CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, Nov. 3, 2026 — U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat, won a third full term Tuesday over Republican Justin Murphy, a former Tabernacle deputy mayor, the Associated Press projected shortly after polls closed at 8 p.m.
Independent Veronica Fernandez and Socialist Workers Party candidate Joanne Kuniansky were also on the ballot.
Booker, a former Newark mayor, entered the Senate in 2013 after winning a special election following the death of Sen. Frank Lautenberg, and won his first full term in 2014. Republicans have not won a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey since 1972, the New Jersey Monitor reports.
Murphy is an attorney and U.S. Navy veteran.
Cape May County had not reported any results in the Senate race as of 8:17 p.m. In the 2024 Senate race, county voters favored Republican Curtis Bashaw over Democrat Andy Kim, 30,905 to 20,096, according to county results.
Cape May Scanner will post the county's unofficial results in the Senate race and every local contest as they come in.
As first reported by the New Jersey Monitor.