New Jersey's 8th congressional district | |
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Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 | |
Representative | |
Distribution |
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Population (2023) | 749,983 |
Median household income | $82,118 [1] |
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+22 [2] |
New Jersey's 8th congressional district is currently represented by Democrat Rob Menendez, who has served in Congress since January 2023. The district is majority Hispanic, and includes some of the most urban areas of New Jersey, including parts of Newark and Jersey City, as well as Elizabeth.
For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of three counties and 13 municipalities. [3]
Essex County (1):
Hudson County (11):
Union County (1):
Year | Office | Results [4] [5] |
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2008 | President | Obama 73% - 26% |
2012 | President | Obama 79% - 21% |
2016 | President | Clinton 76% - 21% |
2017 | Governor | Murphy 81% - 17% |
2018 | Senate | Menendez 77% - 20% |
2020 | President | Biden 72% - 27% |
Senate | Booker 74% - 24% | |
2021 | Governor | Murphy 74% - 25% |
2024 | President | Harris 61% - 37% |
Senate | Kim 64% - 33% |
Member (District Home) | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | Counties/Towns |
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District established March 4, 1893 | |||||
![]() John T. Dunn (Elizabeth) | Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 | 53rd | Elected in 1892. Lost re-election. | 1893–1895 Union and parts of Essex (East Orange, Irvington, Maplewood, Millburn, South Orange, and parts of Newark) and Hudson (Bayonne) |
![]() Charles N. Fowler (Elizabeth) | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 | 54th 55th 56th 57th | Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 5th district . | 1895–1903 Union, Essex (except East Orange and parts of Newark), and parts of Hudson (Bayonne) |
![]() William H. Wiley (East Orange) | Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 | 58th 59th | Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Lost re-election. | 1903–1913 Parts of Essex (East Orange, Irvington, Maplewood, Millburn, Newark and South Orange) |
![]() Le Gage Pratt (East Orange) | Democratic | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909 | 60th | Elected in 1906. Lost re-election. | |
![]() William H. Wiley (East Orange) | Republican | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911 | 61st | Elected in 1908. Lost re-election. | |
![]() Walter I. McCoy (South Orange) | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 | 62nd | Elected in 1910. Redistricted to the 9th district . | |
![]() Eugene F. Kinkead (Jersey City) | Democratic | March 4, 1913 – February 4, 1915 | 63rd | Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1912. Retired and resigned to become Sheriff of Hudson County | 1903–1933 Parts of Essex and Hudson (Bayonne, East Newark, Harrison, Kearney) |
Vacant | February 4, 1915 – March 3, 1915 | ||||
![]() Edward W. Gray (Newark) | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 | 64th 65th | Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election. | |
![]() Cornelius A. McGlennon (East Newark) | Democratic | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 | 66th | Elected in 1918. Lost re-election. | |
![]() Herbert W. Taylor (Newark) | Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 | 67th | Elected in 1920. Lost renomination. | |
![]() Frank J. McNulty (Newark) | Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 | 68th | Elected in 1922. Lost re-election. | |
![]() Herbert W. Taylor (Newark) | Republican | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927 | 69th | Elected in 1924. Lost re-election. | |
![]() Paul J. Moore (Newark) | Democratic | March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929 | 70th | Elected in 1926. Lost re-election. | |
![]() Fred A. Hartley Jr. (Kearny) | Republican | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933 | 71st 72nd | Elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 10th district . | |
![]() George N. Seger (Passaic) | Republican | March 4, 1933 – August 26, 1940 | 73rd 74th 75th 76th | Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Died. | 1933–1963 Passaic (except Ringwood and West Milford) |
Vacant | August 26, 1940 – January 3, 1941 | 76th | |||
![]() Gordon Canfield (Paterson) | Republican | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1961 | 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th | Elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Retired. | |
![]() Charles S. Joelson (Paterson) | Democratic | January 3, 1961 – September 4, 1969 | 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st | Elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Resigned to become judge of Superior Court of New Jersey. | |
1963–1973 Passaic | |||||
Vacant | September 4, 1969 – November 4, 1969 | 91st | |||
![]() Robert A. Roe (Wayne) | Democratic | November 4, 1969 – January 3, 1993 | 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd | Elected to finish Joelson's term. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Retired. | |
1973–1983 Passaic (except Little Falls and West Paterson) | |||||
1973–1985 parts of Bergen, Morris, and Passaic | |||||
1985–1993 southern Passaic and parts of Bergen, Essex, and Morris | |||||
![]() Herb Klein (Clifton) | Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | 103rd | Elected in 1992. Lost re-election. | 1993–2003 southern Passaic and parts of Essex |
![]() Bill Martini (Cedar Grove) | Republican | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | 104th | Elected in 1994. Lost re-election. | |
![]() Bill Pascrell (Paterson) | Democratic | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2013 | 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th | Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 9th district . | |
2003–2013 southern Passaic and parts of Essex ![]() | |||||
![]() Albio Sires (West New York) | Democratic | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2023 | 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th | Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Retired. | 2013–2023 parts of Bergen (Fairview), Essex (Belleville and part of Newark), Hudson, and Union (Elizabeth) ![]() |
![]() Rob Menendez (Jersey City) | Democratic | January 3, 2023 – present | 118th 119th | Elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024. | 2023–present parts of Essex (part of Newark), Hudson, and Union (Elizabeth) ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Albio Sires (incumbent) | 130,857 | 78.8 | |
Republican | Maria Karczewski | 31,767 | 19.1 | |
Independent | Herbert Shaw | 1,841 | 1.1 | |
Independent | Stephen Deluca | 1,710 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 166,175 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Albio Sires (incumbent) | 61,510 | 77.4 | |
Republican | Jude Anthony Tiscornia | 15,141 | 19.0 | |
Independent | Herbert H. Shaw | 1,192 | 1.5 | |
Independent | Pablo Olivera | 1,022 | 1.3 | |
Independent | Robert Thorne | 653 | 0.8 | |
Total votes | 79,518 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Albio Sires (incumbent) | 134,733 | 77.0 | |
Republican | Agha Khan | 32,337 | 18.5 | |
Independent | Pablo Olivera | 4,381 | 2.5 | |
Libertarian | Dan Delaney | 3,438 | 2.0 | |
Total votes | 174,889 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Albio Sires (incumbent) | 119,881 | 78.1 | |
Republican | John R. Muniz | 28,752 | 18.7 | |
Independent | Mahmoud Mahmoud | 3,658 | 2.4 | |
Libertarian | Dan Delaney | 1,191 | 0.8 | |
Total votes | 153,455 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Albio Sires (incumbent) | 176,758 | 74.0 | |
Republican | Jason Mushnick | 58,686 | 24.6 | |
Libertarian | Dan Delaney | 3,329 | 1.4 | |
Total votes | 238,773 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Rob Menendez | 70,837 | 72.9 | |
Republican | Marcos Arroyo | 23,540 | 24.2 | |
Socialist Workers | Joanne Kuniansky | 894 | 0.9 | |
Libertarian | Dan Delaney | 687 | 0.7 | |
Independent | David Cook | 647 | 0.7 | |
Independent | Pablo Olivera | 361 | 0.4 | |
Independent | John Salierno | 226 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 97,192 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Rob Menendez (Incumbent) | 116,434 | 59.2 | |
Republican | Anthony Valdes | 68,152 | 34.6 | |
Green | Christian J. Robbins | 5,465 | 2.8 | |
Independent | Pablo R. Olivera | 4,295 | 2.2 | |
Socialist Workers | Lea Sherman | 2,419 | 1.2 | |
Total votes | 196,765 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
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