United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 2024
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in New Jersey were on November 5, 2024. Voters elected 12 candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's 12 U.S. House districts. The primary was June 4, 2024. The filing deadline was March 25, 2024.
Partisan breakdown
| Members of the U.S. House from New Jersey -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 2024 | After the 2024 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 7 | 9 | |
| Republican Party | 3 | 3 | |
| Vacancy | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 12 | |
Candidates
District 1
General election candidates
- Donald Norcross (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Theodore Liddell (Republican Party)
- Robin Brownfield (Green Party)
- Austin Johnson (Independent)
- Joseph Spataro (American People's Freedom Party) (Write-in)
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Democratic primary candidates
- Donald Norcross (Incumbent) ✔
Republican primary candidates
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District 2
General election candidates
- Jeff Van Drew (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Joe Salerno (Democratic Party)
- Thomas Cannavo (Green Party)
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Democratic primary candidates
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Republican primary candidates
- Jeff Van Drew (Incumbent) ✔
District 3
General election candidates
- Herbert C. Conaway Jr. (Democratic Party) ✔
- Rajesh Mohan (Republican Party)
- Steven Welzer (Green Party)
- Justin Barbera (Join The Revolution Party)
- Chris Russomanno (Libertarian Party)
- Douglas Wynn (Why Not Wynn Party)
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Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
- Andrew Kim (Incumbent)
- Alexander Hammerli
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Republican primary candidates
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District 4
General election candidates
- Chris Smith (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Matthew Jenkins (Democratic Party)
- Barry Bendar (Green Party)
- John Morrison (Libertarian Party)
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Democratic primary candidates
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Republican primary candidates
- Chris Smith (Incumbent) ✔
- David Schmidt
District 5
General election candidates
- Josh Gottheimer (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Mary Jo Guinchard (Republican Party)
- Beau Forte (Green Party)
- James Tosone (Libertarian Party)
- Aamir Arif (Peace Freedom Liberty Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Richard Siegel (Ceasefire And Justice Party)
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Democratic primary candidates
- Josh Gottheimer (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
District 6
General election candidates
- Frank Pallone Jr. (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Scott Fegler (Republican Party)
- Fahad Akhtar (Common Sense Independent Party)
- Herb Tarbous (Green Party)
- Matthew Amitrano (Libertarian Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Justin Maldonado (Independent)
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Democratic primary candidates
- Frank Pallone Jr. (Incumbent) ✔
- John Hsu
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
District 7
General election candidates
- Thomas Kean Jr. (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Susan Altman (Democratic Party)
- Andrew Black (Green Party)
- Lana Leguia (Libertarian Party)
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Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
- Thomas Kean Jr. (Incumbent) ✔
- Roger Bacon
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District 8
General election candidates
- Robert Menendez Jr. (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Anthony Valdes (Republican Party)
- Christian Robbins (Green Party)
- Pablo Olivera (Labour Party)
- Lea Sherman (Socialist Workers Party)
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Democratic primary candidates
- Robert Menendez Jr. (Incumbent) ✔
- Ravinder Bhalla
- Kyle Jasey
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Republican primary candidates
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District 9
General election candidates
- Nellie Pou (Democratic Party) ✔
- Billy Prempeh (Republican Party)
- Benjamin Taylor (Green Party)
- Bruno Pereira (Libertarian Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Bill Pascrell (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
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Democratic primary candidates
- Bill Pascrell (Incumbent) ✔
- Mohamed Khairullah
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Republican primary candidates
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District 10
General election candidates
- LaMonica McIver (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Carmen Bucco (Republican Party)
- Michelle Middleton (All Of Us! Party)
- Cynthia Johnson (C4C 2024 Party)
- Jon Serrano (Green Party)
- Donna Weiss (Social Activist Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Donald Payne Jr. (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
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Democratic primary candidates
- Donald Payne Jr. (Incumbent) ✔ (unofficially withdrew)
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
District 11
General election candidates
- Mikie Sherrill (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Joseph Belnome (Republican Party)
- Lily Benavides (Green Party)
- Joshua Lanzara (Truth Freedom Prosperity Party)
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Democratic primary candidates
- Mikie Sherrill (Incumbent) ✔
- Mark DeLotto
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Republican primary candidates
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District 12
General election candidates
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Darius Mayfield (Republican Party)
- Kim Meudt (Green Party)
- Vic Kaplan (Libertarian Party)
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Democratic primary candidates
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (Incumbent) ✔
- Daniel J. Dart
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Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Voting information
- See also: Voting in New Jersey
General election race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[1]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[2][3][4]
Click the following links to see the race ratings in each of the state's U.S. House districts:
- New Jersey's 1st Congressional District
- New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District
- New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District
- New Jersey's 4th Congressional District
- New Jersey's 5th Congressional District
- New Jersey's 6th Congressional District
- New Jersey's 7th Congressional District
- New Jersey's 8th Congressional District
- New Jersey's 9th Congressional District
- New Jersey's 10th Congressional District
- New Jersey's 11th Congressional District
- New Jersey's 12th Congressional District
Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in New Jersey in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in New Jersey, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024 | ||||||
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| New Jersey | U.S. House | Ballot-qualified party | 200 | N/A | 3/25/2024 | Source |
| New Jersey | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 100 | N/A | 6/4/2024 | Source |
Election analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about competitiveness, presidential election history, and party control in the state.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state's U.S. House districts.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in New Jersey.
| New Jersey U.S. Senate competitiveness, 2014-2024 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Districts/ offices |
Seats | Open seats | Candidates | Possible primaries | Contested Democratic primaries | Contested Republican primaries | % of contested primaries | Incumbents in contested primaries | % of incumbents in contested primaries | ||||
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | ||||
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 1 | 100.0% | ||||
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 1 | 100.0% | ||||
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50.0% | 0 | 0.0% | ||||
U.S. House
| New Jersey U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | Districts/ offices |
Seats | Open seats | Candidates | Possible primaries | Contested Democratic primaries | Contested Republican primaries | % of contested primaries | Incumbents in contested primaries | % of incumbents in contested primaries | ||||
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 50 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 66.7% | 7 | 63.6% | ||||
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 56 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 62.5% | 6 | 54.5% | ||||
| 2020 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 50 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 62.5% | 8 | 66.7% | ||||
| 2018 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 49 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 50.0% | 5 | 50.0% | ||||
| 2016 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 37 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 41.7% | 7 | 58.3% | ||||
| 2014 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 50.0% | 4 | 44.4% | ||||
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in New Jersey in 2024. Information below was calculated on April 14, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Fifty candidates, including 25 Democrats and 25 Republicans, ran for New Jersey’s 12 U.S. House districts. That’s 4.17 candidates per district, less than the 4.67 candidates per district that ran in 2022 but the same as the 4.17 candidates per district that ran in 2020.
This was the first election to take place after U.S. District Judge Zahid Quraishi issued a preliminary injunction blocking the use of the county line primary ballot design in the Democratic Primary.
The 3rd Congressional District was the only open district, meaning no incumbents filed to run. That’s the same as in 2022, when one district was open. There were no open districts in 2020, two in 2018, none in 2016, and three in 2014.
Incumbent Andrew Kim (D-3rd) did not run for re-election to run for the U.S. Senate.
Nine candidates—five Democrats and four Republicans—ran for the open 3rd Congressional District, the most candidates that ran for a seat in New Jersey in 2024.
Sixteen primaries—seven Democratic and nine Republican—were contested in 2024, the most this decade. Fifteen primaries were contested in 2022 and 2020, respectively. There were 12 contested primaries in 2018, 10 contested primaries in 2016, and 12 in 2014.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed December 15, 2023
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