Certified returns for every federal race in New Jersey in 2006, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 14 of 14 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Robert Menendez
Democrat
58,333
57.2%
Thomas H. Kean, Jr.
Republican
41,998
41.2%
J. M. Carter
God We Trust
395
0.4%
Len Flynn
Libertarian
345
0.3%
Edward Forchion
Legalize Marijuana (G.R.I.P.)
336
0.3%
Daryl Mikell Brooks
Poor People’s Campaign
263
0.3%
N. Leonard Smith
Solidarity, Defend Life
166
0.2%
Angela L. Lariscy
Socialist Workers
90
0.1%
Gregory Pason
Socialist Party USA
47
0.0%
Total
101,973
The FEC's published figures for this race differ from the Clerk's.
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Robert E. Andrews
Democrat
140,110
100.0%
Total
140,110
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Frank A. LoBiondo
Republican
111,245
61.6%
Viola Thomas-Hughes
Democrat
64,277
35.6%
Robert E. Mullock
Preserve Green Space
3,071
1.7%
Lynn Merle
A New Direction
992
0.5%
Thomas Fanslau
We the People
603
0.3%
Willie Norwood
Socialist Party USA
385
0.2%
Total
180,573
The FEC's published figures for this race differ from the Clerk's.
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jim Saxton
Republican
122,559
58.4%
Rich Sexton
Democrat
86,113
41.0%
Ken Feduniewicz
The Patriot Movement
1,179
0.6%
Total
209,851
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Christopher H. Smith
Republican
124,482
65.7%
Carol E. Gay
Democrat
62,905
33.2%
Richard Edgar
Libertarian
1,539
0.8%
Louis B. Wary, Jr.
Remove Medical Negligence
614
0.3%
Total
189,540
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Scott Garrett
Republican
112,142
54.9%
Paul Aronsohn
Democrat
89,503
43.8%
R. Matthew Fretz
An Independent Voice
2,597
1.3%
Total
204,242
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Frank Pallone, Jr.
Democrat
98,615
68.6%
Leigh-Ann Bellew
Republican
43,539
30.3%
Herbert L. Tarbous
Diversity Is Strength
1,619
1.1%
Total
143,773
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mike Ferguson
Republican
98,399
49.4%
Linda Stender
Democrat
95,454
47.9%
Thomas D. Abrams
Withdraw Troops Now
3,176
1.6%
Darren Young
Libertarian
2,046
1.0%
Total
199,075
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bill Pascrell, Jr.
Democrat
97,568
70.9%
Jose M. Sandoval
Republican
39,053
28.4%
Lou Jasikoff
Libertarian
1,018
0.7%
Total
137,639
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Steven R. Rothman
Democrat
105,853
71.5%
Vincent Micco
Republican
40,879
27.6%
Michael Jarvis
The Moderate Choice
1,363
0.9%
Total
148,095
District 10
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Donald M. Payne
Democrat
90,264
100.0%
Total
90,264
District 11
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
Republican
126,085
62.1%
Tom Wyka
Democrat
74,414
36.6%
Richard S. Roth
Libertarian
1,730
0.9%
John Mele
Constitution
842
0.4%
Total
203,071
District 12
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rush D. Holt
Democrat
125,468
65.7%
Joseph S. Sinagra
Republican
65,509
34.3%
Total
190,977
District 13
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Albio Sires
Democrat
77,238
77.5%
John J. Guarini
Republican
19,284
19.4%
Brian Williams
Socialist Workers Party
1,049
1.1%
Herbert H. Shaw
Politicians Are Crooks
998
1.0%
Dick Hester
Pro Life Conservative
586
0.6%
Esmat Zaklama
The American Party
475
0.5%
Total
99,630
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2006 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 8b83915dfdc26cb0310708ce15b1f2fe04eea88fc223decff0ea9d608fa34a84
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.