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United States House elections in New Jersey (June 5, 2018 Democratic primaries)
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The 2018 U.S. House of Representatives elections in New Jersey took place on November 6, 2018. Voters elected 12 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's 12 congressional districts. This page focuses on the Democratic Party primary election that took place in each district on June 5, 2018.
Candidates
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District 1
Democratic primary candidates
- Donald Norcross (Incumbent) ✔
- Robert Carlson
- Scot John Tomaszewski
District 2
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
District 3
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
District 4
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
District 5
Democratic primary candidates
- Josh Gottheimer (Incumbent) ✔
District 6
Democratic primary candidates
- Frank Pallone Jr. (Incumbent) ✔
- Javahn Walker
District 7
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
District 8
Democratic primary candidates
- Albio Sires (Incumbent) ✔
District 9
Democratic primary candidates
- Bill Pascrell (Incumbent) ✔
- William Henry
Did not make the ballot:
District 10
Democratic primary candidates
- Donald Payne Jr. (Incumbent) ✔
- Aaron Fraser
District 11
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
District 12
Democratic primary candidates
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
Two of 21 New Jersey counties—9.5 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
| Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008 | |||||||
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| County | Trump margin of victory in 2016 | Obama margin of victory in 2012 | Obama margin of victory in 2008 | ||||
| Gloucester County, New Jersey | 0.48% | 10.77% | 12.16% | ||||
| Salem County, New Jersey | 15.00% | 1.31% | 3.92% | ||||
In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won New Jersey with 55.5 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 41.4 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, New Jersey voted Democratic 46.67 percent of the time and Republican 53.33 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, New Jersey voted Democratic all five times.
See also
- United States House elections in New Jersey (June 5, 2018 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2018
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2018
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2018
- U.S. House primaries, 2018
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