Elections · U.S. Senate · New Jersey
2026 New Jersey Senate race
Cory Booker (Democrat), Justin Murphy (Republican), Veronica Fernandez (Independent) and Joanne Kuniansky (Independent) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. Senate in New Jersey, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the New Jersey Division of Elections.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Veronica Fernandez (Independent) and Joanne Kuniansky (Independent).
Official candidate list: New Jersey Division of Elections; Official List of Candidates for US Senate for the 11/03/2026 general election: Cory Booker, Justin Murphy, Veronica Fernandez and Joanne Kuniansky. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.
The seat
Cory Booker
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 2013 · Age 57
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in New Jersey
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 21 days before the election.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 587,980 votes
- Cory Booker Won: Unopposed 587,980
The primary · 246,650 votes
- Justin Murphy Won: 33.4% 82,272
- Richard Tabor: 29.2% 71,915
- Alex Zdan: 26.8% 66,183
- Robert Lebovics: 10.7% 26,280
Primary results as recorded October 11, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: New Jersey Division of Elections official primary results. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $34M
- Outside money
- $1.2K
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other 2 names on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Cory Booker $9.3M.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
14 filed- Robert LebovicsRepublican$178K
- Richard TaborRepublican$27K
- Alex ZdanRepublican$48K
- Saxon CallahanDemocrat-
- Nicholas CarducciIndependent-
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
How this seat voted last time
D+16 in 2020
- Cory Booker Won: 57.2%
- Rikin "Rik" Mehta: 40.9%
4,440,440 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 1.9%. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 30, 2026 and July 14, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers each candidate's own campaign: the years since their previous federal election, up to the six their totals cover. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.