New Jersey's 3rd congressional district

New Jersey's 3rd congressional district is represented by Democrat Andy Kim, who has served in Congress since 2019. The district combines nearly all of Burlington County with portions of the shore in Ocean County. Politically, it is closely divided, as Burlington leans Democratic and Ocean leans Republican.

New Jersey's 3rd congressional district
District map as of 2013
Representative	Andy Kim D–Bordentown
Distribution	95.73% urban 4.27% rural
Population (2019)	735,981 [1]
Median household income	$85,746[2]
Ethnicity	76.1% White 11.3% Black 8.9% Hispanic 3.6% Asian 0.1% Native American
Cook PVI	R+2[3]

Counties and municipalities in the district

For the 113th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2010 Census), this congressional district contains all or portions of two counties and 53 municipalities:[4]

Burlington County (36):

Beverly, Bordentown City, Bordentown Township, Burlington City, Burlington Township, Chesterfield Township, Cinnaminson Township, Delanco Township, Delran Township, Eastampton Township, Edgewater Park Township, Evesham Township, Fieldsboro, Florence Township, Hainesport Township, Lumberton Township, Mansfield Township, Medford Lakes, Medford Township, Moorestown Township, Mount Holly Township, Mount Laurel Township, New Hanover Township, North Hanover Township, Pemberton Borough, Pemberton Township, Riverside Township, Riverton Borough, Shamong Township, Southampton Township, Springfield Township, Tabernacle Township, Westampton Township, Willingboro Township, Woodland Township and Wrightstown

Ocean County (17):

Barnegat Township, Beachwood, Berkeley Township, Brick Township, Island Heights, Lacey Township, Lavallette, Mantoloking, Ocean Gate, Ocean Township, Pine Beach, Point Pleasant (part), Seaside Heights, Seaside Park, South Toms River, Stafford Township (part; also 2nd) and Toms River Township

Recent election results in statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Gore 54 – 43%
2004	President	Bush 51 – 49%
2008	President	Obama 52 – 47%
2012	President	Obama 52 – 47%
2016	President	Trump 51 – 45%
2020	President	Trump 49 – 48%

List of members representing the district

1799–1801: One seat

Member (District home)	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties/Towns
District organized from New Jersey's At-large congressional district in 1799
James Linn (Trenton)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801	6th	Elected in 1798. Retired.	Hunterdon and Somerset 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.

Years	Cong ress		Seat A				Seat B				District location
			Member (District home)	Party	Electoral history		Member (District home)	Party	Electoral history
March 4, 1813 – May 20, 1814	13th		William Coxe Jr. (Burlington)	Federalist	Elected in 1813. Retired.		Jacob Hufty (Salem)	Federalist	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1813. Died.		Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties
May 20, 1814 – November 2, 1814							Vacant
November 2, 1814 – March 3, 1815							Thomas Bines (Pennsville)	Democratic-Republican	Elected to finish Hufty's term. Retired.

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

1843–present: One seat

Member (District home)	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties/Towns
Isaac G. Farlee (Flemington)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1842. Lost re-election.	1843–1845: Hunterdon, Sussex, and Warren
John Runk (Kingwood)	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	Elected in 1844. Lost re-election.	1845–1847: Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset
Joseph E. Edsall (Hamburg)	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1846. Retired.	1847–1853: Hunterdon, Sussex, and Warren
Isaac Wildrick (Blairstown)	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	Elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. Retired.
Samuel Lilly (Lambertville)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. Retired.	1853–1863: Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset, and Warren
James Bishop (New Brunswick)	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1854. Lost re-election.
Garnett Adrain (New Brunswick)	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th 36th	Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Retired.
	Lecompton Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
William G. Steele (Somerville)	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865	37th 38th	Elected in 1860. Re-elected in 1862. Retired.
					1863–1873: Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset, Union, and Warren
Charles Sitgreaves (Phillipsburg)	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869	39th 40th	Elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Retired.
John T. Bird (Flemington)	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Retired.
Amos Clark Jr. (Elizabeth)	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. Lost re-election.	1873–1893: Middlesex, Monmouth, and Union
Miles Ross (New Brunswick)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883	44th 45th 46th 47th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Lost re-election.
John Kean (Elizabeth)	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. Lost re-election.
Robert S. Green (Elizabeth)	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – January 17, 1887	49th	Elected in 1884. Retired to run for governor and resigned when elected.
Vacant		January 17, 1887 – March 3, 1887
John Kean (Elizabeth)	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	Elected in 1886. Lost re-election.
Jacob A. Geissenhainer ([data unknown/missing])	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895	51st 52nd 53rd	Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost re-election.
					1893–1903: Middlesex, Monmouth, and Somerset
Benjamin F. Howell (New Brunswick)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1911	54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Lost re-election.
					1903–1933: Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean
Thomas J. Scully (South Amboy)	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1921	62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th	Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Retired.
T. Frank Appleby (Asbury Park)	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	Elected in 1920. Lost re-election.
Elmer H. Geran (Asbury Park)	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	68th	Elected in 1922. Lost re-election.
Vacant		March 3, 1925 – November 3, 1925	69th	Member-elect (and former member) T. Frank Appleby died December 15, 1924.
Stewart H. Appleby (Avon-by-the-Sea)	Republican	November 3, 1925 – March 3, 1927		Elected to finish his father's term. Retired.
Harold G. Hoffman (South Amboy)	Republican	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1931	70th 71st	Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Retired to become Motor Vehicle Commissioner of New Jersey.
William H. Sutphin (Matawan)	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1943	72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th	Elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Lost re-election.
					1933–1943: Monmouth, Ocean, and Parts of Middlesex (south of Raritan River)
James C. Auchincloss (Rumson)	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1965	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th	Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Retired.	1943–1963: [data unknown/missing]
					1963–1965 Monmouth and Ocean[lower-alpha 1]
James J. Howard (Spring Lake Heights)	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – March 25, 1988	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th	Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Died.
					1967–1969: Monmouth, Parts of Middlesex (Sayreville, South Amboy, and Old Bridge), and Parts of Ocean (Jackson, Lakewood, and Plumsted)
					1969–1973: Monmouth, Parts of Middlesex (Old Bridge), and Parts of Ocean (Jackson, Lakewood, and Plumsted)
					1973–1975: [data unknown/missing]
					1975–1983: Monmouth (excluding Aberdeen, Allentown, Roosevelt, and Upper Freehold) and Parts of Ocean (Lakewood, Point Pleasant, and Point Pleasant Beach)
					1983–?: Parts of Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean
					?–1993: Coastal areas of Monmouth and Ocean
Vacant		March 25, 1988 – November 8, 1988	100th
Frank Pallone (Long Branch)	Democratic	November 8, 1988 – January 3, 1993	100th 101st 102nd	Elected to finish Howard's term. Also elected to the next full term. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 6th district.
Jim Saxton (Mount Holly)	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2009	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1992. Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Retired.	1993–2003: Parts of Camden, Burlington, and Ocean
					2003–2013: Parts of Camden, Burlington, and Ocean
John Adler (Cherry Hill)	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011	111th	Elected in 2008. Lost re-election.
Jon Runyan (Mount Laurel Township)	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015	112th 113th	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Retired.
					2013–present: Parts of Burlington and Ocean
Tom MacArthur (Toms River)	Republican	January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019	114th 115th	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Lost re-election.
Andy Kim (Bordentown)	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – Present	116th 117th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

1. Remainder of Middlesex County was moved to the new 15th district in 1962.

Recent election results

2012

New Jersey's 3rd congressional district, 2012[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jon Runyan (incumbent)	174,253	53.7
	Democratic	Shelley Adler	145,509	44.9
	Independent	Robert Forchion	1,965	0.6
	Independent	Robert Shapiro	1,104	0.3
	Independent	Frederick John Lavergne	770	0.2
	Independent	Robert Witterschein	530	0.2
	Independent	Christopher Dennick	280	0.1
Total votes			186,103	100.0
	Republican hold

2014

New Jersey's 3rd congressional district, 2014[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom MacArthur	100,471	54.0
	Democratic	Aimee Belgard	82,537	44.3
	Independent	Frederick John Lavergne	3,095	1.7
Total votes			186,103	100.0
	Republican hold

2016

New Jersey's 3rd congressional district, 2016 [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom MacArthur (incumbent)	194,596	59.3
	Democratic	Frederick John Lavergne	127,526	38.9
	Constitution	Lawrence W. Berlinski Jr.	5,938	1.8
Total votes			328,060	100.0
	Republican hold

2018

New Jersey's 3rd congressional district, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andy Kim	153,473	50.0
	Republican	Tom MacArthur (incumbent)	149,500	48.7
	Constitution	Larry Berlinski	3,902	1.3
Total votes			306,875	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

2020

New Jersey's 3rd congressional district, 2020[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andy Kim (incumbent)	229,840	53.2
	Republican	David Richter	196,327	45.5
	Independent	Martin Weber	3,724	0.9
	Independent	Robert Shapiro	1,871	0.4
Total votes			431,762	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

1. "Congressional District 3 (116th Congress), New Jersey" (under 'People' header), census.gov. Note: Also source for population by ethnicity/(race) (%s). Retrieved 2020-07-06.
2. "Congressional District 3 (116th Congress), New Jersey" (under 'Socio-Economic' header), census.gov. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
3. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
4. Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed November 6, 2016.

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

• Ballotpedia - New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District