All U.S. House districts, including the 6th Congressional District of New Jersey, held elections in 2022. The general election was on November 8, 2022. The primary was scheduled for June 7, 2022. The filing deadline was April 4, 2022.

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.

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 59.0% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 39.7%.^[1]

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Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 6

Incumbent Frank Pallone Jr. defeated Susan Kiley, Tara Fisher, Inder Soni, and Eric Antisell in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 6 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Frank Pallone Jr. (D)	57.5	106,238
		Susan Kiley (R)	41.0	75,839
		Tara Fisher (L)	0.7	1,361
	Submit photo	Inder Soni (New Jersey First)	0.5	947
		Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)	0.3	534

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 184,919
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 6

Incumbent Frank Pallone Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 6 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Frank Pallone Jr.	100.0	30,534

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 30,534
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Sherry Euvin (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 6

Susan Kiley defeated Rik Mehta and Tom Toomey in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 6 on June 7, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Susan Kiley	56.8	10,076
	Rik Mehta	26.7	4,735
	Tom Toomey	16.4	2,913

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,724
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Gregg Mele (R)

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

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

Each member of Congress can afford to devote 30 minutes to public engagement with constituents on-record, several times per week. I am doing so on my campaign Instagram account, instagram.com/antisell.nj, for 150 minutes per week. I will continue to do so for all 104 weeks of the term in the House of Representatives that I seek. This way, the national agenda is not simply set by Elites like the Speaker of the House, the Senate Leader, the President, or the media privileged to be the ones who can challenge them or suggest to them new ideas on-record. "One never knows from where the next great leap forward is going to come, or from whom." There are 330,000,000 of us. More Voices.

I propose a Clear New Deal. We must not place faith in The Democrats LLC to "take Climate Change seriously" vis-a-vis the Republicans. I do support taxing greenhouse-gas pollution. I believe in legalizing LSD-25 to help us cultivate at least 10 different "Steve Jobs" of technology to engineer reductions in greenhouse-gas levels in the atmosphere. These include next-generation power grids, next-generation nuclear energy, next generation meat and dairy alternatives, agriculture architecture, machinery to help Earth's inhabitants better adjust to the Global Climate that has already changed. Let us not just leave it to the algae and trees to break down the Carbon Double-Oxygen molecules in the air after 150 years of industrialization.

I have a Permanent Alliance with no one. I have faith in Rehabilitation, although in certain cases I believe the path to recovery is more straight-forward than in other cases. I believe the Democrats who are pro-choice on abortion can come to see they must necessarily be pro-choice on adult narcotics use and supply chains (which can be brought out of the profitable, unsafe, violent monopolistic de-jure underground). I believe Republicans who are pro-child-autonomy rights can come to love the G-Spot in the Rear that can prevent the Rearing of Unwanted Children, and can apply their objection to assaulting children as their parents "choose" to in hospitals seeking federal appropriations that perform nonconsensual, cosmetic foreskin amputation.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

That Unfeeling Nixon. Well, I guess he did feel some things, but nothing like what he could have felt if Pat Nixon gave it to him with a strap-on for once. He felt frustration with the "hippies" following the likes of Harvard Psychologist Richard Alpert and ingesting LSD-25, smoking grass, and protesting the doomed War in Vietnam. He didn't like "those moon-crickets" smoking "jazz cigarettes". I don't know if the Betty Ford Center advocates for the recovery of people who were in pain—personal trauma that could not be properly contextualized by the pre-frontal cortex of the human brain, perhaps because of activity in the amygdala or fear center of the brain, which perhaps, as Bill Wilson got the nerve to come to think in the 1950s, can prevent the Admitting of Problem(s) and the taking of a Fearless Moral Inventory, or perhaps fundamental frustrations that never arise to the surface, but rather remain buried under layers of internal conceptions in an environment wherein an internal world exists as well as an external one that we evolved as Social Animals to be able to navigate for survival and flourishing—and turned to Sniffing Glue , but Betty Ford lived through the 80s when that Other California Republican Mr. Reagan wanted to keep the powder-cocaine sniffing to his big-wig donors in the Southern State of Florida, and inadvertently through his lack of imagination about the Wonders of Market Action, gave us "cheap" crack-cocaine, and Cough-Syrup Rationing. Biden just as bad.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

My biggest role model in life is Andrew Garfield. I have listened to and watched every interview he has ever done (except the ones after all the press junkets for tick, tick...BOOM!, you know what I mean if you know what I mean), and read with such blissful satisfaction every word that's come from his brain that's been recorded in print media. He has a heart as big as Jesus of Nazareth's, and I think Jesus would agree. He'd be like, damn, they don't know me like you know me, Andrew Garfield. Although, I think the two would disagree a bit about politics. Andrew Garfield said in 2015, something to the effect of, "Bernie Sondurs really resonates with me, but Hillary, wow, what history that would make, on so many levels." Because Jesus said, look, a carpenter comes into town, not particularly notable as a carpenter, can't get into the special Skilled-Carpenters' Union, that carpenter might end up being a "Scab" in the terminology of Bornie Sondurs and his Union-Thug Democrat supporters (some of whom being fellow Rutgers New Brunswick 2013 graduates as this Psychedelic Republican Eric Antisell, who sent your agent Joel Lubin some unsolicited fan mail with no obvious commercial value his Senior Year of studies there, as essentially, that student in class who has "the most interesting argument [the professor] believes he has ever heard" and insists "I'm right!"). And Hillary? She supports Fatherhood Nullification, like she does Motherhood Nullification? At least deadbeat dads don't invade their unwanted kids' nerve endings, or blood vessels, or physically alter their children in any way—they just go about their business, maybe going to a Hands-On-A-Hardbody type competition to win a truck somewhere around The People's Republic of Austin, Texas.

Another role model is Jane Aronson. Andrew vouches for her as a no-nonsense, no-f*ckin nonsense pediatrician and international adoption specialist. However, Jane is not the "voice inside my head".

Rick Doblin is a third hero.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

A SEPARATION (2011 film).

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

Ability to fearlessly seek the truth. Humility to accept ourselves at times may be an obstacle to our finding the truth, or getting closer to truth. We often need each other. A U.S. Representative needs to represent everyone's voices as thoroughly as possible without devolving into the silly.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

I am honest. I like people. I like learning. I know I was not born with perfect knowledge. I want to be proven wrong—sooner rather than later. I dislike nonsense when there are important things to be done. I do not fall for bullshit like many do. Frank Pallone attempted to "outsmart" me in dodging my question, time and time again, about safe, legal heroin use with a doctor. I documented it in uploads to instagram.com/antisell.nj (one upload is a 02:19 video, and one is a 00:39 reel). I am loyal, like a wolf. I do not mind being a lone wolf. I'm the hunter; I bring back the goods. But I don't know when.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

Make sure you read every part of the legislation you are going to vote on. Make sure you can explain how you are voting on legislation. If you are part of a Committee Hearing, don't just share on social media your 5-Minutes Of Fame at that Committee that day without sharing where those interested can watch the whole thing. Don't be slimey. Be honest.

What legacy would you like to leave?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

He really, earnestly took this 2-year term seriously. He did not want to have this title of Former U.S. Representative; he would have been happy to pursue his other interests without serving that 2-year term. There was no one else around for the job.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

At Kindergarten graduation, June of 1998 at the old West Freehold School, when it was my turn to take the mic and tell God my plan for my life for Him to laugh at, I boldly proclaimed, "I wanna be the President...and a comedian."

I had no idea the scandal going on wherein Bill Clinton did the despicable in not standing up for Monica Lewinsky, which inspired Hillary Clinton not to stand up for Monica Lewinsky, but rather, to run for U.S. Senator for Wall St. In doing so, she became the candidate for President in the year 2008 with more Corporate Donations than all other candidates received, combined. When Obama got people excited because of yes his articulacy—which was not that much better than Dennis Kucinich's, in my opinion—but also the complexion he got from his biological father who rode an airplane to Hawaii and, well, put what Margaret Sanger would call a "dark-skinned" into his mama's Sovereign Body—which Obama would argue she can take and secede from Civilization and declare an Autonomous Zone wherein she could put Obama's skull into the equivalent of a vice (like in the 1995 film "Casino") and squeeze it until his future-President brains spew out, to be "scraped" out my the abortionist and placed into a Medical Waste bucket, from whence Little Obama would have no right to "pester" the adults in the room with any annoying indication of agony (i.e. screaming and crying), or have his demise as a fetal baby ensured through chemical poisoning.

Well, this Obama character who thought himself (a State Senator of Illinois with 2 years experience in the federal legislature when he announced his candidacy for POTUS) a 21st-Century Abraham Lincoln, wasn't gonna pull a What Do We Do With H.W., she got to be Secretary of State—enforcing de-jure discrimination against Africans who cannot afford plane tickets to U.S. soil, against "darkies" from elsewhere in the Americas, against the Asians with the cheap tire imports he slapped tariffs on and bragged about it. 2016.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

I worked the front register at Wendy's the Summer of 2006 from June to September at the Freehold Raceway Mall. The guidance office at Barkalow Middle School said they would not give me my Working Papers until I turned 14, which was June 8th. I lied about my age so I could complete the on-boarding process and start as soon as I turned 14.

I was delighted to work with native Spanish-speakers. I was very serious about developing fluency in Spanish. I had bought 501 Spanish Verbs, a Spanish-English dictionary, Don Quixote in Spanish, and Mi Vida by Bill Clinton. It was an opportunity to learn whatever I would have studying Spanish as my single foreign-language option in high school, and more. It thus encouraged me even more to start studying French in high school, with the hope of being fluent in all 3 de-facto official languages of North American governments.

I quit so as to not interfere with my high school studies. Big mistake. I ended up not being able to find a job in 2007, when my legal guardians were trying to get me to go to Summer School, because I resented high school and did poorly there academically. I got C's and D's and a few F's in all subjects except Volleyball Class and French 1. I should have been able to start at French 2 after demonstrating my ability to pass on the first day of high school the French 1 final exam on Scantron. French 2 my sophomore year, yikes, a lot of tension between me and a very cool guy who worked in a building I simply did not want to be in, except in my first period class with a fellow male student I was fond of, and in my last period class with that student in it.

It was this 2007-2008 year of high school that I discovered myself to be "A Man's Man". I took this newfound clarity about who I was into the Burger King on Schanck Rd and filled out the tiny application on *a piece of paper*, as opposed to a 12-page internet application for BK Corporation. I wrote my cellphone digits at the top—like, "I don't mess around."

What is your favorite book? Why?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

The audiobook for James Joyce's "Ulysses". It is like listening to a radio play—a radio play written by James Joyce.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

Professor McGonagall. I don't want to be type-cast for too long as Slytherin.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

"Nobody" by Mitski.

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

It was intended to be The People's Chamber, as opposed to the Chamber representing the States' governments. I approve of its 2-year terms. I approve of its duties under the 12th Amendment.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

We are failing to be educated and to educate others. There are far too few life-long learners in America. The other night I was at a gas-station convenience store. I looked at the people who were working there that night. Around my age, maybe 8 years my junior. I started crying. I was crying because I cannot even get a job like they have. I cannot compete in today's world. Not because they have skills I lack, but because I am literally not typical enough. And in America 2022, to be typical is to not be qualified to be a U.S. Representative.

Stop scapegoating immigrants. I am a native-born American who can't get a job because native-born and immigrant employers have equally bizarro-world abilities to gauge a prospective employee's potential.

I would be a great busser at a restaurant.

I would make a great cashier. ALDI USA told me they reviewed my application and they said I wasn't qualified enough.

Fine. I'll make my own industry.

If you are not a current representative, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

House Subcommittee on Health. Whereas: Drug Rehabs are often shams; Mental Healthcare is often ineffective; Psychiatry needs to enter the 21st Century and accept Psychedelics as Medicine; Insurance and Medicaid/Medicare are subsidizing Psychiatric Malpractice; we need to encourage Psychiatric Innovation; we need to point out that there is no medical need for the painful surgery on children that removes their foreskin for life, and that there are ways to keep foreskin clean like there are ways to keep one's eyelids clean. We have a Mass Mental Illness problem in America. Its expressions include assault, self-harm, addiction, and immense underproductivity.

House Subcommittee on Early, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Sex ed isn't working, look at all the paychecks to abortionists in America. Let's talk about Intimacy, not just "Pounding Vadj". Let's have a national forum for ideas to innovate how we become educated. Foreign Languages classes, wherein you learn 2 foreign languages besides your native tongue, grammar in all 3 languages, how to use those languages effectively through speaking, writing, and communicating visually and musically. Visual Literacy. Language Arts that include film and Multimedia. Example: RUSSIAN 101/GERMAN 101 (PROPOGANDA).

Example: SPANISH 201/LATIN 201 (ALMODOVAR/THE BIBLE).

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

Yes. Although I would accept a shorter one if Frank Pallone stepped down before November 8th and we had a Special Election in New Jersey this year.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

Do we need them on the President? If yes, then on Congress too.

We should have fewer megalomaniacal Americans, and reduce the magnitude thereof in those we cannot resist at the ballot box, which would render moot the question of term limits. Regular, on-record public engagement—try digital town halls—can expose reason for doubt in the justice of a public official's legal powers or power to be influential.

We don't have term limits on the Vice-President. This could be put to good use for stabilization purposes over the years.

Brett Kavanaugh should end his term.

If Rand Paul didn't make such a fool out of himself during Covid, I'd say, Rand, term limit yourself to 2 terms in the U.S. Senate, then run in the 2024 presidential election—on a ticket with Mike Lee. Now we're getting Condi. I'm sorry, you have to win an election, and you have just Zero Chance of getting elected, if you are in a debate against Amy Klobuchar or the opponent in your worst political nightmare Sherrod Brown.

Fine. If Justin Amash sucks it up and gets Governor Gary Johnson as his Vice-Presidential running mate, I'm still probably gonna vote Not-Neocon. You blew it, Rand. You don't have Asperger's like your dad probably would have been diagnosed with.

But, seriously, Rand Paul should term-limit himself if there is someone as much Not-Mitch McConnell as Rand Paul is, to free Rand up to do international, volunteer ophthalmology (removing cataracts from thankful patients in Central and South America, for example). There's a big world out there. You must...find an 'eir. To serve Kentucky in the U.S. Senate! Can Jackie from TX CD-14 pull a Bobby Kennedy in 2024? All the Students for Ron Paul phonebanking in New Hampshire agreed: she should run to be Ron's successor. Don't let your successor be like that guy. Jackie showed me a picture of him on her phone. Unless your successor is like that in his personal life, with good contributions to make to federal policy like Peter Schiff has.

Is there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

Justin Amash posted to Facebook explanations for every single vote he took for the 10 years he served, which he says helped him hold himself to a higher standard of consistency based on reason and anticipation of re-evaluation of past reasoning throughout his tenure of service. He came very close to having perfect attendance for congressional votes.

Both sitting representatives and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

I know a man who was discharged from a Philosophy Prison, a New Jersey psychiatric hospital, to a homeless shelter in Asbury Park. I know a man who was detained by a psychiatric hospital, for profit, for wanting to commit suicide; he planned to move to New York City upon release and try to make ends meet as an actor. I know a woman with XY chromosomes who was forcibly removed from her residence on a stretcher because her parents said she was suicidal.

I do not know if any of them are still alive.

This is the world that Health Subcommittee Chair Frank Pallone knows nothing of.

Tell us your favorite joke.

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

Knock Knock. Who's there. It's Grandma! Grandma who. Woht do you mean? It's your Grandma. Open the door. Why did you just punch the door? Open up the door and let me inside, please.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

Members of the House of Representatives need to be able to make amendments to legislation from the floor. Speaker Ryan was the first (in U.S. history, I believe) to prohibit it. Speaker McCarthy continued it, as did Speaker Pelosi. "No legislation gets a vote except through me, because my Party has at least one more seat in the House than yours does for the next 2 years." Thus I believe it necessary for desirable policymaking not to let any of the past 3 Speakers of the House ever become Speaker again.

The Constitution says that all bills for raising revenue must originate in the House. What role would this power play in your priorities if elected?

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)

Tax Consumption, not income, investments, or profits.

Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.^[2] 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.^[3] 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
Frank Pallone Jr.	Democratic Party	$3,144,740	$3,795,593	$2,686,743	As of December 31, 2022
Susan Kiley	Republican Party	$399,477	$399,477	$0	As of December 31, 2022
Rik Mehta	Republican Party	$182,778	$182,734	$597	As of December 31, 2022
Tom Toomey	Republican Party	$124,657	$124,657	$0	As of November 3, 2022
Tara Fisher	Libertarian Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Eric Antisell	Move Everyone Forward	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Inder Soni	New Jersey First	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
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. * Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election 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.^[4]
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.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Race ratings: New Jersey's 6th Congressional District election, 2022
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 8, 2022	November 1, 2022	October 25, 2022	October 18, 2022
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic
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.

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 analysis

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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.

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New Jersey's 6th Congressional District
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election
Election details
	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): D+8; Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic; Inside Elections: Solid Democratic; Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
	U.S. Senate battlegrounds; U.S. House battlegrounds; Federal and state primary competitiveness; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
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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.^[8] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.^[9]

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, New Jersey
District	2022 district		Political predecessor district
District	Joe Biden	Donald Trump	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
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 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 6th the 142nd most Democratic district nationally.^[10]

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 6th based on 2022 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
59.0%	39.7%

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	9,288,994	331,449,281
Land area (sq mi)	7,354	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White	65.5%	70.4%
Black/African American	13.4%	12.6%
Asian	9.7%	5.6%
Native American	0.3%	0.8%
Pacific Islander	0%	0.2%
Other (single race)	6.4%	5.1%
Multiple	4.8%	5.2%
Hispanic/Latino	20.4%	18.2%
Education
High school graduation rate	90.3%	88.5%
College graduation rate	40.7%	32.9%
Income
Median household income	$85,245	$64,994
Persons below poverty level	9.7%	12.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**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	Phil Murphy
Lieutenant Governor	Sheila Oliver
Secretary of State	Tahesha Way
Attorney General	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
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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

District history

2020

New Jersey's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (July 7 Democratic primary)

New Jersey's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (July 7 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 6

Incumbent Frank Pallone Jr. defeated Christian Onuoha in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 6 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Frank Pallone Jr. (D)	61.2	199,648
	Christian Onuoha (R)	38.8	126,760

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 326,408
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 6

Incumbent Frank Pallone Jr. defeated Russell Cirincione and Amani Al-Khatahtbeh in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 6 on July 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Frank Pallone Jr.	79.2	56,660
		Russell Cirincione	17.0	12,139
	Submit photo	Amani Al-Khatahtbeh	3.8	2,743

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 71,542
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 6

Christian Onuoha defeated Sammy Gindi in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 6 on July 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Christian Onuoha (Write-in)	100.0	508
	Submit photo	Sammy Gindi (Write-in)	0.0	0

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 508
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2018

See also: New Jersey's 6th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 6

Incumbent Frank Pallone Jr. defeated Rich Pezzullo in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 6 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Frank Pallone Jr. (D)	63.6	140,752
	Rich Pezzullo (R)	36.4	80,443

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 221,195 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 6

Incumbent Frank Pallone Jr. defeated Javahn Walker in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 6 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Frank Pallone Jr.	86.2	23,621
	Submit photo	Javahn Walker	13.8	3,770

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 27,391
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 6

Rich Pezzullo advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 6 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rich Pezzullo	100.0	9,827

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 9,827
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2016

See also: New Jersey's 6th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Frank Pallone Jr. (D) defeated Brent Sonnek-Schmelz (R), Judi Shamy (L), and Rajit Malliah (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate faced a primary opponent in June. Pallone won re-election in the November 8 election.^[11]^[12]^[13]

**U.S. House, New Jersey District 6 General Election, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Frank Pallone Incumbent	63.7%	167,895
	Republican	Brent Sonnek-Schmelz	34.9%	91,908
	Green	Rajit Malliah	0.7%	1,912
	Libertarian	Judi Shamy	0.7%	1,720
Total Votes				263,435
Source: New Jersey Division of Elections

Primary candidates:^[14]

Democratic

Frank Pallone Jr. - Incumbent^[11]

Republican

Brent Sonnek-Schmelz^[11]

2014

See also: New Jersey's 6th Congressional District elections, 2014

New Jersey's 6th Congressional District held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Frank Pallone Jr. (D) defeated Anthony Wilkinson (R) and Dorit Goikhman (L) in the general election.

**U.S. House, New Jersey District 6 General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Frank Pallone Incumbent	59.9%	72,190
	Republican	Anthony Wilkinson	38.9%	46,891
	Libertarian	Dorit Goikhman	1.1%	1,376
Total Votes				120,457
Source: New Jersey Division of Elections

June 3, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary

Anthony Wilkinson^[15]a

Democratic Primary

Frank Pallone Jr. - Incumbent^[15]a

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Footnotes

↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
↑ 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.
↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
↑ Political predecessor districts are determined primarily based on incumbents and where each chose to seek re-election.
↑ Daily Kos Elections, "Daily Kos Elections 2020 presidential results by congressional district (old CDs vs. new CDs)," accessed May 12, 2022
↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for House of Representatives for Primary Election 6/7/2016," accessed April 5, 2016
↑ New Jersey Secretary of State, "Candidates for House of Representatives," accessed September 7, 2016
↑ CNN, "New Jersey House 06 Results," November 8, 2016
↑ Candidates are listed by party and alphabetically within each party.
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 State of New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for House of Representatives," accessed April 22, 2014

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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)

[1] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022

[2] 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.

[3] Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022

[4] Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.

[5] Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018

[6] Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018

[7] Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018

[8] Political predecessor districts are determined primarily based on incumbents and where each chose to seek re-election.

[9] Daily Kos Elections, "Daily Kos Elections 2020 presidential results by congressional district (old CDs vs. new CDs)," accessed May 12, 2022

[10] Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023

[list-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 New Jersey Division of Elections, "Candidates for House of Representatives for Primary Election 6/7/2016," accessed April 5, 2016

[genlist16-12] New Jersey Secretary of State, "Candidates for House of Representatives," accessed September 7, 2016

[13] CNN, "New Jersey House 06 Results," November 8, 2016

[listedalph-14] Candidates are listed by party and alphabetically within each party.

[state-15] 15.0 ^15.1 State of New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for House of Representatives," accessed April 22, 2014

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