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New Jersey's 7th Congressional District election, 2022

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Filing deadline: April 4, 2022
Primary: June 7, 2022
General: November 8, 2022
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voting in New Jersey
Race ratings
Cook Partisan Voter Index (2022): R+1
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Tom Kean Jr. (R) defeated incumbent Tom Malinowski (D) in the general election for New Jersey's 7th Congressional District on November 8, 2022.

Malinowski, who was first elected in 2018, defeated Kean 50.6% to 49.4% in the 2020 election for the old 7th District.

New Jersey's congressional district boundaries were redrawn after the 2020 census. President Joe Biden (D) defeated former President Donald Trump (R) 54.2% to 44.3% in the 7th District in the 2020 presidential election. According to data from Daily Kos, the redrawn 7th District voted for Biden 51.1% to 47.3%.[1]

NJ Spotlight News' Colleen O'Dea wrote, "On Oct. 1, registered Republicans outnumbered Democrats by about 17,000 in the district. At the same time two years ago, there were 9,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans. Malinowski beat Kean two years ago by about 5,000 votes."[2]

Malinowski said he "[helped] pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill to fund the Gateway Tunnel, [brought] manufacturing and supply chains home to America, and [won] real progress on health care costs, gun safety and the environment."[3] He said, "Tom Kean Jr. doesn’t seem to have a platform or a solution to anything, even on the economy – the one issue he beats the drum on."[4]

Kean, a former minority leader in the New Jersey Senate, said, "I have consistently fought to lower taxes and grow jobs as a leader in the state legislature and that is priority number one for me in Congress."[5] He said, "Tom Malinowski ignored the warning of economists, listened to Nancy Pelosi and backed billions in wasteful spending. Now we are all paying more. I’m running for Congress to work across the aisle to get prices down and stop the reckless spending."[6]

The Democratic House Majority PAC, Republican Congressional Leadership Fund, and National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) ran ads in this district.[7][8] New Jersey Globe's Joey Fox wrote in October, "Outside Republican groups have invested much more in the 7th district than Democratic groups. ... The 7th district is the only district in New Jersey to have seen significant outside spending this cycle."[9]

The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 118th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

Republicans won a 222-213 majority in the U.S. House in 2022.

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Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 7

Thomas Kean Jr. defeated incumbent Tom Malinowski in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 7 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Thomas Kean Jr.
Thomas Kean Jr. (R)
 
51.4
 
159,392
Image of Tom Malinowski
Tom Malinowski (D)
 
48.6
 
150,701

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 310,093
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 7

Incumbent Tom Malinowski defeated Roger Bacon in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 7 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Tom Malinowski
Tom Malinowski
 
94.5
 
37,304
Image of Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon Candidate Connection
 
5.5
 
2,185

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 39,489
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 7

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 7 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Thomas Kean Jr.
Thomas Kean Jr.
 
45.6
 
25,111
Image of Philip Rizzo
Philip Rizzo Candidate Connection
 
23.6
 
12,988
Image of Erik Peterson
Erik Peterson
 
15.4
 
8,493
Image of John P. Flora
John P. Flora
 
5.5
 
3,051
Image of John Isemann
John Isemann Candidate Connection
 
5.0
 
2,732
Image of Kevin Dorlon
Kevin Dorlon Candidate Connection
 
4.1
 
2,237
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Sterling Schwab
 
0.8
 
429

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 55,041
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Voting information

See also: Voting in New Jersey

Election information in New Jersey: Nov. 8, 2022, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Oct. 18, 2022
  • By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 18, 2022
  • Online: Oct. 18, 2022

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: Nov. 7, 2022
  • By mail: Received by Nov. 1, 2022
  • Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: Nov. 8, 2022
  • By mail: Received by Nov. 8, 2022

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 29, 2022 to Nov. 6, 2022

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

N/A


Candidate comparison

Candidate profiles

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Tom Malinowski

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Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: Yes

Political Office: 

Biography:  Malinowski received a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1987 and an M.Phil. from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, in 1991. Malinowski was a senior director on the National Security Council during the Clinton administration, a chief advocate for Human Rights Watch, and an assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of State during the Obama administration. Malinowski immigrated from Poland to the U.S. at age six.


Key Messages

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Malinowski said he "[helped] pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill to fund the Gateway Tunnel, [brought] manufacturing and supply chains home to America, and [won] real progress on health care costs, gun safety and the environment." He said, "Tom Kean Jr. doesn’t seem to have a platform or a solution to anything, even on the economy – the one issue he beats the drum on."

Malinowski said, "I’m pro-choice. My opponent is not. This year, our vote equals our freedom to choose. Because when New Jersey’s legislature voted to protect Roe v. Wade – Tom Kean Jr. voted against it. We’re not going back."

Malinowski said, "If [Kean is] elected as our congressman, I don’t think we’ll be hearing much about [him] in Washington. He’ll fade into the woodwork just as he did in Trenton for 20 years. But we are going to be hearing a lot about Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan, Marjorie Taylor Greene and - God forbid - Herschel Walker." He said, "It’s clear only one of us is going to stand up to extremism, whether it’s coming from the far right or the far left[.]"

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Sources: Tom Malinowski 2022 campaign website, "Correcting the record on Tom Kean Jr.," accessed October 19, 2022; Tom Malinowski 2022 campaign website, "Home," accessed October 19, 2022; New Jersey Globe, "Malinowski on the attack at 7th district debate; Kean focuses on inflation, Pelosi," October 16, 2022; Facebook, "Tom Malinowski on October 16, 2022," accessed October 19, 2022; Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "Malinowski, Tom," accessed October 19, 2022; Congressman Tom Malinowski, "About," accessed October 19, 2022  

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House New Jersey District 7 in 2022.

Thomas Kean Jr.

Image of Thomas Kean Jr.

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Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: 

Biography:  Kean earned a bachelor's degree in history from Dartmouth College and a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Between degrees, Kean worked for the Environmental Protection Agency during the George H.W. Bush administration, as an advisor to Rep. Bob Franks (R), and as a volunteer firefighter and EMT.


Key Messages

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Kean said, "Tom Malinowski ignored the warning of economists, listened to Nancy Pelosi and backed billions in wasteful spending. Now we are all paying more. I’m running for Congress to work across the aisle to get prices down and stop the reckless spending."

Kean said he would "[e]nd wasteful spending to break the back of inflation, [p]romote American industry to open up supply chains, [s]upport middle class tax relief, and [b]ack energy independence to lower gas prices."  He said, "I have consistently fought to lower taxes and grow jobs as a leader in the state legislature and that is priority number one for me in Congress."

A Kean campaign ad said, "Tom Malinowski knowingly violated the law designed to stop members of Congress from insider trading. Now he’s under investigation." Kean said, "[Malinowski] told the public not to profit off the pandemic while he was secretly doing just that."

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Sources: Tom Kean 2022 campaign website, "The Kean Platform," accessed October 19, 2022; Tom Kean 2022 campaign website, "Home," accessed October 19, 2022; New Jersey Globe, "New Kean ad slams Malinowski on ethics," October 18, 2022; Facebook, "Tom Kean on September 16, 2022," accessed October 19, 2022; Tom Kean 2022 campaign website, "Meet Tom," accessed October 19, 2022

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House New Jersey District 7 in 2022.

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Campaign advertisements

This section includes a selection of up to three campaign advertisements per candidate released in this race, as well as links to candidates' YouTube, Vimeo, and/or Facebook video pages. If you are aware of other links that should be included, please email us.

Democratic Party Tom Malinowski

September 23, 2022
August 17, 2022
August 16, 2022

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Republican Party Thomas Kean Jr.

October 17, 2022
October 17, 2022
September 26, 2022

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Election competitiveness

Polls

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The links below show polls for this race aggregated by FiveThirtyEight and RealClearPolitics, where available. Click here to read about FiveThirtyEight's criteria for including polls in its aggregation.

Race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

  • Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
  • Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
  • Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[12]
  • Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[13][14][15]

Race ratings: New Jersey's 7th Congressional District election, 2022
Race trackerRace ratings
November 8, 2022November 1, 2022October 25, 2022October 18, 2022
The Cook Political Report with Amy WalterLean RepublicanLean RepublicanLean RepublicanLean Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesTilt RepublicanTilt RepublicanTilt RepublicanToss-up
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallLean RepublicanLean RepublicanLean RepublicanLean Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Endorsements

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Election spending

Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[16] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[17] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Report Close of books Filing deadline
Year-end 2021 12/31/2021 1/31/2022
April quarterly 3/31/2022 4/15/2022
July quarterly 6/30/2022 7/15/2022
October quarterly 9/30/2022 10/15/2022
Pre-general 10/19/2022 10/27/2022
Post-general 11/28/2022 12/08/2022
Year-end 2022 12/31/2022 1/31/2023


Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Tom Malinowski Democratic Party $8,978,834 $9,012,861 $17,068 As of December 31, 2022
Thomas Kean Jr. Republican Party $4,476,738 $4,476,338 $94,079 As of December 31, 2022

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.


Satellite spending

See also: Satellite spending

Satellite spending describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.[18][19][20]

If available, this section includes links to online resources tracking satellite spending in this election. To notify us of a resource to add, email us.

By candidate By election

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

  • District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
  • Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.

New Jersey District 7
until January 2, 2023

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New Jersey District 7
starting January 3, 2023

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Effect of redistricting

See also: Redistricting in New Jersey after the 2020 census

The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district.[21] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.[22]

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, New Jersey
District 2022 district Political predecessor district
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
New Jersey's 1st 61.5% 37.1% 62.1% 36.6%
New Jersey's 2nd 46.9% 51.8% 47.9% 50.8%
New Jersey's 3rd 56.3% 42.3% 49.2% 49.4%
New Jersey's 4th 38.1% 60.6% 44.1% 54.6%
New Jersey's 5th 55.6% 43.2% 51.9% 46.7%
New Jersey's 6th 59.0% 39.7% 57.2% 41.5%
New Jersey's 7th 51.1% 47.3% 54.2% 44.3%
New Jersey's 8th 72.1% 26.8% 71.8% 27.2%
New Jersey's 9th 58.9% 40.0% 62.2% 36.8%
New Jersey's 10th 80.6% 18.6% 84.2% 15.0%
New Jersey's 11th 57.8% 40.9% 52.7% 46.0%
New Jersey's 12th 66.6% 32.1% 67.3% 31.4%

Competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in New Jersey.

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in New Jersey in 2022. Information below was calculated on May 16, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Fifty-five candidates filed to run for New Jersey’s 12 U.S. House districts, including 20 Democrats and 35 Republicans. That’s 4.58 candidates per district, more than the 4.17 candidates per district in 2020 and the 4.08 in 2018. This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. New Jersey was apportioned 12 districts, the same number it was apportioned after the 2010 census.

The 55 candidates that ran in 2022 are the highest number of House candidates since at least 2014, the earliest year for which we have data.

Rep. Albio Sires (D) did not file for re-election, making the 8th district the only open seat this year. That’s one more than in 2020, when there were no open seats, and one less than in 2018, when the 2nd and the 11th districts were open. Nine candidates — seven Republicans and two Democrats, including incumbent Rep. Tom Malinowski (D) — filed to run in the 7th district, the most running for one seat this year. That’s two more than in 2020, when seven candidates ran in the 2nd district, and one less than in 2018, when 10 candidates ran in the 11th district.

There were six contested Democratic primaries this year, the lowest number since 2016, and 10 contested Republican primaries, the most since at least 2014. Five incumbents — all Democrats — did not face any primary challengers this year. That’s one more than in 2020, when four incumbents did not face any primary challengers.

Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all 12 districts, so no seats were guaranteed to either party this year.

Presidential elections

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+1. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 1 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made New Jersey's 7th the 217th most Republican district nationally.[23]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in New Jersey's 7th based on 2022 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
51.1% 47.3%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in New Jersey, 2020

New Jersey presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 15 Democratic wins
  • 16 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party R R R D R R R R D D D D R R R D D R R R R R R D D D D D D D D


Demographics

The table below details demographic data in New Jersey and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for New Jersey
New Jersey United States
Population 8,791,894 308,745,538
Land area (sq mi) 7,354 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 67.8% 72.5%
Black/African American 13.5% 12.7%
Asian 9.5% 5.5%
Native American 0.2% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0% 0.2%
Other (single race) 6.3% 4.9%
Multiple 2.7% 3.3%
Hispanic/Latino 20.2% 18%
Education
High school graduation rate 89.8% 88%
College graduation rate 39.7% 32.1%
Income
Median household income $82,545 $62,843
Persons below poverty level 10% 13.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


State party control

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of New Jersey's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from New Jersey, November 2022
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 2 10 12
Republican 0 2 2
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 12 14

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in New Jersey's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in New Jersey, November 2022
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party Phil Murphy
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Party Sheila Oliver
Secretary of State Democratic Party Tahesha Way
Attorney General Democratic Party Matt Platkin

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the New Jersey State Legislature as of November 2022.

New Jersey State Senate

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 24
     Republican Party 16
     Vacancies 0
Total 40

New Jersey General Assembly

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 46
     Republican Party 34
     Vacancies 0
Total 80

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, New Jersey was a Democratic trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

New Jersey Party Control: 1992-2022
Eleven years of Democratic trifectas  •  Eight years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Governor D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D
Senate R R R R R R R R R R S S D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
Assembly R R R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

Election context

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in New Jersey in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in New Jersey, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
New Jersey U.S. House Ballot-qualified party 200 N/A 4/4/2022 Source
New Jersey U.S. House Unaffiliated 50 N/A 6/7/2022 Source

District history

2020

See also: New Jersey's 7th Congressional District election, 2020

New Jersey's 7th Congressional District election, 2020 (July 7 Democratic primary)

New Jersey's 7th Congressional District election, 2020 (July 7 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 7

Incumbent Tom Malinowski defeated Thomas Kean Jr. in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 7 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Tom Malinowski
Tom Malinowski (D)
 
50.6
 
219,629
Image of Thomas Kean Jr.
Thomas Kean Jr. (R)
 
49.4
 
214,318

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 433,947
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 7

Incumbent Tom Malinowski advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 7 on July 7, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Tom Malinowski
Tom Malinowski
 
100.0
 
80,334

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 80,334
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 7

Thomas Kean Jr. defeated Raafat Barsoom and Tom Phillips in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 7 on July 7, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Thomas Kean Jr.
Thomas Kean Jr.
 
79.4
 
45,395
Image of Raafat Barsoom
Raafat Barsoom
 
10.8
 
6,151
Image of Tom Phillips
Tom Phillips
 
9.8
 
5,631

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 57,177
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

See also: New Jersey's 7th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 7

Tom Malinowski defeated incumbent Leonard Lance, Diane Moxley, and Gregg Mele in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 7 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Tom Malinowski
Tom Malinowski (D)
 
51.7
 
166,985
Image of Leonard Lance
Leonard Lance (R)
 
46.7
 
150,785
Image of Diane Moxley
Diane Moxley (G)
 
0.8
 
2,676
Image of Gregg Mele
Gregg Mele (Freedom, Responsibility, Action Party)
 
0.7
 
2,296

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 322,742
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 7

Tom Malinowski defeated Peter Jacob and Goutam Jois in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 7 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Tom Malinowski
Tom Malinowski
 
66.8
 
26,172
Image of Peter Jacob
Peter Jacob
 
19.1
 
7,503
Image of Goutam Jois
Goutam Jois
 
14.1
 
5,507

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 39,182
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 7

Incumbent Leonard Lance defeated Lindsay Brown and Raafat Barsoom in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 7 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Leonard Lance
Leonard Lance
 
74.9
 
24,934
Image of Lindsay Brown
Lindsay Brown
 
14.4
 
4,795
Image of Raafat Barsoom
Raafat Barsoom
 
10.7
 
3,556

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Total votes: 33,285
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2016

See also: New Jersey's 7th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Leonard Lance (R) defeated Peter Jacob (D), Dan O'Neill (L), and Arthur Haussmann Jr. (Conservative) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Lance defeated Craig Heard and David Larsen in the Republican primary, while Jacob faced no opposition for the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on June 7, 2016. Lance won re-election in the November 8 election.[24][25]

U.S. House, New Jersey District 7 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLeonard Lance Incumbent 54.1% 185,850
     Democratic Peter Jacob 43.1% 148,188
     Libertarian Dan O'Neill 1.6% 5,343
     Conservative Arthur Haussmann Jr. 1.2% 4,254
Total Votes 343,635
Source: New Jersey Division of Elections


U.S. House, New Jersey District 7 Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngLeonard Lance Incumbent 53.9% 31,807
David Larsen 32.9% 19,425
Craig Heard 13.2% 7,774
Total Votes 59,006
Source: New Jersey Division of Elections




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  1. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed October 18, 2022
  2. ↑ NJ Spotlight News, "Kean, Malinowski go face to face in only in-person debate," October 13, 2022
  3. ↑ Tom Malinowski 2022 campaign website, "Home," accessed October 19, 2022
  4. ↑ Tom Malinowski 2022 campaign website, "Correcting the Record on Tom Kean Jr.," accessed October 19, 2022
  5. ↑ Tom Kean 2022 campaign website, "Home," accessed October 19, 2022
  6. ↑ Tom Kean 2022 campaign website, "The Kean Platform," accessed October 19, 2022
  7. ↑ New Jersey Globe, "Democratic PAC spotlights Kean’s abortion record in new ad," September 23, 2022
  8. ↑ New Jersey Globe, "Two short NRCC spots hit ‘extreme liberal’ Malinowski on high taxes," December 9, 2021
  9. ↑ New Jersey Globe, "Malinowski’s stock trading at issue again in new GOP ad," October 12, 2022
  10. ↑ For more information on the difference between margins of error and credibility intervals, see explanations from the American Association for Public Opinion Research and Ipsos.
  11. ↑ Pew Research Center, "5 key things to know about the margin of error in election polls," September 8, 2016
  12. ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  13. ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
  14. ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  15. ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
  16. ↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
  17. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
  18. ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Outside Spending," accessed December 12, 2021
  19. ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Total Outside Spending by Election Cycle, All Groups," accessed December 12, 2021
  20. ↑ National Review.com, "Why the Media Hate Super PACs," December 12, 2021
  21. ↑ Political predecessor districts are determined primarily based on incumbents and where each chose to seek re-election.
  22. ↑ Daily Kos Elections, "Daily Kos Elections 2020 presidential results by congressional district (old CDs vs. new CDs)," accessed May 12, 2022
  23. ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
  24. ↑ New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for House of Representatives for Primary Election 6/7/2016," accessed April 5, 2016
  25. ↑ New Jersey Secretary of State, "Candidates for House of Representatives," accessed September 7, 2016
  26. ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, New Jersey," accessed November 7, 2012
  27. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
  28. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
  29. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
  30. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
  31. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
  32. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013


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