New Jersey's 7th congressional district includes all of Hunterdon and Warren Counties; and parts of
Morris
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Thomas Kean Jr.
Thomas Howard Kean Jr. ( ; born September 5, 1968) is an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician and the U.S. representative-elect from New Jersey's 7th congressional district. From 2001 until 2003, he was a New Jersey Ge ...
, who was first elected in
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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.
Hopatcong
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Rahway
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Warren County Warren County is the name of fourteen counties in the USA. Some are named after General Joseph Warren, who was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War:
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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 and 11th 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.
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) 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
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, 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 ...
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, 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.
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member Diane Moxley also announced her intent to run for the seat. Lindsay Brown, a product manager at the ''
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'' 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, 2018Berkeley Heights banking executive Linda WeberJonathan 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.
Thomas Howard Kean Jr. ( ; born September 5, 1968) is an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician and the U.S. representative-elect from New Jersey's 7th congressional district. From 2001 until 2003, he was a New Jersey Ge ...
(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.
Thomas Howard Kean Jr. ( ; born September 5, 1968) is an American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician and the U.S. representative-elect from New Jersey's 7th congressional district. From 2001 until 2003, he was a New Jersey Ge ...
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
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while being won or held by a Republican in
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Result statewide Election Results
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