New Jersey's 3rd congressional district is represented by Democrat Andy Kim of Moorestown[4] who has served in Congress since 2019.
New Jersey's 3rd congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 773,328 [1] | ||
Median household income | $106,253[2] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+5[3] |
Under the 2020 census map, the 3rd district lost all of its towns 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 | Result |
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2016 | President | Clinton 53.0% - 43.5% |
2017 | Governor | Murphy 53.0% - 45.2% |
2018 | Senator | Menendez 50.8% - 45.9% |
2020 | President | Biden 56.4% - 42.3% |
2020 | Senator | Booker 55.6% - 43.0% |
2021 | Governor | Murphy 50.5% - 48.8% |
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% |
2017 | Governor | Guadagno 51.3% - 46.7% |
2020 | President | Trump 49.4 – 49.2% |
2020 | Senate | Mehta 49.4% - 49.0% |
2021 | Governor | Ciattarelli 56.2% - 42.5% |
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 |