New Jersey Congressional District 02

Congressional District Profile

Overview

District ID
NJ-02
State
New Jersey
District Number
02
Total Candidates
117
Election Cycles
2026, 2024, 2022, 2020, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1990, 1988, 1986, 1984, 1982, 1980

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Voters

Registered Voters
589,866
Active Voters
553,136 (93.8%)

Party Registration

PartyVotersShare
Democratic175,44529.7%
Republican200,22833.9%
Unaffiliated206,45735.0%
Other parties7,7361.3%
No party recorded00.0%

Turnout by Cycle

CycleGeneralDemocratic PrimaryRepublican Primary
2025–2026304,799 (51.7%)58,834 (10.0%)59,341 (10.1%)
2023–2024397,351 (67.4%)45,341 (7.7%)54,488 (9.2%)
2021–2022285,099 (48.3%)40,567 (6.9%)59,255 (10.0%)
2019–2020402,193 (68.2%)70,230 (11.9%)61,042 (10.3%)
2017–2018278,566 (47.2%)37,954 (6.4%)35,952 (6.1%)
2015–2016310,425 (52.6%)48,342 (8.2%)46,885 (7.9%)
2013–2014204,388 (34.6%)23,910 (4.1%)27,217 (4.6%)
2011–2012263,046 (44.6%)11,848 (2.0%)17,831 (3.0%)

Turnout counts today's registered voters with a counted ballot in the cycle's elections (the odd and even year), as a share of today's registered voters. Voters who have since left the rolls are not counted.

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Source: Civitech voter file snapshot as of 01/02/2026. These are registered voters, separate from the Census population figures. Counts under 10 are suppressed and shown as "<10".

Demographics

Total Citizen Population
746,545
Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP)
583,987

Citizen Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCitizensShare
Non-Hispanic630,30184.4%
Hispanic116,24215.6%
White500,15667.0%
Black81,08710.9%
Asian24,5483.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native1,4000.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander2040.0%
Two or More Races2,8550.4%

Citizen Voting Age Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCVAPShare
Non-Hispanic512,97487.8%
Hispanic71,01312.2%
White418,48271.7%
Black67,59711.6%
Asian20,7913.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native5,3110.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1590.0%
Two or More Races1,6260.3%

Source: Redistricting Data Hub / U.S. Census Bureau CVAP Special Tabulation.

Candidates