Certified returns for every federal race in New Jersey in 1998, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 13 of 13 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Robert E. Andrews
Democrat
90,279
73.2%
Ronald L. Richards
Republican
27,855
22.6%
David E. West, Jr.
Independent
1,684
1.4%
Joseph W. Stockman
Independent
1,324
1.1%
Edward ‘‘Rob’’ Forchion
Independent
1,257
1.0%
James E. Barber
Independent
943
0.8%
Total
123,342
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Frank A. LoBiondo
Republican
93,248
65.9%
Derek Hunsberger
Democrat
43,563
30.8%
Glenn Campbell
Independent
2,955
2.1%
Mary A. Whittam
Independent
1,748
1.2%
Total
141,514
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jim Saxton
Republican
97,508
62.0%
Steven J. Polansky
Democrat
55,248
35.1%
Janice Presser
Independent
2,527
1.6%
Norman E. Wahner
Independent
1,063
0.7%
James Pircher
Independent
608
0.4%
Ken Feduniewicz
Independent
285
0.2%
Total
157,239
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Christopher H. Smith
Republican
92,991
62.2%
Larry Schneider
Democrat
52,281
35.0%
Keith Quarles
Independent
1,753
1.2%
Morgan Strong
Independent
1,498
1.0%
Nick Mellis
Independent
1,054
0.7%
Total
149,577
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Marge Roukema
Republican
106,304
63.7%
Mike Schneider
Democrat
55,487
33.3%
Thomas W. Wright
Independent
2,395
1.4%
William Weightman
Independent
1,628
1.0%
Helen Hamilton
Independent
1,004
0.6%
Total
166,818
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Frank Pallone, Jr.
Democrat
78,102
57.0%
Michael Ferguson
Republican
55,180
40.3%
Carl J. Mayer
Independent
1,291
0.9%
Steve Nagle
Independent
1,262
0.9%
Leonard P. Marshall
Independent
1,177
0.9%
Total
137,012
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bob Franks
Republican
77,751
52.5%
Maryanne S. Connelly
Democrat
65,776
44.4%
Richard C. Martin
Independent
3,007
2.0%
Darren Young
Independent
1,508
1.0%
Total
148,042
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bill Pascrell, Jr.
Democrat
81,068
62.1%
Matthew J. Kirnan
Republican
46,289
35.4%
Jeffrey Levine
Independent
804
0.6%
Stephen Spinosa
Independent
762
0.6%
Bernard George
Independent
722
0.6%
Thomas Paine Caslander
Independent
625
0.5%
Jose L. Aravena
Independent
318
0.2%
Total
130,588
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Steven R. Rothman
Democrat
91,330
64.6%
Steve Lonegan
Republican
47,817
33.8%
Michael Perrone, Jr.
Independent
1,349
1.0%
Michael W. Koontz
Independent
686
0.5%
Kenneth Ebel
Independent
277
0.2%
Total
141,459
District 10
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Donald M. Payne
Democrat
82,244
83.5%
William Stanley Wnuck
Republican
10,678
10.8%
Richard J. Pezzullo
Independent
3,293
3.3%
Maurice Williams
Independent
2,279
2.3%
Total
98,494
District 11
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
Republican
100,910
67.7%
John P. Scollo
Democrat
44,160
29.6%
Austin S. Lett
Independent
1,737
1.2%
Agnes A. James
Independent
1,409
0.9%
Stephen A. Bauer
Independent
755
0.5%
Total
148,971
District 12
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rush Holt
Democrat
92,528
50.1%
Michael Pappas
Republican
87,221
47.2%
Joseph A. Siano
Independent
2,125
1.2%
Madelyn R. Hoffman
Independent
1,409
0.8%
Beverly Kidder
Independent
749
0.4%
Mary Jo Christian
Independent
578
0.3%
Total
184,610
District 13
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Robert Menendez
Democrat
70,308
80.1%
Theresa De Leon
Republican
14,615
16.6%
Richard S. Hester, Sr.
Independent
1,276
1.5%
Richard G. Rivera
Independent
872
1.0%
Susan Anmuth
Independent
752
0.9%
Total
87,823
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 1998 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 4424a7d1a5954439ffb09f1de5f11a45fe06c6cc7cd2885c7e7beb0ee4ff4b58
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.