New Jersey's 5th congressional district
New Jersey's 5th congressional district is represented by Democrat Josh Gottheimer.
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New Jersey's 5th congressional district | |||
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![]() District map as of 2013 | |||
Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2017) | 746,385 | ||
Median income | $106,927[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+3[2] |
History
Republican Scott Garrett defeated Democrat Paul Aronsohn and independent candidate R. Matthew Fretz 55%–44% in the United States general elections, 2006.[3]
Gottheimer defeated Garrett in the 2016 general election, making Garrett the only one of the state's 12 incumbents to lose reelection that year.[4]
Counties and municipalities in the district
The redrawn New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District is predominantly rural in area, but now the newly added suburban and urban Bergen County areas closer to New York City contain over 75% of voters.
The district is an L-shaped district comprising the rural northern and western parts of New Jersey. A portion of the district is in suburban northern Bergen County, as well as the Urban Central.
Historically, most of the areas in the district have generally been favorable for Republicans. This is especially true of the western portion, which contains some of the most Republican areas in the Northeast. However, Bergen County has trended Democratic in recent elections, though not as overwhelmingly as in the more urbanized southern portion of Bergen County, this latter portion being in the Ninth Congressional District. Partly due to a strong performance in Bergen County, Gottheimer unseated 14-year Republican incumbent Garrett in 2016.
For the 113th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2010 United States Census), the district contains all or portions of four counties and 79 municipalities.[5][6]
- Bergen County (43)
- Allendale, Alpine, Bergenfield, Bogota, Closter, Demarest, Dumont, Emerson, Fair Lawn, Franklin Lakes, Glen Rock, Hackensack, Harrington Park, Haworth, Hillsdale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Lodi, Mahwah, Maywood, Midland Park, Montvale, New Milford, Northvale, Norwood, Oakland, Old Tappan, Oradell, Paramus, Park Ridge, Ramsey, Ridgewood, River Edge, River Vale, Rochelle Park, Rockleigh, Saddle River, Teaneck (part, also 9th), Upper Saddle River, Waldwick, Washington Township, Westwood, Woodcliff Lake and Wyckoff
- Passaic County (2)
- Ringwood and West Milford
- Sussex County (19)
- Andover Borough, Andover Township, Branchville, Frankford Township, Franklin Borough, Fredon Township, Green Township, Hamburg, Hampton Township, Hardyston Township, Lafayette Township, Montague Township, Newton, Sandyston Township, Stillwater Township, Sussex, Vernon Township, Walpack Township and Wantage Township
Voting
Election results from presidential races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2000 | President | Bush 52 - 45%* |
2004 | President | Bush 57 - 43%* |
2008 | President | McCain 54 - 45%* |
2012 | President | Romney 50.9 - 48.5% |
2016 | President | Trump 48.8 - 47.7% |
List of members representing the district
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
District home | Electoral history | Counties/Towns |
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District organized from New Jersey's At-large congressional district. | [data unknown/missing] | |||||
![]() Franklin Davenport |
Federalist | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 |
6th | Woodbury | [data unknown/missing] | Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem |
District organized to New Jersey's At-large congressional district. | ||||||
District organized from New Jersey's At-large congressional district. | ||||||
![]() William Wright |
Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 |
28th 29th |
Newark | [data unknown/missing] | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Passaic |
![]() Dudley S. Gregory |
Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
30th | Jersey City | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() James G. King |
Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
31st | Hoboken | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Rodman M. Price |
Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | Hoboken | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Alexander C. M. Pennington |
Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd 34th |
Newark | [data unknown/missing] | Essex and Hudson |
Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
[data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | |||
![]() Jacob R. Wortendyke |
Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
35th | Jersey City | [data unknown/missing] | Essex, Hudson, and Union (Union County formed from Essex (1857)) |
![]() William Pennington |
Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
36th | Newark | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Nehemiah Perry |
Democratic | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
37th 38th |
Newark | [data unknown/missing] | |
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
[data unknown/missing] | Hudson County and Newark | ||||
![]() Edwin R.V. Wright |
Democratic | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 |
39th | Hudson City | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() George A. Halsey |
Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 |
40th | Newark | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Orestes Cleveland |
Democratic | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 |
41st | Jersey City | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() George A. Halsey |
Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
42nd | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() William W. Phelps |
Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | Bergen, Morris, and Passaic |
![]() Augustus W. Cutler |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 |
44th 45th |
[data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Charles H. Voorhis |
Republican | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 |
46th | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() John Hill |
Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
47th | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() William W. Phelps |
Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889 |
48th 49th 50th |
[data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Charles D. Beckwith |
Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 |
51st | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Cornelius A. Cadmus |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
52nd 53rd |
[data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | |
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
[data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | Bergen and Passaic | |||
![]() James F. Stewart |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 |
54th 55th 56th 57th |
[data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Charles N. Fowler |
Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 |
58th 59th 60th 61st |
[data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | Morris, Union, and Warren (Fowler from the 8th district) |
![]() William E. Tuttle Jr. |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 |
62nd 63rd |
[data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | |
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 |
[data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | Morris and Union | |||
![]() John H. Capstick |
Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 17, 1918 |
64th 65th |
[data unknown/missing] | Died. | |
Vacant | March 17, 1918 – November 5, 1918 | |||||
![]() William F. Birch |
Republican | November 5, 1918 – March 3, 1919 |
65th | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Ernest R. Ackerman |
Republican | March 4, 1919 – October 18, 1931 |
66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
[data unknown/missing] | Died. | |
Vacant | October 18, 1931 – December 1, 1931 | |||||
![]() Percy Hamilton Stewart |
Democratic | December 1, 1931 – March 3, 1933 |
72nd | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Charles A. Eaton |
Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1953 |
73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd |
[data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | Morris, Somerset, and part of Middlesex (north of Raritan River) |
![]() Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. |
Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 |
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd |
Harding | [data unknown/missing] | |
January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973 |
[data unknown/missing] | Morris and Somerset (Northern Middlesex removed to the new 15th District (1962)) | ||||
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
[data unknown/missing] | District no longer follows county lines | ||||
![]() Millicent Fenwick |
Republican | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 |
94th 95th 96th 97th |
Bernardsville | Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | Somerset, parts of Morris, and parts of Mercer (Princeton, Princeton Borough and West Windsor) |
![]() Marge Roukema |
Republican | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th |
Ridgewood | Redistricted from 7th district. | Parts of Bergen, Hunterdon, Mercer (Hopewell, Hopewell Borough, and Pennington), Morris, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren |
January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1993 |
Sussex (excluding Byram and Green) and northern parts of Bergen and Passaic | |||||
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
[data unknown/missing] | |||||
![]() Scott Garrett |
Republican | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 |
108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th |
Wantage | Lost re-election | ![]() Warren, parts of Bergen, Passaic, and Sussex |
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017 |
Parts of Bergen, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren | |||||
![]() Josh Gottheimer |
Democratic | January 3, 2017 – Present |
115th 116th |
Wyckoff | Incumbent |
References
- https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=34&cd=05
- "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- 2006 NJ-05 U.S. House Election Results, CNN.com, November 8, 2006
- Neuman, William. "Josh Gottheimer Defeats Scott Garrett in New Jersey Congressional Race", The New York Times, November 9, 2016. Accessed November 19, 2016.
- Towns in the 5th, Scott Garrett. Accessed February 4, 2014.
- Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed November 6, 2016.
- 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
External links
U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by South Carolina's 5th congressional district |
Home district of the Speaker of the House February 1, 1860 – March 4, 1861 |
Succeeded by Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district |