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New Jersey’s 10th District

U.S. House · NJ-10

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 63.2 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 81.1%

    Lamonica R. McIver, incumbent

  • Republican 18.0%

    Carmen Bucco

  • Other 0.9%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican Other
NJ-10 81.1%18.0%0.9%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+26.6 44.2%−26.3 1.2%−0.3

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over17.9% (± 0.5)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Lamonica R. McIver · Democrat

Primary results

Held June 2, 2026 · Certified official result · Official source

Democratic primary Lamonica R. Mciver 84.8% 38,769 votes
Republican primary Carmen Bucco 100.0% 4,359 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Lamonica R. Mciver

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Carmen Bucco

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 52.2 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 63.2 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • NJ-8 Democrat, safe seat
  • NJ-9 Democrat, safe seat
  • NJ-11 Democrat, safe seat
  • NJ-5 Democrat, safe seat
  • NJ-12 Democrat, safe seat
  • NJ-6 Democrat, safe seat

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The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

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Forecast updated