Voters in Pennsylvania and New Jersey headed to the polls on Tuesday to decide several high-stakes races in the midterm elections.

In the U.S. Senate race in New Jersey, Cory Booker (D) easily won a third full term, defeating Republican challenger Justin Murphy, with the Associated Press calling the race shortly after polls closed at 8 p.m. Booker's campaign outraised Murphy's by a 50-to-1 margin and Booker had defeated each of his past three opponents — including in a 2013 special election — by at least 10 points.

Murphy, a Burlington County attorney and veteran, campaigned on affordability with promises of tax cuts and reduced government spending. Booker vowed to fight for middle-class tax relief, roll back tariffs and seek tougher congressional oversight of the Trump administration's war powers in Iran.

Booker has been among the Democrats' fiercest Trump critics in Congress, where his record-setting filibuster on the Senate floor last year signaled he could make another presidential run. Booker last ran for president in 2020, but dropped out early after falling behind in fundraising and lagging in national polls among Democrats.

Booker remains popular among Democratic voters in New Jersey and has not ruled out another White House run. 

Shorty after 11:30 p.m., the Associated Press projected that Democrats won control of the U.S. Senate. Democrats are also projected to win the the majority in the U.S. House, CBS News reported. 

In two key U.S. House races in the Philly area that were targeted by Democrats to flip, a longtime Republican lawmaker in Pennsylvania lost and a GOP incumbent in South Jersey reportedly conceded in a race that the Associated Press has yet to call.

Pennsylvania's 1st Congressional District

Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick was seeking a sixth term in Pennsylvania's 1st District, which covers all of Bucks County and a small section of Montgomery County, but was ousted by Democrat Bob Harvie, the vice-chair of the Bucks County Board of Commissioners.

The Associated Press called the race after midnight, with Harvie holding a 52.7% lead over Fitzpatrick's 47.3% with 98% of the voted counted as of Wednesday morning. 

Fitzpatrick has long positioned himself as a moderate with a bipartisan voting record. His independent streak has helped keep his seat relatively safe in the competitive swing district, the only House seat in the Philly region that was held by a Republican. 

Fitzpatrick notably broke ranks with Republicans by voting against the final version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last year, and he criticized Republicans' inaction on the expiration of federal healthcare subsidies at the start of the year. Fitzpatrick later sponsored a bipartisan bill to extend the subsidies, joining 16 other Republicans who banded with Democrats to pass the measure out of the House in January. The Senate still has not taken action on the proposed three-year extension. 

Harvie, a former teacher who was elected as a Bucks County commissioner in 2019, has questioned Fitzpatrick's image as a moderate. He has referred to Fitzpatrick as a "rubber stamp" for much of President Donald Trump's agenda. Since the start of Trump's second term, Fitzpatrick has voted with the president 70% of the time and with the majority of Republicans 77% of the time, a rate lower than any other House Republican.

Harvie's campaign website lists priorities that include middle-class tax cuts, campaign finance reform and a moratorium on new data center development in Bucks County. Harvie previously supported Amazon's plan to construct a hyper-scale data center in Falls Township, but has since called for tougher restrictions on developers. Fitzpatrick backs the project, which he said would "reshape our region" and drive economic growth.

The race grew increasingly contentious leading up to the election. Harvie filed a defamation lawsuit in August against a pro-Fitzpatrick Super PAC over its ads and a website portraying Harvie as the subject of an FBI probe into public corruption. Harvie testified as a witness before a federal grand jury in 2020, but was never indicted or charged in the investigation. 

Fitzpatrick filed a lawsuit last week seeking to prevent Harvie ally and fellow Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia from serving on the county's election board. His petition was rejected Monday by a judge in Chester County.  

In 2022 and 2024, Fitzpatrick defeated Democrat Ashley Ehasz by margins of 9.8% and 12.8%. This year's race appears to be much closer. Despite Fitzpatrick leading Harvie during much of the campaign, Harvie held a 2-point advantage in a New York Times and Siena University poll conducted Oct. 16-22. An internal poll conducted in October by Democrats at Global Strategy Group had the candidates even at 46% each among likely voters, with 8% still undecided, Politico reported. 

Fitzpatrick had a large fundraising advantage in the race, pulling in more than $709,000 compared with Harvie's roughly $409,000, based on FEC filings in October.

Democrats needed a net gain of three seats to win control of the U.S. House. In addition to the 1st District, three other congressional races in Pennsylvania that were being closely watched at the national level flipped to Democrats.

In the Lehigh Valley's 7th District, Democrat Bob Brooks is projected to defeat incumbent Republican Ryan Mackenzie, according to the Associated Press. Mackenzie flipped the seat in 2024, narrowly defeating incumbent Democrat Susan Wild.

In the 8th District in Lackawanna County, Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti (D) is projected to beat incumbent Republican Rob Bresnahan, according to the Associated Press. Bresnahan won the seat in 2024 with a victory over incumbent Democrat Matt Cartwright.

And in the 10th District, which covers Dauphin County and parts of Cumberland and York counties, Democrat Janelle Stelson is the projected winner in her rematch against Republican Scott Perry. Perry, who's now in his seventh term, beat the former WGAL television anchor by about 5,000 votes in 2024.

In other U.S. House races in the Philly area, Democrats Brendan Boyle (2nd District), Chris Rabb (3rd District), Madeleine Dean (4th District), Mary Gay Scanlon (5th District) and Chrissy Houlahan (6th District) cruised to victories. 

For results of every race in Pennsylvania's midterm elections, visit the Associated Press's state site here. 

New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District

Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew was seeking his fifth term and faced a challenge from Democrat Zack Mullock, the mayor of Cape May. The district covers Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Salem counties, as well as parts of Gloucester and Ocean counties.

While the Associated Press has yet to call the race, Mullock held a 51.1%-47.9% edge with 89% of ballots counted as of early Wednesday morning Van Drew reportedly has conceded. 

Van Drew, who was elected as a Democrat in 2018, switched parties in 2020 amid his opposition to impeachment proceedings against Trump during his first term. He won by a margin of 5.8% in in 2020 and cruised to victories over his Democratic opponents in the last two elections with margins greater than 15%.

In the days before Tuesday's election, Democrats were optimistic about Mullock's chances in a district that has been solidly Republican for the past three decades. Democrats held an advantage in early voting in the state, according to a New Jersey Monitor analysis, but redistricting in 2021 created a map more favorable to Republicans. 

At their lone debate in October, the two candidates sparred over immigration, data centers, energy policy and the war in Iran. Mullock, who opposes offshore wind projects in New Jersey, accused Van Drew of flipping on the issue since becoming a Republican after previously backing turbine development. Mullock also called for an end to the war in Iran, arguing Van Drew and other Republicans have failed to provide a check against the Trump administration, and he criticized the tactics of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New Jersey communities.

FEC filings through Oct. 14 showed Van Drew had raised nearly $2.5 million compared with $960,948 raised by Mullock.

A Fairleigh Dickinson University poll released in late October offered some hope for Democrats to give Van Drew a tougher challenge than the past two elections.

The survey found 55% of likely voters in the state supported Democratic congressional candidates compared with 32% backing Republicans running for Congress. The poll also found affordability was the top concern among likely voters in the state's congressional races, with 90% saying it would affect their vote. The next closest issues were gas prices at 87%, immigration at 83% and the war in Iran at 82%.

In other U.S. House races in South Jersey, Democratic Reps. Donald Norcross and Herb Conaway had landslide victories in their reelection bids.

For results of every race in New Jersey's midterm elections, visit the Associated Press's state site here.