Jersey City: who represents it, and who is running

U.S. general election (federal and county offices) votes on 2026-11-03. It elects u.S. Senator (Class 2, Booker's seat); U.S. Representative for NJ-8 and NJ-10; Hudson County offices (not recorded). No Governor (next 2029), no state Senate or Assembly seats (both next November 2027), and no Jersey City municipal offices on the 2026 ballot..

Holding office18

the sitting council

On the ballot10

3 sitting members running again

The official candidate list ↗ · What Jersey City is like — the /local page

Congressional district (city hall): New Jersey's 8th congressional district (city hall); the city is split between NJ-8 and NJ-10 — Robert Menendez (Democratic)

Mayor

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
James S. Solomon Elected	Mayor	Independent		City of Jersey City

Council Member

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Denise Ridley Elected	Council Member	Independent	Ward A	City of Jersey City
Eleana Little Elected	Council Member	Independent	Ward E	City of Jersey City
Frank E. Gilmore Elected	Council Member	Independent	Ward F	City of Jersey City
Jake Ephros Elected	Council Member	Independent	Ward D	City of Jersey City
Joel A. Brooks Elected	Council Member	Independent	Ward B	City of Jersey City
Mamta Singh Elected	Council Member	Independent	At-Large	City of Jersey City
Michael O. Griffin Elected	Council Member	Independent	At-Large	City of Jersey City
Rolando R. Lavarro Jr. Elected	Council Member	Independent	At-Large	City of Jersey City
Thomas Zuppa Jr. Elected	Council Member	Independent	Ward C	City of Jersey City

Governor

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Mikie Sherrill Elected	Governor	Democratic		Office of the Governor of New Jersey (nj.gov)

Member of the General Assembly — LD-32

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Katie Brennan Elected	Member of the General Assembly	Democratic		New Jersey Division of Elections
Ravi Bhalla Elected	Member of the General Assembly	Democratic		New Jersey Division of Elections

State Senator — LD-32

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
Raj Mukherji Elected	State Senator	Democratic		New Jersey Division of Elections

U.S. Senator

Name	Office	Party / slate	Source
Andy Kim Elected	U.S. Senator	Democratic	@unitedstates congress-legislators (CC0)
Cory A. Booker Elected	U.S. Senator → Running	Democratic	@unitedstates congress-legislators (CC0)
Joanne Kuniansky	U.S. Senator Running	Socialist Workers	New Jersey Division of Elections
Justin Murphy	U.S. Senator Running	Republican	New Jersey Division of Elections
Veronica Fernandez	U.S. Senator Running	END THE CORRUPTION!	New Jersey Division of Elections

U.S. Representative — NJ-8

Name	Office	Party / slate	Source
Robert Menendez Elected	U.S. Representative → Running	Democratic	U.S. House of Representatives
Aristotle Eliopoulos	U.S. Representative Running	Independent	New Jersey Division of Elections
Craig Honts	U.S. Representative Running	Socialist Workers	New Jersey Division of Elections
Da'Shone Hughey	U.S. Representative Running	WE THE PEOPLE	New Jersey Division of Elections

U.S. Representative — NJ-10

Name	Office	Party / slate	Seat	Source
LaMonica McIver Elected	U.S. Representative → Running	Democratic		U.S. House of Representatives
Carmen Bucco	U.S. Representative Running	Republican		New Jersey Division of Elections

Notes on this record

How the lists were read, and what could not be.

Candidates: New Jersey Division of Elections official lists — US Senate (dated 07/27/2026; 4 candidates) and House of Representatives (dated 09/04/2026). The 09/04 House list agrees with the 07/27 certification of general-election nominees for NJ-8 and NJ-10. Names and party/designation as printed (upper case); the lists print each candidate's address — none copied. NJ-8 has no Republican nominee (the House list totals 11 Republicans for 12 districts). Aristotle Eliopoulos is listed as INDEPENDENT with a county-specific slogan (Hudson: PEOPLE BEFORE POLITICS). Write-ins and primary losers excluded. The amended Senate certification and amended NJ-10 certification linked from nj.gov returned 404.
Municipal: Mayor James Solomon (bio page: sworn in January 15, 2026) and the nine-member City Council (Wards A–F plus three at-large; Denise Ridley is Council President) from jerseycitynj.gov, read 2026-10-22. Lavarro's page gives 'First Elected To Council: Dec. 2, 2025' and 'Current Term Expires: January 14, 2030'. Jersey City offices are nonpartisan; party null. Next regular Jersey City municipal election (Mayor and all 9 council seats): November 2029 (terms expire 2030-01-14); no city election in 2026. Council emails are obfuscated on the page and were not recorded.
State legislators: the NJ Legislature (www.njleg.state.nj.us, www.njleg.gov, pub.njleg.gov) refused connections / timed out (HTTP 502 on port 80) — not bypassed. LD-32 members therefore rest on the Division of Elections' certified 2023 State Senate result (Raj Mukherji) and 2025 General Assembly result (Katie Brennan, Ravi Bhalla); current tenure not confirmed on a member page. LD-31 (south/west Jersey City) members not recorded per the city-hall-only rule.
U.S. Senators from the CC0 @unitedstates congress-legislators dataset (www.senate.gov returned HTTP 403 to robots.txt; not bypassed). House members, districts and websites from house.gov/representatives (read 2026-10-22). Governor from nj.gov/governor. NJ-9 (Nellie Pou) covers other Hudson municipalities; no sampled Jersey City point fell in it.
Hudson County offices on the Jersey City ballot were not read (no county level in the mapping); the Hudson County Clerk sample ballots were not opened.
No home addresses, phones or personal emails recorded. standsFor null for everyone (no candidate statements read). data.openstates.org returned 403 to robots.txt and was not used.

Sources

Prepared 2026-10-22. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.