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Governor Phil Murphy • Lt. Governor Tahesha Way
The Hon. Tahesha Way, Lt. Governor and Secretary of State

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Department of State, Division of Elections

On November 21, 2025, Governor Murphy issued a Writ of Election to fill the vacancy in the House of Representatives in the Eleventh Congressional District due to the resignation of the Honorable Mikie Sherrill.
Writ of Elections

The full schedule of deadlines can be found here on our Chronological Election Timelines page. The deadline for independent candidates to file their petitions for the special general election is no later than 4:00 p.m. Thursday, February 5, 2026. Please find the information sheet and petition for the special general election on our Candidate Information page.

Schedule A Petition Filing Appointment

Page Last Updated: 12/02/25

NOTICE TO PETITION FILERS

Petition Filing Appointments for candidates in the Special General Election will be available starting January 5, 2026.

Petition Filing Deadline Day for the Special General Election is February 5, 2025 until 4:00 p.m. The filer must be in the building before that time.

Petitions are being accepted at 225 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 08608.

Walk-in-only petition filing will be available on Thursday, Feruary 5th. No appointments will be scheduled on this date.

Walk-in petition filing is also available. Petition filers with appointments will be serviced before walk-ins filers.

We suggest filing your petition as early as possible!

February 9 - by 4:00 p.m.
Deadline for Amendments to Defective Petitions for Special General Election Candidates

February 9 - by 4:00 p.m.
Filing Deadline for Objections to Nominating Petitions for Special General Election Candidates

 

 

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