Battles of Cabin Creek

The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey were held on November 8, 2016, to elect the 12 U.S. representatives from the state of New Jersey, one from each of the state's 12 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on June 7.

The only competitive district this cycle was the 5th, which Democrats flipped, thereby giving them a 7-5 majority in the delegation.

District 1

Democratic Party incumbent Donald Norcross was first elected to this seat in the 2014 election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Donald Norcross, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Alex Law^[1]

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald Norcross (incumbent)	56,753	70.3
	Democratic	Alex Law	23,986	29.7
Total votes			80,739	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Bob Patterson, senior speechwriter in the George W. Bush's administration and adjunct professor of government at Patrick Henry College

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Patterson	23,813	100.0
Total votes			23,813	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Donald Norcross (D)

Labor unions

AFL-CIO^[3]

Results

New Jersey's 1st congressional district, 2016 ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald Norcross (incumbent)	183,231	60.0
	Republican	Bob Patterson	112,388	36.8
	Independent	Scot John Tomaszewski	5,473	1.8
	Libertarian	William F. Sihr IV	2,410	0.8
	Independent	Michael Berman	1,971	0.6
Total votes			305,473	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2

Republican Frank LoBiondo has represented this district since 1995.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Frank LoBiondo, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank LoBiondo (incumbent)	39,913	100.0
Total votes			39,913	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

David Cole, former White House aide, Barack Obama campaign staffer and candidate for this seat in 2014

Eliminated in primary

Constantino "Tino" Rozzo

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David H. Cole	33,961	81.1
	Democratic	Constantino "Tino" Rozzo	7,932	18.9
Total votes			41,893	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Frank LoBiondo (R)

Labor unions

AFL-CIO^[3]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Frank LoBiondo (R)	David Cole (D)	Other	Undecided
Stockton University	October 19–23, 2016	625	± 3.9%	59%	34%	3%	4%

Results

New Jersey's 2nd congressional district, 2016 ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank LoBiondo (incumbent)	176,338	59.2
	Democratic	David H. Cole	110,838	37.2
	Libertarian	John Ordille	3,773	1.3
	Independent	James Keenan	2,653	0.9
	Independent	Steven Fenichel	1,574	0.5
	Independent	Eric Beechwood	1,387	0.5
	Independent	Gabriel Brian Franco	1,232	0.4
Total votes			297,795	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

Republican Tom MacArthur had represented this district since 2015.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Tom MacArthur, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom MacArthur (incumbent)	46,264	100.0
Total votes			46,264	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Fred LaVergne, activist

Eliminated in primary

Jim Keady, activist and educator

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frederick John LaVergne	32,963	62.8
	Democratic	Jim Keady	19,526	37.2
Total votes			52,489	100.0

General election

Results

New Jersey's 3rd congressional district, 2016 ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom MacArthur (incumbent)	194,596	59.3
	Democratic	Frederick John Lavergne	127,526	38.9
	Constitution	Lawrence W. Berlinski Jr.	5,938	1.8
Total votes			328,060	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

Republican Chris Smith has represented this district since 1981.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Chris Smith, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Bruce C MacDonald, jewellery store owner

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher H. Smith (incumbent)	41,789	92.0
	Republican	Bruce C MacDonald	3,645	8.0
Total votes			45,434	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Lorna Phillipson, candidate for the General Assembly in 2015

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lorna Phillipson	40,528	100.0
Total votes			40,528	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Chris Smith (R)

Labor unions

AFL-CIO^[3]

Results

New Jersey's 4th congressional district, 2016 ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Smith (incumbent)	211,992	63.7
	Democratic	Lorna Phillipson	111,532	33.5
	Independent	Hank Schroeder	5,840	1.8
	Libertarian	Jeremy Marcus	3,320	1.0
Total votes			332,684	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

Republican incumbent Scott Garrett had served for seven terms. Josh Gottheimer, a former speechwriter for Bill Clinton and aide for the 2004 presidential campaign of John Kerry and the 2008 presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, ran against Garrett as a Democrat.^[5]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Scott Garrett, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Michael Cino, oil executive and candidate for this seat in 2006 & 2012
Peter Vallorosi

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Garrett (incumbent)	42,179	82.2
	Republican	Peter Vallorosi	4,884	9.5
	Republican	Michael J Cino	4,252	8.3
Total votes			51,315	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Josh Gottheimer, former senior counselor to the chair of the FCC and speechwriter for Bill Clinton

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Josh Gottheimer	43,250	100.0
Total votes			43,250	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Josh Gottheimer (D)

Labor unions

AFL-CIO^[3]

Organizations

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[6]	Tossup	November 7, 2016
Daily Kos Elections^[7]	Tossup	November 7, 2016
Rothenberg^[8]	Tilt D (flip)	November 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[9]	Lean D (flip)	November 7, 2016
RCP^[10]	Tossup	October 31, 2016

Results

New Jersey's 5th congressional district, 2016 ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Josh Gottheimer	172,587	51.1
	Republican	Scott Garrett (incumbent)	157,690	46.7
	Libertarian	Claudio Belusic	7,424	2.2
Total votes			337,701	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 6

Democratic Frank Pallone has represented this district since 1989.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Frank Pallone, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Pallone Jr. (incumbent)	52,231	100.0
Total votes			52,231	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Brent Sonnek-Schmelz

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brent Sonnek-Schmelz	17,856	100.0
Total votes			17,856	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Frank Pallone (D)

Labor unions

AFL-CIO^[3]

Results

New Jersey's 6th congressional district, 2016 ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Pallone (incumbent)	167,895	63.7
	Republican	Brent Sonnek-Schmelz	91,908	34.9
	Green	Rajit B. Malliah	1,912	0.7
	Libertarian	Judith Shamy	1,720	0.7
Total votes			263,435	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 7

Republican Leonard Lance has represented this district since 2009.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Leonard Lance, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

David Larsen, small-business owner
Craig P. Heard

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Leonard Lance (incumbent)	31,807	53.9
	Republican	David Larsen	19,425	32.9
	Republican	Craig P. Heard	7,774	13.2
Total votes			59,006	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Peter Jacob, social worker

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter Jacob	46,152	100.0
Total votes			46,152	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Peter Jacob (D)

Labor unions

AFL-CIO^[3]

Results

New Jersey's 7th congressional district, 2016 ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Leonard Lance (incumbent)	185,850	54.1
	Democratic	Peter Jacob	148,188	43.1
	Libertarian	Dan O'Neill	5,343	1.6
	Independent	Arthur T. Haussmann Jr.	4,254	1.2
Total votes			343,635	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8

Democrat Albio Sires has represented this district since 2007.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Albio Sires, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Eloy J. Delgado

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Albio Sires (incumbent)	45,988	86.9
	Democratic	Eloy J. Delgado	6,933	13.1
Total votes			52,921	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Agha Khan

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Agha Khan	4,679	100.0
Total votes			4,679	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Albio Sires (D)

Labor unions

AFL-CIO^[3]

Results

New Jersey's 8th congressional district, 2016 ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Albio Sires (incumbent)	134,733	77.0
	Republican	Agha Khan	32,337	18.5
	Independent	Pablo Olivera	4,381	2.5
	Libertarian	Dan Delaney	3,438	2.0
Total votes			174,889	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 9

Democratic Bill Pascrell has represented this district since 1997.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Bill Pascrell, incumbent U.S. Representative

Withdrew

Jeff Jones, former mayor of Paterson^[11]^[12]

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Pascrell Jr. (incumbent)	47,671	100.0
Total votes			47,671	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Hector L. Castillo, physician and independent candidate for governor in 2005

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hector L. Castillo	12,757	100.0
Total votes			12,757	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Bill Pascrell (D)

Labor unions

AFL-CIO^[3]

Results

New Jersey's 9th congressional district, 2016 ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Pascrell (incumbent)	162,642	69.8
	Republican	Hector L. Castillo	65,376	28.0
	Libertarian	Diego Rivera	3,327	1.4
	Independent	Jeff Boss	1,897	0.8
Total votes			233,242	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 10

Democratic Donald Payne Jr. has represented this district since 2013.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Donald Payne Jr., incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald Payne Jr. (incumbent)	75,175	100.0
Total votes			75,175	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

David H. Pinckney

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David H. Pinckney	3,395	100.0
Total votes			3,395	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Donald Payne Jr. (D)

Labor unions

AFL-CIO^[3]

Results

New Jersey's 10th congressional district, 2016 ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald Payne Jr. (incumbent)	190,856	85.7
	Republican	David H. Pinckney	26,450	11.8
	Independent	Joanne Miller	3,719	1.7
	Independent	Aaron Walter Fraser	1,746	0.8
Total votes			222,771	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 11

Republican Rodney Frelinghuysen has represented this district since 1995.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Rodney Frelinghuysen, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Rick Van Glahn, home improvement contractor and candidate for this seat in 2014

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rodney Frelinghuysen (incumbent)	44,618	76.2
	Republican	Rick Van Glahn	13,909	23.8
Total votes			58,527	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Joseph M. Wenzel

Eliminated in primary

Lee Anne Brogowski, business analyst and candidate for this seat in 2014
Richard McFarlane

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph M. Wenzel	34,688	70.4
	Democratic	Richard McFarlane	8,751	17.8
	Democratic	Lee Anne Brogowski	5,799	11.8
Total votes			49,238	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Joseph Wenzel (D)

Labor unions

AFL-CIO^[3]

Results

New Jersey's 11th congressional district, 2016 ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rodney Frelinghuysen (incumbent)	194,299	58.0
	Democratic	Joseph M. Wenzel	130,162	38.9
	Independent	Thomas Depasquale	7,056	2.1
	Libertarian	Jeff Hetrick	3,475	1.0
Total votes			334,992	100.0
	Republican hold

District 12

Democrat Bonnie Watson Coleman has represented this district since 2015.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Bonnie Watson Coleman, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Alexander J. Kucsma

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bonnie Watson Coleman (incumbent)	66,479	93.6
	Democratic	Alexander J. Kucsma	4,525	6.4
Total votes			71,004	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Steven J. Uccio

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven J. Uccio	18,640	100.0
Total votes			18,640	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Bonnie Watson Coleman (D)

Labor unions

AFL-CIO^[3]

Results

New Jersey's 12th congressional district, 2016 ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bonnie Watson Coleman (incumbent)	181,430	62.9
	Republican	Steven J. Uccio	92,407	32.0
	Independent	R. Edward Forchion	6,094	2.1
	Independent	Robert Shapiro	2,775	1.0
	Libertarian	Thomas Fitzpatrick	2,482	0.9
	Green	Steven Welzer	2,135	0.7
	Independent	Michael R. Bollentin	1,311	0.4
Total votes			288,634	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

^ Pizarro, Max (October 20, 2014). "Laying down the Law early in CD1". PolitickerNJ. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "Official Results" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "NEW JERSEY STATE AFL-CIO Endorsements" (PDF). njaflcio.org. June 22, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Election Information" (PDF). NJ Department of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
^ "Donors start backing Wyckoff man as potential Garrett challenger for Congress". NorthJersey.com. May 4, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
^ "2016 House Race Ratings for November 7, 2016". House: Race Ratings. Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
^ "Daily Kos Elections House race ratings: Initial ratings for 2016". Daily Kos Elections. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
^ "2016 House Ratings (November 3, 2016)". House Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
^ "2016 House". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
^ "Battle for the House 2016". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
^ Joe Malinconico (February 25, 2016). "Paterson's Jeff Jones says he will take on Bill Pascrell in run for Congress". northjersey.com. Archived from the original on February 27, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
^ Max Pizarro (April 11, 2016). "Petition Challenge Forces Jones from CD9 Race". politickernj.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2023.

External links

[1] Pizarro, Max (October 20, 2014). "Laying down the Law early in CD1". PolitickerNJ. Retrieved February 2, 2015.

[primaryresults-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "Official Results" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Retrieved September 14, 2016.

[NJAFLCIO-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "NEW JERSEY STATE AFL-CIO Endorsements" (PDF). njaflcio.org. June 22, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2023.

[election_results-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Election Information" (PDF). NJ Department of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016.

[5] "Donors start backing Wyckoff man as potential Garrett challenger for Congress". NorthJersey.com. May 4, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

[cook-6] "2016 House Race Ratings for November 7, 2016". House: Race Ratings. Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 12, 2016.

[Kos-7] "Daily Kos Elections House race ratings: Initial ratings for 2016". Daily Kos Elections. Retrieved November 7, 2016.

[rothenberg1-8] "2016 House Ratings (November 3, 2016)". House Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved November 3, 2016.

[Sabato-9] "2016 House". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.

[RCP-10] "Battle for the House 2016". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved October 31, 2016.

[11] Joe Malinconico (February 25, 2016). "Paterson's Jeff Jones says he will take on Bill Pascrell in run for Congress". northjersey.com. Archived from the original on February 27, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2023.

[12] Max Pizarro (April 11, 2016). "Petition Challenge Forces Jones from CD9 Race". politickernj.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2023.

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