Election Day Tuesday November 3

Election day 2026 midterm elections: Polls open until 8:00pm in New Jersey. Voting is at the local district. Find polling place HERE at NJ voter information portal. No trash collection and municipal offices are closed.

- America First Republican  Rep. Fine

,aka the Hebrew Hammer, has officially WON reelection in Florida’s 6th Congressional District!.

- Republicans in NJ-7 are doing well on GOTV, but the Democratic advantage is still over 13,000.(NJ Globe)

- 6pm in New Jersey  so far 115,8911 have vited with democrats at 23% Republicans at 52% and unaffiliated 23%

- Low voter turnout around Lakewood  as of  4pm crowds vote after 2nd seder

- As of 2pm a total of 72,405 voted  in Ocean county with democrats at 23% Republicans at 53% and unaffiliated 24%

As of 10:30 am 30,000 voted in Ocean county with Republicans 53%

Democrats are hoping to take back control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections. Election forecasters have predicted that Democrats will win the House majority, but that the race for control of the Senate remains a toss-up. Republicans are hoping for a massive turnout  to beat the early voting numbers favoring democrats. 

Polls are open from 6 AM to 8 PM today, with voters deciding a U.S. Senate race, all 12 congressional seats, county offices, municipal governments, school boards, and hundreds of other contests.  

Locally in Lakewood two seats are open for township committee with Moshe Raitzik on the ballot to unseat the incumbents. There's also elwctions for fire Dep and BOE. In Jackson there's a tight race for mayor and council.

 NJ Globe: This is Donald Trump’s midterm election.  He is the omnipresent force in American politics today. The president’s approval rating in New Jersey has fallen to 29%, with 66% disapproving, according to the latest Fairleigh Dickinson University poll. Among independent voters, Trump’s approval stands at just 24%.  A separate FDU survey found Democrats leading Republicans by 23 percentage points in statewide congressional races.

Democrats enter Election Day with an enormous head start.  An analysis by Umichvoter shows that 1,222,264 New Jerseyans have already voted, including 693,281 Democrats, 290,095 Republicans, and 238,888 unaffiliated and third-party voters. That’s a 403,186-vote Democratic advantage before Election Day.   The numbers reflect party registration, not votes for individual candidates, and Republicans traditionally rely more heavily on Election Day turnout.

At the top of the ballot, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker is seeking a third full term against Republican Justin Murphy, a former Tabernacle deputy mayor.  Booker is heavily favored in a state that hasn’t elected a Republican U.S. senator since Clifford Case in 1972.

The biggest congressional battleground is New Jersey’s 7th district, where Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-Westfield) faces Democrat Rebecca Bennett, a former Navy helicopter pilot. Trump carried the district by one point in 2024, while Gov. Mikie Sherrill won it by two points last year. Bennett hopes a favorable national political environment and an energized Democratic electorate will end Kean’s congressional career after two terms.

In South Jersey’s 2nd district, Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) faces Cape May Mayor Zach Mullock.  Democrats have built a significant early voting advantage in a district Trump carried comfortably, although Van Drew has a substantial reservoir of reliable Republican voters who have not yet cast ballots.  Van Drew should be winning, but Democrats

- BDE: Petirah of Rebbetzin Chana Greenbaum a”h, daughter of Rav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz zt”l,  wife of Rav Dov Greenbaum Ztl ,she was niftar at the age of 104. Her  husband led the Yeshiva of Spring Valley  from 1951 until his passing in 1982  and they were instrumental in establishing Torah life and education in Rockland county.  Her sister, Rebbetzin Shulamis Schiff a”h, wife of Rav Shea Schiff zt”l rosh yeshiva of Mesivta Bais Shraga in Monsey. was niftar in July at the age of 98.