Here are the early, unofficial results of New Jersey primary elections held on Tuesday, July 7, including the Democratic and Republican contests for U.S. Senate bids and battles for nominations in several congressional districts that are being closely watched during this presidential election year.
The results below, compiled by the Associated Press, will be updated throughout the night, so please check back later or refresh the page to see the latest tallies.
Note: Because most ballots are being cast by mail instead of in person at polling sites in this coronavirus-impacted election, it will take days — and maybe weeks — for county officials to count and confirm all the ballots. The results below will be based on partial returns, but they will be updated overnight and during the upcoming days as new numbers are confirmed.
(i) denotes incumbents
PRESIDENT
In the Democratic primary, both former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders were on the ballot. Although Biden has already locked up his party’s nomination, Sanders would be entitled to a share of the delegates if he receives at least 15% of the vote, giving up more support at the Democratic National Convention.
On the Republican side, President Donald Trump ran unopposed in his party’s primary election.
U.S. SENATE
New Jersey had both Republican and Democratic primaries for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Cory Booker.
Booker was challenged by community activist Lawrence Hamm, who ran Sanders’ New Jersey presidential campaign and has led demonstrations protesting the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.
In the GOP primary, five Republicans are seeking their party’s nod. They are Rik Mehta, a pharmacist and lawyer; Hirsh Singh, an engineer who lost primaries for governor in 2017 and U.S. House in 2018; Natalie Rivera and Tricia Flanagan, both of whom ran and lost as independent candidates against Democratic U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez in 2018; and teacher Eugene Anagnos.
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
There were uncontested races for the Democratic nominations in congressional districts 1, 3, 7 and 11 and for the Republican nominations in districts 8, 10, 11 and 12. So those numbers will not be tabulated in the charts below.
The most closely watched primary race is the Democratic battle in the 2nd congressional district, which features Brigid Callahan Harrison, a Montclair State University political science professor; educator Amy Kennedy, wife of former Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I.; veteran congressional aide Will Cunningham; former FBI agent Robert Turkavage, who ran as a Republican for the seat two years ago; and John Francis, an environmentalist and professor.
That’s the seat that Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-2nd Dist., won two years ago as a Democrat before opposing Trump’s impeachment and then switching parties. Van Drew faces a primary of his own against Bob Patterson, former acting associate commissioner of the Social Security Administration.
MORE ELECTION COVERAGE
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The Associated Press and NJ Advance Media staff writer Jonathan D. Salant contributed to this report.
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Len Melisurgo may be reached at LMelisurgo@njadvancemedia.com.
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