New Jersey's 11th congressional district

New Jersey's 11th congressional district is a suburban district in northern New Jersey.[3] The district includes portions of Essex, Morris, Passaic, and Sussex Counties;[4] it is centered in Morris County.[5] The district is one of the 10 most affluent congressional districts in the United States.[6] Since January 2019, the typically Republican-leaning[5] district is represented by Democrat Mikie Sherrill.[7]

New Jersey's 11th congressional district
District map as of 2013
Representative	Mikie Sherrill D–Montclair
Distribution	96.21% urban 3.79% rural
Population (2017)	729,569[1]
Median income	$112,348[1]
Ethnicity	81.8% white 11.4% Hispanic 10.7% Asian 3.7% black 1.5% other 0.2% Native American
Cook PVI	R+3[2]

Counties and municipalities in the district

For the 113th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2010 Census), the district contains all or portions of four counties and 54 municipalities.[8][4]

Essex County:

Bloomfield (part; also 10th), Caldwell, Cedar Grove, Essex Fells, Fairfield, Livingston, Montclair (part; also 10th), North Caldwell, Nutley, Roseland, Verona, West Caldwell, West Orange (part; also 10th).

Morris County:

Boonton Town, Boonton Township, Butler, Chatham Borough, Chatham Township, Denville, East Hanover, Florham Park, Hanover, Harding, Jefferson Township, Kinnelon, Lincoln Park, Madison, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, Montville, Morris Plains, Morris Township, Morristown Town, Mountain Lakes, Parsippany-Troy Hills, Pequannock, Randolph Township, Riverdale, Rockaway Borough, Rockaway Township and Victory Gardens.

Passaic County:

Bloomingdale, Little Falls, North Haledon, Pompton Lakes, Totowa, Wanaque, Wayne and Woodland Park.

Sussex County:

Byram Township, Hopatcong, Ogdensburg, Sparta Township and Stanhope.

History

The 11th congressional district (together with the 12th) was created in 1913 based on the results of the 1910 United States Census.

Prior to a redistricting in the early 1980s, the 11th congressional district was centered in Essex County. The congressional seat was held by Democrats for almost 36 years. The early 1980s redistricting, conducted under a Republican-dominated legislature, shifted the focus of the district to the Republican-dominated Morris County. In 1984, Republican Dean Gallo defeated 22-year incumbent Democrat Joseph Minish. The district became one of the most reliably Republican districts in the Northeast.

2018 election

Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey § District 11

In January 2018, 12-term incumbent Republican Rodney Frelinghuysen announced that he would not seek re-election; earlier, leading political observers had rated the district as a "toss-up" in the November 2018 election.[9][10] Mikie Sherrill, a former Navy helicopter pilot and federal prosecutor, was the Democratic nominee in 2018. Assemblymember Jay Webber of New Jersey's 26th Assembly District was the Republican nominee. Attorney Ryan Martinez was the Libertarian Party nominee.[11] On November 6th, 2018, Sherrill prevailed by an unexpectedly large margin,[12] defeating Webber 56.8%-42.1%. The district shifted 33% towards the Democrats; this was the largest partisan swing of any congressional district in the nation in 2018.[12]

Recent national election results

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Bush 54 - 43%
2004	President	Bush 58 - 42%
2008	President	McCain 54 - 45%
2012	President	Romney 52 - 47%
2016	President	Trump 48.8 - 47.9%

List of members representing the district

Member	District Home	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties/Towns
District created March 4, 1913
John J. Eagan	Weehawken	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1921	63rd 64th 65th 66th	[data unknown/missing]	1913–1933: Parts of Hudson (Guttenberg, Hoboken, North Bergen, Secaucus, Union City, Weehawken, West New York)
Archibald E. Olpp	Secaucus	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	[data unknown/missing]
John J. Eagan	Weehawken	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	68th	[data unknown/missing]
Oscar L. Auf der Heide	West New York	Democratic	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933	69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 14th district.
Peter Angelo Cavicchia	Newark	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937	73rd 74th	Redistricted from the 9th district. [data unknown/missing]	1933–1965: Parts of Essex (the Oranges and parts of Newark)
Edward L. O'Neill	Newark	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	75th	[data unknown/missing]
Albert L. Vreeland	East Orange	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943	76th 77th	[data unknown/missing]
Frank Sundstrom	East Orange	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949	78th 79th 80th	[data unknown/missing]
Hugh Joseph Addonizio	Newark	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – June 30, 1962	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become Mayor of Newark.
Vacant			June 30, 1962 – January 3, 1963	87th
Joseph Minish	West Orange	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1985	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election after redistricting.
						1963–1967: Parts of Essex (Maplewood, the Oranges, Verona, and parts of Newark)
						1967–1973: Parts of Essex (Maplewood, the Oranges, and parts of Newark)
						1973–1983: Parts of Essex, Passaic (Little Falls and West Paterson), and Union (Hillside)
						1983–1985: Parts of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, and Passaic
Dean Gallo	Parsippany-Troy Hills	Republican	January 3, 1985 – November 6, 1994	99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	[data unknown/missing] Retired due to illness and then died.	1985–1993: Parts of Essex, Morris, Sussex, and Warren
						1993–2003: Morris and parts of Essex, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex
Vacant			November 6, 1994 – January 3, 1995	103rd
Rodney Frelinghuysen	Harding	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2019	104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Elected in 1994. Retired.
						2003–2013: Morris and parts of Essex, Passaic, Somerset, and Sussex
						2013–present: Parts of Essex, Morris, Passaic, and Sussex
Mikie Sherrill	Montclair	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – present	116th	Elected in 2018.

References

1. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
3. "11th District Leans Red but Democrats Think Sherrill Can Flip It to Blue". NJ Spotlight. October 2, 2018.
5. Obernauer, Eric. "Democrats take 11th District as Sherrill wins". New Jersey Herald.
6. "After the Midterms, One Party Controls All the Wealthiest Congressional Districts". finance.yahoo.com.
7. NJ.com, Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for (January 29, 2018). "Top NJ Republican Frelinghuysen retiring from Congress". nj.
8. Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed November 6, 2016.
9. "2018 House Race Ratings". The Cook Political Report. March 8, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
10. "Roll Call's 2018 Election Guide". The Economist Group. March 12, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
11. Almukhtar, Sarah; Bloch, Matthew; Lee, Jasmine C. (June 5, 2018). "New Jersey Primary Election Results" – via NYTimes.com.
12. "New Jersey Election Results 2018: Live Midterm Map by County & Analysis". www.politico.com.

Sources

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present