Princeton Town Council Elections
2026
There are four Democrats running for two spots; David Cohen is running for re-election, while Jon Durbin, Leanna Jahnke, and Marina Rubina would all be newcomers to Council. (One Republican candidate, Antonio Merolli, announced his Council candidacy long after the Democrats, and has received much less coverage.)
TAPintoPrinceton published two pieces on where the candidates stand on Pressing Town Issues:
And here's Part 2:
Here's PCDO's candidate overview, with a statement from each candidate:
https://www.princetondmc.org/town-council
An account of PCDO's candidate forum and endorsement meeting is available here: https://www.towntopics.com/2026/03/18/princeton-community-democratic-organization-endorses-david-cohen-for-town-council/
Town Topics has offered profiles of all four candidates; you can read about Cohen & Durbin here, and Jahnke & Rubina here.
Town Topics has also published a bunch of endorsement letters, which you can access by entering the candidates' last names in the Town Topics search bar: towntopics.com
Here's Leanna Jahnke's website: voteleannajahnke.com
Here's Jon Durbin's website: jondurbin4princeton.com
He was also profiled by TapInto Princeton:
Here's Marina Rubina's website: marinaforamericandream.com
She was also profiled by TapInto Princeton:
David Cohen (the incumbent) has been a guest on the Princeton Podcast twice:
Episode 30 – David Cohen, Princeton Councilman
Episode 64 – David Cohen, Princeton Councilman
He was also profiled by TapInto Princeton:
