New Jersey's congressional districts

There currently are 12 United States congressional districts in New Jersey based on results from the 2010 Census. There were once as many as 15. The fifteenth district was lost after the 1980 Census, the fourteenth district was lost after the 1990 Census, and the thirteenth district was lost after the 2010 Census.

New Jersey's congressional districts since 2013[1]

During the 114th Congress, Democrats held six seats and Republicans held six seats in New Jersey's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. The 115th Congress saw Democrats holding seven seats and Republicans holding five, with Democrat Josh Gottheimer defeating seven-term Republican incumbent Scott Garrett in New Jersey's 5th congressional district. During the 2018 federal midterm elections, Democratic candidates Tom Malinowski, Mikie Sherrill, Jeff Van Drew, and Andy Kim won an additional four seats for their party. This left Chris Smith in the 4th district as the only Republican member of New Jersey's congressional delegation for the 116th Congress. Van Drew, however, left the Democratic Party on December 19, 2019 to become a Republican.

Current districts and representatives

List of members of the New Jersey United States House delegation, their terms, their district boundaries, and the districts' political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 12 members, including 10 Democrats, and 2 Republicans.

District Representative Party CPVI Incumbency District map
1st Donald Norcross (Camden) Democratic D+13 November 12, 2014 – present
2nd Jeff Van Drew (Dennis Township) Republican R+1 January 3, 2019 – present
3rd Andy Kim (Bordentown) Democratic R+2 January 3, 2019 – present
4th Chris Smith (Hamilton Township) Republican R+8 January 3, 1981 – present
5th Josh Gottheimer (Wyckoff) Democratic R+3 January 3, 2017 – present
6th Frank Pallone (Long Branch) Democratic D+9 November 8, 1988 – present
7th Tom Malinowski (Rocky Hill) Democratic R+3 January 3, 2019 – present
8th Albio Sires (West New York) Democratic D+27 November 13, 2006 – present
9th Bill Pascrell (Paterson) Democratic D+16 January 3, 1997 – present
10th Donald Payne Jr. (Newark) Democratic D+36 November 15, 2012 – present
11th Mikie Sherrill (Montclair) Democratic R+3 January 3, 2019 – present
12th Bonnie Watson Coleman (Ewing Township) Democratic D+16 January 3, 2015 – present

Historical district boundaries

Below is a table of United States congressional district boundary maps for the State of New Jersey, presented chronologically.[2] All redistricting events that took place in New Jersey in the decades between 1973 and 2013 are shown.

Year Statewide map
1973–1982
1983–1984
1985–1992
1993–2002
2003–2013
Since 2013

Obsolete districts

See also

References
  1. "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  2. "Digital Boundary Definitions of United States Congressional Districts, 1789–2012". Retrieved October 18, 2014.
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