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Middlesex County Clerk draws ballot positions for June 2026 primary
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Summary
Middlesex County Clerk Nancy Pink conducted the public drawing on April 2, 2026, assigning ballot order for Democratic and Republican slates across the county’s federal, state, county and municipal contests; results will be posted online and emailed to registrants.
Middlesex County Clerk Nancy Pink conducted a public drawing at 3 p.m. on Thursday, April 2, 2026, to determine ballot positions for Democratic and Republican candidates in the June 2026 primary across Middlesex County.
Pink opened the session, introduced office staff and described the process for the drawing, saying it was conducted “in accordance with PL 2025, chapter 32.” She outlined the procedure: staff displayed candidate cards, deposited them in a sealed box, thoroughly intermixed the cards, and the clerk drew and read each card aloud to set ballot order. “If you have not done so already, please fill out the sign sheet with your name and contact information so our office may email you the results of this drawing,” she said.
The office began with Democratic ballots — starting with U.S. House races (Congressional District 6 followed by District 12) — and proceeded through municipal and county committee slates for towns including New Brunswick, North Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Piscataway, Sayreville and Woodbridge. After completing the Democratic drawings, the clerk announced Republican drawings and read Republican slates for U.S. Senate, county committees and municipal wards across the county. A staff member later read back a consolidated list to confirm names and party/district pairings.
The transcript contains numerous rapid name readings across many wards and districts; several name renderings in the public transcript are unclear or garbled. The clerk repeatedly invited attendees to view (but not touch) the candidate cards and said the drawing was livestreamed on the county’s website. She provided contact information for follow-up: (732) 745-4202 and middlesexvotes@county.middlesex.nj.us.
The drawing establishes the order in which candidates will appear on the June primary ballots; the clerk’s office said results would be emailed to those who signed the attendance sheet and are available via the county’s livestream archive and office communications. “This concludes our ballot drawing,” Pink said at the end of the session.
The clerk did not announce formal motions, votes or policy decisions during the event; the proceeding was purely administrative — a public, procedural step to assign ballot positions ahead of the primary.
