Salem County, New Jersey

2026 election results. Justin Murphy (R) has 50% of the U.S. Senate vote in Salem County, with about 99% of the expected vote counted. The margin is 16.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Salem County

U.S. Senate

Justin Murphy

50.4%10,726

Cory Booker

47.2%10,043

Veronica Fernandez

1.8%376

Joanne Kuniansky

0.7%143

99% counted

Statewide: Cory Booker wins. Called.

U.S. House: New Jersey 2nd District

Jeff Van Drew

50.9%10,834

Zack Mullock

47.4%10,098

Ramon Mora

1.7%360

100% counted

Whole district: Zack Mullock wins. Called.

The leader in Salem County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 12, 2:54 PM.

Compared with 2024

Race	Margin	2024 president	Shift
NJ Senate	R +3.3	R +19.5	D +16.2
NJ-02	R +3.5	R +19.5	D +16.0

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Salem County has voted for president

Year	Democrat	Share	Republican	Share	Margin	Votes
2024	Kamala Harris	39.7%	Donald Trump	58.9%	R +19.2	31,000
2020	Joe Biden	42.7%	Donald Trump	55.5%	R +12.8	33,958
2016	Hillary Clinton	40.4%	Donald Trump	55.5%	R +15.2	29,494
2012	Barack Obama	49.9%	Mitt Romney	48.6%	D +1.3	29,501
2008	Barack Obama	51.8%	John McCain	47.9%	D +4.0	30,959
2004	John Kerry	46.2%	George W. Bush	52.8%	R +6.6	29,781
2000	Al Gore	50.9%	George W. Bush	45.4%	D +5.4	26,972

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +24.6.

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until New Jersey certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. New Jersey's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.