2012 New Jersey Senate Race - Candidates, Debates and Primary Results

This page displays the information for the New Jersey senate race. This includes candidates, dates, and political views. The tables below show the candidates for the general election with an option to compare those candidates after the primary. This is followed by the primary candidates and the number of political views we have for each representative. Selecting one of these representatives takes you to the profile for this candidate and a full list of their political positions, speeches, and controversies.

2012 New Jersey Senate Race - General Election Candidates

General Election Candidates and Results
New Jersey senate election - class or district 1
PercVotesPartyCandidate
58.4%1793209DRobert Menendez
39.9%1224915RJoe Kyrillos
1.7%52607IOther
Election Information for New Jersey
Primary DateJune 05, 2012
General DateNovember 06, 2012
IncumbentRobert Menendez
Incumbent StatusSeeking Re-election
Election ProjectionSolid Democrat
Presidential Election2012 Election

2012 New Jersey Senate Race - Primary Election Candidates

Democrats - Primary Election
 
Democrat senate Primary Election in New Jersey - class or district 1
PercVotesCandidateViews
100%1Robert Menendez36
Republicans - Primary Election
Republican senate Primary Election in New Jersey - class or district 1
PercVotesCandidateViews
77%161137Joe Kyrillos6
9%18666David Brown0
8%16691Rudy Rullo0
6%12636Bader Qarmout12

Debates

DatePartyDebateParticipants
March 10, 2012RNew Jersey TEA Party Candidate ForumJoe Rullo, Ed Szawiel, Bader Qarmout

Past Election Results

Election Results for Senate seat class 1 in New Jersey in 2006
Past Election Results - US Senate Seat Class 1 - New Jersey
Robert Menendez
57%
2006
41%
Thomas Kean
Jon S. Corzine
50%
2000
47%
Bob Franks
Frank R. Lautenberg
50%
1994
47%
Garabed "Chuck" Hayt
Frank R. Lautenberg
54%
1988
45%
Peter M. Dawkins
Frank R. Lautenberg
51%
1982
48%
Millicent Fenwick