New Jersey's 6th congressional district

New Jersey's 6th congressional district
	District map as of 2013
	Frank Pallone; D–Long Branch
Distribution	100% urban; 0% rural;
Population (2017)	742,483
Median income	$82,451[1]
Ethnicity	62.2% white; 10.3% black; 20.1% Asian; 22.5% Hispanic; 0.2% Native American; 2.6% Two or more races; 4.5% other;
Cook PVI	D+9[2]

New Jersey's 6th congressional district is represented by Democrat Frank Pallone (1993 - present).

Counties and municipalities in the district

For the 113th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2010 Census), the congressional district contains all or portions of two counties and 32 municipalities.[3]

Middlesex County: (12)

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

Monmouth County: (20)

Aberdeen Township, Allenhurst, Asbury Park, Atlantic Highlands, Deal, Hazlet Township, Highlands, Interlaken, Keansburg, Keyport, Loch Arbour, Long Branch, Marlboro Township, Matawan, Middletown Township (part; also 4th), Monmouth Beach, Oceanport, Sea Bright, Union Beach and West Long Branch

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2016	President	Clinton 56 - 41%
2012	President	Obama 61 - 37%
2008	President	Obama 60 - 39%
2004	President	Kerry 57 - 43%
2000	President	Gore 61 - 35%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	District Home	Electoral history	Counties/Towns
District created March 4, 1873
Marcus L. Ward	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]	1873–1893 Essex
Frederick H. Teese	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas B. Peddie	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
John L. Blake	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
Phineas Jones	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
William H.F. Fiedler	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
Herman Lehlbach	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	49th 50th 51st	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas D. English	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas D. English	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]	1893–1895 city of Newark
Richard W. Parker	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	54th 55th 56th 57th	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 7th district.	1895–1903 Newark and East Orange
William Hughes	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]	1903–1913 Bergen, Passaic, and Sussex
Henry C. Allen	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59th	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
William Hughes	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – September 27, 1912	60th 61st 62nd	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing] Resigned after appointment as judge of Court of Common Pleas of Passaic County.
Vacant		September 27, 1912 – November 5, 1912
Archibald C. Hart	Democratic	November 5, 1912 – March 3, 1913	62nd	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
Lewis J. Martin	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – May 5, 1913	63rd	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing] Died.	1913–1933 Bergen, Sussex, and Warren; northern Passaic (Bloomingdale, Ringwood, Wanaque, West Milford)
Vacant		May 5, 1913 – July 22, 1913
Archibald C. Hart	Democratic	July 22, 1913 – March 3, 1917	63rd 64th	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
John R. Ramsey	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921	65th 66th	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
Randolph Perkins	Republican	March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1933	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Woodcliff Lake	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 7th district.
Donald H. McLean	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1945	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	Elizabeth	[data unknown/missing]	1933–1969 Union County
Clifford P. Case	Republican	January 3, 1945 – August 16, 1953	79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd	Rahway	[data unknown/missing] Resigned.
Vacant		August 16, 1953 – November 3, 1953
Harrison A. Williams Jr.	Democratic	November 3, 1953 – January 3, 1957	83rd 84th	Westfield	[data unknown/missing]
Florence P. Dwyer	Republican	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1967	85th 86th 87th 88th 89th	Elizabeth	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 12th district.
William T. Cahill	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 19, 1970	90th 91st	Collingswood	Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1966. Resigned when elected Governor of New Jersey.	1967–1969 [data unknown/missing]
William T. Cahill	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 19, 1970	90th 91st	Collingswood		1969–1973 Burlington, parts of Camden and Ocean
Vacant		January 19, 1970 – November 3, 1970
Edwin B. Forsythe	Republican	November 3, 1970 – January 3, 1983	91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	Moorestown	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 13th district.
Edwin B. Forsythe	Republican	November 3, 1970 – January 3, 1983	91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	Moorestown	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 13th district.	1973–1983 parts of Burlington, Camden, and Ocean
Bernard J. Dwyer	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Edison	Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1982. [data unknown/missing]	1983–1985 parts of Middlesex and Union (Linden and Rahway)
Bernard J. Dwyer	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Edison		1985–1993 parts of Middlesex, Monmouth (Aberdeen and Matawan), and Union (Linden, Rahway, and Roselle)
Frank Pallone	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – present	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Long Branch	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1992.	1993–2003 parts of Middlesex and Monmouth
						2003–2013 parts of Middlesex, Monmouth, and Union (Plainfield)
						2013–present parts of Middlesex and Monmouth

References

https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=34&cd=06
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
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

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[1] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=34&cd=06

[Cook-2] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[3] Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed November 6, 2016.