Justin Murphy

Justin Murphy enlisted in the U.S. Navy at 17 and served four years aboard the USS Comte De Grasse, including six months in the Persian Gulf, before an honorable discharge. He has practiced law since 2006, in estate, real estate, contract, energy consulting and EB-5 economic development matters. He was president of the Tabernacle Republican Organization from 1998 to 2000. He was elected to the Tabernacle Township Committee in November 2000, served a three-year term and did not seek reelection in 2003. He lost Republican primaries for the U.S. House in 2008 and 2010 and finished third in the 2024 Republican primary for U.S. Senate with about 11 percent. Murphy announced a 2026 Senate campaign in December 2025. On June 2, 2026 he won the Republican primary with about 33 percent of the vote over Richard Tabor, Alex Zdan and Robert Lebovics, and he faces Democratic Sen. Cory Booker, who was unopposed in his primary, on November 3.