New Jersey's 2nd congressional district

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New Jersey's 2nd congressional district, based in Southern New Jersey, is represented by Republican Jeff Van Drew. He was first elected as a Democrat in 2018, but announced on December 19, 2019, that he would be switching parties. The district, which is New Jersey's largest geographically, is a Republican-leaning seat that has shifted to the right since the late 2010s.

New Jersey's 2nd congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Jeff Van Drew R–Dennis Township
Distribution	80.55% urban 19.45% rural
Population (2022)	791,164 ^[1]
Median household income	$80,850^[2]
Ethnicity	48.6% White 17.2% Hispanic 11.8% Black 11.4% Two or more races 7.2% other 3.8% Asian
Cook PVI	R+5^[3]

Demographics

 

The district from 2003 to 2013

According to the APM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools^[4] (featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey), the district contained about 528,000 potential voters (citizens, age 18+). Of these, 72% are White, 13% Black, and 11% Latino. Immigrants make up 7% of the district's potential voters. Median income among households (with one or more potential voter) in the district is about $68,127, while 9% of households live below the poverty line. As for the educational attainment of potential voters in the district, 10% of those 25 and older have not earned a high school degree, while 27% hold a bachelor's or higher degree.

Counties and municipalities in the district

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of six counties and 93 municipalities.^[5]

Atlantic County (23):

all 23 municipalities

Cape May County (16):

all 16 municipalities

Cumberland County (14):

all 14 municipalities

Gloucester County (11):

Clayton, East Greenwich Township (part; also 1st), Elk Township, Franklin Township, Greenwich Township, Harrison Township, Logan Township, Newfield, South Harrison Township, Swedesboro, Woolwich Township

Ocean County (14):

Barnegat, Barnegat Light, Beach Haven, Berkeley Township (part; also 4th), Eagleswood, Harvey Cedars, Lacey (part; also 4th), Little Egg Harbor Township, Long Beach Township, Ocean Township, Ship Bottom, Stafford Township, Surf City, Tuckerton

Salem County (15):

all 15 municipalities

Recent results from statewide elections

Results under current lines (since 2023)

Year	Office	Result
2016	President	Trump 51.9% - 44.8%
2017	Governor	Murphy 49.1% - 48.4%
2018	Senator	Hugin 54.5% - 41.9%
2020	President	Trump 51.8% - 46.8%
2020	Senator	Mehta 51.0% - 46.8%
2021	Governor	Ciattarelli 60.0% - 39.2%

Results under old lines

Year	Office	Results^[6]
1992	President	Clinton 41 – 39%
1996	President	Clinton 50 – 36%
2000	President	Gore 54 – 43%
2004	President	Bush 50 – 49%
2008	President	Obama 53 – 45%
2012	President	Obama 53.5 – 45.4%
2016	President	Trump 50.6 – 46.0%
2017	Governor	Murphy 49.7% - 47.6%
2020	President	Trump 50.8 – 47.9%
2020	Senate	Mehta 49.9% - 47.8%
2021	Governor	Ciattarelli 58.0% - 40.2%

List of members representing the district

District organized in 1799.

1799–1801: one seat

Member (District home)	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties in the District
Aaron Kitchell (Hanover)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801	6th	Elected in 1798. Retired.	Morris and Sussex

District organized to the at-large district in 1801

1813–1815: two seats

For the 13th Congress, elected in 1813, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Years	Cong ress		Seat A				Seat B				Counties in the District
			Member (District home)	Party	Electoral history		Member (District home)	Party	Electoral history
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13th		James Schureman (New Brunswick)	Federalist	Elected in 1813. Retired.		Richard Stockton (Princeton)	Federalist	Elected in 1813. Retired.		Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Somerset Counties

The district was merged into the at-large district in 1815.

1843–present: one seat

Member (District home)	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties/Towns in the District
District re-established March 4, 1843
George Sykes (Mount Holly)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1842. Retired.	1843–1845: Burlington, Mercer, and Monmouth
Samuel G. Wright (Imlaystown)	Whig	March 4, 1845 – July 30, 1845	29th	Elected in 1844. Died.	1845–1847: Burlington and Monmouth
Vacant		July 30, 1845 – November 4, 1845
George Sykes (Mount Holly)	Democratic	November 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847		Elected to finish Wright's term. Retired.
William A. Newell (Allentown)	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st	Elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. Retired.	1847–1851: Burlington, Mercer, and Monmouth
Charles Skelton (Trenton)	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32nd 33rd	Elected in 1850. Re-elected in 1852. Retired.	1851–1873: Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth, and Ocean
George R. Robbins (Hamilton Square)	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Retired.
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
John L.N. Stratton (Mount Holly)	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Retired.
George Middleton (Allentown)	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Elected in 1862. Lost re-election.
William A. Newell (Allentown)	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	Elected in 1864. Lost re-election.
Charles Haight (Freehold)	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Retired.
Samuel C. Forker (Bordentown)	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Elected in 1870. Lost re-election.
Samuel A. Dobbins (Mount Holly)	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	43rd 44th	Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Retired.	1873–1903: Atlantic, Burlington, Mercer, and Ocean
John H. Pugh (Burlington)	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected in 1876. Lost re-election.
Hezekiah B. Smith (Smithville)	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	Elected in 1878. Lost re-election.
J. Hart Brewer (Trenton)	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885	47th 48th	Elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Retired.
James Buchanan (Trenton)	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1893	49th 50th 51st 52nd	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Retired.
John J. Gardner (Atlantic City)	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1913	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Lost re-election.
					1903–1933: Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, and Cumberland
J. Thompson Baker (Wildwood)	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Elected in 1912. Lost re-election.
Isaac Bacharach (Atlantic City)	Republican	March 4, 1915 – January 3, 1937	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Lost re-election.
					1933–1967: Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland
Elmer H. Wene (Vineland)	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	75th	Elected in 1936. Lost re-election.
Walter S. Jeffries (Atlantic City)	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	76th	Elected in 1938. Lost re-election.
Elmer H. Wene (Vineland)	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945	77th 78th	Elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
T. Millet Hand (Cape May)	Republican	January 3, 1945 – December 26, 1956	79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th	Elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Died.
Vacant		December 26, 1956 – November 5, 1957	84th 85th
Milton W. Glenn (Margate City)	Republican	November 5, 1957 – January 3, 1965	85th 86th 87th 88th	Elected to finish Hand's term. Also elected to the next full term. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Lost re-election.
Thomas C. McGrath Jr. (Margate City)	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967	89th	Elected in 1964. Lost re-election.
Charles W. Sandman Jr. (Cape May)	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1975	90th 91st 92nd 93rd	Elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Lost re-election.	1967–1969: Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, and Salem
					1969–1973: [data missing]
					1971–1983: Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem, and parts of Burlington and Ocean
William J. Hughes (Ocean City)	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1995	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	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. Re-elected in 1992. Retired.
					1983–1985: Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem, and parts of Burlington and Ocean
					1985–1993: Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem, and parts of Gloucester
					1993–2003: Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem, and parts of Burlington and Gloucester
Frank LoBiondo (Ventnor)	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2019	104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Elected in 1994. Re-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. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired.
					2003–2013:   Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem, and parts of Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester
					2013–2023:   Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem, and parts of Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Ocean
Jeff Van Drew (Dennis Township)	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – January 7, 2020	116th 117th 118th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.
	Republican	January 7, 2020 – present
					2023–present:   Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem, and parts of Gloucester and Ocean

Recent electoral history

Results 1844–2022^{[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]}

		Democratic	Votes	Pct		Republican	Votes	Pct		Other candidate	Votes	Pct		Other candidate	Votes	Pct		Other candidate	Votes	Pct		Other candidate	Votes	Pct		Other candidate	Votes	Pct
1844		YGeorge Sykes	7,573	51.9%		William Irick	6,995	48.0%
1844		George Sykes	6,503	48.5%		YSamuel G. Wright	6,919	51.5%
1846		Thomas E. Combes	5,959	43.3%		YWilliam A. Newell	7,531	54.7%		(FNU) Ridson (Know Nothing)	280	2.0%
1848		Stacy G. Potts	8,382	45.9%		YWilliam A. Newell	9,877	54.1%
1852		YCharles Skelton	10,229	52.2%		William Brown	9,238	47.1%		Daniel Busby (Know Nothing)	134	0.7%
1854		Nathaniel S. Rue	7,769	42.4%		YGeorge R. Robbins	10,539	57.6%
1856		James W. Wall	10,692	47.7%		YGeorge R. Robbins	11,723	52.3%
1858		James W. Wall	8,767	43.3%		YJohn L. N. Stratton	11,471	56.7%
1860		Augustus Green	12,154	47.2%		YJohn L. N. Stratton	13,582	52.8%
1862		YGeorge Middleton	12,182	52.9%		William Brown	10,864	47.1%
1864		George Middleton	13,091	48.4%		YWilliam A. Newell	13,953	51.6%
1866		YCharles Haight	13,825	50.6%		William A. Newell	13,476	49.4%
1868		YCharles Haight	16,309	51.3%		James F. Rusling	15,494	48.7%
1870		YSamuel C. Forker	15,899	50.7%		William A. Newell	15,452	49.3%
1872		Samuel C. Forker	11,787	45.4%		YSamuel A. Dobbins	14,192	54.6%
1874		Andrew J. Smith	13,011	48.2%		YSamuel A. Dobbins	13,977	51.8%
1876		Hezekiah B. Smith	15,485	49.2%		YJohn Howard Pugh	16,015	50.8%
1878		YHezekiah B. Smith	14,610	50.6%		John Howard Pugh	18,580	47.4%		Charles E. Baker (National Prohibition)	568	2.0%
1880		Hezekiah B. Smith	16,536	46.6%		YJ. Hart Brewer	18,580	52.4%		Samuel A. Dobbins (Greenback)	342	1.0%
1882		Lewis Parker	14,535	47.8%		YJ. Hart Brewer	15,604	51.3%		Edward T. Howland (Greenback)	270	0.9%
1884		Franklin Gauntt	16,853	45.4%		YJames Buchanan	19,144	51.5%		Henry B. Howell (National Prohibition)	898	2.4%		Samuel A. Dobbins (Greenback)	271	0.7%
1886		Elias S. Reed	15,065	42.6%		YJames Buchanan	17,767	50.2%		Leonard Brown (National Prohibition)	2,547	7.2%
1888		Chauncey H. Beasley	19,104	44.6%		YJames Buchanan	22,407	52.4%		Minot C. Morgan (National Prohibition)	1,292	3.0%
1890		Wilson D. Haven	16,352	46.6%		YJames Buchanan	17,515	50.0%		Leonard Brown (National Prohibition)	1,200	3.4%
1892		George D. Wetherill	20,592	45.9%		YJohn J. Gardner	22,716	50.6%		F. French (National Prohibition)	1,348	3.0%		D. Duroe (People's)	169	0.4
1894		Martin L. Haines	12,900	34.45%		YJohn J. Gardner	22,641	60.5%		Jacob D. Joslin (National Prohibition)	1,278	3.4%		William B. Ellis (People's)	630	1.7
1896		Abraham E. Conrow	13,969	29.3%		YJohn J. Gardner	31,418	66.0%		R. Lowber Temple (National Democratic)	1,076	2.3%		J. Bailie Adams (National Prohibition)	1,036	2.2%		George Yardley (Socialist Labor)	115	0.2
1898		John F. Hall	17,367	40.5%		YJohn J. Gardner	24,035	56.1%		Joseph J. Currie (National Prohibition)	1,294	3.0%		John P. Weigel (Socialist Labor)	153	0.4
1900		Thomas J. Prickett	17,351	34.3%		YJohn J. Gardner	31,359	61.9%		Harry S. Powell (National Prohibition)	1,419	2.8%		J. Louis Pancoast (Social Democratic)	418	0.8%		Emil F. Wegener (Socialist Labor)	75	0.1%
1902		Thomas A. Gash	9,465	29.6%		YJohn J. Gardner	19,966	62.5%		Marion R. Owen (National Prohibition)	2,323	7.3%		Daniel W. Davis (Socialist Labor)	199	0.6%
1904		Samuel E. Perry	13,035	34.2%		YJohn J. Gardner	26,296	59.7%		Thomas H. Landon (National Prohibition)	1,406	4.0%		Robert W. Buckley (Socialist)	254	2.1%		Marion R. Owen (People's Dem.)	209	2.1%
1906		Samuel E. Perry	8,921	28.6%		YJohn J. Gardner	19,637	63.0%		William Riddle (Labor & Lincoln)	1,249	4.0%		W. F. Tower (National Prohibition)	900	2.9%		Morris Korshet (Socialist)	380	1.2%		Marion R. Owen (Home Rule)	105	0.3%
1908		Edward Burd Grubb	20,506	44.8%		YJohn J. Gardner	23,906	52.2%		James E. Steelman (National Prohibition)	1,012	2.2%		John B. Leeds (Socialist)	347	0.8%
1910		George Hampton	16,915	38.2%		YJohn J. Gardner	22,861	51.6%		William Riddle (Independent Labor)	3,508	7.9%		John W. Hughes (National Prohibition)	738	1.7%		George S. Rawcliffe (Socialist)	295	0.7%
1912		Y J. Thompson Baker	16,130	45.0%		John J. Gardner	12,330	34.4%		Francis D. Potter (Progressive)	7,384	20.6%
1914		J. Thompson Baker	14,352	35.2%		YIsaac Bacharach	21,448	52.6%		William H. Bright (Progressive Roosevelt)	3,508	8.6%		James Chapman (National Prohibition)	775	1.9%		G. A. McKeon (Socialist)	673	1.7%
1916		William Myers	14,220	34.2%		YIsaac Bacharach	24,865	59.7%		J. Ward Gamble (National Prohibition)	1,654	4.0%		Abraham Warren (Socialist)	880	2.1%
1918		John T. French	8,610	28.2%		YIsaac Bacharach	20,744	67.9%		Levi B. Sharp (National Prohibition)	1,206	3.9%
1920		William E. Jonah	21,511	29.5%		YIsaac Bacharach	51,006	70.0%		George E. Strother (Socialist)	331	0.5%
1922		Charles S. Stevens	22,001	30.2%		YIsaac Bacharach	50,925	69.8%
1924		Charles S. Stevens	21,185	23.8%		YIsaac Bacharach	67,668	76.2%
1926		Frank Melville	12,775	19.4%		YIsaac Bacharach	53,174	80.6%
1928		George R. Greis	30,856	23.7%		YIsaac Bacharach	99,109	76.3%
1930		Hans Froelicher Jr.	17,125	20.1%		YIsaac Bacharach	67,729	79.7%		Florian Ambroseh (Communist)	155	0.2%
1932		Harry R. Coulomb	35,257	36.4%		YIsaac Bacharach	60,963	62.9%		Albert H. Schreiber (Socialist-Labor)	413	0.4%		Walter L. Yerkes (Prohibition)	292	0.3%
1934		Charles W. Ackley	48,743	49.3%		YIsaac Bacharach	49,824	50.4%		Franklin L. Watkins (Socialist-Labor)	226	0.2%
1936		YElmer H. Wene	55,580	50.0%		Isaac Bacharach	50,958	45.8%		Ted Lenore (Townsend Nonpartisan)	3,241	2.9%		U. G. Robinson (Prop. Home Protection)	1,206	1.1%		Franklin L. Watkins (Socialist)	97	0.1%		Frank A. Yacovelli (Townsend Social Justice)	86	0.1%		Thomas F. Ogilvie (End Poverty Const)	18	<0.1%
1938		Elmer H. Wene	55,344	49.1%		YWalter S. Jeffries	57,090	50.1%		Isaac Stalberg (Roosevelt Liberal Independent)	222	0.2%		Margaret V. Moody (National Prohibition)	91	0.1%		Anthon B. Ferretti (Independent Peoples)	47	<0.1%		Frank B. Hubin (Roosevelt Independent)	23	<0.1%
1940		YElmer H. Wene	60,392	52.4%		Walter S. Jeffries	54,897	47.6%		Joseph B. Sharp (Prohibition)	35	<0.1%
1942		YElmer H. Wene	40,478	53.0%		Benjamin D. Foulois	35,930	47.0%
1944		Edison Hedges	42,862	45.6%		YT. Millet Hand	51,194	54.4%
1946		Edward T. Keeley	26,740	32.9%		YT. Millet Hand	54,511	67.1%
1948		William E. Stringer	38,194	37.5%		YT. Millet Hand	62,804	61.7%		Thomas F. Ogilvie (Progressive)	764	0.8%
1952		Charles Edward Rupp	46,174	36.6%		YT. Millet Hand	79,955	63.4%
1954		Clayton E. Burdick	37,541	36.4%		YT. Millet Hand	65,551	63.6%		Morris Karp (Socialist-Labor)	56	0.1%
1956		Thomas C. Stewart	39,383	32.0%		YT. Millet Hand	83,433	67.8%		Morris Karp (Socialist-Labor)	151	0.1%
1958		Joseph G. Hancock	50,558	46.1%		YMilton W. Glenn	58,621	53.4%		Morris Karp (Socialist-Labor)	547	0.5%
1960		John A. Miller	59,520	43.2%		YMilton W. Glenn	77,894	56.5%		Morris Karp (Socialist-Labor)	338	0.2%
1962		Paul R. Porreca	54,317	46.7%		YMilton W. Glenn	61,285	52.7%		Elwin Baker (Socialist Labor)	625	0.5%
1964		Y Thomas C. McGrath Jr.	73,264	50.8%		Milton W. Glenn	70,997	49.2%
1966		Thomas C. McGrath Jr.	65,494	46.9%		Y Charles W. Sandman Jr.	72,014	51.5%		Albert Ronis (Socialist Labor)	1,259	0.9%		Lindwood W. Erickson Jr. (Conservative)	991	0.7%
1968		David Dichter	73,361	44.4%		Y Charles W. Sandman Jr.	91,218	55.3%		Albert Ronis (Socialist Labor)	505	0.3%
1970		William J. Hughes	64,882	48.3%		Y Charles W. Sandman Jr.	69,392	51.7%
1972	John D. Rose	69,374	34.3%	Y Charles W. Sandman Jr.	133,096	65.7%
1974	YWilliam J. Hughes	109,763	57.3%	Charles W. Sandman Jr.	79,064	41.3%	Andrew Wenger (Independent)	2,693	1.4%
1976	YWilliam J. Hughes	141,753	61.7%	James R. Hurley	87,915	38.3%
1978	YWilliam J. Hughes	112,768	66.4%	James H. Biggs	56,997	33.6%
1980	YWilliam J. Hughes	135,437	57.5%	Beech N. Fox	97,072	41.2%	Robert C. Rothhouse (Libertarian)	2,262	1.0%	Adele Frisch (Socialist Labor)	939	0.4%
1982	YWilliam J. Hughes	102,826	68.0%	John J. Mahoney	47,069	31.1%	Bruce Powers (Libertarian)	1,233	0.8%
1984	YWilliam J. Hughes	132,841	63.2%	Raymond G. Massie	77,231	36.8%
1986	YWilliam J. Hughes	83,821	68.3%	Alfred J. Bennington Jr.	35,167	28.6%	Len Smith (Pro Life, Anti-Abortion)	3,812	3.1%
1988	YWilliam J. Hughes	134,505	65.7%	Kirk W. Conover	67,759	33.1%	Richard A. Schindewolf Jr. (Pro-Life Conservative)	2,372	1.2%
1990	YWilliam J. Hughes	97,698	88.2%	(no candidate)			William A. Kanengiser (Populist)	13,120	11.8%
1992	Y William J. Hughes	132,465	55.9%	Frank A. LoBiondo	98,315	41.5%	Roger W. Bacon (Libertarian)	2,575	1.1%	Joseph Ponczek (Anti-Tax)	2,067	0.9%	Andrea Lippi (Freedom, Equality, Prosperity)	1,605	0.7%
1994	Louis N. Magazzu	56,151	35.4%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	102,566	64.6%
1996	Ruth Katz	83,890	38.0%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	133,131	60.3%	David Rodger Headrick (Independent)	1,439	0.7%	Judith Lee Azaren (Independent)	1,174	0.5%	Andrea Lippi (Independent)	1,084	0.5%
1998	Derek Hunsberger	43,563	30.8%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	93,248	65.9%	Glenn Campbell (Independent)	2,955	2.1%	Mary A. Whittam (Independent)	1,748	1.2%
2000	Edward G. Janosik	74,632	31.9%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	155,187	66.4%	Robert Gabrielsky (Independent)	3,252	1.4%	Constantino Rozzo (Independent)	788	0.3%
2002	Steven A. Farkas	47,735	28.3%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	116,834	69.2%	Roger Merle (Green)	1,739	1.0%	Michael J. Matthews Jr. (Libertarian)	1,720	1.0%	Costantino Rozzo (Socialist Party USA)	771	0.5%
2004	Timothy J. Robb	86,792	32.7%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	172,779	65.1%	Willie Norwood (Jobs Equality Business)	1,993	0.8%	Michael J. Matthews Jr. (Libertarian)	1,767	0.7%	Jose David Alcantara (Green)	1,516	0.6%	Costantino Rozzo (Socialist Party USA)	595	0.2%
2006	Viola Thomas-Hughes	64,277	35.6%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	111,245	61.6%	Robert E. Mullock (Preserve Green Space)	3,071	1.7%	Lynn Merle (A New Direction)	992	0.5%	Thomas Fanslau (We The People)	603	0.3%	Willie Norwood (Socialist)	385	0.2%
2008	David C. Kurkowski	110,990	39.1%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	167,701	59.1%	Jason M. Grover (Green)	1,763	0.6%	Peter Frank Boyce (Constitution)	1,551	0.5%	Gary Stein (Rock the Boat)	1,312	0.5%	Costantino Rozzo (Socialist Party USA)	648	0.2%
2010	Gary Stein	51,690	30.9%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	109,460	65.5%	Peter Frank Boyce (Constitution)	4,120	2.5%	Mark Lovett (marklovett.us)	1,123	0.7%	Vitov Valdes-Munoz (American Labor)	727	0.4%
2012	Cassandra Shober	116,463	40.3%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	166,679	57.7%	John Ordille (Libertarian)	2,699	0.9%	Charles Lukens (Constitutional Conservative)	1,329	0.5%	David W. Bowen Sr. (The People's Agenda)	1,010	0.3%	Frank Faralli Jr. (Conservative, Compassionate, Creative)	892	0.3%
2014	Bill Hughes Jr.	62,986	37.0%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	104,958	61.7%	Alexander H. Spano (Democratic-Republican (New))	637	0.4%	Gary Stein (Various slogans)	575	0.3%	Costantino Rozzo (American Labor (New))	473	0.3%	Bayode Olabisi (Making Us Better)	447	0.3%
2016	David Cole	110,838	37.2%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	176,338	59.2%	John Ordille (Libertarian)	3,773	1.3%	James Keenan (Make Government Work)	2,653	0.9%	Steven Fenichel (Representing the 99%)	1,574	0.5%	Eric Beechwood (People's Independent Progressive)	1,387	0.5%	Gabriel Brian Franco (For Political Revolution)	1,232	0.4%
2018	YJeff Van Drew	125,755	52.3%	Seth Grossman	110,491	45.9	John Ordille (Libertarian)	1,631	0.6%	Steven Fenichel (Time for Truth)	1,046	0.4%	Anthony Parisi Sanchez (Cannot Be Bought)	964	0.4%	William R. Benfer (Independent)	816	0.4%
2020	Amy Kennedy	173,849	46.2%	YJeff Van Drew	195,526	51.9%	Jenna Harvey (Independent)	4,136	1.1%	Jesse Ehrnstrom (Libertarian)	3,036	0.8%
2022	Tim Alexander	94,522	40.0%	YJeff Van Drew	139,217	58.9%	Michael Gallo (Independent)	1,825	0.8%	Anthony Parisi Sanchez (Independent)	920	0.4%

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Further reading

• Amber Phillips (September 25, 2020), "The House seats most likely to flip in November", Washingtonpost.com