CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
= Winner
(Incumbent Party Listed First)

Primary Filing Deadline: April 6, 2009
Third Party & Independent Filing Deadline: June 2, 2009
Primary: June 2, 2009

This page was last updated on June 25, 2009

GOVERNOR:
Jon Corzine (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Chris Christie (R) - Ex-US Attorney & Ex-Morris County Freeholder
Ken Kaplan (Libertarian) - State Party Chair & Real Estate Broker
Greg Pason (Socialist) - SPUSA National Secretary & Frequent Political Candidate
Jason Cullen (Independent) - Riverdale Health Board Chairman
Chris Daggett (Independent) - Ex-State EPA Commissioner, Ex-US EPA Official & Ex-Republican
Joshua Leinsdorf (Independent) - Ex-Princeton School Board Member & Political Activist
Alvin Lindsay Jr. (Independent) - '08 US Rep. Candidate
David Meiswinkle (Independent) - Attorney
Kostas Petris (Independent)
Gary Steele (Independent) - Attorney
Gary Stein (Independent) - '08 US Rep. Candidate
Angela Lariscy (Socialist Workers/Write-In) - Communist Political Organizer & Frequent Candidate

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2009.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
** Newly Created Elective Position - No Incumbent **
Rob Andrews (D) - Congressman, Ex-Camden County Freeholder Director, Attorney & '08 US Sen. Candidate
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D) - State Assembly Majority Leadern & Ex-State Democratic Chair
Stephen Sweeney (D) - State Senate Majority Leader, Gloucester County Freeholder & Local Labor Union Official
Shirley Turner (D) - State Sen., Ex-State Assemblywoman, Ex-Mercer County Freeholder & Educator
Diane Allen (R) - State Sen., Ex-TV News Anchorwoman & '02 US Sen. Candidate
Jennifer Beck (R) - State Sen. & Ex-State Assemblywoman
Kathe Donovan (R) - Bergen County Clerk, Ex-State Assemblywoman, Atttorney & '06 County Executive Candidate

U.S. SENATE:

Frank Lautenberg (D)* - Next Election 2014.

Bob Menendez (D)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2012.

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
Rob Andrews (D)*
Bill Kern (Libertarian)
Everitt Williams III (Independent) - Civil Engineer & '08 Candidate

District 2:
Frank LoBiondo (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 3:
John Adler (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 4:
Chris Smith (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 5:
E. Scott Garrett (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 6:
Frank Pallone (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 7:
Leonard Lance (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 8:
Bill Pascrell (D)*

District 9:
Steve Rothman (D)*

District 10:
Don Payne (D)*

District 11:
Rodney Frelinghuysen (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Tom Wyka (D) - IT Project Manager & '06/'08 Nominee

District 12:
Rush Holt (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Mike Halfacre (R) - Fair Haven Mayor
Scott Baier (Independent) - Cashier & Frequent Candidate

District 13:
Albio Sires (D)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

New Jersey Conservative Party (NJCP)
Communist Party of New Jersey
Constitution Party of New Jersey
New Jersey Democratic Party
Green Party of New Jersey
New Jersey Libertarian Party
New Jersey Republican Party
Socialist Party of New Jersey
Socialist Workers Party

STATE ELECTION OFFICES:

State Division of Elections

State Election Law Enforcement Commission

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

Asbury Park Press
The Press of Atlantic City
Bergen Record
Bridgeton Evening News
Bridgewater Courier-News
Burlington County Times
Business News New Jersey
Camden Courier-Post
East Brunswick Home News & Tribune
Gloucester County Times
Hudson County Jersey Journal
Hunterdon County Democrat
InJersey.com - Gannett State Bureau Report
JerseyPolitics.com
Manahawkin Times Beacon
Morris County Daily Record
Newark Star-Ledger
New Jersey Herald (Sussex County)
New Jersey Online (Newark Star-Ledger & Trenton Times)
New Jersey Public Television & Radio (PBS)
New Jersey Reporter (Public Policy Center of New Jersey)
NJ Voter Information (Rutgers University)
News-12 New Jersey (TV - Cablevision)
NorthJersey.com
North Jersey Herald News (Passaic County)
PolitickerNJ.com
Princeton Packet
Salem County Today's Sunbeam
Trenton Times
The Trentonian
Westfield Leader
WZBN TV-25 (Cablevision - Mercer)