Scott Garrett

Garrett earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Montclair State College in 1981 and a Juris Doctor from Rutgers School of Law–Camden in 1984.{{cite web|title=Full Biography|url=http://garrett.house.gov/about/full-biography|publisher=House.gov|access-date=October 31, 2014}}

Born in Bergen County in the town of Englewood, Garrett spent much of his life living in North Jersey. He was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 1991, and was re-elected five times, serving from 1992 to 2003, representing the 24th legislative district, which covered all of Sussex County and several municipalities in Morris and Hunterdon counties.

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Garrett unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Congresswoman Marge Roukema in the 1998 and 2000 Republican primaries, on both occasions running well to the right of Roukema, a leading moderate Republican.{{cite news|last1=Green|first1=Joshua|title=Wall Street's Straight Man in Washington|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/features/2016-01-14/wall-street-s-straight-man-in-washington|access-date=February 26, 2016|publisher=Bloomberg|date=January 14, 2016}} In 2002, Roukema retired and Garrett won a contested five-way primary with 46% of the vote over State Assemblyman David C. Russo and State Senator Gerald Cardinale.Kocieniewski, David. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402E5D91E3AF936A35755C0A9649C8B63&scp=1&sq=garrett+russo+roukema&st=nyt "Forrester to Represent G.O.P. in Race to Unseat Torricelli"], The New York Times, June 5, 2002. Accessed March 30, 2008. "In the Republican primary to replace Representative Marge Roukema, who is retiring from her Fifth Congressional District seat, State Assemblyman E. Scott Garrett, defeated State Senator Gerald Cardinale, whom Mrs. Roukema had endorsed. With all precincts reporting, Mr. Garrett had 46 percent, to 25 percent for Mr. Cardinale and 26 percent for Assemblyman David C. Russo." Of the three major candidates, Garrett was the only one from the more rural western portion of the district, while Russo and Cardinale were both from Bergen County. Although Bergen was the most populous county in the district, Russo and Cardinale split the vote there, while Garrett dominated his base in the western portion of the district.

In the 2002 general election, Garrett faced Democratic candidate Anne Sumers, an ophthalmologist and former Republican.{{cite news|last1=Peterson|first1=Iver|title=Where a Republican Turns Democrat to Take On a Republican|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/15/nyregion/where-a-republican-turns-democrat-to-take-on-a-republican.html|access-date=February 26, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=September 15, 2002}} Garrett beat Sumers with 60% of the vote.{{cite web|title=Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002election.pdf|publisher=United States House of Representatives|access-date=February 26, 2016}}

Garrett was reelected in 2004 with 58% of the vote. In 2006, Garrett defeated Republican primary opponent Michael Cino. In the November 2006 general election, Garrett defeated Paul Aronsohn, a former employee of the U.S. State Department during the Clinton Administration, to win a third term. Garrett defeated Democrat Dennis Shulman 56%–42% in the 2008 general election. In 2010, Garrett defeated Tod Theise, receiving 65% of the vote. In 2012, Garrett defeated Democrat Adam Gussen with 55% of the vote.{{cite web|title=Scott Garrett|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Garrett#Full_history|publisher=Ballotpedia|access-date=February 26, 2016}}

In 2014, Garrett defeated Democratic nominee Roy Cho with 55% of the vote.{{cite news|title=2014 New Jersey House Election Results|url=http://www.politico.com/2014-election/results/map/house/new-jersey/#.Vs_gu_HvOad|access-date=February 26, 2016|publisher=Politico|date=December 17, 2014}}

Redistricting after the 2010 census made the 5th slightly more Democratic, as it gained heavily Democratic Hackensack and Teaneck. John McCain carried the old 5th with 54 percent of the vote in 2008,[https://web.archive.org/web/20151016181827/http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/4161/ Database of 2008 presidential election results] from Swing State Project but would have only won the new 5th with 50.5 percent of the vote.[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xn6nCNM97oFDZ4M-HQgoUT3X4paOiSDsRMSuxbaOBdg/edit#gid=0 Database of presidential election results] under 2012 lines from Daily Kos

Garrett ran for re-election in 2016 as the Republican candidate, besting Michael Cino and Peter Vallorosi in the primary. He faced former Clinton administration speechwriter Josh Gottheimer, who was unopposed in the Democratic primary.{{cite news|last1=Ma|first1=Myles|title=Wyckoff Democrat launches campaign against Scott Garrett|url=http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2016/02/wyckoff_democrat_launches_campaign_against_scott_g.html|access-date=February 26, 2016|publisher=NJ.com|date=February 8, 2016}} In an article published by OpenSecrets, Garrett was revealed to be heavily reliant on the financial sector to fund his campaign.{{cite web | url=http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2016/06/wall-streets-fab-five-the-house-candidates-most-dependent-on-the-finance-industry/ | title=Wall Street's fab five: House members, candidates most reliant on funding from finance industry | publisher=OpenSecrets | date=1 June 2016 | access-date=8 June 2016 | author=Will Tucker}} In 2015, it was reported that Garrett stated he would not pay dues to the NRCC because they had supported openly gay candidates. Gottheimer and national Democratic groups used these comments to attack Garrett as too socially conservative for the district, while Wall Street firms that had donated to Garrett for years reduced their contributions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/10/29/499878652/anti-gay-remarks-lost-a-congressman-wall-street-and-maybe-his-house-seat|title=Anti-Gay Remarks Lost A Congressman Wall Street, And Maybe His House Seat|website=NPR.org|access-date=December 28, 2020}}

Gottheimer won the general election on November 8, 2016, with 50.5% of the vote to Garrett's 47.2%.{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/house/new-jersey/ |title=New Jersey Election Results 2016: House Live Map by District, Real-Time Voting Updates |publisher=Politico|access-date=2017-04-16}} While Garrett carried three of the four counties in the district, he could not overcome a 33,800-vote deficit in the district's share of Bergen County; he lost overall by 14,900 votes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/election/2016/results/states/new-jersey/house/05|title=Full 2016 election results: New Jersey House 05|website=www.cnn.com|access-date=December 28, 2020}}

• Committee on the Budget
• Committee on Financial Services
• Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government-Sponsored Enterprises (chairman)
• Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity

• Congressional Constitution Caucus{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://congressionalconstitutioncaucus-garrett.house.gov/about-us/membership|publisher=Congressional Constitution Caucus|access-date=9 May 2018|archive-date=June 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614044928/https://congressionalconstitutioncaucus-garrett.house.gov/about-us/membership|url-status=dead}} (chairman)

On May 8, 2013, Garrett introduced the Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2014 (H.R. 1872; 113th Congress), a bill that would modify the budgetary treatment of federal credit programs.{{cite web|title=H.R. 1872 – CBO|url=http://cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/hr1872.pdf|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=March 28, 2014}} The bill would require that the cost of direct loans or loan guarantees be recognized in the federal budget on a fair-value basis using guidelines set forth by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. The bill would also require the federal budget to reflect the net impact of programs administered by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The changes made by the bill would mean that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were counted on the budget instead of considered separately and would mean that the debt of those two programs would be included in the national debt.{{cite news|last=Kasperowicz|first=Pete|title=House to push budget reforms next week|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/economics-trade/202010-house-to-push-budget-reforms-next-week/|access-date=April 7, 2014|newspaper=The Hill|date=March 28, 2014}} These programs themselves would not be changed, but how they are accounted for in the United States federal budget would be. The goal of the bill is to improve the accuracy of how some programs are accounted for in the federal budget.{{cite news|last=Kasperowicz|first=Pete|title=Next week: Bring out the budget|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/scheduling/202730-next-week-bring-out-the-budget/|access-date=April 7, 2014|newspaper=The Hill|date=April 4, 2014}}

Garrett compiled an unshakably conservative voting record. This was unusual for New Jersey, historically a bastion of moderate Republicanism. He held a lifetime rating of 99.3 from the American Conservative Union, making him easily the most conservative member of the New Jersey delegation.{{cite news|last1=Salant|first1=Jonathan|title=Will voters remember N.J. Rep. Scott Garrett's gay comments next fall?|url=http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/08/will_voters_remember_nj_rep_scott_garretts_comments_next_fall.html|access-date=February 26, 2016|publisher=NJ.com|date=August 23, 2015}} He was one of the most conservative lawmakers ever to represent New Jersey in Congress, and was considered one of the most conservative members of the House.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/politics/2016/11/nasty_scott_garrett-_josh_gottheimer_race_in_nj_co.html|title=Nasty Scott Garrett- Josh Gottheimer race in N.J. could be national bellwether|first=Jonathan|last=Salant|date=November 5, 2016|website=nj|access-date=December 28, 2020}} While in Congress, he founded and led the House Constitution Caucus.{{cite news|last1=Hernandez|first1=Raymond|title=Still an Ideological Oddity in New Jersey, but a Rising Force in His Party|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/nyregion/republican-scott-garrett-an-ideological-oddity-in-new-jersey.html?_r=0|access-date=February 26, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=April 18, 2011}}

During his time in Congress, Garrett was a member of the Liberty Caucus.{{cite web |url=https://rlc.org/history-rlc|title=History of the RLC|access-date=August 7, 2015}} He was a founding member of the Freedom Caucus, which serves as a policy alternative to the Republican Study Committee, and is the only New Jersey representative to have been a member of the Freedom Caucus.{{cite web |url= http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/house-freedom-caucus-conservative-legislation-114593.html|title= 9 Republicans launch House Freedom Caucus|last= French|first= Lauren|date= January 26, 2015|website= Politico|access-date= July 22, 2015}}

In 2007, Garrett led nineteen U.S. lawmakers to introduce a bill in the House of Representatives backing United Nations membership for Taiwan.[http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news/2007/11/11/130375/The-Ministry.htm The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes legislation introduced by 19 lawmakers], The China Post, November 11, 2007

In 2006, Garrett supported H.R. 4411, the Goodlatte-Leach Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2006/roll363.xml|title=Thomas (Library of Congress): HR 4411|website=House.gov|access-date=December 21, 2017}}

Garrett voted to allow oil and gas drilling off the shore of New Jersey.[http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-7/1151647828208030.xml&coll=1&thispage=1 House votes to lift drilling ban for offshore natural gas and oil], Star-Ledger, June 30, 2006 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110113348/http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-7%2F1151647828208030.xml&coll=1&thispage=1 |date=November 10, 2014 }} He voted against making "price gouging" by oil companies a crime,[https://web.archive.org/web/20160107192329/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-123156189.html "Garrett hit for vote against gas price-gouging ban"], The Record, May 6, 2006. and against the Further Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Katrina Act of 2005.[http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll460.xml Roll Call: Further Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, Hurricane Katrina, 2005], September 8, 2005 He was one of four members of the House of Representatives to vote against an extension of unemployment benefits.[https://web.archive.org/web/20030314213317/http://www.komotv.com/news/story.asp?ID=22346 Bush Signs Extension of Federal Unemployment Benefits], KOMO-TV, January 8, 2003

Garrett voted against the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 during the United States federal government shutdown of 2013.[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/113-2013/h550 Garrett's vote for federal government shutdown of 2013], govtrack.us; accessed October 31, 2014. When opponents criticized Garrett for not signing a letter urging the House to provide prompt aid to victims of Hurricane Sandy, Garrett responded by saying he had signed nine other letters seeking aid and had helped sponsor a final bill authorizing money.{{cite news|last1=Zernike|first1=Kate|title=Opponent Attacks New Jersey Congressman's Record on Hurricane Recovery|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/22/nyregion/opponent-attacks-new-jersey-congressmans-record-on-hurricane-recovery.html|access-date=February 26, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=October 21, 2014}}

As a state legislator in 2005, he proposed public schools include lessons on intelligent design alongside evolution. Garrett said he would not advocate for a law mandating changes to the state curriculum.{{cite news

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In July 2007, Garrett proposed an amendment to strike earmarked money in a spending bill for native Alaskan and Hawaiian educational programs.[http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0707/North_to_Alaska.html North to Alaska], Politico dated July 17, 2007. Congressman Don Young of Alaska defended the funds on the floor of the House, saying, "You want my money, my money." Young went on to suggest that Republicans had lost their majority in the 2006 election because some Republicans had challenged spending earmarks. While Garrett did not ask for an official reprimand, other conservative Republicans took exception to Young's remarks that the funds in question represented his money. Members of the Republican Study Committee gave Garrett a standing ovation later in the day during the group's weekly meeting.

Following the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States by the Supreme Court of the United States in 2015, Garrett supported the First Amendment Defense Act, a bill allowing companies to deny service to same-sex weddings due to religious objections.{{cite web|last1=Salant|first1=Jonathan D.|url=http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/07/two_nj_republican_congressmen_join_legislative_res.html|title=2 N.J. lawmakers back denying services to gay couples on religious grounds|work=NJ.com|date=July 10, 2015|access-date=March 25, 2016}}

Also in 2015, Garrett refused to pay GOP campaign arm dues to the National Republican Congressional Committee because he said they were "actively recruiting homosexual candidates and had supported gay candidates in the past."{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/gop-garrett-hensarling-no-cash-for-campaign-arm-because-it-backs-gays-120201.html|title=GOP lawmaker: No cash for campaign arm because it backs gays|work=Politico|date=July 16, 2015 |access-date=March 25, 2016}} Garrett later clarified his remarks, saying that he is opposed to same-sex marriage due to his faith, but that he does not "have malice" toward any group of people.{{cite news|last1=Salant|first1=Jonathan D.|title=N.J. Rep. Scott Garrett: I have no malice toward gays|url=http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/01/nj_rep_garrett_defends_position_on_gay_marriage.html|access-date=February 11, 2016|publisher=NJ.com|date=January 16, 2016}} Regarding his stance opposing gay Republican political candidates, he said that political opponents in the media distorted his views; while he affirmed that it was "everybody's right" to run for office, he reiterated his opposition to funding the campaigns of candidates who support same-sex marriage.{{cite web|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2016/03/23/rep-garrett-says-his-stance-on-gay-candidates-is-being-distorted-by-political-opponents/94580162/|title=Rep. Garrett says his stance on gay candidates is being distorted by political opponents|author=HERB JACKSON|work=NorthJersey.com|access-date=March 25, 2016}}

In 2006, Garrett was the only congressman from New Jersey to vote against the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, citing his opposition to requirements to print non-English ballots.Llorente, Elizabeth. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160220191111/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-126549189.html "Group rallies against Garrett"], The Record, July 21, 2006. Accessed February 10, 2016. "And recently, Rep. Scott Garrett, R-Wantage, was the only member of New Jersey's congressional delegation to vote against extending the Voting Rights Act, because he opposed a provision that called for printing ballots in languages other than English."

On April 14, 2017, President Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Garrett to become chairman and president of the Export–Import Bank of the United States.{{cite web|last=Stevenson |first=Alexandra |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/business/export-import-bank-trump-scott-garrett.html |title=In Reversal, Trump Names Pick to Reshape Export-Import Bank, Not End It |work=The New York Times |date=2017-04-14 |access-date=2017-04-15}}{{cite news|last1=Shindler|first1=Michael|title=Trump's Ex-Im Picks Signal Reform Is On The Way |url=https://townhall.com/columnists/youngvoicesadvocates/2017/04/30/trumps-exim-picks-signals-reform-is-on-the-way-n2320140|access-date=15 May 2017|publisher=Townhall|date=April 30, 2017}} While in the House of Representatives, Garrett was a critic of the bank's existence. On June 19, 2017, Trump formally nominated Garrett to the post, which requires confirmation by the United States Senate.

Senator Sherrod Brown, the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, was surprised by the nomination, saying that he had been led to believe that Trump would not go ahead with choosing Garrett in light of the opposition. Brown predicted that no Democrats would vote for Garrett, and that some Republicans would also be "unhappy with [the nomination]."

The nomination drew opposition from a number of national business organizations, such as the Aerospace Industries Association, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the Business Roundtable.{{Citation | last1 = Dawsey | first1 = Josh | last2 = Warmbrodt | first2 = Zachary | title = Trump weighs dumping Garrett as Ex-Im nominee | publisher = Politico | date = July 21, 2017 | url = http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/20/trump-weighs-dumping-garrett-as-ex-im-nominee-240784 | access-date = 2017-07-31}} Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina was one of the Republicans reported to have concerns with the nomination. The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce opposed Garrett, and Graham said he would "try to get the administration to give us a better nominee." The New Jersey Business and Industry Association, the largest business group in Garrett's home state, called on him to withdraw from consideration for the post.{{cite web | url = http://observer.com/2017/07/njs-largest-business-group-garrett-wrong-for-ex-im-bank | title = NJ's Largest Business Group: Garrett Wrong for Ex-Im Bank| last = Alfaro | first = Alyana | date = July 24, 2017 | website = observer.com | publisher = New York Observer | access-date = 2017-07-31 }}

In August 2017, Politico reported that Trump would give Garrett a chance to rescue his nomination after privately questioning whether the nomination should proceed. Conservatives opposed to the Ex-Im Bank "have ratcheted up pressure on the administration to stick with Garrett’s nomination." Republican U.S. Senator Pat Toomey said: "I can tell you there will be Republican senators including myself who will put up quite a fight if his nomination doesn't go forward."{{cite news|last1=Warmbrodt|first1=Zachary|last2=Restuccia|first2=Andrew|title=Trump gives Ex-Im pick a chance to rescue nomination|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/02/trump-import-export-garrett-241270|access-date=3 August 2017|publisher=Politico|date=August 2, 2017}}

On December 19, 2017, the Senate Banking Committee voted by a margin of 10-13 not to advance Garrett's nomination to the full U.S. Senate. Republican U.S. Senators Mike Rounds and Tim Scott joined all of the Democrats on the committee in voting against Garrett.{{cite news|last1=Warmbrodt|first1=Zachary|last2=Restuccia|first2=Andrew|title=Garrett's failure to win Ex-Im confirmation stings Pence, too|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/19/garret-failure-for-ex-im-stings-pence-306236|access-date=20 December 2017|publisher=Politico|date=December 19, 2017}} Trump did not formally withdraw the nomination; rather it was returned to Trump unconfirmed on January 3, 2018, under Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule XXXI, paragraph 6.{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/115th-congress/673|title=PN673 — Scott Garrett — Export-Import Bank of the United States|date=January 3, 2018|website=U.S. Congress|access-date=11 January 2018}}

Garrett is married and has two adult daughters.{{cite news|title=Scott Garrett - Candidate for the 5th Congressional District - 2014 General|url=http://www.njherald.com/story/26783619/scott-garrett-candidate-for-the-5th-congressional-district-2014-general#|access-date=February 26, 2016|publisher=New Jersey Herald|date=October 14, 2014}} They homeschooled their daughters because there was "no high school offering a Christian education" in their area.{{cite web|url=http://blog.nj.com/njv_bob_braun/2009/07/us_rep_scott_garretts_conserva.html|title=U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett's conservative beliefs grounded in N.J. upbringing, study of history|work=NJ.com|date=July 7, 2009 |access-date=March 25, 2016}}

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|2002

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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Anne Sumers

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |76,504

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |38%

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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Scott Garrett}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |118,881

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |59%

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|{{Party shading/Independent}} |Michael J. Cino

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |Lower Tax Independent

|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |4,466

|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |2%

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|2004

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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|D. Anne Wolfe}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |122,259

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |41%

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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Scott Garrett

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |171,220

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |58%

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|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Victor Kaplan

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |1,857

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |1%

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|{{Party shading/Independent}} |Thomas Phelan

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |NJ Conservative

|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1,515

|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1%

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|2006

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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Paul Aronsohn

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |89,503

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |44%

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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Scott Garrett

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |112,142

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |55%

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|{{Party shading/Independent}} |R. Matthew Fretz

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |An Independent Voice

|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |2,597

|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1%

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|2008

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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dennis Shulman

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |123,512

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |42%

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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Scott Garrett

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |165,271

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |56%

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|{{Party shading/Green}} |Ed Fanning

|{{Party shading/Green}} |Green

|{{Party shading/Green}} align="right" |4,950

|{{Party shading/Green}} align="right" |2%

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|2010

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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Tod Theise

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |60,045

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |33%

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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Scott Garrett

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |119,478

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |65%

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|{{Party shading/Green}} |Ed Fanning

|{{Party shading/Green}} |Green

|{{Party shading/Green}} align="right" |2,262

|{{Party shading/Green}} align="right" |1%

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|{{Party shading/Independent}} |Mark Quick

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |Independent

|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1,646

|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |<1%

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|2012

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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Adam Gussen

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |130,102

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |43%

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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Scott Garrett

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |167,503

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |55%

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|{{Party shading/Green}} |Patricia Alessandrini

|{{Party shading/Green}} |Green

|{{Party shading/Green}} align="right" |6,770

|{{Party shading/Green}} align="right" |2%

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|2014

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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Roy Cho

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |81,808

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |43%

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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Scott Garrett

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |104,678

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |55%

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|{{Party shading/Independent}} |Mark Quick

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |Independent

|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |2,435

|{{Party shading/Independent}} align="right" |1%

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|2016

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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Josh Gottheimer

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |158,045

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |50.43%

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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Scott Garrett

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |148,398

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |47.35%

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|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Claudio Belusic

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Libertarian

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |6,890

|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |2.2%

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{{asterisk}}Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 2004, Socialist Party USA candidate Gregory Pason received 574 votes. In 2010, James Radigan received 336 votes.

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{{s-bef|before=Robert E. Littell}}

{{s-ttl|title=Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
from the 24th district|years=1990–2003}}

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{{s-bef|before=Marge Roukema}}

{{s-ttl|title=Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 5th congressional district|years=2003–2017}}

{{s-aft|after=Josh Gottheimer}}

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{{s-bef|before=Frank Guarini|as=Former US Representative}}

{{s-ttl|title=Order of precedence of the United States
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{{s-aft|after=Cynthia McKinney|as=Former US Representative}}

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Category:1959 births

Category:Living people

Category:Republican Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly

Category:Montclair State University alumni

Category:Politicians from Englewood, New Jersey

Category:People from Wantage Township, New Jersey

Category:Rutgers School of Law–Camden alumni

Category:Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey

Category:21st-century members of the New Jersey Legislature

Category:21st-century members of the United States House of Representatives

Category:20th-century members of the New Jersey Legislature