New Jersey's 9th congressional district
{{Short description|U.S. House district for New Jersey}}
{{use mdy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{redirect-synonym|NJ-9|New Jersey Route 9}}
{{Infobox U.S. congressional district
|state = New Jersey
|district number = 9
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|image caption = Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
|representative = Nellie Pou
|party = Democratic
|residence = North Haledon
|English area =
|percent urban = 100
|percent rural = 0
|population = 770,658{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=34&cd=09|title = My Congressional District}}
|population year = 2023
| percent white = 38.3
| percent hispanic = 41.6
| percent black = 8.0
| percent asian = 9.0
| percent more than one race = 2.1
| percent other race = 1.0
|percent blue collar =
|percent white collar =
|percent gray collar =
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New Jersey's 9th congressional district is an urban congressional district in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and was represented in Congress by Democrat Bill Pascrell until his death in 2024, first elected in 1996 from the old 8th district. The 9th district consists largely of municipalities in Bergen and Passaic Counties.
Due to redistricting following the 2010 census, portions of the old 9th district were shifted to the 5th district and the new 8th district, as part of a reduction in congressional districts from 13 to 12 in New Jersey. The new congressional map resulted in Pascrell's hometown of Paterson being added to the 9th district, which had been represented by Steve Rothman, a fellow Democrat who, like Pascrell, entered Congress after winning a seat in the 1996 election. In 2012, both incumbents ran for their party's nomination for the seat in the June primary, which Pascrell won. Later that year, Pascrell defeated Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, the Republican nominee, in the general election. He ran for 5 more terms before dying at the age of 87.{{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Sam |last2=Fried |first2=Joseph P. |date=2024-08-21 |title=Bill Pascrell Jr., 14-Term House Democrat From N.J., Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/21/nyregion/bill-pascrell-dead.html |access-date=2024-08-21 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
In the 2024 election, the district shifted dramatically to the right, voting by 1.1 points for Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump after having previously voted for Democrat Joe Biden over Trump by 19 points in 2020. The Democratic congressional candidate, Nellie Pou, won by 5 points over the Republican Billy Prempeh, a much narrower margin than previous congressional races. Pou was elected to succeed the late Pascrell and took office in January 2025.{{cite web | last=Fox | first=Joey | title=Nellie Pou, Trump-district congresswoman | website=New Jersey Globe | date=2024-11-20 | url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/nellie-pou-trump-district-congresswoman/ | access-date=2024-12-28}} It was one of 13 congressional districts that voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election while simultaneously electing a Democrat in the 2024 House of Representatives elections.{{cite web |last1=Bowman |first1=Bridget |title=Trump's victory sets up fight for the House on his turf in 2026 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trumps-victory-sets-fight-house-turf-2026-rcna184017 |publisher=NBC News |access-date=16 March 2025 |date=14 December 2024}}
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 35 municipalities.[https://www.njredistrictingcommission.org/documents/2021/Data2021/Plan%20Components.pdf], New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2021. Accessed November 5, 2022.
Bergen County (24):
:Carlstadt, Cliffside Park, East Rutherford, Edgewater, Elmwood Park, Fairview, Franklin Lakes, Garfield, Hasbrouck Heights, Little Ferry, Lodi, Lyndhurst, Maywood (part, also 5th), Moonachie, North Arlington, Oakland, Ridgefield, Rochelle Park, Rutherford, Saddle Brook, South Hackensack, Teterboro, Wallington, Wood-Ridge
Hudson County (2):
:Kearny (part, also 8th), Secaucus
Passaic County (9):
:Clifton, Haledon, Hawthorne, North Haledon, Passaic, Paterson, Pompton Lakes, Prospect Park, Wayne (part, also 11th; includes Pines Lake and part of Preakness)
Recent election results from statewide races
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! Year ! Office ! Resultshttps://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::6ff0b024-2e5d-4e9b-ba0e-56f6de17ea80https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SXtNRjZ9ccOn58-X9_W2Qo7XSgu7GTsqRlK9UxooOkU/edit?gid=78360187#gid=78360187 |
|2008
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Obama 61% - 38% |
|2012
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Obama 66% - 34% |
|2016
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Clinton 61% - 37% |
|2017
| Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Murphy 63% - 36% |
|2018
| Senate | align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Menendez 60% - 37% |
rowspan=2|2020
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Biden 59% - 40% |
Senate
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Booker 61% - 36% |
|2021
| Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Murphy 54% - 46% |
rowspan=2|2024
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Trump 49% - 48% |
Senate
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Kim 51% - 45% |
List of members representing the district
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! Member ! Party ! Years ! Cong ! Electoral history ! Counties/towns |
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| colspan=6 | District established March 4, 1903 |
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| style="text-align:left" | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1903 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|58}} | Elected in 1902. | rowspan=4 | Hudson County (except parts of Jersey City) |
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| style="text-align:left" | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1905 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|59}} | Elected in 1904. |
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| style="text-align:left" | Eugene W. Leake | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1907 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|60}} | Elected in 1906. |
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| style="text-align:left" | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1909 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|61|62}} | Elected in 1908. |
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| style="text-align:left" | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1913 – | rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|63}} | Redistricted from the {{ushr|New Jersey|8|C}} and re-elected in 1912. | rowspan=8 | Parts of Essex (East Orange, Orange, and parts of South Orange and Newark) |
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| colspan=2 | Vacant | nowrap | October 3, 1914 – |
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| style="text-align:left" | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | December 1, 1914 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|63|65}} | Elected to finish McCoy's term. |
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| style="text-align:left" | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1919 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|66}} | Elected in 1918. |
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| style="text-align:left" | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1921 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|67}} | Elected in 1920. |
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| style="text-align:left" | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1923 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|68}} | Elected in 1922. |
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| style="text-align:left" | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1925 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|69|71}} | Elected in 1924. |
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| style="text-align:left" | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1931 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|72}} | Elected in 1930. |
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| style="text-align:left" | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1933 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|73|75}} | Elected in 1932. | rowspan=6 | Parts of Bergen and Hudson (North Bergen) |
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| colspan=2 | Vacant | nowrap | January 27, 1938 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|75}} |
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| style="text-align:left" | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1939 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|76|77}} | Elected in 1938. |
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| style="text-align:left" | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1943 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|78|82}} | Elected in 1942. |
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| colspan=2 | Vacant | nowrap | September 7, 1951 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|82}} |
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| style="text-align:left" | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | November 6, 1951 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|82|88}} | Elected to finish Towe's term. |
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| rowspan=5 style="text-align:left" | 100px | rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | rowspan=5 nowrap | January 3, 1965 – | rowspan=5 | {{USCongressOrdinal|89|94}} | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1964. | {{Data missing|date=August 2020}} |
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| 1967–1969 |
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| 1969–1971 |
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| 1971–1973 |
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| rowspan=2 | 1973–1977 |
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| style="text-align:left" | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1977 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|95|97}} | Elected in 1976. |
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| rowspan=3 style="text-align:left" | 100px | rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | January 3, 1983 – | rowspan=3 | {{USCongressOrdinal|98|104}} | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1982. | 1983–1985 |
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| 1985–1993 |
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| rowspan=2 | 1993–1997 |
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| rowspan=2 style="text-align:left" | 100px | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | January 3, 1997 – | rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|105|112}} | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1996. |
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| 2003–2013 |
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| rowspan=2 style="text-align:left" | 100px | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | January 3, 2013 – | rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|113|118}} | rowspan=2 | Redistricted from the {{ushr|New Jersey|8|C}} and re-elected in 2012. | 2013–2023 |
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| rowspan="3" | 2023–present |
colspan="2" |Vacant
|August 21, 2024 – | |
style="text-align:left" |100px Nellie Pou {{Small|(North Haledon)}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic |January 3, 2025 – |{{USCongressOrdinal|119|present}} |
Recent election results
= 2012 =
{{Election box begin no change|title=New Jersey's 9th congressional district, 2012{{cite web |url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2012/2012-official-general-results-house-of-representatives-020513.pdf |title=Election Information |publisher=NJ Department of State|date=November 6, 2012 |access-date=March 9, 2018}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Bill Pascrell (incumbent)|votes=162,822|percentage=74.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Shmuley Boteach|votes=55,091|percentage=25.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent|candidate=E. David Smith|votes=1,138|percentage=0.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Constitution Party (United States)|candidate=Jeanette Woolsey|votes=1,082|percentage=0.5}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=220,133|percentage=100.0}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2014 =
{{Election box begin no change|title=New Jersey's 9th congressional district, 2014{{cite web|last=Haas|first=Karen L.|title=Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2014|url=http://history.house.gov/Institution/Election-Statistics/Election-Statistics/|publisher=Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives|access-date=October 28, 2019|date=March 9, 2015}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Bill Pascrell (incumbent)|votes=82,498|percentage=68.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Dierdre G. Paul|votes=36,246|percentage=30.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent|candidate=Nestor Montilla|votes=1,715|percentage=1.4}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=120,459|percentage=100.0}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2016 =
{{Election box begin no change|title=New Jersey's 9th congressional district, 2016{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2016-results/2016-official-general-results-house-of-representatives.pdf |title=Election Information |publisher=NJ Department of State|date=November 8, 2016 |access-date=December 8, 2016}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Bill Pascrell Jr. (incumbent)|votes=162,642|percentage=69.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Hector L. Castillo|votes=65,376|percentage=28.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=Diego Rivera|votes=3,327|percentage=1.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent|candidate=Jeff Boss|votes=1,897|percentage=0.8}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=233,242|percentage=100.0}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2018 =
{{Election box begin no change|title=New Jersey's 9th congressional district, 2018{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Cheryl L.|title=Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018|url=http://history.house.gov/Institution/Election-Statistics/Election-Statistics/|publisher=Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives|access-date=April 27, 2019|date=February 28, 2019}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Bill Pascrell Jr. (incumbent)|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=140,832|percentage=70.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Eric P. Fisher|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=57,854|percentage=28.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Claudio Belusic|party=Libertarian Party (United States)|votes=1,730|percentage=0.9}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=200,416|percentage=100.0}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2020 =
{{Election box begin no change|title=New Jersey's 9th congressional district, 2020{{cite web |title=Official General Election Results: U.S. House of Representatives |url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-us-house.pdf|website=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 7, 2020}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Bill Pascrell Jr. (incumbent)|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=203,674|percentage=65.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Billy Prempeh|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=98,629|percentage=31.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Chris Auriemma|party=Independent|votes=7,239|percentage=2.3}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=309,542|percentage=100.0}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2022 =
{{Election box begin no change|title=New Jersey's 9th congressional district, 2022{{cite web |title= 2022 Official General Election Results: U.S. House of Representatives |url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2022/2022-official-general-results-us-house.pdf |website=New Jersey Department of State - Division of Elections |access-date=December 7, 2022}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Bill Pascrell Jr. (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 82,115
| percentage = 55.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Billy Prempeh
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 65,214
| percentage = 43.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Lea Sherman
| party = Socialist Workers Party (United States)
| votes = 1,103
| percentage = 0.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Sean Armstrong
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 1,050
| percentage = 0.7
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 149,482
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}{{Election box end}}
= 2024 =
{{Election box begin no change|title=New Jersey's 9th congressional district, 2024{{cite web |title= 2024 Official General Election Results: U.S. House of Representatives |url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2024/2024-official-general-results-us-house.pdf |website=New Jersey Department of State - Division of Elections |access-date=January 18, 2025}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Nellie Pou
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 130,514
| percentage = 50.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Billy Prempeh
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 117,939
| percentage = 45.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Benjamin Taylor
| party = Green Party (United States)
| votes = 5,027
| percentage = 2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Bruno Pereira
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 3,533
| percentage = 1.4
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 257,013
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}{{Election box end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite book |title=The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress |last=Martis |first=Kenneth C. |year=1989 |publisher=Macmillan Publishing Company |location=New York}}
- {{cite book |title=The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts |last=Martis |first=Kenneth C. |year=1982 |publisher=Macmillan Publishing Company |location=New York}}
- [http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present]
External links
- [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/findyourreps.xpd?state=NJ&district=9 New Jersey's 9th Congressional District at GovTrack.us]
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