New Jersey's 3rd congressional district explained

State:	New Jersey
District Number:	3
Image Caption:	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Party:	Democratic
Residence:	Moorestown
Percent Urban:	95.73
Percent Rural:	4.27
Population:	782,374 ^[1]
Population Year:	2023
Median Income:	$107,879^[2]
Percent White:	63.3
Percent Hispanic:	11.3
Percent Black:	12.3
Percent Asian:	8.5
Percent More Than One Race:	3.9
Percent Other Race:	0.7
Cpvi:	D+5^[3]

New Jersey's 3rd congressional district is represented by Democrat Andy Kim of Moorestown^[4] who has served in Congress since 2019.

Under the 2020 census map, the 3rd district lost all of its towns in Ocean County, and gained several towns in Burlington County, Mercer County, and Monmouth County. ^[5]

Counties and municipalities in the district

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of three counties and 53 municipalities.^[6]

Burlington County (38):

Bass River Township, Beverly, Bordentown, Bordentown Township, Burlington, Burlington Township, Chesterfield Township, Cinnaminson Township, Delanco Township, Delran Township, Eastampton Township, Edgewater Park, Evesham Township, Fieldsboro, Florence Township, Hainesport Township, Lumberton, Mansfield Township, Medford Lakes, Medford, Moorestown, Mount Holly, Mount Laurel, New Hanover Township, North Hanover Township, Pemberton Borough, Pemberton Township, Riverside Township, Riverton, Shamong Township, Southampton Township, Springfield Township, Tabernacle Township, Washington Township, Westampton, Willingboro Township, Woodland Township, Wrightstown

Mercer County (5):

East Windsor, Hamilton Township, Hightstown, Lawrence Township, Robbinsville Township.

Monmouth County (10):

Allentown, Englishtown, Freehold Borough, Freehold Township (part; also 4th; includes East Freehold and West Freehold), Holmdel Township, Manalapan Township, Marlboro Township, Millstone Township, Roosevelt, Upper Freehold Township

Recent election results in statewide races

Results under current lines (since 2023)

Year	Office	Result
2016	President	Clinton 53.0% - 43.5%
2017	Governor	Murphy 53.0% - 45.2%
2018	Senator	Menendez 50.8% - 45.9%
2020	President	Biden 56.4% - 42.3%
2020	Senator	Booker 55.6% - 43.0%
2021	Governor	Murphy 50.5% - 48.8%

Results under old lines

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Gore 54 – 43%
2004	President	Bush 51 – 49%
2008	President	Obama 52 – 47%
2012	President	Obama 52 – 47%
2016	President	Trump 51 – 45%
2017	Governor	Guadagno 51.3% - 46.7%
2020	President	Trump 49.4 – 49.2%
2020	Senate	Mehta 49.4% - 49.0%
2021	Governor	Ciattarelli 56.2% - 42.5%

List of members representing the district

1799–1801: one seat

Member	Party	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties/towns
District organized from New Jersey's At-large congressional district in 1799
align=left	James Linn	Democratic-Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801	Elected in 1798. Retired.	Hunterdon and Somerset Counties
District organized to New Jersey's At-large congressional district in 1801

1813–1815: two seats

From 1813 to 1815, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket. This district was organized from New Jersey's At-large congressional district.

Years	Cong ress	Seat A			Seat B			District location
Years	Cong ress	Member	Party	Electoral history	Member	Party	Electoral history	District location
nowrap	March 4, 1813 – May 20, 1814		William Coxe Jr.	Federalist	Elected in 1813. Retired.	align=left	Jacob Hufty		Federalist	Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1813. Died.	Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties
nowrap	May 20, 1814 – November 2, 1814		Vacant
nowrap	November 2, 1814 – March 3, 1815		align=left	Thomas Bines			Democratic-Republican	Elected to finish Hufty's term. Retired.

District organized to New Jersey's At-large congressional district in 1815

1843–present: one seat

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties/towns
District re-established March 4, 1843
align=left	Isaac G. Farlee		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845		Elected in 1842. Lost re-election.	1843–1845: Hunterdon, Sussex, and Warren
align=left	John Runk		Whig	nowrap	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847		Elected in 1844. Lost re-election.	1845–1847: Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset
align=left	Joseph E. Edsall		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849		Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1846. Retired.	1847–1853: Hunterdon, Sussex, and Warren
align=left	Isaac Wildrick		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853		Elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. Retired.	1847–1853: Hunterdon, Sussex, and Warren
align=left	Samuel Lilly		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855		Elected in 1852. Retired.	1853–1863: Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset, and Warren
align=left	James Bishop		Opposition	nowrap	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857		Elected in 1854. Lost re-election.
align=left rowspan=2 nowrap	Garnett Adrain		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859		Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Retired.
	Lecompton Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861				Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Retired.
William G. Steele	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865		Elected in 1860. Re-elected in 1862. Retired.
1863–1873: Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset, Union, and Warren				Elected in 1860. Re-elected in 1862. Retired.
	align=left	Charles Sitgreaves		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869		Elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Retired.
	align=left	John T. Bird		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873		Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Retired.
align=left	Amos Clark Jr.		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875		Elected in 1872. Lost re-election.	1873–1893: Middlesex, Monmouth, and Union
align=left	Miles Ross		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883		Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Lost re-election.
align=left	John Kean		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885		Elected in 1882. Lost re-election.
align=left	Robert S. Green		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1885 – January 17, 1887		Elected in 1884. Retired to run for governor and resigned when elected.
Vacant		nowrap	January 17, 1887 – March 3, 1887
align=left	John Kean		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889		Elected in 1886. Lost re-election.
Jacob A. Geissenhainer	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895		Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost re-election.
1893–1903: Middlesex, Monmouth, and Somerset
1893–1903: Middlesex, Monmouth, and Somerset	Benjamin F. Howell	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1911		Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Lost re-election.
1903–1933: Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean
	align=left	Thomas J. Scully		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1921		Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Retired.
	align=left	T. Frank Appleby		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923		Elected in 1920. Lost re-election.
	align=left	Elmer H. Geran		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925		Elected in 1922. Lost re-election.
	Vacant		nowrap	March 3, 1925 – November 3, 1925		Member-elect (and former member) T. Frank Appleby died December 15, 1924.
	align=left	Stewart H. Appleby		Republican		nowrap	November 3, 1925 – March 3, 1927	Elected to finish his father's term. Retired.
	align=left	Harold G. Hoffman		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1931		Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Retired to become Motor Vehicle Commissioner of New Jersey.
	William H. Sutphin	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1943		Elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Lost re-election.
1933–1943: Monmouth, Ocean, and Parts of Middlesex (south of Raritan River)
James C. Auchincloss	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1965		Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Retired.	1943–1963:
1963–1965 Monmouth and Ocean
1963–1965 Monmouth and Ocean	James J. Howard	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – March 25, 1988		Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Died.
1967–1969: Monmouth, Parts of Middlesex (Sayreville, South Amboy, and Old Bridge), and Parts of Ocean (Jackson, Lakewood, and Plumsted)
1969–1973: Monmouth, Parts of Middlesex (Old Bridge), and Parts of Ocean (Jackson, Lakewood, and Plumsted)
1973–1975:
1975–1983: Monmouth (excluding Aberdeen, Allentown, Roosevelt, and Upper Freehold) and Parts of Ocean (Lakewood, Point Pleasant, and Point Pleasant Beach)
1983–?: Parts of Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean
?–1993: Coastal areas of Monmouth and Ocean
	Vacant		nowrap	March 25, 1988 – November 8, 1988
	align=left	Frank Pallone		Democratic	nowrap	November 8, 1988 – January 3, 1993		Elected to finish Howard's term. Also elected to the next full term. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 6th district.
Jim Saxton	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2009		Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1992. Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Retired.	1993–2003: Parts of Camden, Burlington, and Ocean
2003–2013: Parts of Camden, Burlington, and Ocean
	align=left	John Adler		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011		Elected in 2008. Lost re-election.
	Jon Runyan	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015		Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Retired.
2013–2023: Parts of Burlington and Ocean					Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Retired.
	align=left	Tom MacArthur		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019		Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Lost re-election.
	Andy Kim	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – present		Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Resigning after being elected U.S. Senator.
2023–present: Parts of Burlington, Mercer, and Monmouth
	Vacant		nowrap	TBD – January 3, 2025
	align=left	Herb Conaway (elect)		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 2025		Elected in 2024.

Recent election results

2022

References

Book: Martis, Kenneth C.. The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. 1989. Macmillan Publishing Company. New York.
Book: Martis, Kenneth C.. The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. 1982. Macmillan Publishing Company. New York.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

Ballotpedia - New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District

Notes and References

https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=34&cd=03 "Congressional District 3 (118th Congress), New Jersey" (under "People" header)
https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=34&cd=03 "Congressional District 3 (118th Congress), New Jersey" (under "Socio-Economic" header)
Web site: 2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List . July 12, 2022 .
Web site: Andy Kim amasses towering $3.3 warchest for re-election bid . Wildstein . David . January 14, 2022 . January 25, 2022. en-US.
Web site: New Jersey Congressional Districts: 2022-2031. New Jersey Redistricting Commission. December 22, 2021. December 29, 2021.
https://www.njredistrictingcommission.org/documents/2021/Data2021/Plan%20Components.pdf