#1 is the best, #50 is the worst
Up to 25,000 legal immigrants in New Jersey — refugees, trafficking victims, domestic violence survivors, family of veterans — could lose Medicaid on Oct. 1 under Trump's budget bill. All three New Jersey Republicans in the House voted for it twice, and Van Drew had signed a letter promising he wouldn't.
On April 16 a war powers resolution failed 213-214. On May 14 the next one deadlocked 212-212, and a tie fails. Either one needed exactly one Republican to switch. Only Thomas Massie, who has no page here, voted yes both times.
This month New Jersey's 7th District got a mailer, paid for with House funds, telling them Tom Kean Jr. wants to ban members of Congress from trading stocks. His own filings show stock trades in every month of 2026 through August — including two purchases in August, weeks after he voted for a bill to stop members from buying stocks.
Oct. 24 – Nov. 1
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Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Dates checked against New Jersey’s official election site on Sept. 18, 2026, starting from the Center for Election Innovation & Research’s national list. Days, hours and locations are set locally — check with your local election office, and confirm your registration at vote.org.
Harris won New Jersey with 52% of the vote to 46.1%, a margin of 5.9 points, with 67.5% of eligible voters turning out. (Full 2024 presidential results, state by state.)
3 of 14 — 21%. In the U.S. House, New Jersey has 3 Republicans and 9 Democrats; in the Senate, 0 Republicans and 2 Democrats. (Source: Current members of Congress from New Jersey, on Wikipedia.)
New Jersey ranks #5 of 50. That is the average of its rank on the 17 measures in the report card above — violent crime, gun deaths, life expectancy, food insecurity, maternal and infant mortality, household income, public education, voter turnout and more. #1 is the best state to live in, #50 the worst.
You can compare New Jersey directly to other states on our Compare States page.
We grade Republican incumbents running in 2026 — U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives and governors — on their record: how they voted, who funds them, and what it has cost New Jersey. Democrats and independents do not get report cards.
The general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — 39 days away. Check your registration and polling place at vote.org.
Early in-person voting for the Nov. 3 election runs Oct. 24 – Nov. 1. Details on New Jersey's official election site. (Checked against New Jersey’s official election site on Sept. 18, 2026, starting from the Center for Election Innovation & Research’s national list.)
Any voter can vote by mail. Ballots start going out Sept. 19. Ballots postmarked by Election Day count if they arrive by Nov. 9. Details on New Jersey's official election site. (Checked against New Jersey’s official election site on Sept. 18, 2026, starting from the Center for Election Innovation & Research’s national list.)
