New Jersey congressional elections

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RaceTracker 2012 Congressional Election Dashboard
2012 House report · 2012 Senate report
	House: 435 seats			Senate: 33 seats
	GOP	Dems	Total	GOP	Dems	Total
Confirmed primary challenges	5	2	7	5	5	10
Possible primary challenges	0	0	0	0	0	0
Open seats*	16	21	41	3	6	10²

1. 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	No	Jeff Boss Joe Kyrillos Gwen Diakos David Brown Bader Qarmout Joe “Rudy” Rullo Robert Menendez

Select seat for race details	Incumbent	Party	Incumbent running	Primary challenge	Confirmed candidates	Possible candidates
NJ-01	Robert Andrews	Democratic	Yes	No	Greg Horton Robert Andrews
NJ-02	Frank LoBiondo	Republican	Yes	No	Cassandra Shober Frank LoBiondo
NJ-03	Jon Runyan	Republican	Yes	No	Shelley Adler Jon Runyan
NJ-04	Christopher Smith	Republican	Yes	Yes	Brian Froelich Terrence McGowan Christopher Smith
NJ-05	E. Scott Garrett	Republican	Yes	Yes	Michael Cino Adam Gussen Jason Castle Diane Sare Bonnie Somer E. Scott Garrett
NJ-06	Frank Pallone	Democratic	Yes	No	Anna Little Ernest Cullari Frank Pallone
NJ-07	Leonard Lance	Republican	Yes	Yes	David Larsen Upendra Chivukula Leonard Lance
NJ-08	William Pascrell	Democratic	Yes, for a different seat	N/a	Albio Sires Michael Shurin Maria Karczewski Anthony Zanowic
NJ-09	Steven Rothman	Democratic	Yes	Yes	William Pascrell Shmuley Boteach Blase Billack Hector Castillo Steven Rothman
NJ-10	Donald Payne	Democratic	No	N/a	Ronald C. Rice Dennis Flynn Nia Gill Donald Payne Jr Wayne Smith Cathy Wright Brian Kelemen	Michael Alonso
NJ-11	Rodney Frelinghuysen	Republican	Yes	No	John Arvanites Rodney Frelinghuysen
NJ-12	Rush Holt	Democratic	Yes	No	Eric Beck Rush Holt
NJ-13	Albio Sires	Democratic	Yes, for a different seat	N/a