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
1
1
Popular vote
1,821,620
1,541,631
Percentage
54.16%
45.84%
Swing
3.97%
2.33%
Results by district
Results by county
Democratic
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Republican
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
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.
The only competitive district this cycle was the 5th, which Democrats flipped, thereby giving them a 7–5 majority in the delegation.
District 1
2016 New Jersey's 1st congressional district election
Democratic Party incumbent Donald Norcross was first elected to this seat in the 2014 election .
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Bob Patterson, senior speechwriter in the George W. Bush's administration and adjunct professor of government at Patrick Henry College
Results
General election
Endorsements
Donald Norcross (D)
Labor unions
Results
District 2
2016 New Jersey's 2nd congressional district election
Republican Frank LoBiondo has represented this district since 1995.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
David Cole, former White House aide, Barack Obama campaign staffer and candidate for this seat in 2014
Eliminated in primary
Results
General election
Endorsements
Frank LoBiondo (R)
Labor unions
Polling
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size
Margin of error
Frank LoBiondo (R)
David Cole (D)
Other
Undecided
Stockton University [ 5]
October 19–23, 2016
625
± 3.9%
59%
34%
3%
4%
Results
District 3
2016 New Jersey's 3rd congressional district election
Republican Tom MacArthur had represented this district since 2015.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Results
General election
Results
District 4
2016 New Jersey's 4th congressional district election
Republican Chris Smith has represented this district since 1981.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Bruce C MacDonald, jewellery store owner
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Lorna Phillipson, candidate for the General Assembly in 2015
Results
General election
Endorsements
Chris Smith (R)
Labor unions
Results
District 5
2016 New Jersey's 5th congressional district election
Republican 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.[ 6]
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Michael Cino, oil executive and candidate for this seat in 2006 & 2012
Peter Vallorosi
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Results
General election
Endorsements
Josh Gottheimer (D)
Labor unions
Organizations
Predictions
Results
District 6
2016 New Jersey's 6th congressional district election
Democratic Frank Pallone has represented this district since 1989.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Results
General election
Endorsements
Frank Pallone (D)
Labor unions
Results
District 7
2016 New Jersey's 7th congressional district election
County results
Lance 50%-60%
60%-70%
Jacob 50%-60%
Republican Leonard Lance has represented this district since 2009.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
David Larsen, small-business owner
Craig P. Heard
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Peter Jacob, social worker
Results
General election
Endorsements
Peter Jacob (D)
Labor unions
Results
District 8
2016 New Jersey's 8th congressional district election
Democrat Albio Sires has represented this district since 2007.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Results
General election
Endorsements
Albio Sires (D)
Labor unions
Results
District 9
2016 New Jersey's 9th congressional district election
Democratic Bill Pascrell has represented this district since 1997.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Withdrew
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Hector L. Castillo, physician and independent candidate for governor in 2005
Results
General election
Endorsements
Bill Pascrell (D)
Labor unions
Results
District 10
2016 New Jersey's 10th congressional district election
Democratic Donald Payne Jr. has represented this district since 2013.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Results
General election
Endorsements
Donald Payne Jr. (D)
Labor unions
Results
District 11
2016 New Jersey's 11th congressional district election
County results
Frelinghuysen 50%-60%
60%-70%
Wenzel 50%-60%
Republican Rodney Frelinghuysen has represented this district since 1995.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Rick Van Glahn, home improvement contractor and candidate for this seat in 2014
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Lee Anne Brogowski, business analyst and candidate for this seat in 2014
Richard McFarlane
Results
General election
Endorsements
Joseph Wenzel (D)
Labor unions
Results
District 12
2016 New Jersey's 12th congressional district election
Democrat Bonnie Watson Coleman has represented this district since 2015.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Results
General election
Endorsements
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)
Labor unions
Results
References
^ Pizarro, Max (October 20, 2014). "Laying down the Law early in CD1" . PolitickerNJ . Retrieved February 2, 2015 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Official Results" (PDF) . New Jersey Secretary of State. Retrieved September 14, 2016 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k "NEW JERSEY STATE AFL-CIO Endorsements" (PDF) . njaflcio.org . June 22, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2023 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Election Information" (PDF) . NJ Department of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016 .
^ Stockton University
^ "Donors start backing Wyckoff man as potential Garrett challenger for Congress" . NorthJersey.com . May 4, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2015 .
^ "2016 House Race Ratings for November 7, 2016" . House: Race Ratings . Cook Political Report . Retrieved November 12, 2016 .
^ "Daily Kos Elections House race ratings: Initial ratings for 2016" . Daily Kos Elections . Retrieved November 7, 2016 .
^ "2016 House Ratings (November 3, 2016)" . House Ratings . The Rothenberg Political Report . Retrieved November 3, 2016 .
^ "2016 House" . Sabato's Crystal Ball . November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016 .
^ "Battle for the House 2016" . Real Clear Politics . Retrieved October 31, 2016 .
^ Joe Malinconico (February 25, 2016). "Paterson's Jeff Jones says he will take on Bill Pascrell in run for Congress" . northjersey.com . Archived from the original on February 27, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2023 .
^ Max Pizarro (April 11, 2016). "Petition Challenge Forces Jones from CD9 Race" . politickernj.com . Archived from the original on April 12, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2023 .
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