New Jersey's 3rd congressional district | |
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Population (2023) | 782,374 [1] |
Median household income | $107,879 [2] |
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Cook PVI | D+5 [3] |
New Jersey's 3rd congressional district is represented by Democrat Herb Conaway of Delran Township, who was elected to succeed Andy Kim of Moorestown and took office in January 2025, after Kim stepped down to take office in the United States Senate. [4]
Under the 2020 census map, the 3rd district lost all of its municipalities in Ocean County, and gained several towns in Burlington County, Mercer County, and Monmouth County. [5]
For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of three counties and 53 municipalities. [6]
Burlington County (38):
Mercer County (5):
Monmouth County (10):
Year | Office | Results [7] [8] |
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2008 | President | Obama 56% - 43% |
2012 | President | Obama 56% - 44% |
2016 | President | Clinton 53% - 44% |
2017 | Governor | Murphy 53% - 45% |
2018 | Senate | Menendez 51% - 46% |
2020 | President | Biden 56% - 42% |
Senate | Booker 56% - 43% | |
2021 | Governor | Murphy 51% - 49% |
2024 | President | Harris 53% - 45% |
Senate | Kim 56% - 42% |
Member (District home) | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | Counties/towns |
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District organized from New Jersey's At-large congressional district in 1799 | |||||
James Linn (Trenton) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 | 6th | Elected in 1798. Retired. | Hunterdon and Somerset Counties |
District organized to New Jersey's At-large congressional district in 1801 |
From 1813 to 1815, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket. This district was organized from New Jersey's At-large congressional district.
Years | Cong ress | Seat A | Seat B | District location | |||||||
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Member (District home) | Party | Electoral history | Member (District home) | Party | Electoral history | ||||||
March 4, 1813 – May 20, 1814 | 13th | William Coxe Jr. (Burlington) | Federalist | Elected in 1813. Retired. | Jacob Hufty (Salem) | Federalist | Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1813. Died. | Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties | |||
May 20, 1814 – November 2, 1814 | Vacant | ||||||||||
November 2, 1814 – March 3, 1815 | Thomas Bines (Pennsville) | Democratic-Republican | Elected to finish Hufty's term. Retired. |
District organized to New Jersey's At-large congressional district in 1815
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jon Runyan (incumbent) | 174,253 | 53.7 | |
Democratic | Shelley Adler | 145,509 | 44.9 | |
Independent | Robert Forchion | 1,965 | 0.6 | |
Independent | Robert Shapiro | 1,104 | 0.3 | |
Independent | Frederick John Lavergne | 770 | 0.2 | |
Independent | Robert Witterschein | 530 | 0.2 | |
Independent | Christopher Dennick | 280 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 324,411 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom MacArthur | 100,471 | 54.0 | |
Democratic | Aimee Belgard | 82,537 | 44.3 | |
Independent | Frederick John Lavergne | 3,095 | 1.7 | |
Total votes | 186,103 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom MacArthur (incumbent) | 194,596 | 59.3 | |
Democratic | Frederick John Lavergne | 127,526 | 38.9 | |
Constitution | Lawrence W. Berlinski Jr. | 5,938 | 1.8 | |
Total votes | 328,060 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Andy Kim | 153,473 | 50.0 | |
Republican | Tom MacArthur (incumbent) | 149,500 | 48.7 | |
Constitution | Larry Berlinski | 3,902 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 306,875 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Andy Kim (incumbent) | 229,840 | 53.2 | |
Republican | David Richter | 196,327 | 45.5 | |
Independent | Martin Weber | 3,724 | 0.9 | |
Independent | Robert Shapiro | 1,871 | 0.4 | |
Total votes | 431,762 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Andy Kim (incumbent) | 150,498 | 55.5 | |
Republican | Bob Healey | 118,415 | 43.6 | |
Libertarian | Christopher Russomanno | 1,347 | 0.5 | |
Independent | Gregory Sobocinski | 1,116 | 0.4 | |
Total votes | 271,376 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
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