These seven candidates are running to break Republican control of three purple New Jersey counties: Hunterdon, Morris, and Atlantic. All three counties overlap with swing congressional districts and voted for Donald Trump by single-digit margins in 2024, and Republicans currently hold all the offices being targeted.
Jason Blazakis is running to give Democrats a voice on the Hunterdon County Commission. Caitlin Giles-McCormick is running for county clerk to put Hunterdon County elections in the hands of someone committed to transparency.
Christopher Russo is running to break Republicans' decades-long monopoly on the Morris County Commission and give Democrats a foothold in the county that elected Mikie Sherrill and Analilia Mejia.
Jonathan Marcellus, Kyle Gornick, and Richard Healey are running to flip seats on the Atlantic County Commission and put Democrats back in charge of county government in the Atlantic City area. Lisa Bender is running to take back the county clerk's office in Atlantic County.