| New Jersey's 5th congressional district | ||
|---|---|---|
| Current Representative | Scott Garrett (R–Wantage) | |
| Distribution | 82.83% urban, 17.17% rural | |
| Population (2000) | 647,258 | |
| Median income | $72,781 | |
| Ethnicity | 89.3% White, 1.5% Black, 6.6% Asian, 4.5% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% other | |
| Cook PVI | R+7 | |
New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District is currently represented by Republican Scott Garrett. Garrett defeated Democrat Paul Aronsohn and independent candidate R. Matthew Fretz 55%-44% in the United States general elections, 2006.[1]
Garrett is a conservative member of the U.S. House of Representatives, especially on social and economic issues. He draws support from the Club for Growth, among others.
In the 2008 race, Scott Garrett beat back a challenge from his opponent Dennis Shulman.
In 2010, Scott Garrett was reelected over his opponent Warren County Democrat Tod Theise.
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New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District is predominantly rural, with some suburban areas closer to New York City. The district is an L-shaped district comprising the rural northern and western parts of New Jersey. A portion of the district is in suburban northern Bergen County. All of the areas in the district are generally favorable for Republicans; although Bergen County has trended Democratic in recent elections.
For the 108th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2000 Census), the district contains all or portions of four counties and 84 municipalities.[2]
| Election results from presidential races | ||
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| Year | Office | Results |
| 2008 | President | McCain 54 - 45% |
| 2004 | President | Bush 57 - 43% |
| 2000 | President | Bush 52 - 45% |
| Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note |
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| District organized from New Jersey's At-large congressional district | ||||
| Franklin Davenport | Federalist | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 | Woodbury | Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties |
| District organized to New Jersey's At-large congressional district | ||||
| District organized from New Jersey's At-large congressional district | ||||
| William Wright | Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 | Newark | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Passaic Counties |
| Dudley S. Gregory | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | Jersey City | |
| James G. King | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | Hoboken | |
| Rodman M. Price | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | Hoboken | |
| Alexander C. M. Pennington | Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Newark | Essex and Hudson Counties |
| Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | |||
| Jacob R. Wortendyke | Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | Jersey City | Union County formed from Essex (1857) |
| William Pennington | Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | Newark | Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1860–1861 |
| Nehemiah Perry | Democratic | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865 | Newark | Hudson County and City of Newark from 1862 |
| Edwin R.V. Wright | Democratic | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 | Hudson City | |
| George A. Halsey | Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 | Newark | |
| Orestes Cleveland | Democratic | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 | Jersey City | |
| George A. Halsey | Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | ||
| William W. Phelps | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | Bergen, Morris, and Passaic Counties | |
| Augustus W. Cutler | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 | ||
| Charles H. Voorhis | Republican | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | ||
| John Hill | Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | ||
| William W. Phelps | Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889 | ||
| Charles D. Beckwith | Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | ||
| Cornelius A. Cadmus | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 | Bergen and Passaic Counties from 1892 | |
| James F. Stewart | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 | ||
| Charles N. Fowler | Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 | Morris, Union, and Warren Counties / Fowler from the 8th district | |
| William E. Tuttle, Jr. | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915 | Morris and Union Counties from 1912 | |
| John H. Capstick | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 17, 1918 | died | |
| Vacant | March 17, 1918 – November 5, 1918 | |||
| William F. Birch | Republican | November 5, 1918 – March 3, 1919 | ||
| Ernest R. Ackerman | Republican | March 4, 1919 – October 18, 1931 | died | |
| Vacant | October 18, 1931 – December 1, 1931 | |||
| Percy Hamilton Stewart | Democratic | December 1, 1931 – March 3, 1933 | ||
| Charles A. Eaton | Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1953 | Morris, Somerset, and northern Middlesex counties / Eaton from 4th district | |
| Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. | Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1975 | Northern Middlesex removed to the new 15th District (1962) / From 1970 District no longer follows county lines. | |
| Millicent Fenwick | Republican | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 | ||
| Marge Roukema | Republican | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2003 | redistricted from 7th district | |
| Scott Garrett | Republican | January 3, 2003 – Present | Incumbent | |
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