2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey


The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey were held on November 3, 2020, to elect the 12 U.S. representatives from the state of New Jersey, one from each of the state's 12 congressional districts. The primary election in which candidates were chosen took place on July 7, 2020. The general election coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as [United States House of Representatives 2020 United States Senate elections|elections, 2020|other elections] to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
No seats changed parties, although Rep. Jeff Van Drew was re-elected as a Republican after switching parties earlier in the year.

District 1

The 1st district is based in South Jersey and encompasses the inner Philadelphia suburbs including parts of Camden County along with parts of Burlington County and Gloucester County. The incumbent was Democrat Donald Norcross, who was re-elected with 64.4% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Claire Gustafson, businesswoman and former Collingswood school board member
    Withdrawn
  • Josh Duvall, businessman

District 2

The 2nd district is anchored in southern New Jersey coast, and includes all of Atlantic, Cumberland, and Salem counties, and parts of Burlington, Gloucester and Ocean counties. The incumbent was Republican Jeff Van Drew, who was elected in 2018 as a Democrat, flipping the district with 52.9% of the vote. On December 19, 2019, in a meeting with President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in the Oval Office, Van Drew announced that he had officially changed his party affiliation to the Republican Party.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Endorsements

with Jeff Van Drew and Generic Democrat

Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Jeff
Van Drew 		Generic
Democrat		Undecided
TargetSmart/Ally MutnickDec 7–10, 2019391 –28%58%14%

General election

Polling

with Generic Republican and Generic Democrat

Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Generic
Republican		Generic
Democrat		Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)September 14–15, 2020550 –44%49%7%
Global Strategy Group (D)August 1–5, 2020400 ± 4.9%41%44%16%

with Jeff Van Drew and Generic Opponent

Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Jeff
Van Drew 		Generic
Opponent		Undecided
TargetSmartDecember 7–10, 2019391 –24%60%17%

District 3

The 3rd district is based in central New Jersey, and includes parts of Burlington and Ocean counties. The incumbent was Democrat Andy Kim, who flipped the district and was elected with 50.0% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

District 4

The 4th district encompasses parts of Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean counties. The incumbent was Republican Chris Smith, who was re-elected with 55.4% of the vote in 2018.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Alter Richter, rabbi
  • Chris Smith, incumbent U.S. representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

District 5

The 5th district is based in northern New Jersey, and includes parts of Bergen County and portions of Passaic, Sussex and Warren counties. The incumbent was Democrat Josh Gottheimer, who was re-elected with 56.2% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Endorsements

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

General election

Predictions

with John McCann

Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Josh
Gottheimer 		John
McCann 		Undecided
Cygnal/InsiderNJJanuary 23–26, 2020400 ± 4.9%39%40%21%

with Mike Ghassali

Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Josh
Gottheimer 		Mike
Ghassali 		Undecided
Cygnal/InsiderNJJanuary 23–26, 2020400 ± 4.9%44%43%13%

District 6

The 6th district encompasses northern Middlesex County and parts of Monmouth County, including New Brunswick and Long Branch. The incumbent was Democrat Frank Pallone, who was re-elected with 63.6% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Amani al-Khatahtbeh, founder of MuslimGirl.com
  • Russ Cirincione, attorney and trade unionist
  • Frank Pallone, incumbent U.S. Representative
    Withdrew
  • John Hsu
  • Javahn Walker, candidate in 2018

Republican primary

Republican candidates Sammy Gindi and Christian Onuoha filed challenges against each other's petitions and as a result both were removed from the primary ballot; however, both continued to campaign as write-in candidates in the primary.

Candidates

Declared

District 7

The 7th district is based in north-central New Jersey, and includes portions of Morris, Warren, Union, Somerset, Essex and all of Hunterdon County. The incumbent was Democrat Tom Malinowski, who flipped the district and was elected with 51.7% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

General election

Debates

, September 13, 2020.

Polling

with generic Republican

Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Tom
Malinowski 		Generic
Republican		Undecided
NRCC (R)June 24–26, 2019400 –42%44%13%

District 8

The 8th district is based in North Jersey encompassing parts of Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Union counties. The incumbent was Democrat Albio Sires, who was re-elected with 78.1% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

  • Jonathan Munitz, financial consultant ''''

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

District 9

The 9th district encompasses parts of Bergen, Passaic and Hudson counties. The incumbent was Democrat Bill Pascrell, who was re-elected with 70.3% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Alp Basaran, corporate lawyer
  • Bill Pascrell, incumbent U.S. Representative
  • Zinovia Spezakis, finance and clean energy executive, environmental activist

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Billy Prempeh, U.S. Air Force veteran
  • Tim Walsh, vice chairman of the Bergen County Young Republicans

District 10

The 10th district encompasses parts of Essex, Hudson and Union counties. The incumbent was Democrat Donald Payne Jr., who was reelected with 87.6% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Jennifer Zinone, freelance copywriter
    Withdrew
  • Michael W. Barret
  • Ana Rivera

District 11

The 11th district includes parts of Morris, Essex, Passaic and Sussex counties. The incumbent was Democrat Mikie Sherrill, who flipped the district and was elected with 56.8% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Mikie Sherrill, incumbent U.S. representative
    Withdrew
  • Mark Washburne, professor

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

District 12

The 12th district is located in the Route 1 corridor, encompassing parts of Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset and Union counties. The incumbent was Democrat Bonnie Watson Coleman, who was reelected with 68.7% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared