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This profile of New Jersey's Class I U.S. Senate seat, currently filled by Robert Menendez, is part of the RaceTracker project.

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Contents 1 Next election: 2012 2 Last election: 2006 3 New Jersey congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices 4 Articles and resources 4.1 See also 4.2 External resources 4.3 External articles

Next election: 2012

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Race status

Incumbent:	Robert Menendez
Incumbent running?	Yes
Primary challenge?	Incumbent has primary challenger.

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Robert Menendez	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	February 25, 2011
Jeff Boss	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	September 6, 2011
Joe Kyrillos	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	September 6, 2011	Current state senator.
Ian Linker	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	May 9, 2011
Tom Kean	Republican	Potential candidate	Source	February 25, 2011	Ran unsuccessfully against Bob Menendez in 2006.
John Crowley	Republican	Considering candidate	Source	February 25, 2011	Pharmaceutical executive.
Tim Smith	Republican	Considering candidate	Source	August 9, 2011
Mike Doherty	Republican	Considering candidate	Source	July 15, 2011	Current state senator.

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results

Primary winners:
General election winner:	TBD

Last election: 2006

Incumbent: Robert Menendez

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Robert Menendez	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)
Thomas Kean, Jr.	Republican	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results

Primary winners:	Robert Menendez, Thomas Kean, Jr.
General election winner:	Robert Menendez

New Jersey congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices

Robert Menendez's district offices
One Gateway Center, Suite 1100, Newark, New Jersey 07102 973.645.3030 (Phone) (Fax) 208 White Horse Pike, Suite 18, Barrington, New Jersey 08007 856.757.5353 (Phone) (Fax)

Articles and resources

See also

• Index for all the New Jersey congressional districts and candidates.
• The full U.S. Senate elections report.
• The RaceTracker homepage.

External resources

Blogs	Other Wiki sites
Swing State Project: Swing State Project: http://www.swingstateproject.com/tag.do?tag=NJ-Sen Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/tag/NJ-Sen MyDD: http://www.mydd.com/tag/NJ-Sen The Next Right: http://www.thenextright.com/category/blog-tags/NJ-Sen OpenLeft: http://www.openleft.com/tag.do?tag=NJ-Sen RedState: http://www.redstate.com/tags/tag/NJ-Sen	dKosopedia: http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/NJ-Sen Left.Wikia: http://left.wikia.com/wiki/NJ-Sen

External articles

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