New Jersey's 5th congressional district

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New Jersey's 5th congressional district is represented by Democrat Josh Gottheimer, who has served in Congress since 2017. The district stretches across the entire northern border of the state and contains most of Bergen County, as well as parts of Passaic County and Sussex County.

Historically, most of the areas in the district have generally been favorable for Republicans. This is especially true of the western portion, which contains some of the most Republican areas in the Northeast. However, Bergen County has trended Democratic in recent elections, though not as overwhelmingly as in the more urbanized southern portion of Bergen County, this latter portion being in the ninth congressional district. Partly due to a strong performance in Bergen County, Josh Gottheimer unseated 14-year Republican incumbent Scott Garrett in 2016. This made Garrett the only one of the state's 12 incumbents to lose reelection that year and marked the first time a Democrat won this seat since 1930.^[1]

Since redistricting in the early 1990s, this congressional district has been L-shaped, comprising the rural northern and western parts of New Jersey along with parts of Passaic and Bergen County. After redistricting in late 2021, which was based on the 2020 census, the 5th lost all of the municipalities in Warren County. It also contains less of Sussex County and includes more of eastern Bergen County than was the case during the 2010s, making the district somewhat more Democratic.^[2]

Counties and municipalities in the district

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The district from 2003 to 2013

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 United States census), the district contains all or portions of three counties and 65 municipalities.^[3]

Bergen County (47): Allendale, Alpine, Bergenfield, Bogota, Closter, Cresskill, Demarest, Dumont, Emerson, Englewood, Englewood Cliffs, Fair Lawn, Fort Lee, Glen Rock, Hackensack, Harrington Park, Haworth, Hillsdale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Leonia, Mahwah, Maywood (part; also 9th), Midland Park, Montvale, New Milford, Northvale, Norwood, Old Tappan, Oradell, Palisades Park, Paramus, Park Ridge, Ramsey, Ridgefield Park, Ridgewood, River Edge, River Vale, Rockleigh, Saddle River, Teaneck, Tenafly, Upper Saddle River, Waldwick, Washington Township, Westwood, Woodcliff Lake, Wyckoff

Passaic County (4): Bloomingdale, Ringwood, Wanaque, West Milford

Sussex County (14): Andover Township, Branchville, Frankford Township, Franklin, Hamburg, Hampton Township, Hardyston Township, Lafayette Township, Montague Township, Newton, Sandyston Township, Sussex, Vernon Township, Wantage Township

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results^[4]^[5]
2008	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Obama 52% - 47%
2012	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Obama 52% - 48%
2016	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Clinton 52% - 45%
2017	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Murphy 53% - 45%
2018	Senate	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Menendez 52% - 46%
2020	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Biden 56% - 43%
2020	Senate	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Booker 55% - 43%
2021	Governor	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Murphy 50% - 49%
2024	President	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Harris 50% - 48%
2024	Senate	align="right" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Kim 51% - 47%

List of members representing the district

District organized from New Jersey's at-large congressional district.

Member (District home)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties/Towns
District established March 4, 1799
File:Franklindavenport.jpg Franklin Davenport (Woodbury)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Federalist	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1798. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr and lost re-election.	Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem
District dissolved March 3, 1801
District re-established March 4, 1843
File:William Wright (1794-1866).jpg William Wright (Newark)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \| Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1842. Re-elected in 1844. Retired to run for governor.	Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Passaic
File:Dudley Sanford Gregory circa 1860-1870.jpg Dudley S. Gregory (Jersey City)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \| Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1846. Retired.
File:James G. King.jpg James G. King (Hoboken)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \| Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1848. Retired.
File:RodmanMPrice.jpg Rodman M. Price (Hoboken)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1850. Lost re-election.
File:AlexanderCMPennington.jpg Alexander C. M. Pennington (Newark)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \| Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Retired.	1853–1863 Essex and Hudson
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Retired.	1853–1863 Essex and Hudson
File:Jacob R. Wortendyke.jpg Jacob R. Wortendyke (Jersey City)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1856. Lost re-election.	Essex, Hudson, and Union (Union County formed from Essex (1857))
File:William Pennington portrait.jpg William Pennington (Newark)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1858. Lost re-election.
File:NPerry.jpg Nehemiah Perry (Newark)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1860. Re-elected in 1862. Retired.
	1863–1873 Hudson County and Newark	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1860. Re-elected in 1862. Retired.
File:ERVWright.jpg Edwin R.V. Wright (Hudson City)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1864. Retired.
File:GAHalsey.jpg George A. Halsey (Newark)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1866. Lost re-election.
File:Hon. Orestes Cleveland, N.Y - NARA - 527108.jpg Orestes Cleveland (Jersey City)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1868. Lost re-election.
File:GAHalsey.jpg George A. Halsey (Newark)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1870. Retired.
File:William Walter Phelps - Brady-Handy.jpg William W. Phelps (Englewood)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1872. Lost re-election.	Bergen, Morris, and Passaic
File:AWCutler.jpg Augustus W. Cutler (Morristown)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Retired.
File:CHVoorhis.jpg Charles H. Voorhis (Hackensack)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1878. Retired.
File:JHill.jpg John Hill (Boonton)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1880. Retired.
File:William Walter Phelps - Brady-Handy.jpg William W. Phelps (Englewood)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Retired.
File:Charles Dyer Beckwith.jpg Charles D. Beckwith (Paterson)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1888. Lost re-election.
File:Cornelius A. Cadmus.jpg Cornelius A. Cadmus (Paterson)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Retired.
	Bergen and Passaic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Retired.
File:JamesFStewart.jpg James F. Stewart (Paterson)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Bergen and Passaic	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Lost re-election.
File:Charles N. Fowler 001.jpg Charles N. Fowler (Elizabeth)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Retired to run for U.S. senator.	Morris, Union, and Warren
File:William E. Tuttle, Jr..jpg William E. Tuttle Jr. (Westfield)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Lost re-election.	Morris, Union, and Warren
	Morris and Union	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Lost re-election.
File:John Henry Capstick.jpg John H. Capstick (Montville)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 17, 1918	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Died.
Vacant		March 17, 1918 – November 5, 1918
File:William F. Birch (New Jersey Congressman).jpg William F. Birch (Dover)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	November 5, 1918 – March 3, 1919	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected to finish Capstick's term. Retired.
File:Representative Ernest R. Ackerman of NJ.jpg Ernest R. Ackerman (Plainfield)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1919 – October 18, 1931	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Died.
Vacant		October 18, 1931 – December 1, 1931
File:Percy H. Stewart (New Jersey Congressman).jpg Percy Hamilton Stewart (Plainfield)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	December 1, 1931 – March 3, 1933	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected to finish Ackerman's term. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
File:CharlesAubreyEaton.jpg Charles A. Eaton (Watchung)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1953	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Retired.	Morris, Somerset, and part of Middlesex (north of Raritan River)
File:Frelinghuysen, PHB.png Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (Morristown)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1975	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Retired.
	Morris and Somerset (Northern Middlesex removed to the new 15th District (1962))
	District no longer follows county lines
File:Rep Millicent Fenwick.jpg Millicent Fenwick (Bernardsville)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 12th district and retired to run for U.S. Senator.	Somerset, parts of Morris, and parts of Mercer (Princeton Township, Princeton Borough and West Windsor)
File:Marge Roukema.jpg Marge Roukema (Ridgewood)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2003	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from 7th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Retired.	Parts of Bergen, Hunterdon, Mercer (Hopewell Township, Hopewell Borough, and Pennington), Morris, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren
	Sussex (excluding Byram and Green) and northern parts of Bergen and Passaic
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File:Scott Garrett official congressional photo.jpg Scott Garrett (Wantage)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2017	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Lost re-election.	2003–2013: NJ05congressdistrict Warren, parts of Bergen, Passaic, and Sussex
	2013–2023: File:New Jersey's 5th congressional district (2013).svg Parts of Bergen, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2017	Template:USCongressOrdinal
File:Josh Gottheimer Photo.jpg Josh Gottheimer (Wyckoff)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		rowspan=2 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	January 3, 2017 – present	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.
	2023–present: File:New Jersey's 5th congressional district (since 2023) (new version).svg Parts of Bergen, Passaic, and Sussex		January 3, 2017 – present	Template:USCongressOrdinal