New Jersey Congressional District 12

Congressional District Profile

Overview

District ID
NJ-12
State
New Jersey
District Number
12
Total Candidates
120
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
537,718
Active Voters
492,929 (91.7%)

Party Registration

PartyVotersShare
Democratic228,07742.4%
Republican97,80418.2%
Unaffiliated205,79538.3%
Other parties6,0421.1%
No party recorded00.0%

Turnout by Cycle

CycleGeneralDemocratic PrimaryRepublican Primary
2025–2026268,446 (49.9%)75,897 (14.1%)27,149 (5.0%)
2023–2024347,786 (64.7%)59,754 (11.1%)22,050 (4.1%)
2021–2022239,643 (44.6%)51,720 (9.6%)23,335 (4.3%)
2019–2020345,810 (64.3%)85,244 (15.9%)23,305 (4.3%)
2017–2018241,559 (44.9%)51,288 (9.5%)14,998 (2.8%)
2015–2016265,525 (49.4%)65,739 (12.2%)20,983 (3.9%)
2013–2014158,905 (29.6%)39,939 (7.4%)11,506 (2.1%)
2011–2012216,845 (40.3%)18,076 (3.4%)7,364 (1.4%)

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
658,864
Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP)
498,852

Citizen Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCitizensShare
Non-Hispanic536,83781.5%
Hispanic122,02618.5%
White293,10944.5%
Black112,80217.1%
Asian113,44217.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native4550.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1360.0%
Two or More Races2,6590.4%

Citizen Voting Age Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCVAPShare
Non-Hispanic425,46185.3%
Hispanic73,38814.7%
White248,72349.9%
Black90,33118.1%
Asian83,43316.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native1,7980.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1400.0%
Two or More Races1,4720.3%

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

Candidates