Even though a New Jersey statute requiring NJ petitioners to be state residents for primary elections was found to be unconstitutional in a prior litigation, and even though a statute requiring general election petitioners to be NJ residents had not been enforced for a long time, and even though the State of New Jersey gave Legiua “problematic advice,” she was still denied a Preliminary Injunction by US District Court Judge Zahid Quraishi, a Biden appointee.

It was the Republican Party that stimulated the effort to keep Legiua off the ballot. The New Jersey Seventh District US House race involves incumbent Republican Thomas Kean, who was recently absent from Congress for four months but returned to the US House on June 30, 2026 and explained that he had been treated for depression.

The opinion, issued today, follows.