New Jersey's 1st legislative district
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New Jersey's 1st legislative district is one of 40 in the state, covering the Atlantic County municipalities of Corbin City, Estell Manor and Weymouth Township; every Cape May County municipality including Avalon, Cape May,
Cape May Point Cape May Point is a borough located at the tip of the Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County, New Jersey and is the southernmost point in the state. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 United States census ...
, Dennis Township, Lower Township, Middle Township, North Wildwood, Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Stone Harbor, Upper Township, West Cape May, West Wildwood, Wildwood, Wildwood Crest and Woodbine; and the
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municipalities of Bridgeton, Commercial Township, Downe Township, Fairfield Township, Lawrence Township,
Maurice River Township Maurice River Township () is the easternmost township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Vineland- Millville- Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area for statistical purposes. As of the 2010 United States ...
, Millville and Vineland as of the 2021 apportionment.


Demographic characteristics

As of the
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, 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, 23,585 (10.9%) African American, 1,536 (0.7%) Native American, 2,710 (1.3%)
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, 42 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 18,897 (8.7%) from some other race, and 20,517 (9.5%) from two or more races. Hispanic or
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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, 53,502 (32.9%) were registered as
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, 48,219 (29.7%) were registered as 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
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decision in ''
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'' and before the establishment of a 40-district legislature in 1973, the 1st district encompassed the entirety of Atlantic, Cape May, and Gloucester counties in the 1965–1967 Senate session (two Senators elected), and Cape May and
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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
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were elected though one seat of the two would become vacant upon Hunt's election to the 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
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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
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winning in the 1967 and 1969 elections, and Hurley and
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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
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, the 1st included all of Cape May, but only included the Cumberland County cities of Bridgeton, Millville, and Vineland, and the townships of Deerfield, Maurice River, and 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 and Buena Vista Township in Atlantic County. With the exception of adding Atlantic County's
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, the 2001 iteration of the 1st remained the same as the 1991 district. The 2021 apportionment added Bridgeton, and removed Greenwich Township, Hopewell Township, Shiloh and Stow Creek Township.Symons, Michael
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Election history

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Election results, 1973–present


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Election results, 1965–1973


Senate


General Assembly


References

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