor market, known to the PhD tutelaries as the 'misery index'.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Steve Boston (R)

I am honest, care about people and independent minded.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Steve Boston (R)

The core responsibilities are to the citizens of the state from which he or she is elected and to the people of the United States. There also is the responsibility that all decisions made in the Senate can have far reaching effects into the broader world. The safety, security and rights of the people must always be foremost in mind. There are many pressures to follow 'the crowd' and the dictates of the Party to which one is elected, but the responsibility is first to all the eoeple and not to the Party line.

Nick Carducci (Independent)

The Senate is to look after the people of the United States with a mind towards Uniformity and Tranquility.

What legacy would you like to leave?

Steve Boston (R)

One that people would say, 'He did what was right and helped bring the change to America that was sorely needed.'

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

Steve Boston (R)

The JFK assassination. I was 9 years old.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Steve Boston (R)

I was 14 years old and held my first real job at the Ocean City, NJ boardwalk cleaning lockers and sweeping the floors. I held that job for 2 summers. Before this, at the age of 10 I had a paper route in Ventnor, New Jersey for one year.

Nick Carducci (Independent)

I was a bookkeeper for my family business which has inspired me to fix the business cycles of the economy, and question why if stable prices and low unemployment is mandated, why is 2% inflation desired? There is history of population growth without an increase of GDP per person as the cost-of-living, after all.

What is your favorite book? Why?

Steve Boston (R)

Not one particular favorite. I have many interests.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Steve Boston (R)

When I was a boy it was Superman to be sure. I can't think of any current ones.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Steve Boston (R)

too many to name

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

Steve Boston (R)

I wouldn't call it a struggle but a constant search for creative fulfillment.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

Steve Boston (R)

The greatest challenges are massive debt, the pursuit of enemies in order to create endless wars for profit, control and power, and the vast corruption of money in politics.

We also have to contend with what appears to be an aim to divide the American people so that we fight with each other than concentrate on the real issues that are affecting us.

Will we acquiesce to a globalist agenda that seeks to impose power, control and influence over our national sovereignty? Will we allow an unelected body of people, i.e the WHO the IMF and the WEF secretly make decisions and impose them without debate? All organizations have the right to offer solutions to problems but hidden agendas are often lurking behind such organizations that benefit them.

We must have a world where protest is allowed and not shut down because they oppose the current narrative. This is why we need elected officials who are not bought and who can view the world with clear eyes, making decisions that benefit the people.

There is also a growing movement toward a CBDC, a central bank digital currency that can lead to even more centralized control and power over people's lives. While a certain efficiency is needed going forward, the people's interests, freedoms and privacy must always be maintained.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

Steve Boston (R)

Yes. We have come to a time in this country where corporate control has virtually hijacked our political process. One main way to prevent corruption and continued control of Congress through donations and influences of money is to limit terms. I propose that an amendment be created that limits all members of Congress, (House and Senate) to one 6 year term. The House of Representatives would run for office in the same way Senators do, one t6 year term, and not three 2 year terms.

Shirley Maia-Cusick (R)

The founding fathers never envisioned a ruling class in Washington. Unfortunately, the power of incumbency has created exactly that. Our government was never intended to be dominated by career politicians who remain in power for decades at a time. We have gone from a government by the people and for the people, to a government by the few, for the few. That is why I support term limits for members of Congress of three House terms and two Senate terms. We need to filter the cesspool of Washington and replace it with fresh ideas and fresh faces. Term limits is the best way to accomplish this!

What qualities does the U.S. Senate possess that makes it unique as an institution?

Steve Boston (R)

I believe that the U. S. Senate is a unique institution that gathers information on a variety of subjects and issues that affect the country, the American people, and the world at large. It is a body that is responsible for amendments. laws, resolutions and nominations, and can affect great change for the better.

Shirley Maia-Cusick (R)

Equal Representation: Unlike the House, the Senate provides equal representation to each state regardless of population size. This gives smaller states equal voice in the legislative process.

Confirmation Authority: The power to confirm presidential nominations for the executive and judiciary gives the Senate a significant influence and is a vital check on presidential powers.

Advise and Consent: The Senate's responsibility to providing advice and consent on treaties negotiated by the president is an important factor in our nation's foreign policy.

Do you believe that it’s beneficial for senators to have previous experience in government or politics?

Steve Boston (R)

Yes, it can be. I also believe that the Senate needs members who have not had government or political experience. Too many members of the Senate and the House have backgrounds in fields that don't represent the average person. We need members who come from various background, bakers, physicists, school teachers,. lawyers, small business owners and the like so that all of America is represented.

Shirley Maia-Cusick (R)

Is there benefit? Sure, but let me ask you, why are more and more political outsiders running...and winning? The congressional approval rating hovers at an abysmal 28%! Experience doesn't equal effectiveness. The American people recognize this. With all of their "experience" the political beltway has not produced the solutions the American people deserve. It is time for a change, and the people are voicing this sentiment at the voting booth each election cycle!

What do you think of the filibuster?

Steve Boston (R)

There are advantages and disadvantages. I would have to study this in much more detail to give a full and clear answer.

If you are not a current senator, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

Nick Carducci (Independent)

I would take up Menendez titular head of the Foreign Affairs Committee, as well as Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Budget, Veteran's Affairs, Finance, Appropriations, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Environment and Public Works, Energy and Natural Resources, Armed Services, Joint Economic Committee, Joint Committee on Taxation, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Special Committee on Aging, Judiciary, Select Committee on Ethics and Intelligence.

Is there a particular senator, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

Steve Boston (R)

None that I can think of at this time.

Nick Carducci (Independent)

Not particularly. Bernie Sanders is said to have backed away from reimplementing the Glass-Steagall Act. Ron Paul hides his affinity for the financial industry, and will only End the Fed but not force banking into transaction and storage fees without lending, nor even force insurance into warehousing, and medical bills and tuition without debt at all, subject to the outright budget constraints of the individual or collective wholesale immediate settlement and not of exclusion by non-compete contracts. I appreciate the competition allowed by government making no monopolies with private industry, yet rather intervene like target margin networks or asserting minimal viable duress permits, of online and whistleblower-inclusive jury, and with appropriative damages as appropriations' beneficiary notwithstanding.

Tell us your favorite joke.

Steve Boston (R)

I have plenty of stories that have happened in my life that are 'Seinfeldesque' in nature.

How would you evaluate a judicial nominee?

Steve Boston (R)

I would evaluate on experience, freedom from advocacy, impartiality on political parties and dedication to following the law as written and understood.

What kind of relationships would you build with other senators?

Steve Boston (R)

I would build a relationship of trust and honesty. Whether one agrees with another or not, there is always the ability wo work together, listen and come to some kind of understanding.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

Steve Boston (R)

Yes. As we see in all walks of life, marriage, friendship work environment and interactions on the street, compromise, while maintaining one's values, is essential in making progress, especially when two opposing sides come together.

Nick Carducci (Independent)

No. In fact, I believe appropriations and regulations should be reconciled for non-voters but for making things unconstitutional away from 'Liberty', 'Uniformity' or 'Tranquility' based on science without unmeasurable sets. Ranked choice or instant runoff voting forces a second vote for another, and explicit approval voting does not appropriately embargo the minority winners of the whole eligible voting population, not counting abstaining voters as no to any changes but for said repeals holds.

How should the U.S. Senate use its investigative powers?

Steve Boston (R)

It should use them as honestly as possible, making great effort to do so with the least interference from outside political forces and political biases.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

Steve Boston (R)

none yet

What criteria would you apply when deciding whether to confirm presidential appointees to their Cabinet?

Steve Boston (R)

Experience, political neutrality, and as free from conflicts of interests as possible. It should be merit based and not based on who is in favor with the Party in office. People are tired of appointments that favor the special interests and the promotion of corporate agendas that put each political party first and not the American people first.

You can ask candidates in this race to fill out the survey by clicking their names below:

• Bob Menendez
• Christine Serrano-Glassner
• Daniel Cruz
• Tammy Murphy

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Bob Menendez	Democratic Party	$10,760,881	$2,426,293	$8,553,020	As of September 30, 2023
Kevin Cupples	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Lawrence Hamm	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Andrew Kim	Democratic Party	$2,123,798	$384,856	$1,901,475	As of September 30, 2023
Tammy Murphy	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Steve Boston	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Daniel Cruz	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Shirley Maia-Cusick	Republican Party	$370,913	$392,700	$0	As of December 5, 2023
Gregg Mele	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Christine Serrano-Glassner	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Christina Khalil	Green Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Nick Carducci	Independent	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

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Ballotpedia provides race ratings from three outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, and Sabato's Crystal Ball. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

• Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
• Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
• Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.
• Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.

Race ratings: U.S. Senate election in New Jersey, 2024
Race tracker	Race ratings
	January 2, 2024	December 19, 2023	December 12, 2023	December 5, 2023
The Cook Political Report	Likely Democratic	Likely Democratic	Likely Democratic	Likely Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Likely Democratic	Likely Democratic	Likely Democratic	Likely Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in New Jersey in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in New Jersey, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2024
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Signature formula	Filing fee	Filing fee formula	Filing deadline	Source
New Jersey	U.S. Senate	Qualified party	1,000	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	TBD	Source
New Jersey	U.S. Senate	Unaffiliated	800	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	TBD	Source

Election history

The section below details election results for this state's U.S. Senate elections dating back to 2014.

2020

General election

General election for U.S. Senate New Jersey

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate New Jersey on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cory Booker (D)	57.2	2,541,178
		Rik Mehta (R)	40.9	1,817,052
		Madelyn Hoffman (G)	0.9	38,288
		Veronica Fernandez (Of, By, For! Party)	0.7	32,290
		Daniel Burke (Larouche Was Right Party)	0.3	11,632
		Luis Vergara (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,440,440
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey

Incumbent Cory Booker defeated Lawrence Hamm in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey on July 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cory Booker	87.6	838,110
		Lawrence Hamm	12.4	118,802

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 956,912
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Harsh Naik (D)
• Lisa McCormick (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey

Rik Mehta defeated Hirsh Singh, Tricia Flanagan, Natalie Rivera, and Eugene Anagnos in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Jersey on July 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rik Mehta	38.0	154,817
		Hirsh Singh	35.9	146,133
		Tricia Flanagan	17.8	72,678
		Natalie Rivera	5.3	21,650
		Eugene Anagnos	3.0	12,047

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 407,325
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Gary Rich (R)
• Navodaya Garepalli (R)
• Stuart David Meissner (R)

2018

General election

General election for U.S. Senate New Jersey

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate New Jersey on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Menendez (D)	54.0	1,711,654
		Bob Hugin (R)	42.8	1,357,355
		Madelyn Hoffman (G)	0.8	25,150
		Murray Sabrin (L)	0.7	21,212
		Natalie Rivera (For the People Party)	0.6	19,897
		Tricia Flanagan (New Day NJ Party)	0.5	16,101
		Kevin Kimple (Make it Simple Party)	0.3	9,087
		Hank Schroeder (Economic Growth Party)	0.3	8,854

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,169,310 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Muhammad Usman (Independent)

2014

On November 4, 2014, incumbent Cory Booker (D) won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Jeff Bell (R) and five minor-party candidates in the general election.

U.S. Senate, New Jersey General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Cory Booker Incumbent	55.8%	1,043,866
	Republican	Jeff Bell	42.3%	791,297
	Libertarian	Joe Baratelli	0.9%	16,721
	Independent	Jeff Boss	0.2%	4,513
	Independent	Antonio N. Sabas	0.2%	3,544
	Democratic-Republican	Eugene Lavergne	0.2%	3,890
	Economic Growth	Hank Schroeder	0.3%	5,704
Total Votes				1,869,535
Source: New Jersey Division of Elections

Political context

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See also

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Footnotes

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New Jersey's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Cory Booker (D)

Bob Menendez (D)

Representatives

District 1

Donald Norcross (D)

District 2

Jeff Van Drew (R)

District 3

Andrew Kim (D)

District 4

Chris Smith (R)

District 5

Josh Gottheimer (D)

District 6

Frank Pallone (D)

District 7

Thomas Kean (R)

District 8

Robert Menendez (D)

District 9

Bill Pascrell (D)

District 10

Donald Payne (D)

District 11

Mikie Sherrill (D)

District 12

Bonnie Coleman (D)

Democratic Party (11)

Republican Party (3)