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2026 New Jersey federal ballot

New Jersey votes on a U.S. Senate seat and all 12 U.S. House seats on November 3, 2026.

What else is on your ballot

Federal races only, not governor, state or local contests or ballot measures. New Jersey publishes sample ballots through local election offices rather than one statewide tool, so start at County Election Officials, run by the New Jersey Division of Elections.

The delegation, district by district

13 seats on the ballot
District 7. Thomas Kean Jr. holds the seat and is on the ballot. 14 candidates on file.District 2. Jeff Van Drew holds the seat and is on the ballot. 8 candidates on file.District 4. Chris Smith holds the seat and is on the ballot. 7 candidates on file.District 5. Josh Gottheimer holds the seat and is on the ballot. 6 candidates on file.District 9. Nellie Pou holds the seat and is on the ballot. 6 candidates on file.District 11. Analilia Mejia holds the seat and is on the ballot. 20 candidates on file.District 3. Herb Conaway holds the seat and is on the ballot. 7 candidates on file.District 1. Donald Norcross holds the seat and is on the ballot. 3 candidates on file.District 12. Bonnie Watson Coleman holds the seat, and the ballot on record lists other candidates. 23 candidates on file.District 10. LaMonica McIver holds the seat and is on the ballot. 3 candidates on file.District 6. Frank Pallone holds the seat and is on the ballot. 5 candidates on file.District 8. Rob Menendez holds the seat and is on the ballot. 4 candidates on file.

Tap or point at a district for the seat and who holds it.

9 Democratic3 Republican1 not on the ballot on record

House seats, filled by the party that holds each one today.

Party of the member holding each seat now, never a margin and never a prediction. A hatched district means that member is not on the ballot for it. Boundaries as drawn for the 119th Congress.

How to vote in New Jersey

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 21 days before the election.

All dates and rules

New Jersey by the numbers

9.3Mpeople across 12 districts

Median household income$73K to $137K
District 10District 11
Living below the poverty line4.8% to 16.4%
District 7District 10
Without health insurance3.7% to 16.5%
District 7District 8

The lowest and highest of New Jersey's districts, on the national range for each measure. Census American Community Survey 2024 five year estimates.

What this ballot costs

$105M in play

Of every dollar in New Jersey's federal races, 19 cents is outside groups spending on their own, not the campaigns. The Senate seat and the whole House map are on one scale.

Raised by candidatesOutside money
The Senate seat$34M
$34M raised by candidates$1.2K outside money
All 12 House races$71M
$51M raised by candidates$20M outside money$5.9M a seat on average

Gifts of $200 or less

$19M23%

Larger individual gifts

$38M45%

From PACs

$9.4M11%

Shares of what the campaigns raised themselves. The rest is party money, self funding and transfers.

Incumbents defending a seat

The 12 sitting members defending a seat on this ballot, what they have raised, and the stock trades they have disclosed.

Who is spending on New Jersey

$20M outside money

The groups spending independently on New Jersey's races, by what they have filed. Open a row to see how the money was spent, supporting or opposing each party, and the interest behind the committee.

1 to 5 of 25 groups

How far the money traveled

Most of the outside money on New Jersey's races comes from groups that are spending in other states too.

Groups spending in other states too
$17M87%
Groups spending only in New Jersey
$2.7M13%

Groups filing here

60

The widest one reaches

31states

Independent spending filed on New Jersey's races, by whether the committee is also spending in other states this cycle. A filing records where a group spends, not where its donors live, so this is a measure of reach, never of who paid for it.

Every race on the ballot

Each row names the November ballot on record; the filed count is every candidate on file with the FEC, not counting those who withdrew, retired or died. Each row opens the full field, the money, and the outside spending for that seat.

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Census context from the American Community Survey, public domain. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.