NJ Primary Election 2024: What To Know In East Windsor

EAST WINDSOR, NJ — The primary election in New Jersey is on Tuesday.

Democratic and Republican voters will head to the polls from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. to cast ballots in the 2024 primary.

The winners will earn their political party’s nomination, giving them an advantage heading into the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 5.

The last day for in-person voting was June 2.

This year’s primary election ballots will also have a new look for Democratic Party voters, due to a lawsuit against a controversial political ballot design known as “the party/county line.”

LOCAL RACES

There are no mayor or council races this year in East Windsor Township. To have a look at the sample ballot, click here.

NATIONAL RACE

Many voters will be showing up to cast ballots in the 2024 presidential primary. Democratic candidates include President Joe Biden. Democratic voters will also encounter two other choices in the presidential race: anti-abortion activist Terrisa Bukovinac, and another option, “Uncommitted” – a pro-Palestine protest that has qualified for a ballot line under the slogan “Justice for Palestine, Permanent Ceasefire Now.”

On the Republican side of the presidential race, former president Donald Trump is the sole GOP choice on this year’s ballot.

US SENATE

U.S. Rep. Andy Kim is facing challenges for the Democratic nomination from two longtime activists: Lawrence Hamm and Patricia Campos-Medina. Voters will also choose between Republican candidates Justin Murphy, Albert Harshaw, Curtis Bashaw and Christine Serrano Glassner.

US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Lawrence voters will get to choose between Brian Schkeeper, Carol Murphy, Herb Conaway, Sarah Schoengood and Joe Cohn for the Democratic Party primary in New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District. Republican candidates are Shirley Maia-Cusick, Michael Francis Faccone, Rajesh Mohan and Gregory M. Sobocinski.

WHERE TO VOTE:

• Hightstown Elks Lodge #1955, 110 Hickory Corner Rd: District 1,5
• East Windsor Pal Building, 30 Airport Road: District 2
• Meadow Lakes, Auditorium, 300 Etra Road: District 3
• East Windsor Municipal Building, 16 Lanning Boulevard: District 4,17
• American Legion Post #148, 895 Route 130: District 6
• Melvin H. Kreps School, 5 Kent Ln, Gym: District 7,13,14
• East Windsor Rescue Squad: District 1, 47
• One Mile Road: District 8
• St. James Village, 719 Saint James Place, Community Rm.: District 9
• Ethel McKnight School, 58 Twin Rivers Drive, Gym: District 10,11
• Perry L. Drew School, 70 Twin Rivers Dr. N, Gym: District 12,15,16

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