NJ Election Day Guide 2019: Here's Everything You Need To Know

NEW JERSEY – Election Day 2019 is Tuesday in New Jersey. Though it may not have the national implications of the 2018 midterms, there are dozens of important races being contested at the state and local level.

Here's what you need to know on Nov. 5:

Essential voter information

Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Nov. 5.
If you're not sure where to go to vote, you can find your polling place here.

Sample ballots

Beyond researching local candidates and issues, it's never a bad idea to familiarize yourself with what your ballot will actually look like on Election Day.

Vote 411 allows you to input your street address to see what's on your ballot, your polling place, upcoming debates, and more localized information.

Types of races on the ballot

The 2019 ballots in New Jersey will serve as the mid-term elections for the Statehouse races. One Senate district (one seat) and 40 Assembly districts (two seats each) will be up for grabs (see the list of candidates below).

The ballots feature a variety of local races, so expect to see school board, town council, and other municipal contests on your ballot. Many county positions are also up for grabs, such as sheriff and freeholder.

Public question

Voters will be deciding whether to support a constitutional amendment to extend the $250 property tax deduction that veterans receive to continuing care retirement centers. The amenment could compel the retirement centers to pass the value of the deduction on to veterans in the form of credits or payments.

Voter rights

If you did not provide identification to the county commissioner of registration or if the identification information could not be verified (i.e., your driver's license number or the last four digits of your social security number), you may be asked to show identification at the polling place when you got to vote.

Identification may include, but not limited to, any current and valid photo ID: NJ driver's license, military or other government ID, student or job ID, store membership card, United States Passport, bank statement, car registration, government check or document, non-photo NJ driver's license, rent receipt, sample ballot, utility bill or any other official document

NJ Statehouse races, and what's at stake

In the Garden State, Democratic control of the Statehouse – the Assembly and the Senate – will likely continue.

But will the Statehouse be shaped in a way that can help Gov. Phil Murphy – who has struggled to get legislation such as marijuana legalization approved – push his agenda to the finish line?

Murphy has tried and failed, and tried and failed, to get momentum on what was practically his signature issue when he ran for election in 2017: marijuana legalization.

Murphy, faced with likely no-votes from a handful of Democrats and unanimous Republican opposition, reportedly came within five state Senate votes of getting the legislation passed earlier in the year.

He also has faced stiff opposition from Republicans and Democrats alike on another signature issue: Passing a tax hike on those who make more than $1 million a year.

That could change with this election, however. Democrats could pick up anywhere from two to six Assembly seats in Morris County and South Jersey and possibly chip away at the teflon-tight opposition on those two issues.

Democrats have been working hard to win those Morris seats, boosting the statewide spending total to $7.1 million so far this year, a half-million more than the last time they had the ballot to themselves, according to The Record.

Democrats hold a 54-26 majority in the Assembly.

Key races

The Record identified at least four races as elections to watch:

District 1: Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland counties: This is an area where Democrats picked up a seat on the congressional level, and they have a shot at the legislative level. The race got headlines recently when the candidates ripped a mailer featuring Republican Antwan McClellan as a racist attack. The Republicans said General Majority PAC, an organization linked to South Jersey power broker and Murphy's opponent George Norcross III, altered McClellan's image. Read more: GOP Claims Mailer 'Darkened' Photo Of Black Ocean City Official

Districts 21, 24 and 25: Morris, Somerset and Union counties: These races were close last time, and Democrats have been spending money on TV ads and other campaign efforts to try to win at least two additional seats that could be favoratble to Murphy. The region overlaps with another congressional district that flipped from Republican to Democrat in last year's congressional races.

Here are the contested Senate and Assembly races:

State Senate - District 1

• Dem Bob Andrzejczak (I)
• GOP Mike Testa

State Assembly - District 1

• Dem Bruce Land (I)
• Dem Matthew Milam (I)
• GOP Antwan McClellan
• GOP Erik Simonsen

State Assembly - District 2

• Dem John Armato (I)
• Dem Vincent Mazzeo (I)
• GOP Philip Guenther
• GOP John Risley

State Assembly - District 3

• Dem John Burzichelli (I)
• Dem Adam Taliaferro (I)
• GOP Edward Durr
• GOP Beth Sawyer

State Assembly - District 4

• Dem Paul Moriarty (I)
• Dem Gabriela Mosquera (I)
• GOP Paul Dilks
• GOP Stephen Pakradooni

State Assembly - District 5

• Dem William Moen
• Dem William Spearman (I)
• GOP Kevin Ehret
• GOP Nicholas Kush

State Assembly - District 6

• Dem Louis Greenwald (I)
• Dem Pamela Lampitt (I)
• GOP John Papeika
• GOP Cynthia Plucinski

State Assembly - District 7

• Dem Herb Conaway (I)
• Dem Carol Murphy (I)
• GOP Peter Miller
• Ind Kathleen Cooley

State Assembly - District 8

• Dem Gina LaPlaca
• Dem Mark Natale
• GOP Ryan Peters (I)
• GOP Jean Stanfield
• Ind Tom Giangiulio

State Assembly - District 9

• Dem Sarah Collins
• Dem Wayne Lewis
• GOP DiAnne Gove (I)
• GOP Brian Rumpf (I)

State Assembly - District 10

• Dem Eileen Della Volle
• Dem Erin Wheeler
• GOP John Catalano
• GOP Gregory McGuckin (I)
• Ind Vincent Barrella
• Ind Ian Holmes

State Assembly - District 11

• Dem Joann Downey (I)
• Dem Eric Houghtaling (I)
• GOP Michael Amoroso
• GOP Matthew Woolley

State Assembly - District 12

• Dem Malini Guha
• Dem David Lande
• GOP Robert Clifton (I)
• GOP Ronald Dancer (I)

State Assembly - District 13

• Dem Allison Friedman
• Dem Barbara Singer
• GOP Serena DiMaso (I)
• GOP Gerald Scharfenberger

State Assembly - District 14

• Dem Daniel Benson (I)
• Dem Wayne DeAngelo (I)
• GOP Thomas Calabrese
• GOP Bina Shah
• Ind Michael Bollentin

State Assembly - District 15

• Dem Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (I)
• Dem Anthony Verrelli (I)
• GOP Jennifer Williams
• Ind Edward Forchion
• Ind Dioh Williams

State Assembly - District 16

• Dem Roy Freiman (I)
• Dem Andrew Zwicker (I)
• GOP Mark Caliguire
• GOP Christine Madrid

State Assembly - District 17

• Dem Joe Danielsen (I)
• Dem Joseph Egan (I)
• GOP Patricia Badovinac
• GOP Maria Conception Powell

State Assembly - District 18

• Dem Robert Karabinchak (I)
• Dem Nancy Pinkin (I)
• GOP Robert Bengivenga
• GOP Jeffrey Brown

State Assembly - District 19

• Dem Craig Coughlin (I)
• Dem Yvonne Lopez (I)
• GOP Rocco Genova
• GOP Christian Onuoha
• Ind William Cruz

State Assembly - District 20

• Dem Jamel Holley (I)
• Dem Annette Quijano (I)
• GOP Charles Donnelly
• GOP Ashraf Hanna

State Assembly - District 21

• Dem Stacey Gunderman
• Dem Lisa Mandelblatt
• GOP Jon Bramnick (I)
• GOP Nancy Munoz (I)
• Ind Martin Marks
• Ind Harris Pappas

State Assembly - District 22

• Dem Linda Carter (I)
• Dem James Kennedy (I)
• GOP Patricia Quattrocchi

State Assembly - District 23

• Dem Denise King
• Dem Marisa Trofimov
• GOP John DiMaio (I)
• GOP Erik Peterson (I)

State Assembly - District 24

• Dem Deana Lykins
• Dem Dan Smith
• GOP Parker Space (I)
• GOP Harold Wirths (I)

State Assembly - District 25

• Dem Lisa Bhimani
• Dem Darcy Draeger
• GOP Brian Bergen
• GOP Anthony Bucco (I)

State Assembly - District 26

• Dem Christine Clarke
• Dem Laura Fortgang
• GOP BettyLou DeCroce (I)
• GOP Jay Webber (I)

State Assembly - District 27

• Dem Mila Jasey (I)
• Dem John McKeon (I)
• GOP Michael Dailey
• GOP Mauro Tucci

State Assembly - District 28

• Dem Ralph Caputo (I)
• Dem Cleopatra Tucker (I)
• GOP Joy Bembry-Freeman
• GOP Antonio Pires
• Ind Derrick Ross

State Assembly - District 29

• Dem Shanique Davis-Speight (I)
• Dem Eliana Pintor Marin (I)
• GOP John Anello
• GOP Jeannette Veras
• Ind Yolanda Johnson
• Ind Nichelle Velazquez

State Assembly - District 30

• Dem Yasin Celik
• Dem Steven Farkas
• GOP Sean Kean (I)
• GOP Edward Thomson (I)
• Ind Schroeder, Hank

State Assembly - District 31

• Dem Nicholas Chiaravalloti (I)
• Dem Angeka McKnight (I)
• GOP Jason Mushnick
• GOP Mary Kay Palange

State Assembly - District 32

• Dem Angelica Jimenez (I)
• Dem Pedro Mejia (I)
• GOP Ann Carletta
• GOP Francesca Curreli

State Assembly - District 33

• Dem Annette Chaparro (I)
• Dem Raj Mukherji (I)
• GOP Holly Lucyk
• GOP Fabian Rohena

State Assembly - District 34

• Dem Thomas Giblin (I)
• Dem Britnee Timberlake (I)
• GOP Irene DeVita
• GOP Bharat Rana
• Ind Clenard Childress

State Assembly - District 35

• Dem Shavonda Sumter (I)
• Dem Benjie Wimberly (I)
• GOP Tamer Mamkej

State Assembly - District 36

• Dem Clinton Calabrese (I)
• Dem Gary Schaer (I)
• GOP Khaldoun Androwis
• GOP Foster Lowe

State Assembly - District 37

• Dem Gordon Johnson (I)
• Dem Valerie Vainieri Huttle (I)
• GOP Angeka Hendricks
• GOP Gino Tessaro
• Lib Claudio Belusic

State Assembly - District 38

• Dem Lisa Swain (I)
• Dem Christopher Tully (I)
• GOP Christoper DiPiazza
• GOP Michael Kazimir

State Assembly - District 39

• Dem John Birkner
• Dem Gerald Falotico
• GOP Robert Auth (I)
• GOP Holly Schepisi (I)

State Assembly - District 40

• Dem Julie O'Brien
• Dem Maria Martini Cordonnier
• GOP Christopher DePhillips (I)
• GOP Kevin Rooney (I)