New Jersey's 9th congressional district

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New Jersey's 9th congressional district is an urban congressional district in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and is currently represented in Congress by Democrat Nellie Pou following the death of Bill Pascrell in 2024, first elected in 1996 from the old 8th district. The 9th district consists largely of municipalities in Bergen and Passaic Counties.

New Jersey's 9th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Nellie Pou D–North Haledon
Distribution	100% urban 0% rural
Population (2023)	770,658[1]
Median household income	$86,044[1]
Ethnicity	41.6% Hispanic 38.3% White 9.0% Asian 8.0% Black 2.1% Two or more races 1.0% other
Cook PVI	D+2[2]

Due to redistricting following the 2010 census, portions of the old 9th district were shifted to the 5th district and the new 8th district, as part of a reduction in congressional districts from 13 to 12 in New Jersey. The new congressional map resulted in Pascrell's hometown of Paterson being added to the 9th district, which had been represented by Steve Rothman, a fellow Democrat who, like Pascrell, entered Congress after winning a seat in the 1996 election. In 2012, both incumbents ran for their party's nomination for the seat in the June primary, which Pascrell won. Later that year, Pascrell defeated Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, the Republican nominee, in the general election. He ran for 5 more terms before dying at the age of 87.^[3]

In the 2024 election, the district shifted dramatically to the right, voting by 1.1 points for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump after having previously voted for Democrat Joe Biden over Trump by 19 points in 2020. The Democratic congressional candidate, Nellie Pou, won by 5 points over the Republican Billy Prempeh, a much narrower margin than previous congressional races. Pou was elected to succeed Pascrell and took office in January 2025.^[4] It was one of 13 congressional districts that voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election while simultaneously electing a Democrat in the 2024 House of Representatives elections.^[5]

Counties and municipalities in the district

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of three counties and 35 municipalities.^[6]

Bergen County (24):

Carlstadt, Cliffside Park, East Rutherford, Edgewater, Elmwood Park, Fairview, Franklin Lakes, Garfield, Hasbrouck Heights, Little Ferry, Lodi, Lyndhurst, Maywood (part, also 5th), Moonachie, North Arlington, Oakland, Ridgefield, Rochelle Park, Rutherford, Saddle Brook, South Hackensack, Teterboro, Wallington, Wood-Ridge

Hudson County (2):

Kearny (part, also 8th), Secaucus

Passaic County (9):

Clifton, Haledon, Hawthorne, North Haledon, Passaic, Paterson, Pompton Lakes, Prospect Park, Wayne (part, also 11th; includes Pines Lake and part of Preakness)

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results[7][8]
2008	President	Obama 61% - 38%
2012	President	Obama 66% - 34%
2016	President	Clinton 61% - 37%
2017	Governor	Murphy 63% - 36%
2018	Senate	Menendez 60% - 37%
2020	President	Biden 59% - 40%
	Senate	Booker 61% - 36%
2021	Governor	Murphy 54% - 46%
2024	President	Trump 49% - 48%
	Senate	Kim 51% - 45%

List of members representing the district

Member (District home)	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties/towns
District established March 4, 1903
Allan Benny (Bayonne)	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	Elected in 1902. Lost re-election.	Hudson County (except parts of Jersey City)
Marshall Van Winkle (Jersey City)	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59th	Elected in 1904. Retired.
Eugene W. Leake (Jersey City)	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909	60th	Elected in 1906. Retired.
Eugene F. Kinkead (Jersey City)	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913	61st 62nd	Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Redistricted to the 8th district.
Walter I. McCoy (East Orange)	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – October 3, 1914	63rd	Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1912. Resigned on appointment as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.	Parts of Essex (East Orange, Orange, and parts of South Orange and Newark)
Vacant		October 3, 1914 – December 1, 1914
Richard W. Parker (Newark)	Republican	December 1, 1914 – March 3, 1919	63rd 64th 65th	Elected to finish McCoy's term. Also elected to the next full term. Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election.
Daniel F. Minahan (Orange)	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	Elected in 1918. Lost re-election.
Richard W. Parker (Newark)	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	Elected in 1920. Lost re-election.
Daniel F. Minahan (Orange)	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	68th	Elected in 1922. Lost re-election.
Franklin William Fort (East Orange)	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931	69th 70th 71st	Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Peter Angelo Cavicchia (Newark)	Republican	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	Elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 11th district.
Edward Aloysius Kenney (Cliffside Park)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 27, 1938	73rd 74th 75th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Died.	Parts of Bergen and Hudson (North Bergen)
Vacant		January 27, 1938 – January 3, 1939	75th
Frank C. Osmers Jr. (Haworth)	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943	76th 77th	Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Retired to become a second lieutenant in the 77th Infantry Division.
Harry Lancaster Towe (Tenafly)	Republican	January 3, 1943 – September 7, 1951	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd	Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Resigned to become Assistant Attorney General of New Jersey for Bergen County.
Vacant		September 7, 1951 – November 6, 1951	82nd
Frank C. Osmers Jr. (Tenafly)	Republican	November 6, 1951 – January 3, 1965	82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th	Elected to finish Towe's term. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Lost re-election.
Henry Helstoski (East Rutherford)	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1977	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Lost re-election.	[data missing]
					1967–1969 southern Bergen (Bogota, Carlstadt, Cliffside Park, East Rutherford, Fairview, Fort Lee, Garfield, Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights, Leonia, Little Ferry, Lodi, Lyndhurst, Maywood, Moonachie, North Arlington, Palisades Park, Saddle Brook, South Hackensack, Ridgefield, Ridgefield Park, Rochelle Park, Rutherford, Teaneck, Teterboro, Wallington, Wood-Ridge)
					1969–1971 Eastern Bergen
					1971–1973 [data missing]
					1973–1977 Eastern Bergen and parts of Hudson
Harold C. Hollenbeck (East Rutherford)	Republican	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983	95th 96th 97th	Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Lost re-election.
Robert Torricelli (Englewood)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	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. Retired to run for U.S. senator.	1983–1985 eastern Bergen
					1985–1993 Parts of Bergen and Hudson
					1993–1997 Parts of Bergen and Hudson
Steve Rothman (Fair Lawn)	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2013	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Lost renomination.
					2003–2013 Parts of Bergen, Hudson (parts of Jersey City, Kearney, North Bergen and Secaucus) and Passaic (Hawthorne)
Bill Pascrell (Paterson)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – August 21, 2024	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th	Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Died.	2013–2023 Parts of Bergen, Hudson (Secaucus and parts of Kearny), and Passaic (Clifton, Haledon, Hawthorne, Passaic, Paterson and Prospect Park)
					2023–present Parts of Bergen, Hudson (parts of Kearny), and Passaic (Clifton, Haledon, Hawthorne, North Haledon, Passaic, Paterson, Prospect Park, Pompton Lakes, and Wayne)
Vacant		August 21, 2024 – January 3, 2025	118th
Nellie Pou (North Haledon)	Democratic	January 3, 2025 – present	119th	Elected in 2024.

Recent election results

2012

New Jersey's 9th congressional district, 2012^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Pascrell (incumbent)	162,822	74.0
	Republican	Shmuley Boteach	55,091	25.0
	Independent	E. David Smith	1,138	0.5
	Constitution	Jeanette Woolsey	1,082	0.5
Total votes			220,133	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

New Jersey's 9th congressional district, 2014^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Pascrell (incumbent)	82,498	68.5
	Republican	Dierdre G. Paul	36,246	30.1
	Independent	Nestor Montilla	1,715	1.4
Total votes			120,459	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

New Jersey's 9th congressional district, 2016^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Pascrell Jr. (incumbent)	162,642	69.8
	Republican	Hector L. Castillo	65,376	28.0
	Libertarian	Diego Rivera	3,327	1.4
	Independent	Jeff Boss	1,897	0.8
Total votes			233,242	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018

New Jersey's 9th congressional district, 2018^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Pascrell Jr. (incumbent)	140,832	70.3
	Republican	Eric P. Fisher	57,854	28.9
	Libertarian	Claudio Belusic	1,730	0.9
Total votes			200,416	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020

New Jersey's 9th congressional district, 2020^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Pascrell Jr. (incumbent)	203,674	65.8
	Republican	Billy Prempeh	98,629	31.9
	Independent	Chris Auriemma	7,239	2.3
Total votes			309,542	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022

New Jersey's 9th congressional district, 2022^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Pascrell Jr. (incumbent)	82,115	55.0
	Republican	Billy Prempeh	65,214	43.6
	Socialist Workers	Lea Sherman	1,103	0.7
	Libertarian	Sean Armstrong	1,050	0.7
Total votes			149,482	100.0
	Democratic hold

2024

New Jersey's 9th congressional district, 2024^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nellie Pou	130,514	50.8
	Republican	Billy Prempeh	117,939	45.9
	Green	Benjamin Taylor	5,027	2.0
	Libertarian	Bruno Pereira	3,533	1.4
Total votes			257,013	100.0
	Democratic hold