New Jersey's 2nd congressional district

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New Jersey's 2nd congressional district
District map as of 2013
Current Representative		Frank LoBiondo (R–Ventnor City)
Distribution	79.10% urban, 20.90% rural
Population (2000)	647,258
Median income	$44,173
Ethnicity	75.4% White, 14.7% Black, 2.4% Asian, 10.3% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 1.4% other
Cook PVI	D+1

New Jersey's Second Congressional District is represented by Republican Frank LoBiondo.

The district from 2003 to 2013

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 8 counties and 92 municipalities in New Jersey.

Atlantic County:

all 23 municipalities

Burlington County:

Bass River Township, Washington Township

Camden County:

Waterford Township

Cape May County:

all 16 municipalities

Cumberland County:

all 14 municipalities

Gloucester County:

Clayton, East Greenwich Township (part), Elk Township, Franklin Township, Harrison Township, Mantua Township, Newfield, Pitman, South Harrison Township, Swedesboro, Woolwich Township

Ocean County:

Barnegat Light, Beach Haven, Eagleswood, Harvey Cedars, Little Egg Harbor Township, Long Beach Township, Ship Bottom, Stafford Township (part), Surf City, Tuckerton

Salem County:

all 15 municipalities

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2012	President	Obama 54 - 46%
2008	President	Obama 53 - 45%
2004	President	Bush 50 - 49%
2000	President	Gore 54 - 43%
1996	President	Clinton 50 - 36%
1992	President	Clinton 41 - 39%

List of Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	District information	Notes
District organized from New Jersey's At-large congressional district in 1799
Aaron Kitchell	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801	Hanover	Morris and Sussex Counties
District organized to New Jersey's At-large congressional district in 1801

1813 - 1815: Two seats

From 1813 to 1815, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket. This district was organized from New Jersey's At-large congressional district.

Seat A

Representative	Party	Years	District home	District information	Notes
James Schureman	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	New Brunswick	Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Somerset Counties

Seat B

Representative	Party	Years	District home	District information	Notes
Richard Stockton	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	Princeton

District organized to New Jersey's At-large congressional district in 1815

1843 - present: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	District home	District information	Notes
District organized from New Jersey's At-large congressional district
George Sykes	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	Mount Holly	Burlington, Mercer, and Monmouth Counties
Samuel G. Wright	Whig	March 4, 1845 – July 30, 1845	Imlaystown	Mercer County removed to the 3rd District 1844-46	Died
Vacant		July 30, 1845 – November 4, 1845
George Sykes	Democratic	November 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	Mount Holly
William A. Newell	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	Allentown
Charles Skelton	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	Trenton	Ocean County created from Monmouth (1850)
George R. Robbins	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	Hamilton Square
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
John L.N. Stratton	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	Mount Holly
George Middleton	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	Allentown
William A. Newell	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	Allentown
Charles Haight	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871
Samuel C. Forker	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
Samuel A. Dobbins	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	Mount Holly	Atlantic, Burlington, Mercer, and Ocean Counties
John H. Pugh	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
Hezekiah B. Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
J. Hart Brewer	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885
James Buchanan	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1893
John J. Gardner	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1913		Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, and Cumberland Counties from 1902
J. Thompson Baker	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
Isaac Bacharach	Republican	March 4, 1915 – January 3, 1937		Burlington County removed to 4th District from 1932.
Elmer H. Wene	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939
Walter S. Jeffries	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941
Elmer H. Wene	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945
T. Millet Hand	Republican	January 3, 1945 – December 26, 1956			Died
Vacant		December 26, 1956 – November 5, 1957
Milton W. Glenn	Republican	November 5, 1957 – January 3, 1965
Thomas C. McGrath, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967
Charles W. Sandman, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1975		Salem County added 1966, District redrawn not following County lines 1970.
William J. Hughes	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1995
Frank A. LoBiondo	Republican	January 3, 1995 – Present			Incumbent

Electoral history

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New Jersey's 2nd congressional district: Results 1890–2010

		Democrat	Votes	Pct		Republican	Votes	Pct		3rd Party	Party	Votes	Pct		3rd Party	Party	Votes	Pct		3rd Party	Party	Votes	Pct		3rd Party	Party	Votes	Pct		3rd Party	Party	Votes	Pct
1844		George Sykes	7,573	51.9%		William Irick	6,995	48.0%
1844		George Sykes	6,503	48.5%		Samuel G. Wright	6,919	51.5%
1846		Thomas E. Combes	5,959	43.3%		William A. Newell	7,531	54.7%		REDIRECT Template:Party shading/Know Nothing This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. For more information follow the bold category link. |(FNU) Ridson	REDIRECT Template:Party shading/Know Nothing This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. For more information follow the bold category link. |Native American Party	REDIRECT Template:Party shading/Know Nothing This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. For more information follow the bold category link. align="right" |280	REDIRECT Template:Party shading/Know Nothing This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. For more information follow the bold category link. |2.0%
1848		Stacy G. Potts	8,382	45.9%		William A. Newell	9,877	54.1%
1852		Charles Skelton	10,229	52.2%		William Brown	9,238	47.1%		REDIRECT Template:Party shading/Know Nothing This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. For more information follow the bold category link. |Daniel Busby	REDIRECT Template:Party shading/Know Nothing This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. For more information follow the bold category link. |Native American Party	REDIRECT Template:Party shading/Know Nothing This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. For more information follow the bold category link. align="right" |134	REDIRECT Template:Party shading/Know Nothing This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. For more information follow the bold category link. |0.7%
1854		Nathaniel S. Rue	7,769	42.4%		George R. Robbins	10,539	57.6%
1856		James W. Wall	10,692	47.7%		George R. Robbins	11,723	52.3%
1858		James W. Wall	8,767	43.3%		John L. N. Stratton	11,471	56.7%
1860		Augustus Green	12,154	47.2%		John L. N. Stratton	13,582	52.8%
1862		George Middleton	12,182	52.9%		William Brown	10,864	47.1%
1864		George Middleton	13,091	48.4%		William A. Newell	13,953	51.6%
1866		Charles Haight	13,825	50.6%		William A. Newell	13,476	49.4%
1868		Charles Haight	16,309	51.3%		James F. Rusling	15,494	48.7%
1870		Samuel C. Forker	15,899	50.7%		William A. Newell	15,452	49.3%
1872		Samuel C. Forker	11,787	45.4%		Samuel A. Dobbins	14,192	54.6%
1874		Andrew J. Smith	13,011	48.2%		Samuel A. Dobbins	13,977	51.8%
1876		Hezekiah B. Smith	15,485	49.2%		John Howard Pugh	16,015	50.8%
1878		Hezekiah B. Smith	14,610	50.6%		John Howard Pugh	18,580	47.4%		Charles E. Baker	National Prohibition	568	2.0%
1880		Hezekiah B. Smith	16,536	46.6%		J. Hart Brewer	18,580	52.4%		Samuel A. Dobbins	Greenback Party	342	1.0%
1882		Lewis Parker	14,535	47.8%		J. Hart Brewer	15,604	51.3%		Edward T. Howland	Greenback Party	270	0.9%
1884		Franklin Gauntt	16,853	45.4%		James Buchanan	19,144	51.5%		Henry B. Howell	National Prohibition	898	2.4%		Samuel A. Dobbins	Greenback Party	271	0.7%
1886		Elias S. Reed	15,065	42.6%		James Buchanan	17,767	50.2%		Leonard Brown	National Prohibition	2,547	7.2%
1888		Chauncey H. Beasley	19,104	44.6%		James Buchanan	22,407	52.4%		Minot C. Morgan	National Prohibition	1,292	3.0%
1890		Wilson D. Haven	16,352	46.6%		James Buchanan	17,515	50.0%		Leonard Brown	National Prohibition	1,200	3.4%
1892		George D. Wetherill	20,592	45.9%		John J. Gardner	22,716	50.6%		F. French	National Prohibition	1,348	3.0%		D. Duroe	People's Party	169	0.4
1894		Martin L. Haines	12,900	34.45%		John J. Gardner	22,641	60.5%		Jacob D. Joslin	National Prohibition	1,278	3.4%		William B. Ellis	People's Party	630	1.7
1896		Abraham E. Conrow	13,969	29.3%		John J. Gardner	31,418	66.0%		R. Lowber Temple	National Democratic	1,076	2.3%		J. Bailie Adams	National Prohibition	1,036	2.2%		George Yardley	Socialist Labor	115	0.2
1898		John F. Hall	17,367	40.5%		John J. Gardner	24,035	56.1%		Joseph J. Currie	National Prohibition	1,294	3.0%		John P. Weigel	Socialist Labor	153	0.4
1900		Thomas J. Prickett	17,351	34.3%		John J. Gardner	31,359	61.9%		Harry S. Powell	National Prohibition	1,419	2.8%		J. Louis Pancoast	Social Democratic	418	0.8%		Emil F. Wegener	Socialist Labor	75	0.1%
1902		Thomas A. Gash	9,465	29.6%		John J. Gardner	19,966	62.5%		Marion R. Owen	National Prohibition	2,323	7.3%		Daniel W. Davis	Socialist Labor	199	0.6%
1904		Samuel E. Perry	13,035	34.2%		John J. Gardner	26,296	59.7%		Thomas H. Landon	National Prohibition	1,406	4.0%		Robert W. Buckley	Socialist	254	2.1%		Marion R. Owen	People's Dem.	209	2.1%|
1906		Samuel E. Perry	8,921	28.6%		John J. Gardner	19,637	63.0%		William Riddle	Labor & Lincoln	1,249	4.0%		W. F. Tower	National Prohibition	900	2.9%		Morris Korshet	Socialist	380	1.2%		Marion R. Owen	Home Rule	105	0.3%
1908		Edward Burd Grubb	20,506	44.8%		John J. Gardner	23,906	52.2%		James E. Steelman	National Prohibition	1,012	2.2%		John B. Leeds	Socialist	347	0.8%
1910		George Hampton	16,915	38.2%		John J. Gardner	22,861	51.6%		William Riddle	Independent Labor	3,508	7.9%		John W. Hughes	National Prohibition	738	1.7%		George S. Rawcliffe	Socialist	295	0.7%
1912		J. Thompson Baker	16,130	45.0%		John J. Gardner	12,330	34.4%		Francis D. Potter	Progressive	7,384	20.6%
1914		J. Thompson Baker	14,352	35.2%		Isaac Bacharach	21,448	52.6%		William H. Bright	Progressive Roosevelt	3,508	8.6%		James Chapman	National Prohibition	775	1.9%		G. A. McKeon	Socialist	673	1.7%
1916		William Myers	14,220	34.2%		Isaac Bacharach	24,865	59.7%		J. Ward Gamble	National Prohibition	1,654	4.0%		Abraham Warren	Socialist	880	2.1%
1918		John T. French	8,610	28.2%		Isaac Bacharach	20,744	67.9%		Levi B. Sharp	National Prohibition	1,206	3.9%
1920		William E. Jonah	21,511	29.5%		Isaac Bacharach	51,006	70.0%		George E. Strother	Socialist	331	0.5%
1922		Charles S. Stevens	22,001	30.2%		Isaac Bacharach	50,925	69.8%
1924		Charles S. Stevens	21,185	23.8%		Isaac Bacharach	67,668	76.2%
1926		Frank Melville	12,775	19.4%		Isaac Bacharach	53,174	80.6%
1928		George R. Greis	30,856	23.7%		Isaac Bacharach	99,109	76.3%
1930		Hans Froelicher, Jr.	17,125	20.1%		Isaac Bacharach	67,729	79.7%		Florian Ambroseh	Communist	155	0.2%
1932		Harry R. Coulomb	35,257	36.4%		Isaac Bacharach	60,963	62.9%		Albert H. Schreiber	Socialist-Labor	413	0.4%		Walter L. Yerkes	Prohibition	292	0.3%
1934		Charles W. Ackley	48,743	49.3%		Isaac Bacharach	49,824	50.4%		Franklin L. Watkins	Socialist-Labor	226	0.2%
1936		Elmer H. Wene	55,580	50.0%		Isaac Bacharach	50,958	45.8%		Ted Lenore	Townsend Nonpartisan	3,241	2.9%		U. G. Robinson	Prop. Home Protection	1,206	1.1%		Franklin L. Watkins	Socialist	97	0.1%		Frank A. Yacovelli	Townsend Social Justice	86	0.1%		Thomas F. Ogilvie	End Poverty Const	18	<0.1%
1938		Elmer H. Wene	55,344	49.1%		Walter S. Jeffries	57,090	50.1%		Isaac Stalberg	Roosevelt Liberal Independent	222	0.2%		Margaret V. Moody	National Prohibition	91	0.1%		Anthon B. Ferretti	Independent Peoples	47	<0.1%		Frank B. Hubin	Roosevelt Independent	23	<0.1%
1940		Elmer H. Wene	60,392	52.4%		Walter S. Jeffries	54,897	47.6%		Joseph B. Sharp	Prohibition	35	<0.1%
1942		Elmer H. Wene	40,478	53.0%		Benjamin D. Foulois	35,930	47.0%
1944		Edison Hedges	42,862	45.6%		T. Millet Hand	51,194	54.4%
1946		Edward T. Keeley	26,740	32.9%		T. Millet Hand	54,511	67.1%
1948		William E. Stringer	38,194	37.5%		T. Millet Hand	62,804	61.7%		Thomas F. Ogilvie	Progressive	764	0.8%
1952		Charles Edward Rupp	46,174	36.6%		T. Millet Hand	79,955	63.4%
1954		Clayton E. Burdick	37,541	36.4%		T. Millet Hand	65,551	63.6%		Morris Karp	Socialist-Labor	56	0.1%
1956		Thomas C. Stewart	39,383	32.0%		T. Millet Hand	83,433	67.8%		Morris Karp	Socialist-Labor	151	0.1%
1958		Joseph G. Hancock	50,558	46.1%		Milton W. Glenn	58,621	53.4%		Morris Karp	Socialist-Labor	547	0.5%
1960		John A. Miller	59,520	43.2%		Milton W. Glenn	77,894	56.5%		Morris Karp	Socialist-Labor	338	0.2%
1962		Paul R. Porreca	54,317	46.7%		Milton W. Glenn	61,285	52.7%		Elwin Baker	Socialist Labor	625	0.5%
1964		Thomas C. McGrath, Jr.	73,264	50.8%		Milton W. Glenn	70,997	49.2%
1966		Thomas C. McGrath, Jr.	65,494	46.9%		Charles W. Sandman, Jr.	72,014	51.5%		Albert Ronis	Socialist Labor	1,259	0.9%		Lindwood W. Erickson, Jr.	Conservative	991	0.7%
1968		David Dichter	73,361	44.4%		Charles W. Sandman, Jr.	91,218	55.3%		Albert Ronis	Socialist Labor	505	0.3%
1970		William J. Hughes	64,882	48.3%		Charles W. Sandman, Jr.	69,392	51.7%
1972		John D. Rose	69,374	34.3%		Charles W. Sandman, Jr.	133,096	65.7%
1974		William J. Hughes	109,763	57.3%		Charles W. Sandman, Jr.	79,064	41.3%		Andrew Wenger	Independent	2,693	1.4%
1976		William J. Hughes	141,753	61.7%		James R. Hurley	87,915	38.3%
1978		William J. Hughes	112,768	66.4%		James H. Biggs	56,997	33.6%
1980		William J. Hughes	135,437	57.5%		Beech N. Fox	97,072	41.2%		Robert C. Rothhouse	Libertarian	2,262	1.0%		Adele Frisch	Socialist Labor	939	0.4%
1982		William J. Hughes	102,826	68.0%		John J. Mahoney	47,069	31.1%		Bruce Powers	Libertarian	1,233	0.8%
1984		William J. Hughes	132,841	63.2%		Raymond G. Massie	77,231	36.8%
1986		William J. Hughes	83,821	68.3%		Alfred J. Bennington, Jr.	35,167	28.6%		Len Smith	Pro Life, Anti-Abortion	3,812	3.1%
1988		William J. Hughes	134,505	65.7%		Kirk W. Conover	67,759	33.1%		Richard A. Schindewolf, Jr.	Pro-Life Conservative	2,372	1.2%
1990		William J. Hughes	97,698	88.2%		(no candidate)				William A. Kanengiser	Populist	13,120	11.8%
1992		William J. Hughes	132,465	55.9%		Frank A. LoBiondo	98,315	41.5%		Roger W. Bacon	Libertarian	2,575	1.1%		Joseph Ponczek	Anti-Tax	2,067	0.9%		Andrea Lippi	Freedom, Equality, Prosperity	1,605	0.7%
1994		Louis N. Magazzu	56,151	35.4%		Frank A. LoBiondo	102,566	64.6%
1996		Ruth Katz	83,890	38.0%		Frank A. LoBiondo	133,131	60.3%		David Rodger Headrick	Independent	1,439	0.7%		Judith Lee Azaren	Independent	1,174	0.5%		Andrea Lippi	Independent	1,084	0.5%
1998		Derek Hunsberger	43,563	30.8%		Frank A. LoBiondo	93,248	65.9%		Glenn Campbell	Independent	2,955	2.1%		Mary A. Whittam	Independent	1,748	1.2%
2000		Edward G. Janosik	74,632	31.9%		Frank A. LoBiondo	155,187	66.4%		Robert Gabrielsky	Independent	3,252	1.4%		Constantino Rozzo	Independent	788	0.3%
2002		Steven A. Farkas	47,735	28.3%		Frank A. LoBiondo	116,834	69.2%		Roger Merle	Green	1,739	1.0%		Michael J. Matthews, Jr.	Libertarian	1,720	1.0%		Costantino Rozzo	Socialist Party USA	771	0.5%
2004		Timothy J. Robb	86,792	32.7%		Frank A. LoBiondo	172,779	65.1%		Willie Norwood	Jobs Equality Business	1,993	0.8%		Michael J. Matthews, Jr.	Libertarian	1,767	0.7%		Jose David Alcantara	Green	1,516	0.6%		Costantino Rozzo	Socialist Party USA	595	0.2%
2006		Viola Thomas-Hughes	64,277	35.6%		Frank A. LoBiondo	111,245	61.6%		Robert E. Mullock	Preserve Green Space	3,071	1.7%		Lynn Merle	A New Direction	992	0.5%		Thomas Fanslau	We The People	603	0.3%		Willie Norwood	Socialist	385	0.2%
2008		David C. Kurkowski	110,990	39.1%		Frank A. LoBiondo	167,701	59.1%		Jason M. Grover	Green	1,763	0.6%		Peter Frank Boyce	Constitution	1,551	0.5%		Gary Stein	Rock the Boat	1,312	0.5%		Costantino Rozzo	Socialist Party USA	648	0.2%
2010		Gary Stein	51,690	30.9%		Frank A. LoBiondo	109,460	65.5%		Peter Frank Boyce	Constitution	4,120	2.5%		Mark Lovett	marklovett.us	1,123	0.7%		Vitov Valdes-Munoz	American Labor	727	0.4%
2012		Cassandra Shober	116,463	40.3%		Frank A. LoBiondo	166,679	57.7%		John Ordille	Libertarian	2,699	0.9%		Charles Lukens	Constitutional Conservative	1,329	0.5%		David W. Bowen, Sr.	The People's Agenda	1,010	0.3%		Frank Faralli, Jr.	Conservative, Compassionate, Creative	892	0.3%
2014		Bill Hughes, Jr.	62,986	37.0%		Frank A. LoBiondo	104,958	61.7%		Alexander H. Spano	Democratic-Republican Party (New)	637	0.4%		Gary Stein	(Various slogans)	575	0.3%		Costantino Rozzo	American Labor Party (New)	473	0.3%		Bayode Olabisi	Making Us Better	447	0.3%

References

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present