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Latest revision as of 23:51, 4 December 2025

New Jersey's 9th Congressional District
Incumbent
Assumed office: January 3, 2025

New Jersey's 9th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Nellie Pou (D).

As of the 2020 Census, New Jersey representatives represented an average of 774,541 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 733,958 residents.

Elections

See also: New Jersey's 9th Congressional District election, 2026

Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Incumbent Nellie Pou (D), Samuel Buccola (D), and Rosemary Pino (R) are running in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on November 3, 2026.


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General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Nellie Pou (D) defeated Billy Prempeh (R), Benjamin Taylor (G), and Bruno Pereira (L) in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Nellie Pou
Nellie Pou (D)
 
50.8
 
130,514
Image of Billy Prempeh
Billy Prempeh (R)  Candidate Connection
 
45.9
 
117,939
Image of Benjamin Taylor
Benjamin Taylor (G)  Candidate Connection
 
2.0
 
5,027
Image of Bruno Pereira
Bruno Pereira (L)  Candidate Connection
 
1.4
 
3,533

Total votes: 257,013
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Incumbent Bill Pascrell (D) defeated Mohamed Khairullah (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
 
76.1
 
26,514
Image of Mohamed Khairullah
Mohamed Khairullah  Candidate Connection
 
23.9
 
8,328

Total votes: 34,842
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Billy Prempeh (R) defeated Hector Castillo (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Billy Prempeh
Billy Prempeh  Candidate Connection
 
72.6
 
11,504
Image of Hector Castillo
Hector Castillo
 
27.4
 
4,352

Total votes: 15,856
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See also: New Jersey's 9th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Incumbent Bill Pascrell (D) defeated Billy Prempeh (R), Lea Sherman (Socialist Workers Party), and Sean Armstrong (L) in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell (D)
 
55.0
 
82,457
Image of Billy Prempeh
Billy Prempeh (R)
 
43.6
 
65,365
Lea Sherman (Socialist Workers Party)
 
0.7
 
1,108
Image of Sean Armstrong
Sean Armstrong (L)
 
0.7
 
1,054

Total votes: 149,984
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Incumbent Bill Pascrell (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
 
100.0
 
19,524

Total votes: 19,524
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Billy Prempeh (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Billy Prempeh
Billy Prempeh
 
100.0
 
10,724

Total votes: 10,724
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See also: New Jersey's 9th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Incumbent Bill Pascrell (D) defeated Billy Prempeh (R) and Chris Auriemma (Veteran For Change Party) in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell (D)
 
65.8
 
203,674
Image of Billy Prempeh
Billy Prempeh (R)  Candidate Connection
 
31.9
 
98,629
Image of Chris Auriemma
Chris Auriemma (Veteran For Change Party)  Candidate Connection
 
2.3
 
7,239

Total votes: 309,542
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Incumbent Bill Pascrell (D) defeated Zinovia Spezakis (D) and Alp Basaran (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on July 7, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
 
80.6
 
52,422
Image of Zinovia Spezakis
Zinovia Spezakis  Candidate Connection
 
16.9
 
10,998
Image of Alp Basaran
Alp Basaran  Candidate Connection
 
2.4
 
1,592

Total votes: 65,012
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Billy Prempeh (R) defeated Timothy Walsh (R) (Withdrew, appeared on ballot) in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on July 7, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Billy Prempeh
Billy Prempeh  Candidate Connection
 
74.2
 
10,055
Timothy Walsh (Withdrew, appeared on ballot)
 
25.8
 
3,500

Total votes: 13,555
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See also: United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Incumbent Bill Pascrell (D) defeated Eric Fisher (R) and Claudio Belusic (L) in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell (D)
 
70.3
 
140,832
Image of Eric Fisher
Eric Fisher (R)
 
28.9
 
57,854
Claudio Belusic (L)
 
0.9
 
1,730

Total votes: 200,416
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Incumbent Bill Pascrell (D) defeated William Henry (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
 
85.7
 
23,365
William Henry
 
14.3
 
3,911

Total votes: 27,276
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9

Eric Fisher (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 9 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Eric Fisher
Eric Fisher
 
100.0
 
5,142

Total votes: 5,142
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Previous election results


District map

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Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in New Jersey after the 2020 census

The New Jersey Congressional Redistricting Commission enacted a new congressional map on December 22, 2021.[11] This map took effect for New Jersey's 2022 congressional elections. The commission voted 7-6 to approve the Democratic map proposal, with all six Democratic members and the tiebreaker, former New Jersey Supreme Court Judge John Wallace voting to approve. All six Republican members of the commission voted against the map.

How does redistricting in New Jersey work? In New Jersey, congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by two distinct politician commissions. The congressional redistricting commission comprises the following 13 members:[12]

  1. The majority and minority leaders of each chamber of the New Jersey State Legislature appoint two commissioners a piece (for a total of eight members).
  2. The chairs of the state's two major political parties each appoint two members to the commission (for a total of four members). Commissioners appointed by the political parties cannot be members of Congress or congressional employees.
  3. The first 12 commissioners appoint the last member. This member cannot have held public office in the state within the previous five-year period. If the first 12 commissioners cannot agree on an appointment, they must submit two names to the New Jersey Supreme Court. The court must then appoint the final commissioner.

If the congressional redistricting commission fails to reach an agreement about a redistricting plan, it must submit two plans to the state Supreme Court, which must in turn select from those two plans a final map.[12]

The state legislative redistricting commission comprises 10 members. The chairs of the state's two major political parties each appoint five members to the commission. In the event that this commission is unable to reach an agreement about a redistricting plan, the state Supreme Court may appoint a tie-breaking member.[12]

State law requires that state legislative districts meet the following criteria:[12]

  1. Districts must be contiguous.
  2. Districts "must be as nearly compact as possible."
  3. Municipalities "must be kept intact, except where otherwise required by law."

There are no such requirements in place for congressional districts.[12]

2020

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2024

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2010-2011

This is the 9th Congressional District of New Jersey after the 2001 redistricting process.
See also: Redistricting in New Jersey after the 2010 census

In 2011, the New Jersey State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

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

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+2. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 2 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New Jersey's 9th the 196th most Democratic district nationally.[13]

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+8. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New Jersey's 9th the 138th most Democratic district nationally.[14]

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 58.9%-40.0%.[15]

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+8. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New Jersey's 9th the 138th most Democratic district nationally.[16]

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 58.9% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 40.0%.[17]

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+16. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 16 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New Jersey's 9th Congressional District the 82nd most Democratic nationally.[18]

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.04. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.04 points toward that party.[19]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for House of Representatives for Primary Election 6/7/2016," accessed April 5, 2016
  2. New Jersey Secretary of State, "Candidates for House of Representatives," accessed September 7, 2016
  3. CNN, "New Jersey House 09 Results," November 8, 2016
  4. Politico, "2012 Election Map, New Jersey," accessed November 7, 2012
  5. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
  6. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
  7. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
  8. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
  9. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
  10. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
  11. New Jersey Globe, "Democrats win congressional redistricting fight," December 22, 2021
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 All About Redistricting, "New Jersey," accessed May 6, 2015
  13. Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025
  14. Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  15. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  16. Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
  17. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  18. Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
  19. FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018


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