New Jersey's 3rd congressional district
New Jersey's 3rd congressional district is represented by Democrat Andy Kim of Moorestown[4] who has served in Congress since 2019. The district combines nearly all of Burlington County with portions of the Jersey Shore region in Ocean County. Politically, it is closely divided, as Burlington has been increasingly trending Democratic in federal elections while Ocean is heavily Republican. It is one of seven districts that voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election while being held by a Democrat.
New Jersey's 3rd congressional district | |||
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Interactive map of district boundaries (Burlington County highlighted in red) | |||
Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2019) | 735,981 [1] | ||
Median household income | $85,746[2] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+3[3] |
On December 22, 2021 the New Jersey Redistricting Commission adopted a new congressional map that will take effect in January 2023 for the following decade. In this map the 3rd district will lose all of its towns in Ocean County, and will gain several towns in Burlington County, Mercer County, and Monmouth County. The district will gain two towns in Burlington County which includes Bass River and Washington. The district also will gain five towns in Mercer County which includes East Windsor, Hamilton, Hightstown, Lawrence, and Robbinsville. The district will gain all or parts of ten towns in Monmouth County which includes Allentown, Englishtown, Freehold Borough, Freehold Township (part), Holmdel, Manalapan, Marlboro, Millstone, Roosevelt, Upper Freehold. The new district will no longer be nearly as competitive, and will be significantly more Democratic.[5]
Counties and municipalities in the district
For the 113th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2010 Census), this congressional district contains all or portions of two counties and 53 municipalities:[6]
Burlington County (36):
- Beverly, Bordentown City, Bordentown Township, Burlington City, Burlington Township, Chesterfield Township, Cinnaminson Township, Delanco Township, Delran Township, Eastampton Township, Edgewater Park Township, Evesham Township, Fieldsboro, Florence Township, Hainesport Township, Lumberton Township, Mansfield Township, Medford Lakes, Medford Township, Moorestown Township, Mount Holly Township, Mount Laurel Township, New Hanover Township, North Hanover Township, Pemberton Borough, Pemberton Township, Riverside Township, Riverton Borough, Shamong Township, Southampton Township, Springfield Township, Tabernacle Township, Westampton Township, Willingboro Township, Woodland Township and Wrightstown
Ocean County (17):
Recent election results in statewide races
Year | Office | Results |
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2000 | President | Gore 54 – 43% |
2004 | President | Bush 51 – 49% |
2008 | President | Obama 52 – 47% |
2012 | President | Obama 52 – 47% |
2016 | President | Trump 51 – 45% |
2020 | President | Trump 49.4 – 49.2% |
List of members representing the district
1799–1801: One seat
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 |
1813–1815: Two seats
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
1843–present: One seat
- Remainder of Middlesex County was moved to the new 15th district in 1962.
Recent election results
2012
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 | 186,103 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2014
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 |
2016
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 |
2018
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 | ||||
2020
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 |
References
- "Congressional District 3 (116th Congress), New Jersey" (under 'People' header), census.gov. Note: Also source for population by ethnicity/(race) (%s). Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- "Congressional District 3 (116th Congress), New Jersey" (under 'Socio-Economic' header), census.gov. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- Wildstein, David. "Andy Kim amasses towering $3.3 warchest for re-election bid". Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- "New Jersey Congressional Districts: 2022-2031" (PDF). New Jersey Redistricting Commission. December 22, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
- Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed November 6, 2016.
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- Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- "Official General Election Results: U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Elections. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
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- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present