ELECTION CALENDAR: Primary Filing Deadline: March 24, 2025 Third Party & Indep Filing Deadline: June 10, 2025 Primary: June 10, 2025 Primary Filing Deadline: March 2026 Third Party & Indep Filing Deadline: June 2026 Primary: June 2026

CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND: Bold = Active Candidate Italics = Potential Candidate * = Incumbent = Winner (Incumbent Party Listed First)

This page was last updated on March 24, 2025

GOVERNOR:
(Candidates for Governor & Lt. Governor run together on tickets in the general election.)
[ Phil Murphy (D)* - Term-Limited in 2025. ]
Ras Baraka (D) - Newark Mayor, Ex-City Councilman & Ex-High School Principal
Steve Fulop (D) - Jersey City Mayor, Investment Banker & Iraq War Veteran
Josh Gottheimer (D) - Congressman, Attorney & Ex-Clinton White House Aide
Mikie Sherrill (D) - Congresswoman, Attorney & Navy Veteran
Sean Spiller (D) - Montclair Mayor, State Teachers Union President & Teacher
Steve Sweeney (D) - Ex-State Senate President
Justin Barbera (R) - General Contractor & '24 US Rep Candidate
Jon Bramnick (R) - State Sen., Ex-Plainfield City Councilman & Attorney
Jack Ciattarelli (R) - Ex-State Assemblyman, Ex-Somerset County Freeholder & '17/'21 Candidate
Mario Kranjac (R) - Ex-Englewood Cliffs Mayor, Attorney, Venture Capitalist & MAGA Activist
Bill Spadea (R) - Radio Show Host, Real Estate Broker, GOP Activist & '04 US Rep Nominee
Hans Herberg (WI) - Store Manager, Ex-Computer Technician & Republican

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2025.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
[ Tahesha Way (D)* - Not a Candidate in 2025. ]

STATE LEGISLATURE:

State Assembly - (Democratic Caucus - Republican Caucus)

State Senate - (Democratic Caucus - Republican Caucus)

U.S. SENATE:

Cory Booker (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Nick Carducci (I) - Software Engineer & '24 Candidate

Andy Kim (D)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2030.

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
Donald Norcross (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Teddy Liddell (R) - Attorney, Army Veteran & Frequent Candidate

District 2:
Jeff Van Drew (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 3:
Herb Conaway (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Linda McMahon (R) - Advanced Practice Nurse

District 4:
Chris Smith (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Kevin Cupples (I) - '24 US Sen Candidate

District 5:
Josh Gottheimer (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 6:
Frank Pallone (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Katie Bansil (D) - Financial Advisor

District 7:
Tom Kean Jr. (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Rebecca Bennett (D) - Businesswoman, Air National Guard Officer & Navy Veteran
Michael Garth (D)
Greg Vartan (D) - Ex-Summit City Councilman & Sales Manager

District 8:
Rob Menendez (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Richard Barilla (I) - Cyber Security Director

District 9:
Nellie Pou (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Billy Prempeh (R) - Sales Consultant, USAF Veteran & Frequent Candidate

District 10:
LaMonica McIver (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Shana Melius (D) - Political Consultant, Ex-Congressional Aide & '24 Candidate

District 11:
Mikie Sherrill (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Justin Strickland (D) - Chatham Borough Councilman, Businessman & Iraq War Veteran

District 12:
Bonnie Watson-Coleman (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Brendan Gill (D) - Essex County Commissioner, Political Consultant & Ex-Congressional Aide
Darius Mayfield (R) - Talent Manager, Podcast Host, MAGA Activist & '22/'24 Nominee

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

Constitution Party of New Jersey (C)
New Jersey Democratic Party (D)
Green Party of New Jersey (G)
NJ Legalize Marijuana Party (LMP)
New Jersey Libertarian Party (L)
New Jersey Moderate Party (M)
New Jersey Republican Party (R)
Socialist Workers Party (SWP)
Independent (I)
Write-In (WI)

STATE ELECTION OFFICES:

State Division of Elections

State Election Law Enforcement Commission

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

Ahora News (Spanish)
Americano Newspaper (Spanish)
Asbury Park Press
The Press of Atlantic City
Bergen Record / NorthJersey.com
Bridgewater Courier-News / MyCentralJersey.com
Burlington County Times
Business News New Jersey
Camden Courier-Post
CentralJersey.com
Chalkbeat: Newark
Daily Princetonian
Echo Press (African-American)
Hudson County View
InsiderNJ.com (Politics)
Latinos Unidos de Nueva Jersey (Spanish)
Morris County Daily Record

Chalkbeat: Newark
NJ.com / Newark Star-Ledger / Trenton Times
New Jersey Globe
New Jersey Herald (Passaic County)
New Jersey Hills Newspapers
New Jersey Monitor
NJ Spotlight News
NJ Urban News (African-American)
NJ Spotlight News
Observer: New Jersey Politics
Out in Jersey (LGBT)
The Trentonian
Westfield Leader

New Jersey Public Television (PBS)
New Jersey Public Radio - WYNC / NJPR - (NPR)
News-12 New Jersey
WABC TV-7 (ABC - NYC)
WCBS TV-2 (CBS - NYC)
WNJU TV-47 (Telemundo - NYC)
WNYW TV-5 (FOX - NYC)
WNBC TV-4 (NBC - NYC)
WNET TV-13 New York Public Media (PBS - NYC)
WXTV TV-41 (Univision - NYC)