Elections · U.S. Senate · New Jersey
New Jersey Senate race
Cory Booker holds this seat and is running to keep it against Justin Murphy.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.
The seat
Cory Booker
Democrat · Holds the seat now
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, 2026In 10 weeks
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How they won the primary
The primary · 587,980 votes
- Cory BookerWon100%587,980
The primary · 246,650 votes
- Justin MurphyWon33.4%82,272
- Richard Tabor29.2%71,915
- Alex Zdan26.8%66,183
- Robert Lebovics10.7%26,280
Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Source: the state's canvass, via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $34M
- Outside money
- $144
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give under $200; 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.
Who is spending on this race
The 3 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
15 filed- Robert LebovicsRepublican$178K
- Richard Tabor Sr.Republican$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 BookerWon57.2%
- Rikin "Rik" Mehta40.9%
4,440,440 votes for candidates. 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; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.