New Jersey's congressional districts
There were 12 United States congressional districts in New Jersey based on results from the 2010 Census. There were once as many as 15. The was lost after the 1980 Census, the was lost after the 1990 Census, and the was lost after the 2010 Census.
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.NOTE that the district maps that pop up when hovering over the left column do NOT match the district maps in the right column. One column or the other evidently dates from before the re-districting based on the 2010 census.
District | Representative | Party | CPVI | Incumbency | District map |
1st | Donald Norcross | Democratic | D+13 | November 12, 2014 – present | |
2nd | Jeff Van Drew | Republican | R+1 | January 3, 2019 – present | |
3rd | Andy Kim | Democratic | R+2 | January 3, 2019 – present | |
4th | Chris Smith | Republican | R+8 | January 3, 1981 – present | |
5th | Josh Gottheimer | Democratic | R+3 | January 3, 2017 – present | |
6th | Frank Pallone | Democratic | D+9 | November 8, 1988 – present | |
7th | Tom Malinowski | Democratic | R+3 | January 3, 2019 – present | |
8th | Albio Sires | Democratic | D+27 | November 13, 2006 – present | |
9th | Bill Pascrell | Democratic | D+16 | January 3, 1997 – present | |
10th | Donald Payne Jr. | Democratic | D+36 | November 15, 2012 – present | |
11th | Mikie Sherrill | Democratic | R+3 | January 3, 2019 – present | |
12th | Bonnie Watson Coleman | 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. 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
- 13th district, obsolete since 2010 census
- 14th district, obsolete since 1990 census
- 15th district, obsolete since 1980 census
- At-large district, obsolete since 1843