Certified returns for every federal race in New Jersey in 2016, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 12 of 12 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
Party line
Votes
Share
Democratic
2,148,278
55.5%
Republican
1,601,933
41.4%
Libertarian
72,477
1.9%
Green
37,772
1.0%
Constitution
6,161
0.2%
Socialist Workers
2,156
0.1%
American Delta Party
1,838
0.0%
Workers World Party
1,749
0.0%
Socialism and Liberation
1,682
0.0%
Total
3,874,046
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2016 election page.
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Donald Norcross
Democrat
183,231
60.0%
Bob Patterson
Republican
112,388
36.8%
Scot John Tomaszewski
Socialist
5,473
1.8%
William F. Sihr IV
Libertarian
2,410
0.8%
Michael Berman
AmericanIndependents.org
1,971
0.6%
Total
305,473
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Frank A. LoBiondo
Republican
176,338
59.2%
David H. Cole
Democrat
110,838
37.2%
John Ordille
Libertarian
3,773
1.3%
James Keenan
Make Government Work
2,653
0.9%
Steven Fenichel
Representing the 99%
1,574
0.5%
Eric Beechwood
People’s Independent Progressive
1,387
0.5%
Gabriel Brian Franco
For Political Revolution
1,232
0.4%
Total
297,795
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Thomas MacArthur
Republican
194,596
59.3%
Frederick John Lavergne
Democrat
127,526
38.9%
Lawrence W. Berlinski, Jr.
Constitution
5,938
1.8%
Total
328,060
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Christopher H. Smith
Republican
211,992
63.7%
Lorna Phillipson
Democrat
111,532
33.5%
Hank Schroeder
Economic Growth
5,840
1.8%
Jeremy Marcus
Libertarian
3,320
1.0%
Total
332,684
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Joshua S. Gottheimer
Democrat
172,587
51.1%
Scott Garrett
Republican
157,690
46.7%
Claudio Belusic
Libertarian
7,424
2.2%
Total
337,701
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Frank Pallone, Jr.
Democrat
167,895
63.7%
Brent Sonnek-Schmelz
Republican
91,908
34.9%
Rajit B. Malliah
Green
1,912
0.7%
Judith Shamy
Libertarian
1,720
0.7%
Total
263,435
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Leonard Lance
Republican
185,850
54.1%
Peter Jacob
Democrat
148,188
43.1%
Dan O’Neill
Libertarian
5,343
1.6%
Arthur T. Haussmann, Jr.
Conservative
4,254
1.2%
Total
343,635
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Albio Sires
Democrat
134,733
77.0%
Agha Khan
Republican
32,337
18.5%
Pablo Olivera
Wake Up America
4,381
2.5%
Dan Delaney
Libertarian
3,438
2.0%
Total
174,889
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bill Pascrell, Jr.
Democrat
162,642
69.7%
Hector L. Castillo
Republican
65,376
28.0%
Diego Rivera
Libertarian
3,327
1.4%
Jeff Boss
NSA Did 911
1,897
0.8%
Total
233,242
District 10
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Donald M. Payne, Jr.
Democrat
190,856
85.7%
David H. Pinckney
Republican
26,450
11.9%
Joanne Miller
Women of Power
3,719
1.7%
Aaron Walter Fraser
New Beginning’s
1,746
0.8%
Total
222,771
District 11
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
Republican
194,299
58.0%
Joseph M. Wenzel
Democrat
130,162
38.9%
Thomas DePasquale
Financial Independence
7,056
2.1%
Jeff Hetrick
Libertarian
3,475
1.0%
Total
334,992
District 12
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bonnie Watson Coleman
Democrat
181,430
62.9%
Steven J. Uccio
Republican
92,407
32.0%
R. Edward Forchion
Legalize Marijuana Party
6,094
2.1%
Robert Shapiro
Teddy Roosevelt Progressive
2,775
1.0%
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Libertarian
2,482
0.9%
Steven Welzer
Green
2,135
0.7%
Michael R. Bollentin
We the People
1,311
0.5%
Total
288,634
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2016 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 02c54c4d18c80ce59ba8914e8d5d4f1f4cb7078ea453d1b7320f7845d96dab41
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.