Who Is On The Ballot In Jersey City

JERSEY CITY, NJ — Congressional incumbent Rep. Rob Menendez Jr. is facing three challengers on Tuesday to keep representing New Jersey's 8th District in Congress. The district includes much of Hudson County (including Jersey City) and parts of Newark and Elizabeth.

Jersey City residents can also vote Tuesday in a heated school board election, and in county races.

In the school board race, three incumbents are on a slate with a fourth candidate for a one-year term, and are being challenged by two other tickets. The year has seen heated debate over school issues, particularly after a mother of a special needs child was arrested at a board meeting.

See Jersey City sample ballots here.

Menendez, a Democrat who run the primary in June, faces no Republican opponents on the ballot this time around.

He does face candidates Craig Honts from the Socialist Workers Party, Da'Shone Hughey from the We The People Party, and independent Aristotle Eliopoulos.

The winner will serve a two-year term.

Here are the two congressional election profiles we received:

Robert Menendez Jr. (Democrat)

Aristotle Eliopolous (Independent)

Voting Details

• Where to vote in person You can find your polling place here. Find out by entering your street address and town.
• Vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked by Nov. 3, and received by the Board of Elections by Nov. 10.

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The 8th Congressional District includes Bayonne, East Newark, Elizabeth, Guttenberg, Harrison, Hoboken, part of Jersey City, part of Kearny, North Bergen, Union City, Weehawken, and West New York.

See the map of the district here.

See the election calendar and voter information for New Jersey here.