Update: The polls are closed for the New Jersey primary election.
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Polls for New Jersey's primary are open until 8 p.m.
The state’s late primary date means NJ voters missed a chance to weigh in on the once-crowded field of Republican presidential candidates. A week ago former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney secured more than enough delegates to win the party’s nomination, according to The Associated press count.
There are four men running for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate. The winner will face Democratic incumbent Bob Menendez in the Nov. 6 general election.
Two competitive races for House seats in northern NJ highlight an otherwise predictable election.
Democrats in Bergen, Hudson and Passaic counties will pick between incumbent Reps. Bill Pascrell and Steve Rothman.
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Both men voted Tuesday. The loser will be out of a job because the state's congressional delegation is shrinking by one member.
Voters in Essex, Hudson and Union counties will decide whether to send Newark City Council President Donald Payne Jr. to Washington to assume his late father's congressional seat. Fellow Newark Councilman Ron Rice, state Sen. Nia Gill and three others are competing for the seat.
The winners in both House races are almost guaranteed November victories in the solidly Democratic districts.
Primaries are also being held Tuesday n California, Montana, New Mexico and South Dakota, along with a recall election for the governor in Wisconsin.
Check primary election results here.
