Justin Murphy won New Jersey’s Republican U.S.Senate primary Tuesday, setting up a general election fight against Democratic Sen.
Cory Booker in a state where Republicans have not won a U.S.Senate race since 1972.The race was close among the top three candidates with 90% of the votes counted.
Murphy was followed by suspended New Jersey State Trooper Richard Tabor, and former News 12 New Jersey reporter Alex Zdan.Physician Robert Lebovics finished last.Murphy is an attorney and U.S.
Navy veteran from Tabernacle, New Jersey, who previously served as a local committeeman and ran unsuccessfully for the GOP Senate nomination in 2024, finishing a distant third.He launched another campaign this cycle to take on Booker, casting himself as a conservative, pro-Trump grassroots candidate.‘JERSEY SHORE’ STAR MIKE SORRENTINO TEASES FUTURE RUN FOR NEW JERSEY GOVERNORU.S.
Sen.Cory Booker, D-NJ, (left) will take on Justin Murphy (right) who won the U.S.
Senate GOP primary in New Jersey Tuesday night (Jersy Justin For Senate/Getty Images)Murphy faces an uphill but nationally watched race against Booker, a high-profile Senate Democrat and frequent Trump critic who is running unopposed on the Democratic side of the ticket as he seeks another term after first winning the seat in a 2013 special election.While Republicans are hoping to flip the seat, the party has not won a U.S.
Senate race in the state since 1972.Murphy, who describes himself as self-employed, is a former Tabernacle deputy mayor and a U.S.Navy veteran, according to the New Jersey Globe.
He previously ran for the GOP Senate nomination in 2024, finishing far back in third, before launching another bid this cycle as a conservative candidate running on cleaning up his state's pollution, protecting it from ever-expanding windmill construction, parental rights, medical freedom and improving Medicare for seniors.Winner of the Republican U.S.Senate Primary in New Jersey on Tuesday, June 2, 2026.
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