New Jersey's 7th congressional district includes all of
Hunterdon and
Warren Counties; and parts of
Morris
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Somerset
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Sussex, and
Union Counties. The district is represented by
Republican
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Thomas Kean Jr., who was first elected in
2022
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, defeating
Democratic incumbent
Tom Malinowski
Tomasz "Tom" P. Malinowski (; born September 23, 1965) is an American politician and diplomat who is the U.S. representative from New Jersey's 7th congressional district. A Democrat, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Huma ...
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The district, which has become more ethnically diverse over time, is one of the most affluent congressional districts in the United States, with the fifth-highest median income in the nation.
Counties and municipalities in the district
For the
118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the
2020 Census), the district contains all or portions of six counties and 93 municipalities.
Hunterdon County (24):
:All 24 municipalities
Morris County (12):
:
Chester Borough,
Chester Township,
Long Hill Township,
Mendham Borough,
Mendham Township (part; also 11th),
Mine Hill Township,
Mount Arlington,
Mount Olive Township,
Netcong,
Roxbury Township,
Washington Township and
Wharton
Somerset County (13):
:
Bedminster Township,
Bernards Township,
Bernardsville,
Branchburg Township,
Bridgewater Township (part; also 12th),
Far Hills,
Green Brook Township,
Hillsborough Township (part; also 12th),
Peapack-Gladstone,
Raritan,
Somerville,
Warren Township and
Watchung
Sussex County (10):
:
Andover Borough,
Byram,
Fredon,
Green Township,
Hopatcong,
Ogdensburg,
Sparta
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Stanhope,
Stillwater, and
Walpack
Union County (12):
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Berkeley Heights,
Clark,
Fanwood,
Linden (part; also 10th),
Mountainside,
New Providence,
Rahway
Rahway () is a city in southern Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A bedroom community of New York City, it is centrally located in the Rahway Valley region, in the New York metropolitan area. The city is southwest of Manhattan ...
,
Scotch Plains,
Springfield,
Summit,
Westfield and
Winfield Township
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(22):
:All 22 municipalities
History
In the 2012 general election, Republican incumbent
Leonard Lance
Leonard John Lance (born June 25, 1952) is an American politician and attorney who served as the U.S. representative for , from 2009 to 2019. He ran for re-election in 2018, but was defeated by Democrat Tom Malinowski. He is a member of the ...
held his seat against Democratic challenger
Upendra J. Chivukula. In the 2010 general election, Democratic challenger Ed Potosnak challenged Lance, but Lance defeated Potosnak by a margin of 59% to 41%. For the 2012 election, both Potosnak and former Edison Mayor
Jun Choi announced their candidacies for the Democratic nomination. Choi dropped out of the race in December 2011 after redistricting left his Edison home outside the 7th District. Potosnak dropped out of the race in January 2012 to take a position as executive director of the New Jersey League of Conservation Voters, leaving a momentarily empty field for the Democratic nomination.
Effect of 2000 redistricting
New Jersey's 7th district and the
12th district were redistricted after the 2000 census by a bipartisan panel. By consensus of the panel, the Democratic and Republican parties agreed to trade areas in the two districts to make them safer for their respective incumbents. It is likely that this tradeoff, which made New Jersey's 7th less competitive for Democrats, had an effect on the outcome of 2006 election, which was decided by approximately 3,000 votes. Areas of the former 7th district such as
Franklin Township that had historically voted reliably Democratic were moved into the adjacent 12th district in order to shore up Democratic incumbent
Rush Holt, while reliably Republican
Millburn was removed from the 7th, and instead split between the
10th
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and
11th
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districts. Additionally, heavily Democratic
Plainfield was moved from the 7th to the already Democratic-leaning
6th district. Despite the redistricting, NJ-07 was still the most competitive House district in New Jersey, and was the only one considered to be in play in 2006 by political pundits.
In 2008,
Mike Ferguson (who had first been elected in 2000, replacing
Bob Franks
Robert Douglas Franks (September 21, 1951 – April 9, 2010) was an American Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.
Early life
Franks was born on September 21, 1951, in Hackensack, New Jersey, the son of Nor ...
) did not seek another term.
Linda Stender
Linda Stender (born July 25, 1951) is an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2002 to 2016, where she represented the 22nd legislative district. She ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the United ...
won the Democratic nomination unopposed, while Republican primary voters chose State Senator
Leonard Lance
Leonard John Lance (born June 25, 1952) is an American politician and attorney who served as the U.S. representative for , from 2009 to 2019. He ran for re-election in 2018, but was defeated by Democrat Tom Malinowski. He is a member of the ...
in a field of eight candidates. In the
general election, Lance defeated Assemblywoman Linda Stender by a margin of 25,833 votes.
2018 election
In the Democratic primary Malinowski prevailed with 26,059 votes and 66.8% of the vote. Jacob finished second with 7,467 votes and 19.1% of the vote.
[New York Times]
Primary results
accessed, June 6, 2018
Lance won the Republican primary with 74.9%, and 24,856 votes.
In the
2018 election,
Tom Malinowski
Tomasz "Tom" P. Malinowski (; born September 23, 1965) is an American politician and diplomat who is the U.S. representative from New Jersey's 7th congressional district. A Democrat, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Huma ...
,
[The Hill, Ben Kamisar, October 2, 2017]
Obama State Department official to run for House in NJ
, Retrieved October 2, 2017 former
, was considered the front runner among the Democrats challenging Republican incumbent
Leonard Lance
Leonard John Lance (born June 25, 1952) is an American politician and attorney who served as the U.S. representative for , from 2009 to 2019. He ran for re-election in 2018, but was defeated by Democrat Tom Malinowski. He is a member of the ...
.
[Ballotpedia]
New Jersey's 7th Congressional District election, 2018
, Retrieved May 7, 2018 Malinowski was endorsed by Westfield teacher/attorney Lisa Mandelblatt and attorney Scott Salmon when they withdrew from the race in February 2018. Other candidates in the Democratic primary included lawyer Goutam Jois; and social worker Peter Jacob, who was defeated by Lance in the 2016 election.
Green Party of New Jersey
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Activity
The Green Party of New Jer ...
member Diane Moxley also announced her intent to run for the seat. Lindsay Brown, a product manager at the ''
New York Post
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It was established ...
'' and a self-described progressive, ran in the Republican primary against Lance.
[ABC News, March 29, 2018]
House races offer Democrats best shot at claiming a chamber in Congress
, Retrieved May 17, 2018 Berkeley Heights banking executive Linda Weber
[Jonathan D. Salant, May 14, 2017, NJ.com]
Meet the newest challenger to N.J.'s Leonard Lance
Retrieved May 14, 2017 and environmental advocate David Pringle withdrew in March 2018.
During the fourth quarter of 2017, the Malinowski campaign raised $528,000 while the incumbent Lance raised $237,000. Jois raised $189,000 and Jacob raised $29,000.
[Politic]
"House Q4 FEC Reports,"
, Retrieved May 7, 2018
Malinowski won the seat in the election with 51.7% of the votes.
2020 election
Incumbent
Tom Malinowski
Tomasz "Tom" P. Malinowski (; born September 23, 1965) is an American politician and diplomat who is the U.S. representative from New Jersey's 7th congressional district. A Democrat, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Huma ...
(D) ran in the Democratic party primary uncontested, winning 100% (80,334) of the vote. Challenger
Thomas Kean Jr. (R) defeated Raafat Barsoom and Tom Phillips in the Republican party primary receiving 79.4% (45,395) of the vote.
Incumbent Tom Malinowski (D) defeated challenger Thomas Kean Jr. (R) in the general election by 1.2 percentage points for New Jersey's 7th Congressional District on November 3, 2020. The race was expected to be competitive, with New Jersey's 7th being one of 40 seats gained by Democrats in the 2018 midterm elections.
2022 redistricting and election
The New Jersey Congressional Redistricting Commission altered the boundaries of the district effective January 6, 2022
Although the district remains competitive, the district is more Republican than it was previously.
Incumbent Tom Malinowski (D) faced 2020 challenger
Thomas Kean Jr. once again in 2022. In the general election held on November 8, 2022, Kean prevailed, unseating Malinowski.
It was one of 18 districts that voted for
Joe Biden in the
2020 presidential election while being won or held by a Republican in
2022
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Result statewide Election Results
;Results Under Current Lines ''(Since 2023)''
;Results Under Old Lines
Recent election results
List of members representing the district
References
Bibliography
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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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Essex County, New Jersey
Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Morris County, New Jersey
Somerset County, New Jersey
Union County, New Jersey
Warren County, New Jersey
Constituencies established in 1873
1873 establishments in New Jersey