Primary Election Primer: Where and When to Vote, and Who's Running

New Jersey’s primary election is today, and while there aren’t a lot of contested races this year, here’s what to look for, from the local level on up to the top office in the country. 

Cinnaminson Committee

Two seats are up this November and only two people—both Republicans—have filed so far. are on the ballot. No Democrats filed for the primary. 

Burlington County Freeholder

Republicans Bruce Garganio and Mary Ann O'Brien are running unopposed. Garganio is the current freeholder director. There is a contested race for the two open freeholder seats for the Democrats. Mary Anne Reinhart and Machell S. Still-Pettis, Original Democrats, are running against Aimee Belgard and Joanne Schwartz, of the Burlington County Regular Democrats party. 

House of Representatives

Democrat Shelley Adler is unopposed on her side of the ballot, while incumbent Jon Runyan is also unopposed for the 3rd Congressional District Republican race.

United States Senate

Democratic incumbent Robert Menendez, who just recently, is unopposed for the nomination, while the Republican side of the ballot features a crowd of four. Joe Kyrillos, currently a state senator, is the Regular Organization Republican candidate and has been endorsed by the county Republican party, and faces three others—Bader Qarmout, David Douglas Brown and Joe “Rudy” Rullo. Rullo is running under the slogan Republican Party of Burlington County. 

President

Incumbent President Barack Obama and his slate of delegates are unopposed on the Democratic side of the ballot, and the Republican side still features four candidates—though only one is still active. 

Mitt Romney, the de facto Republican nominee for president, faces Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum—but Republicans will also vote separately for slates of delegates to represent the party at the Republican convention. They’ll have five to choose from: Four slates attached to the candidates, and one delegate—Ariel Miles—running for an at-large seat.

Other races

Democrats and Republicans will also have a chance to vote for their county party committee representatives across several districts in Cinnaminson. Those races are detailed on the sample ballot included above.

Not registered as a member of any party? The state’s primary allows you to declare at the polls and vote.

Even though there are doesn't mean there won't be a contested race in November. Democrats in town can nominate candidates by waging a write-in campaign; Democrats can file petitions to run as Independents; or, Democrats can wage a write-in campaign in November.

To see Cinnaminson's ballots, click here.

Polling locations are below:

905 James Street

1200 Wynwood Drive

1197 Riverton Road

312 N. Forklanding Road

902 Manor Road

1725 Cinnaminson Avenue

1900 Taylors Lane

2701 New Albany Road

2500 Branch Pike