New Jersey elections in 2026
14 electoral votes · 12 House seats · Mid-Atlantic · 1 statewide race on the 2026 ballot
The political landscape
New Jersey is a dense suburban state between two great metros, with property taxes, transit and utility costs as constants of its politics. Democrats lead statewide, though margins have varied sharply cycle to cycle.
Its largest population centers include Newark, Jersey City, Trenton, Camden. Where a state's people live, and what those places do for a living, is the starting point for how Electorate HQ simulations reason about it.
On the ballot in New Jersey
Latest New Jersey political headlines
Republicans point to New Jersey voting glitch in final push for SAVE Act before Congress' summer recessNew Jersey governor signs law banning surveillance pricing to protect shoppers‘Honor system’ is flaw in New Jersey voter registration, critics say‘It’s the honor system’: New Jersey's noncitizen voter registration brings private worries into the openGovernor signs law to expand microtransit to seniors, disabled residents statewideNew Jersey election officials delete 5,100 registrations tied to MVC software errorEPIC, Advocates Celebrate As New Jersey Signs Nation-Leading Kids’ Online Safety Bills Into LawGroup demands NJ yank school guidance on transgender studentsSimulate New Jersey
In the Electorate HQ simulator, New Jersey is one of 51 delegations that reads current reporting and decides a presidential race issue by issue. Results are AI simulations, clearly labeled, with the reasoning shown for every call. See the methodology for what that does and does not mean.