Demographic characteristics
As of the 2020 United States census, the district had a population of 216,124, of whom 173,507 (80.3%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 148,837 (68.9%) White (U.S. Census), White, 23,585 (10.9%) African American (U.S. Census), African American, 1,536 (0.7%) Native American (U.S. Census), Native American, 2,710 (1.3%) Asian (U.S. Census), Asian, 42 (0.0%) Pacific Islander (U.S. Census), Pacific Islander, 18,897 (8.7%) from Race (United States Census), some other race, and 20,517 (9.5%) from two or more races. Hispanic (U.S. Census), Hispanic or Latino (U.S. Census), Latino people of any race were 42,561 (19.7%) of the population. The district had 162,425 registered voters , of whom 58,060 (35.7%) were registered as Unaffiliated (New Jersey), unaffiliated, 53,502 (32.9%) were registered as Republican Party (United States), Republicans, 48,219 (29.7%) were registered as Democratic Party (United States), Democrats, and 2,644 (1.6%) were registered to other parties.Political representation
It is entirely located within New Jersey's 2nd congressional district.1965–1973
During the period of time after the 1964 Supreme Court of the United States, Supreme Court decision in ''Reynolds v. Sims'' and before the establishment of a 40-district legislature in 1973, the 1st district encompassed the entirety of Atlantic County, New Jersey, Atlantic, Cape May County, New Jersey, Cape May, and Gloucester County, New Jersey, Gloucester counties in the 1965–1967 Senate session (two Senators elected), and Cape May and Cumberland County, New Jersey, Cumberland counties in the Senate and Assembly sessions from 1967 through 1973 (one Senator and two Assembly members elected). In the 1965-1967 Senate session, Republicans John E. Hunt and Frank S. Farley were elected though one seat of the two would become vacant upon Hunt's election to the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives. In the following two Senate sessions, Republican Robert E. Kay was elected in 1967 for a four-year term followed by Republican James Cafiero for a two-year term in 1971. For the two-year assembly sessions from 1967 until 1973, Republicans held both seats for the three assembly elections during this period, with Cafiero and James R. Hurley winning in the 1967 and 1969 elections, and Hurley and Joseph W. Chinnici winning in 1971.District composition since 1973
For the first iteration of the 1st district implemented under the 40 equal districts plan, the district once again encompassed all of Cape May and Cumberland counties. For the sessions following the 1980 United States census, 1980 census, the 1st included all of Cape May, but only included the Cumberland County cities of Bridgeton, New Jersey, Bridgeton, Millville, and Vineland, and the townships of Deerfield Township, New Jersey, Deerfield, Maurice River, and Upper Deerfield Township, New Jersey, Upper Deerfield. The 1991 iteration of the 1st included all of Cape May, only Maurice River Township, Millville, and Vineland in Cumberland, and added Buena, New Jersey, Buena and Buena Vista Township, New Jersey, Buena Vista Township in Atlantic County. With the exception of adding Atlantic County's Somers Point, New Jersey, Somers Point, the 2001 iteration of the 1st remained the same as the 1991 district. The New Jersey legislative districts, 2021 apportionment, 2021 apportionment added Bridgeton, and removed Greenwich Township, Hopewell Township, Shiloh and Stow Creek Township.Symons, MichaelElection history
Notes:Election results, 1973–present
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Election results, 1965–1973
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References
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