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NJ CD 08 Data


The New Jersey Congressional District 08 is made of 17 municipalities across 4 counties.

Bergen: Fairview,
Essex: Belleville, Newark, Newark,
Hudson: Bayonne, East Newark, Guttenberg, Harrison, Hoboken, Jersey City, Jersey City, Kearny, North Bergen, Union City, Weehawken, West New York,
Union: Elizabeth City,

Congressional District CD08 overlaps part of Legislative Districts 20 28 29 31 32 33

District Representatives
OfficeTermNamePartyFirst ElectedExpire OnAddressEmailOfficial WebsiteVote SmartPropublicaOpensecretsGovTrack
US House 2 Yrs Albio Sires Dem 2006 2022 websiteVote SmartPropublicaOpensecretsGovTrack




Voter Registrations
AffiliationJan 2018ChangeNov 2018ChangeMay 2019ChangeNov 2019ChangeApr 2020ChangeJun 2020ChangeNov 2020ChangeMay 2021ChangeNov 2021ChangeMarch 2022
Dem202,5368,810211,3464,404215,7505,703221,4532,758224,211-143224,06812,975237,043-642236,4012,665239,066-1,043238,023
Rep32,9212,01434,9351,52836,4631,69538,1581,14439,3025639,3583,31642,6741,98344,6571,30045,95746746,424
Una135,3375,175140,5123,339143,8511,205145,0562,436147,492206147,6986,303154,001-3,987150,01458150,0722,435152,507
Oth2,6408803,5201,3414,8611,0565,9176236,540-466,494276,521806,601-1406,461-486,413
Total373,43416,879390,31310,612400,9259,659410,5846,961417,54573417,61822,621440,239-2,566437,6733,883441,5561,811443,367
Margin169,6156,796176,4112,876179,2874,008183,2951,614184,909199184,7109,659194,3692,625191,7441,365193,1091,510191,599
Source: NJ State Voter Registrations By Congressional District



Previous Elections Results
YearElectionRegistered VotersBallots CastTurnoutDem VotesDem Votes %Rep VotesRep Votes %Dem CandidateRep CandidateMarginMargin %
2020President994,346562,40456.56 %428,44876.18 %115,72420.58 %

312,724

55.60%

2020US House1,724,874964,71555.93 %408,84742.38 %97,99210.16 %Albio SiresJason Todd Mushnick

310,855

32.22%

2019Assembly 1307,61957,57318.72 %39,31868.29 %9,52116.54 %

29,797

51.75%

2019Assembly 2307,61957,57318.72 %38,55766.97 %9,01715.66 %

29,540

51.31%

2018US House1,524,465669,19943.90 %274,62241.04 %45,2816.77 %Albio SiresJohn R. Muniz

229,341

34.27%

2017Governor281,13691,02232.38 %66,87973.48 %17,40819.13 %Philip MurphyKim Guadagno

49,471

54.35%

2017NJ Senate281,13691,02232.38 %63,29469.54 %13,31214.63 %

49,982

54.91%

2017Assembly 1281,13691,02232.38 %59,27365.12 %13,82315.19 %

45,450

49.93%

2017Assembly 2281,13691,02232.38 %59,25065.09 %8,1798.99 %

51,071

56.10%

2016President885,269511,08357.73 %409,56480.14 %80,19515.69 %

329,369

64.45%

2016US House1,539,882875,92256.88 %318,31836.34 %53,1956.07 %Albio SiresAgha Khan

265,123

30.27%

2015Assembly 1869,99796,32811.07 %48,41850.26 %10,18910.58 %

38,229

39.68%

2015Assembly 2869,99796,32811.07 %47,03748.83 %8,5568.88 %

38,481

39.95%

2014US House1,413,130344,92124.41 %141,96541.16 %24,2607.03 %Albio SiresJude Anthony Tiscornia

117,705

34.13%

2013Governor854,982229,67126.86 %141,66161.68 %71,33931.06 %Barbara BuonoChris Christie

70,322

30.62%

2012President830,541478,61057.63 %404,77784.57 %67,76214.16 %

337,015

70.41%

2012US House1,439,078825,21257.34 %328,31039.78 %49,9706.06 %

278,340

33.72%

Source: State Elections Results Report



Counties

The "County Relevance" chart shows how the different counties within NJ08 contribute to the 2018 district electoral results (for Congress).

County Relevance House 2018
CountyRegistered VotersTurnoutDem VotesRep Votes
Bergen5,3182,6991,723604
Essex80,27926,82020,9775,148
Hudson244,394122,93080,78919,281
Union57,87920,51916,3923,692