New Jersey congressional elections

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RaceTracker 2012 Congressional Election Dashboard
2012 House report · 2012 Senate report
	House¹: 435 seats			Senate: 33 seats
	GOP	Dems	Total	GOP	Dems	Total
Confirmed primary challenges	63	32	95	4	4	8
Possible primary challenges	13	5	18	1	0	1
Open seats*	7	15	26	2	6	9²

1. Does not include the special election in OR-01.
2. Includes Joe Lieberman, who is retiring from his Conn. senate seat.

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U.S. Senate

Seats up for election in 2012:

Select seat for race details	Incumbent	Photo	Party	Next election	Incumbent running	Primary challenge	Confirmed candidates	Possible candidates
NJ-Senate Class I Seat	Robert Menendez		Democratic	2012	Yes	Yes	Jeff Boss Joe Kyrillos Ian Linker Robert Menendez	Tom Kean John Crowley Tim Smith Mike Doherty

Select seat for race details	Incumbent	Photo	Party	Incumbent running	Primary challenge	Confirmed candidates	Possible candidates
NJ-01	Robert Andrews		Democratic	Yes	No	Robert Andrews	Dale Glading
NJ-02	Frank LoBiondo		Republican	Yes	Yes	Gary Stein Michael Assad Frank LoBiondo
NJ-03	Jon Runyan		Republican	Yes	No	Jon Runyan	Thomas Sacks-Wilner Shelley Adler
NJ-04	Christopher Smith		Republican	Yes	No	Doug Demeo Christopher Smith	Howard Kleinhendler
NJ-05	E. Scott Garrett	No photo on file.	Republican	Yes	Yes	Michael Cino Adam Gussen E. Scott Garrett	Tod Theise Terry Duffy Bob Gordon Harry Carson
NJ-06	Frank Pallone		Democratic	Yes	No	Anna Little Frank Pallone	Diane Gooch
NJ-07	Leonard Lance		Republican	Yes	Maybe	Ed Potosnak Niz Kamal Leonard Lance	Lon Hosford
NJ-08	William Pascrell		Democratic	Yes, for a different seat	N/a	Albio Sires
NJ-09	Steven Rothman		Democratic	Yes	Yes	J Paul Castle Michael Wildes William Pascrell Steven Rothman
NJ-10	Donald Payne		Democratic	Yes	Yes	Ronald Rice Donald Payne	Michael Alonso
NJ-11	Rodney Frelinghuysen		Republican	Yes	No	Rodney Frelinghuysen	Douglas Herbert
NJ-12	Rush Holt		Democratic	Yes	No	Eric Beck Rush Holt	Diane Gooch
NJ-13	Albio Sires		Democratic	Yes, for a different seat	N/a	Michael Shurin	Henrietta Dwyer