New Jersey's 1st Congressional District

New Jersey's 1st Congressional District

Incumbent

Donald Norcross

Assumed office: November 12, 2014

New Jersey's 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Donald Norcross (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

• 2030
• 2028
• 2026
• 2024
• 2022
• 2020
• 2018

See also: New Jersey's 1st Congressional District election, 2030

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: New Jersey's 1st Congressional District election, 2028

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: New Jersey's 1st Congressional District election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on June 2, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1

Incumbent Donald Norcross (D) and Lonnie Affrime (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1 on June 2, 2026.

		Candidate
		Donald Norcross
		Lonnie Affrime

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Bill Finn (D)

See also: New Jersey's 1st Congressional District election, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 1

Incumbent Donald Norcross (D) defeated Theodore Liddell (R), Robin Brownfield (G), Austin Johnson (Independent), and Joseph Spataro (American People's Freedom Party) in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 1 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donald Norcross (D)	57.8	208,808
		Theodore Liddell (R)	40.0	144,390
		Robin Brownfield (G)	1.6	5,771
		Austin Johnson (Independent)	0.6	2,091
	Submit photo	Joseph Spataro (American People's Freedom Party) (Write-in)	0.0	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 361,060
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1

Incumbent Donald Norcross (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donald Norcross	100.0	61,308

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 61,308
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1

Theodore Liddell (R) defeated Claire Gustafson (R) and Damon Galdo (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Theodore Liddell	47.3	10,843
		Claire Gustafson	37.9	8,687
		Damon Galdo	14.9	3,410

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,940
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Nicholas Whitelock (R)

See also: New Jersey's 1st Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 1

Incumbent Donald Norcross (D) defeated Claire Gustafson (R), Patricia Kline (For the People), Isaiah Fletcher (L), and Allen Cannon (Cannon Fire) in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 1 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donald Norcross (D)	62.3	139,559
		Claire Gustafson (R)	35.2	78,794
		Patricia Kline (For the People)	1.5	3,343
		Isaiah Fletcher (L)	0.7	1,546
		Allen Cannon (Cannon Fire)	0.3	642

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 223,884
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1

Incumbent Donald Norcross (D) defeated Mario De Santis (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donald Norcross	76.7	44,985
		Mario De Santis	23.3	13,696

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 58,681
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Scot John Tomaszewski (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1

Claire Gustafson (R) defeated Damon Galdo (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Claire Gustafson	69.0	13,411
		Damon Galdo	31.0	6,034

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,445
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Elaine DeAngelo (R)

See also: New Jersey's 1st Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 1

Incumbent Donald Norcross (D) defeated Claire Gustafson (R) in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donald Norcross (D)	62.5	240,567
		Claire Gustafson (R)	37.5	144,463

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 385,030
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1

Incumbent Donald Norcross (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1 on July 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donald Norcross	100.0	94,084

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1

Claire Gustafson (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1 on July 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Claire Gustafson	100.0	27,616

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,616
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Joshua Duvall (R)

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 1

Incumbent Donald Norcross (D) defeated Paul Dilks (R), Robert Shapiro (L), Paul Hamlin (We Deserve Better Party), and Mohammad Kabir (Your Voice Hard Party) in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 1 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donald Norcross (D)	64.4	169,628
		Paul Dilks (R)	33.3	87,617
		Robert Shapiro (L)	1.1	2,821
		Paul Hamlin (We Deserve Better Party)	0.9	2,368
		Mohammad Kabir (Your Voice Hard Party)	0.4	984

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 263,418
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1

Incumbent Donald Norcross (D) defeated Robert Carlson (D) and Scot John Tomaszewski (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donald Norcross	84.1	39,788
		Robert Carlson	9.7	4,570
		Scot John Tomaszewski	6.2	2,953

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 47,311
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1

Paul Dilks (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 1 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Dilks	100.0	12,363

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Previous election results

2016

See also: New Jersey's 1st Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Donald Norcross (D) defeated Bob Patterson (R), Bill Sihr (L), Michael Berman (AmericanIndependents.org), and Scot John Tomaszewski (We Deserve Better) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Norcross defeated Alex Law in the Democratic primary on June 7, 2016. Norcross won re-election in the November 8 election.

U.S. House, New Jersey District 1 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Donald Norcross Incumbent	60%	183,231
	Republican	Bob Patterson	36.8%	112,388
	We Deserve Better	Scot John Tomaszewski	1.8%	5,473
	Libertarian	Bill Sihr	0.8%	2,410
	AmericanIndependents.org	Michael Berman	0.6%	1,971
Total Votes				305,473
Source: New Jersey Division of Elections

U.S. House, New Jersey District 1 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Donald Norcross Incumbent	70.3%	56,753
Alex Law	29.7%	23,986
Total Votes		80,739
Source: New Jersey Division of Elections

2014

See also: New Jersey's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014

The 1st Congressional District of New Jersey held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Donald Norcross (D), a New Jersey state senator, defeated Garry Cobb (R), Scot John Tomaszewski ("We Deserve Better"), Mike Berman ("Of the People"), Margaret Chapman ("Change Is Needed"), Donald Letton (Democratic-Republican) and Robert Shapiro ("Stop Boss Politics") in the general election.

U.S. House, New Jersey District 1 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Donald Norcross	57.4%	93,315
	Republican	Garry Cobb	39.4%	64,073
	We Deserve Better	Scot John Tomaszewski	1.1%	1,784
	Of the People	Mike Berman	0.4%	634
	Change Is Needed	Margaret Chapman	0.7%	1,103
	Democratic-Republican	Donald Letton	0.3%	449
	Stop Boss Politics	Robert Shapiro	0.7%	1,134
Total Votes				162,492
Source: New Jersey Division of Elections

2014 special election

The 1st Congressional District of New Jersey held a special election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014, concurrent with the regular general election, to fill the vacancy left by former Rep. Rob Andrews (D), who resigned in February 2014. Donald Norcross (D) defeated Garry Cobb (R), Scot John Tomaszewski ("We Deserve Better"), Donald Letton (Democratic-Republican) and Robert Shapiro ("Stop Boss Politics") in the special election.

U.S. House, New Jersey District 1 Special Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Donald Norcross	57.3%	85,923
	Republican	Garry Cobb	39.8%	59,710
	We Deserve Better	Scot John Tomaszewski	1.5%	2,201
	Democratic-Republican	Donald Letton	0.4%	613
	Stop Boss Politics	Robert Shapiro	1%	1,491
Total Votes				149,938
Source: New Jersey Division of Elections Vote totals above are unofficial and will be updated once official totals are made available.

2012

See also: New Jersey's 1st Congressional District elections, 2012

The 1st Congressional District of New Jersey held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Rob Andrews won re-election in the district.

U.S. House, New Jersey District 1 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rob Andrews Incumbent	68.2%	210,470
	Republican	Greg Horton	30%	92,459
	Green	John William Reitter	1.4%	4,413
	Independent	Margaret Chapman	0.4%	1,177
Total Votes				308,519
Source: New Jersey Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Rob Andrews won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Dale Glading (R), Mark Heacock (Green), Margaret M. Chapman (Time for Change) and Nicky I. Petrutz (Defend American Constitution) in the general election.

U.S. House, New Jersey District 1 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rob Andrews incumbent	63.2%	106,334
	Republican	Dale Glading	34.8%	58,562
	Green	Mark Heacock	0.9%	1,593
	Time for Change	Margaret M. Chapman	0.7%	1,257
	Defend American Constitution	Nicky I. Petrutz	0.3%	521
Total Votes				168,267

2008
On November 4, 2008, Rob Andrews won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Dale Glading (R), Matthew Thieke (G), Margaret W. Chapman (Back to Basics), Everitt M. Williams III (Think Independently) and Alvin Lindsay, Jr. (Lindsay for Congress) in the general election.

U.S. House, New Jersey District 1 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rob Andrews incumbent	68.1%	206,453
	Republican	Dale Glading	24.4%	74,001
	Green	Matthew Thieke	0.6%	1,927
	Back to Basics	Margaret W. Chapman	0.4%	1,258
	Think Independently	Everitt M. Williams III	3%	9,187
	Lindsay for Congress	Alvin Lindsay	3.4%	10,345
Total Votes				303,171

2006
Robert E. Andrews (D) ran unopposed for re-election in 2006.

2004
On November 2, 2004, Rob Andrews won re-election to the United States House. He defeated S. Daniel Hutchison (R) and Arturo Fulvio Croce (Independent) in the general election.

U.S. House, New Jersey District 1 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rob Andrews incumbent	75%	201,163
	Republican	S. Daniel Hutchison	24.6%	66,109
	Independent	Arturo Fulvio Croce	0.3%	931
Total Votes				268,203

2002
On November 5, 2002, Rob Andrews won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Timothy Haas (Independent) in the general election.

U.S. House, New Jersey District 1 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rob Andrews incumbent	92.7%	121,846
	Independent	Timothy Haas	7.3%	9,543
Total Votes				131,389

2000
On November 7, 2000, Rob Andrews won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Charlene Cathcart (R), Catherine L. Parrish (I), Edward Forchion (I) and Joseph A. Patalivo (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, New Jersey District 1 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rob Andrews incumbent	76.2%	167,327
	Republican	Charlene Cathcart	21.2%	46,455
	Independent	Catherine L. Parrish	1.4%	3,090
	Independent	Edward Forchion	0.9%	1,959
	Independent	Joseph A. Patalivo	0.4%	781
Total Votes				219,612

District map

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. 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:

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.

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.

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

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.

2020

2024

2010-2011

This is the 1st 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+10. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 10 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New Jersey's 1st the 128th most Democratic district nationally.

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+10. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 10 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New Jersey's 1st the 127th most Democratic district nationally.

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) 61.5%-37.1%.

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+10. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 10 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New Jersey's 1st the 126th most Democratic district nationally.

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 61.5% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 37.1%.

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+13. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 13 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New Jersey's 1st Congressional District the 104th most Democratic nationally.

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.

See also

• Redistricting in New Jersey
• New Jersey's 1st Congressional District election, 2026
• New Jersey's 1st Congressional District election, 2024
• New Jersey's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
• New Jersey's 1st Congressional District election, 2020
• New Jersey's 1st Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 1

Footnotes

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New Jersey's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Cory Booker (D)

Andrew Kim (D)

Representatives

District 1

Donald Norcross (D)

District 2

Jeff Van Drew (R)

District 3

Herbert Conaway (D)

District 4

Chris Smith (R)

District 5

Josh Gottheimer (D)

District 6

Frank Pallone (D)

District 7

Thomas Kean (R)

District 8

Robert Menendez (D)

District 9

Nellie Pou (D)

District 10

LaMonica McIver (D)

District 11

Vacant

District 12

Bonnie Coleman (D)

Democratic Party (10)

Republican Party (3)

Vacancies (1)