New Jersey's 9th legislative district
American legislative district
New Jersey's 9th legislative district is one of 40 in the New Jersey Legislature , covering the Ocean County municipalities of Barnegat Township , Barnegat Light Borough , Beach Haven Borough , Beachwood Borough , Berkeley Township , Eagleswood Township , Harvey Cedars Borough , Lacey Township , Lakehurst, New Jersey , Little Egg Harbor Township , Long Beach Township , Manchester , Ocean Township , Ocean Gate Borough , Pine Beach Borough , Ship Bottom Borough , Stafford Township , Surf City Borough and Tuckerton Borough .[ 1] [ 2]
Demographic characteristics
As of the 2020 United States census , the district had a population of 235,539, of whom 194,652 (82.6%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 195,976 (83.2%) White , 9,031 (3.8%) African American , 564 (0.2%) Native American , 6,500 (2.8%) Asian , 71 (0.0%) Pacific Islander , 7,247 (3.1%) from some other race , and 16,150 (6.9%) from two or more races.[ 3] [ 4] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 21,473 (9.1%) of the population.[ 5]
The district had 193,047 registered voters as of December 1, 2021, of whom 73,377 (38.0%) were registered as unaffiliated , 70,287 (36.4%) were registered as Republicans , 46,730 (24.2%) were registered as Democrats , and 2,653 (1.4%) were registered to other parties.[ 6]
Political representation
For the 2024-2025 session , the 9th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Carmen Amato (R , Lacey Township ) and in the General Assembly by Greg Myhre (R, Stafford Township ) and Brian E. Rumpf (R, Little Egg Harbor Township ).[ 7]
The legislative district overlaps with New Jersey's 2nd and New Jersey's 4th congressional districts.
1965–1973
During the period of time after the 1964 Supreme Court decision in Reynolds v. Sims and before the establishment of a 40-district legislature in 1973, the 9th district encompassed the entirety of Union County . Two Senators were elected in the 1965 election (Republican Nelson Stamler and Democrat Mildred Barry Hughes )[ 8] while three were elected in the 1967 and 1971 elections. Republicans Nicholas S. LaCorte , Frank X. McDermott , and Matthew John Rinaldo won the 1967 election though LaCorte would resign on December 7, 1970 to become a tax appeals judge.[ 9] [ 10] Democrat Jerry Fitzgerald English would win a 1971 special election to complete LaCorte's term.[ 10] Republicans would win the three seats in the regular 1971 election with Rinaldo, McDermott, and Jerome Epstein receiving the most votes in that election.[ 11] Following Rinaldo's election to Congress in 1972 elections , Democrat William J. McCloud would be elected to complete Rinaldo's term in the Senate.[ 10]
In the Assembly, for the 1967, 1969, and 1971 elections, Union County was divided into three districts (9A, 9B, and 9C) that each elected two members of the Assembly. In addition, in the 1967 and 1969 elections, one additional member of the Assembly was elected county-wide.[ 12] [ 13]
The members elected to the Assembly from each district are as follows:[ 9] [ 14] [ 11]
District composition since 1973
Since the creation of 40 equal-population districts statewide in 1973, the 9th district has been based in and around Ocean County. For the 1973 district, the 9th consisted of most of Ocean County (all municipalities except Little Egg Harbor Township, Tuckerton, Manchester Township , Lakehurst , Point Pleasant , and Point Pleasant Beach ), Woodland Township in Burlington County, and Millstone Township in Monmouth County .[ 15] In the 1981 redistricting, the large townships of Lakewood , Brick , and Dover and other nearby small boroughs were removed but the remainder of Ocean County municipalities were added as well as Bass River Township and Burlington County's New Hanover Township , Wrightstown , and North Hanover .[ 16] Jackson Township and Plumsted Township and the northern Burlington municipalities were shifted out of the 9th in the 1991 redistricting; more of southern Burlington was added including Tabernacle, Woodland, Washington, and Bass River townships and Egg Harbor City in Atlantic County were also added to the district for this decade.[ 17] In the 2001 redistricting, the Ocean County portion of the district barely changed but only Washington and Bass River townships remained in Burlington County and the municipalities that made up the Atlantic County portion of the district were Hammonton and Folsom .[ 18]
Election history
^ Switched parties on August 27, 1985[ 19]
^ Resigned September 1, 1989 to become part of the Department of Community Affairs
^ Resigned June 17, 2003 to become Ocean County Surrogate
^ Appointed June 23, 2003
^ Resigned on July 31, 2009 following his arrest in relation to Operation Bid Rig
^ Appointed December 7, 2009
Election results, 1973–present
Senate
General Assembly
Election results, 1965–1973
Senate
General Assembly
District 9A
District 9B
District 9C
District 9 at-large
References
^ Districts by Number , New Jersey Legislature . Accessed January 29, 2014.
^ About District 9 , Senator Christopher J. Connors. Accessed January 22, 2020. "District 9 is comprised of the following towns: Barnegat Light; Barnegat Twp.; Bass River; Beach Haven; Beachwood; Berkeley; Eagleswood; Galloway; Harvey Cedars; Lacey; Little Egg Harbor; Long Beach; Ocean Gate; Ocean Twp.; Pine Beach; Port Republic; Seaside Park; Ship Bottom; South Toms River; Stafford; Surf City; Tabernacle; Tuckerton; Washington Twp."
^ "RACE" . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved October 16, 2021 .
^ "RACE FOR THE POPULATION 18 YEARS AND OVER" . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved October 16, 2021 .
^ "HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE" . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved October 16, 2021 .
^ Statewide Voter Registration Summary , New Jersey Department of State , December 1, 2021. Accessed January 2, 2022.
^ Legislative Roster for District 9 , New Jersey Legislature . Accessed January 9, 2024.
^ a b "Results of the General Election Held on November 2, 1965" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey . Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015 .
^ a b c d e f g "Results of the General Election Held on November 7, 1967" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015 .
^ a b c Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey - Two Hundred and Eleventh Legislature (First Session) (PDF) . Skinder-Strauss Associates. 2004. Retrieved July 11, 2015 .
^ a b c d e f g h "Results of the General Election Held on November 2, 1971" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015 .
^ New Jersey Apportionment Commission (July 20, 1967). "New Jersey Senate and Assembly Districts" (PDF) . Retrieved July 11, 2015 .
^ State of New Jersey (1971). "New Jersey Senate and Assembly Districts 1972–1973" (PDF) . Retrieved July 11, 2015 .
^ a b c d e "Results of the General Election Held on November 4, 1969" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015 .
^ "New Jersey Legislative Districts 1974–" (PDF) . New Jersey Legislative Services Agency. 1973. Retrieved July 11, 2015 .
^ "New Jersey Legislative Districts" (PDF) . 1981. Retrieved July 11, 2015 .
^ "1991 Legislative Districts" (PDF) . 1991. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2015 .
^ "2001 Legislative Districts" (PDF) . 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 11, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2015 .
^ Levine, Bruce (August 28, 1985). "Spurned GOP lawmaker now on Democratic ticket" . Asbury Park Press . Retrieved September 2, 2017 .
^ "Official List, Candidates for State Senate For GENERAL ELECTION 11/02/2021 Election" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey . November 30, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ "Official List, Candidates for State Senate For GENERAL ELECTION 11/07/2017 Election" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey . November 29, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 5, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2017 .
^ "Official List, Candidates for State Senate for GENERAL ELECTION 11/05/2013 Election" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ "Official List, Candidate Returns for State Senate for November 2011 General Election" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ "Official List, Candidate Returns for State Senate for November 2007 General Election" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ "Official List, Candidate Returns for State Senate for November 2003 General Election" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ "Official List, Candidate Returns for State Senate for November 2001 General Election" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ "Official Results, General Election Returns for the Office of State Senate for Election Held November 4, 1997" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ "THE 1997 ELECTIONS: RESULTS; The Races for New Jersey Senate" . The New York Times . Retrieved May 6, 2016 .
^ a b "Official List, General Election Returns for the Office of Senate and Assembly for Election Held November 2, 1993" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ a b "Official Results, General Election, November 5, 1991" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ a b "Candidates for the Offices of State Senate and General Assembly" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ a b "Candidates for the Offices of State Senate and General Assembly" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ a b "Candidates for the Offices of State Senate and General Assembly" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ a b "Results of the General Election Held November 8, 1977" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ a b c "Results of the General Election Held November 6, 1973" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly For GENERAL ELECTION 11/02/2021 Election" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey . November 30, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly For GENERAL ELECTION 11/05/2019 Election" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey . December 2, 2019. Retrieved March 23, 2020 .
^ "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly For GENERAL ELECTION 11/07/2017 Election" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey . November 29, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 5, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2017 .
^ "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly for GENERAL ELECTION 11/03/2015 Election" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ "Official List, Candidates for General Assembly for GENERAL ELECTION 11/05/2013 Election" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ "Official List, Candidate Returns for General Assembly for November 2011 General Election" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ "Official List, Candidate Returns for General Assembly for November 2009 General Election" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 30, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ "Official List, Candidate Returns for General Assembly for November 2007 General Election" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ "Official List, Candidate Returns for General Assembly for November 2005 General Election" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ "Official List, Candidate Returns for General Assembly 12-02-2003 for November 2003 General Election" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ "Official List, Candidate Returns for General Assembly for November 2001 General Election" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 9, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ "Official List, Candidate Returns for General Assembly 01-11-2010 for November 1999 General Election" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ "Official Results, General Election Returns for the Office of State Assembly for Election Held November 4, 1997" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ "THE 1997 ELECTIONS: RESULTS; The Races for the New Jersey Assebly" . The New York Times . Retrieved May 6, 2016 .
^ "Official List, General Election Results for the Office of General Assembly for Election Held November 7, 1995" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ "NJ General Assembly 09" . Our Campaigns . Retrieved September 2, 2017 .
^ "Candidates for the Office of General Assembly" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ "Candidates for the Office of General Assembly" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ "Results of the General Election Held on November 6, 1979" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
^ "Results of the General Election Held November 4, 1975" (PDF) . Secretary of State of New Jersey. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015 .
Districts are co-terminous for both
Senate and
General Assembly (each district elects
one Senator and
two members of the General Assembly)
Districts Apportionments