New Jersey's 2nd Legislative District is one of 40 in the state, covering the Atlantic County municipalities of Absecon City, Atlantic City, Brigantine City, Buena Borough, Buena Vista Township Egg Harbor City, Egg Harbor Township, Folsom Borough, Hamilton Township, Linwood City, Longport Borough, Margate City, Mullica Township, Northfield City, Pleasantville City, Somers Point City and Ventnor City as of the 2011 apportionment.[1] Except for an eight-year period from 1974 until 1982, the 2nd District is exclusively made up of municipalities from Atlantic County since 1967.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the district had a population of 234,905, of whom 180,063 (76.7%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 147,970 (63.0%) White, 41,010 (17.5%) African American, 909 (0.4%) Native American, 19,882 (8.5%) Asian, 75 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 17,287 (7.4%) from other races, and 7,772 (3.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 39,771 (16.9%) of the population.[2] The district had 141,807 registered voters as of November 30, 2017, of whom 56,949 (40.2%) were registered as unaffiliated, 48,946 (34.5%) were registered as Democrats, 34,967 (24.7%) were registered as Republicans, and 945 (0.7%) were registered to other parties.[3]
1965–1973
During the period of time after the 1964 Supreme Court decision in Reynolds v. Sims and before the establishment of a 40-district legislature in 1973, the 2nd District was based around Atlantic County except for the 1965 Senate elections.[6][7] In that election, the 2nd District encompassed all of Salem and Cumberland counties with the election being won by Democrat John A. Waddington.[8]
In the following sessions, the Senate seat (one Senator elected in each election) and Assembly seats (two people elected per election) encompassed all of Atlantic County. Republican Frank S. Farley won the 1967 Senate election but was defeated by Democrat Joseph McGahn in 1971. Republicans Albert S. Smith and Samuel A. Curcio won the 1967 and 1969 Assembly elections but Democrats Steven P. Perskie and James A. Colasurdo won the 1971 election.[9][10][11]
District composition since 1973
Upon the creation of the 40 equal-population districts for the State Legislature in 1973, the 2nd District encompassed all of Atlantic County plus Burlington County townships Washington and Bass River and Ocean County's Little Egg Harbor Township and Tuckerton.[12] For the 1980s 2nd District, the Burlington and Ocean County municipalities were removed as were Buena, Buena Vista Township, and Folsom.[13] The 1990s version of the district was made further compact by shifting Hammonton and Egg Harbor City to other districts.[14] In the 2001 redistricting, Egg Harbor City returned to the 2nd but Somers Point shifted to the 1st District.[15]
The 2011 apportionment added Buena (from District 1), Buena Vista Township (1st District), Folsom (9th District) and Somers Point (1st District). Municipalities that had been in the 2nd District as part of the 2001 apportionment that were shifted out of the district are Corbin City (to 1st District), Estell Manor (1st District), Galloway Township (9th District), Port Republic (9th District) and Weymouth Township (1st District).[15]
Election history
Following the death of Jim Whelan on August 22, 2017, Colin Bell was unanimously selected to fill the remainder of his term by local Democratic committee members on September 5 and was sworn in on October 5.[16][17][18]
- ↑ Resigned June 28, 1982 to become a Superior Court judge
- 1 2 Elected to the Senate in a September 7, 1982 special election and seated on September 16, 1982
- ↑ Elected in a special election on November 2, 1982
- ↑ Died on August 27, 1995
- ↑ Appointed September 18, 1995
- ↑ Resigned May 16, 2003
- ↑ Appointed May 22, 2003
- ↑ Resigned February 15, 2007
- ↑ Appointed February 22, 2007
- ↑ Died August 22, 2017
- ↑ Appointed October 5, 2017
Election results, 1973–present
Senate
New Jersey general election, 1983[29]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Republican |
William L. Gormley |
27,616 |
56.8 |
15.5 |
|
Democratic |
Arlene Groch |
19,937 |
41.0 |
16.0 |
|
Senate Independent |
James T. Hagen |
1,062 |
2.2 |
1.3 |
Total votes |
48,615 |
100.0 |
|
Special election, September 7, 1982[30]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Republican |
William L. Gormley |
13,874 |
72.3 |
24.0 |
|
Democratic |
Howard J. Lynde, Jr. |
4,800 |
25.0 |
26.7 |
|
Jobs-Equality-Business |
Willie Norwood |
347 |
1.8 |
N/A |
|
Representative Independent |
James T. Hagen |
177 |
0.9 |
N/A |
Total votes |
19,198 |
100.0 |
|
Assembly
Special election, November 2, 1982[30]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Republican |
Dolores G. Cooper |
26,244 |
52.6 |
|
Democratic |
Lincoln Green |
23,104 |
46.3 |
|
Jobs-Equality-Business |
Willie Norwood |
584 |
1.2 |
Total votes |
49,932 |
100.0 |
Election results, 1965–1973
Assembly
New Jersey general election, 1967[9]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Republican |
Albert S. Smith |
36,513 |
32.1 |
|
Republican |
Samuel A. Curcio |
35,745 |
31.5 |
|
Democratic |
William T. Dunbar |
20,936 |
18.4 |
|
Democratic |
Samuel Abel |
20,433 |
18.0 |
Total votes |
113,627 |
100.0 |
New Jersey general election, 1969[10]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Republican |
Albert S. Smith |
35,997 |
32.3 |
|
Republican |
Samuel A. Curcio |
35,046 |
31.4 |
|
Democratic |
Joseph J. Messick |
20,116 |
18.0 |
|
Democratic |
Charles Penman |
19,686 |
17.6 |
|
Independent |
Raymond V. Broome |
732 |
0.7 |
Total votes |
111,577 |
100.0 |
References
- ↑ Districts by Number, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed April 10, 2013.
- ↑ DP-1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 - 2010 Demographic Profile Data for General Assembly District 2 (2010), New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed January 29, 2014.
- ↑ Statewide Voter Registration Summary, New Jersey Department of State, November 30, 2017. Accessed December 23, 2017.
- ↑ Legislative Roster 2018-2019 Session, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 10, 2018.
- ↑ District 2 Legislators, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 10, 2018.
- ↑ New Jersey Apportionment Commission (July 20, 1967). "New Jersey Senate and Assembly Districts" (PDF). Retrieved July 11, 2015.
- ↑ State of New Jersey (1971). "New Jersey Senate and Assembly Districts 1972–1973" (PDF). Retrieved July 11, 2015.
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- 1 2 Districts by Number, New Jersey Legislature, backed up by the Internet Archive as of November 12, 2011. Accessed April 10, 2013.
- ↑ Jackson, Vincent; and Huba, Nicholas. "State Sen. Jim Whelan died Tuesday", Press of Atlantic City, August 22, 2017. Accessed August 22, 2017. "Former State Sen. Jim Whelan, D-Atlantic, who spent more than 30 years in public life, died Tuesday. He was 68."
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