New Jersey
Welcome to the New Jersey state page! Here, New Jersey organizers can access and document ongoing projects, current leadership positions, upcoming races, and other important information. This list is non-exhaustive, and state teams are encouraged to expand and adapt these pages to their organizing needs.
Political Landscape of New Jersey
Partisan Composition of New Jersey
Overall, New Jersey is considered a blue state, with a Cook PVI of D+6 as of 2022, regularly voting 55%-60% Democrat in statewide races. Both their US Senators and governor are Democrats. Their US house delegation consists of 9 Democrats and 3 Republicans. Democrats also have majorities in the state's general assembly (52-28) and state senate (25-15), giving Democrats a trifecta as of 2/10/24.
Progressive Outlook for New Jersey
The overall progressive strategy for New Jersey is optimistic. The main thing standing in the way of progressive priorities are corrupt politicians like Menendez and other moderate/conservative Dems in deep blue seats. As the state has a Democrat trifecta, the main strategy should be around growth, by accomplishing progressive priorities, defending blue seats and flipping red seats as well as primarying uncooperative Democrats. There are unfortunately no citizen-led ballot initiatives here. As New Jersey is a semi-closed primary state, it is highly recommended to register as a Democrat in order to participate in the Democratic primaries and elect progressives.
Get Involved
Register to Vote in New Jersey
Progressive Organizations in New Jersey
Below is a list of progressive organizations in New Jersey. If you see a state organization that isn't on this list, please add it.
Notable Campaigns in 2024
Below is a list of progressive candidates or ballot measures in the 2024 election cycle for New Jersey. Non-progressive candidates may also be placed here if they are substantially to the left of their district's partisan lean and worth campaigning for. If you see a candidate or ballot measure that should be on this list, please add them.
June 4th Primary Election (Filing Deadline March 25th)
- Andy Kim for US Senate: Due to Menendez's corruption scandal, his loss in the primary is a foregone conclusion. Andy Kim seems to be the most progressive candidate running in the primary. Make sure to support him if you're in New Jersey!
- US House NJ-3: Andy Kim is leaving this light blue seat and as such, ensuring a progressive wins this seat in the primary is important for the overall goal of progressives. Progressive recommendation pending March 25th.
November 5th General Election
- US House NJ-7: This is the only competitive house district in New Jersey. Regardless of who wins the primary (to be updated June 4th), this is NJ's greatest chance to help flip the US House back blue. This is Tom Kean's first term and his district voted for Biden by 2.9%, so he is an extremely vulnerable incumbent.
Run for Local Office
An underrated way to impact change is to run for a local position! Please feel free to add information on doing so below.