United States House elections in New Jersey, 2022 (June 7 Democratic primaries)
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in New Jersey were on November 8, 2022. Voters elected 12 candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's 12 U.S. House districts. The primary was scheduled for June 7, 2022. The filing deadline was April 4, 2022.
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A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. New Jersey utilizes a semi-closed primary process, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is generally limited to registered party members. Unaffiliated voters can register as party members at the polls on primary election day. Otherwise, a voter must indicate his or her party preference (e.g., via an updated voter registration) no later than the 55th day preceding the primary in order to vote in that party's primary.[1]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on New Jersey's Democratic primaries for the U.S. House. For more in-depth information on the state's Republican primaries and the general election, see the following pages:
- United States House elections in New Jersey, 2022 (June 7 Republican primaries)
- United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 2022
Candidates and election results
District 1
Democratic primary candidates
- Donald Norcross (Incumbent) ✔
- Mario De Santis
Did not make the ballot:
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District 2
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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District 3
Democratic primary candidates
- Andrew Kim (Incumbent) ✔
- Reuven Hendler
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District 4
Democratic primary candidates
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District 5
Democratic primary candidates
- Josh Gottheimer (Incumbent) ✔
District 6
Democratic primary candidates
- Frank Pallone Jr. (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
District 7
Democratic primary candidates
- Tom Malinowski (Incumbent) ✔
- Roger Bacon
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 8
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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District 9
Democratic primary candidates
- Bill Pascrell (Incumbent) ✔
District 10
Democratic primary candidates
- Donald Payne Jr. (Incumbent) ✔
- Akil Khalfani
- Imani Oakley
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District 11
Democratic primary candidates
- Mikie Sherrill (Incumbent) ✔
District 12
Democratic primary candidates
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (Incumbent) ✔
Primary election competitiveness
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.
See also
- United States House elections in New Jersey, 2022 (June 7 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2022
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2022
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2022
Footnotes
