Riding profile

NJ-12

US House district — NJ · Mixed · us nj

The question

NJ-12: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
35.3
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 67.3%

    Adam Hamawy

  • Republican 32.1%
  • Other 0.6%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican Other
HereNJ-12 67.3%32.1%0.6%
National averageUnited States 54.3% +13.0 44.9% −12.9 5.1% −4.5

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

NJ-12, a mixed riding in NJ, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 25-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 67% vote share, against 32% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

COLEMAN, BONNIE WATSON

Sits with Democrat

Primary race

Primary results

Held Jun 2, 2026 · Certified official result

Democratic primary

Winner

ADAM HAMAWY 28.6%

22,265 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Open seat

    Hamawy, Adam

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
24.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+10.5 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026