Zack Mullock

Zack Mullock is the Mayor of Cape May, New Jersey, and the Democratic nominee for NJ-2. A Cape May resident from a family that owns the Chalfonte Hotel, he was first elected to the city council in 2018 and won the mayoralty in 2020, and describes himself as a small business owner. He won the June 2, 2026 Democratic primary and is running on affordability, housing and coastal resiliency.[1][2][3]

Mullock describes himself as a lifelong resident of South Jersey and graduated from Wildwood Catholic Academy.[1] He earned a bachelor's degree from Mount St. Mary's University in 2008, where he says he was class president and a student athlete, and an MBA from Saint Joseph's University in 2010.[1] The New Jersey Globe reports his family owns the Chalfonte Hotel in Cape May, and he describes himself as a small business owner.[1][2]

Mullock was first elected to the Cape May City Council in 2018 and, per the New Jersey Globe, unseated the sitting mayor in 2020; he was re-elected unopposed in 2024.[2] Cape May's elections are nonpartisan, and he says he has been a registered Democrat throughout his political career.[2] He says he has not raised taxes in seven years as mayor and points to a new library and firehouse, a police station under construction, and upgrades to lifeguard headquarters.[1][2] He says he helped found and build the Harriet Tubman Museum and the Cape May Point Arts and Science Center and worked to restore the historic parsonage of the Macedonia Baptist Church, and he has served on the Atlantic Cape Community College Foundation Board and the United States Coast Guard Community Foundation.[1]

Mullock entered the NJ-2 race after the other Democratic candidates and won the June 2, 2026 primary with 39.8% over Tim Alexander, Bayly Winder and Terri Reese.[1][2][3] He says he and his wife Justine are raising three children in South Jersey.[1]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.