2016 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey
Majority party
Minority party
Party
Democratic
Republican
Last election
6
6
Seats won
7
5
Seat change
Popular vote
1,821,620
1,541,631
Percentage
54.16%
45.84%
Swing
Democratic
50-59%
60-69%
70-79%
80-89%
Republican
50-59%
60-69%
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey were held on November 8, 2016, to elect the 12 U.S. Representatives from the state of New Jersey , one from each of the state's 12 congressional districts . The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election , as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections . The primaries were held on June 7.
District 1 [ ] Democratic Party incumbent Donald Norcross was first elected to this seat in the 2014 election . Fellow Democrat Alex Law announced he would run for the seat in 2016 before Norcross' 2014 election.[1]
Democratic primary [ ] Candidates Results [ ] Republican primary [ ] Candidates Results [ ] General election [ ] Results [ ] District 2 [ ] Republican Frank LoBiondo has represented this district since 1995.
Democratic primary [ ] Candidates David H. Cole
Constantino "Tino" Rozzo Results [ ] Republican primary [ ] Candidates Results [ ] General election [ ] Polling [ ]
Poll source
Date(s)
Sample
Margin of
Frank
David
Other
Undecided
Stockton University
October 19–23, 2016
625
± 3.9%
59%
34%
3%
4%
Results [ ] District 3 [ ] Republican Tom MacArthur had represented this district since 2015.
Democratic primary [ ] Candidates Fred LaVergne, activist
Jim Keady , activist and educatorResults [ ] Republican primary [ ] Candidates Results [ ] General election [ ] Results [ ] District 4 [ ] Republican Chris Smith has represented this district since 1981.
Democratic primary [ ] Candidates Results [ ] Republican primary [ ] Candidates Chris Smith Bruce C MacDonald Results [ ] General election [ ] Results [ ] District 5 [ ] Republican Party incumbent Scott Garrett had served for seven terms. Josh Gottheimer , a former speechwriter for Bill Clinton and aide for the 2004 presidential campaign of John Kerry and the 2008 presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton , ran against Garrett as a Democrat.[4]
Democratic primary [ ] Candidates Results [ ] Republican primary [ ] Candidates Scott Garrett Peter Vallorosi
Michael J Cino Results [ ] General election [ ] Results [ ] District 6 [ ] Democratic Frank Pallone has represented this district since 1989.
Democratic primary [ ] Candidates Results [ ] Republican primary [ ] Candidates Results [ ] General election [ ] Results [ ] District 7 [ ] Republican Leonard Lance has represented this district since 2009.
Democratic primary [ ] Candidates Results [ ] Republican primary [ ] Candidates Leonard Lance David Larsen
Craig P. Heard Results [ ] General election [ ] Results [ ] District 8 [ ] Democrat Albio Sires has represented this district since 2007.
Democratic primary [ ] Candidates Albio Sires Eloy J. Delgado Results [ ] Republican primary [ ] Candidates Results [ ] General election [ ] Results [ ] District 9 [ ] Democratic Bill Pascrell has represented this district since 1997.
Democratic primary [ ] Candidates Results [ ] Republican primary [ ] Candidates Results [ ] General election [ ] Results [ ] District 10 [ ] Democratic Donald Payne Jr. has represented this district since 2013.
Democratic primary [ ] Candidates Results [ ] Republican primary [ ] Candidates Results [ ] General election [ ] Results [ ] District 11 [ ] Republican Rodney Frelinghuysen has represented this district since 1995.
Democratic primary [ ] Candidates Joseph M. Wenzel
Richard McFarlane
Lee Anne Brogowski Results [ ] Republican primary [ ] Candidates Rodney Frelinghuysen Rick Van Glahn Results [ ] General election [ ] Results [ ] District 12 [ ] Democrat Bonnie Watson Coleman has represented this district since 2015.
Democratic primary [ ] Candidates Bonnie Watson Coleman Alexander J. Kucsma Results [ ] Republican primary [ ] Candidates Results [ ] General election [ ] Results [ ] References [ ] External links [ ]
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