New Jersey's 6th congressional district

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New Jersey's 6th congressional district is represented by Democrat Frank Pallone, who has served the district in Congress since 1993. The district includes the northern and eastern portions of Middlesex County and the coastal areas of Monmouth County, including towns along the Raritan Bay.

New Jersey's 6th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Frank Pallone D–Long Branch
Distribution	100% urban 0% rural
Population (2023)	766,057
Median household income	$102,014[1]
Ethnicity	41.8% White 24.5% Hispanic 19.2% Asian 10.4% Black 2.9% Two or more races 1.1% other
Cook PVI	D+8[2]

Following the redistricting process in 2021, the 6th district remained similar to its prior configuration, though it gained the liberal towns of Neptune Township and Red Bank, while losing the more conservative Marlboro Township, among other minor changes.^[3] According to estimates from The Cook Political Report, the district became slightly more Democratic after redistricting.^[2]

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 two counties and 38 municipalities.^[4]

Middlesex County: (12)

Carteret, Edison, Highland Park, Metuchen, New Brunswick, Old Bridge Township (part; also 12th; includes Laurence Harbor and Madison Park), Perth Amboy, Piscataway, Sayreville, South Amboy, South Plainfield and Woodbridge Township

Monmouth County: (26)

Aberdeen Township, Allenhurst, Asbury Park, Atlantic Highlands, Bradley Beach, Deal, Fair Haven, Hazlet, Highlands, Interlaken, Keansburg, Keyport, Little Silver, Loch Arbour, Long Branch, Matawan, Middletown Township (part; also 4th; includes Leonardo and part of Belford, Fairview, North Middletown, and Port Monmouth), Monmouth Beach, Neptune City, Neptune Township, Oceanport, Red Bank, Rumson, Sea Bright, Union Beach and West Long Branch

Recent results in statewide elections

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Gore 61 - 35%
2004	President	Kerry 57 - 43%
2008	President	Obama 60 - 39%
2012	President	Obama 61 - 37%
2016	President	Clinton 56 - 41%
2017	Governor	Murphy 54.9% - 43.0%
2020	President	Biden 57 - 41%
2020	Senate	Booker 57.6% - 40.1%
2021	Governor	Murphy 51.3% - 47.7%

List of members representing the district

Member (District home)	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties/Towns
District established March 4, 1873
Marcus L. Ward (Newark)	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. Lost re-election.	1873–1893 Essex
Frederick H. Teese (Newark)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. Renominated but declined.
Thomas B. Peddie (Newark)	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected in 1876. Retired.
John L. Blake (Orange)	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	Elected in 1878. Retired.
Phineas Jones (Newark)	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Elected in 1880. Retired.
William H.F. Fiedler (Newark)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. Lost re-election.
Herman Lehlbach (Newark)	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	49th 50th 51st	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Retired.
Thomas D. English (Newark)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost re-election.
					1893–1895 City of Newark
Richard W. Parker (Newark)	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 7th district.	1895–1903 Newark and East Orange
William Hughes (Paterson)	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	Elected in 1902. Lost re-election.	1903–1913 Bergen, Passaic, and Sussex
Henry C. Allen (Little Falls)	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59th	Elected in 1904. Retired.
William Hughes (Paterson)	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – September 27, 1912	60th 61st 62nd	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Resigned after appointment as judge of Court of Common Pleas of Passaic County.
Vacant		September 27, 1912 – November 5, 1912	62nd
Archibald C. Hart (Hackensack)	Democratic	November 5, 1912 – March 3, 1913		Elected to finish Hughes's term. Lost renomination.
Lewis J. Martin (Newton)	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – May 5, 1913	63rd	Elected in 1912. Died.	1913–1933 Bergen, Sussex, and Warren; northern Passaic (Bloomingdale, Ringwood, Wanaque, West Milford)
Vacant		May 5, 1913 – July 22, 1913
Archibald C. Hart (Hackensack)	Democratic	July 22, 1913 – March 3, 1917	63rd 64th	Elected to finish Martin's term. Re-elected in 1914. Retired.
John R. Ramsey (Hackensack)	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921	65th 66th	Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Lost renomination.
Randolph Perkins (Woodcliff Lake)	Republican	March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1933	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 7th district.
Donald H. McLean (Elizabeth)	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1945	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Retired.	1933–1969 Union County
Clifford P. Case (Rahway)	Republican	January 3, 1945 – August 16, 1953	79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd	Elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Resigned to become president of the Fund for the Republic.
Vacant		August 16, 1953 – November 3, 1953	83rd
Harrison A. Williams Jr. (Plainfield)	Democratic	November 3, 1953 – January 3, 1957	83rd 84th	Elected to finish Case's term. Re-elected in 1954. Lost re-election.
Florence P. Dwyer (Elizabeth)	Republican	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1967	85th 86th 87th 88th 89th	Elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Redistricted to the 12th district.
William T. Cahill (Collingswood)	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 19, 1970	90th 91st	Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Resigned when elected governor.	1967–1969 [data missing]
					1969–1973 Burlington, parts of Camden and Ocean
Vacant		January 19, 1970 – November 3, 1970	91st
Edwin B. Forsythe (Moorestown)	Republican	November 3, 1970 – January 3, 1983	91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	Elected to finish Cahill's term. Also elected to the next full term. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 13th district.
					1973–1983 parts of Burlington, Camden, and Ocean
Bernard J. Dwyer (Edison)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Retired.	1983–1985 parts of Middlesex and Union (Linden and Rahway)
					1985–1993 parts of Middlesex, Monmouth (Aberdeen and Matawan), and Union (Linden, Rahway, and Roselle)
Frank Pallone (Long Branch)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – present	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1992. Re-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. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	1993–2003 parts of Middlesex and Monmouth
					2003–2013 parts of Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset (Franklin), and Union (Plainfield)
					2013–2023: parts of Middlesex and Monmouth
					2023–present: parts of Middlesex and Monmouth

Recent election results

2012

New Jersey's 6th congressional district, 2012^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Pallone (incumbent)	151,782	63.3
	Republican	Anna Little	84,360	35.2
	Libertarian	Len Flynn	1,392	0.6
	Independent	Karen Zaletel	868	0.4
	Independent	Mac Dara Lyden	830	0.3
	Reform	Hebrert Tarbous	406	0.2
Total votes			239,638	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

New Jersey's 6th congressional district, 2014^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Pallone (incumbent)	72,190	59.9
	Republican	Anthony E. Wilkinson	46,891	38.9
	Libertarian	Dorit Goikhman	1,376	1.2
Total votes			120,457	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

New Jersey's 6th congressional district, 2016 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Pallone (incumbent)	167,895	63.7
	Republican	Brent Sonnek-Schmelz	91,908	34.9
	Green	Rajit B. Malliah	1,912	0.7
	Libertarian	Judith Shamy	1,720	0.7
Total votes			263,435	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018

New Jersey's 6th congressional district, 2018^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Pallone Jr. (incumbent)	140,752	63.6
	Republican	Richard J. Pezzullo	80,443	36.4
Total votes			221,195	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020

New Jersey's 6th congressional district, 2020^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Pallone Jr. (incumbent)	199,648	61.2
	Republican	Christian Onuoha	126,760	38.8
Total votes			326,408	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022

New Jersey's 6th congressional district, 2022^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Pallone (incumbent)	106,238	57.5
	Republican	Sue Kiley	75,839	41.0
	Libertarian	Tara Fisher	1,361	0.7
	Independent	Inder Soni	947	0.5
	Independent	Eric Antisell	534	0.3
Total votes			184,919	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

1. "My Congressional District".
2. "PVI Map and District List". The Cook Political Report. September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
3. "New Jersey Congressional Districts: 2022-2031" (PDF). New Jersey Redistricting Commission. December 22, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
4. , New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2021. Accessed November 5, 2022.
5. "Election Information" (PDF). NJ Department of State. November 6, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
6. "Election Information" (PDF). NJ Department of State. December 2, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
7. "Election Information" (PDF). NJ Department of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
8. 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.
9. "Official General Election Results: U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Elections. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
10. "2022 Official General Election Results: U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). New Jersey Department of State - Division of Elections. Retrieved December 7, 2022.

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• 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

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