American legislative district
New Jersey 's 11th legislative districtNew Jersey Legislature , covering the Monmouth County municipalities of Allenhurst Borough , Asbury Park City , Bradley Beach , Colts Neck Township , Deal Borough , Eatontown Borough , Fair Haven , Freehold Borough , Freehold Township , Interlaken Borough , Loch Arbour Village , Long Branch City , Neptune City Borough , Neptune Township , Ocean Township , Red Bank Borough , Shrewsbury Borough , Shrewsbury Township , and Tinton Falls Borough .[ 1]
Demographic characteristics [ edit ] As of the 2020 United States census , the district had a population of 227,063, of whom 182,117 (80.2%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 139,463 (61.4%) White , 29,418 (13.0%) African American , 1,574 (0.7%) Native American , 9,695 (4.3%) Asian , 71 (0.0%) Pacific Islander , 24,487 (10.8%) from some other race , and 22,355 (9.8%) from two or more races.[ 2] [ 3] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 42,924 (18.9%) of the population.[ 4]
The district had 167,889 registered voters as of February 1, 2025, of whom 66,176 (39.4%) were registered as unaffiliated , 55,518 (33.1%) were registered as Democrats , 44,213 (26.3%) were registered as Republicans , and 1,982 (1.2%) were registered to other parties.[ 5]
In the interim period between the 1964 Supreme Court decision Reynolds v. Sims Essex County .[ 7] [ 8] at-large . It was further divided into six Assembly districts in 1967 and 1969, and five in 1971; in all cases, each district elected two people to serve in the General Assembly.[ 7] [ 8]
The members elected to the Senate from this district are as follows:[ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
↑ Resigned on November 16, 1970, to become counsel for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority ↑ Elected in November 1971 special election to complete term of David W. Dowd
The members elected to the General Assembly from the 11th Senate district are as follows:[ 10] [ 12] [ 11]
↑ Resigned on October 4, 1971
District composition since 1973 [ edit ] When the 40-district state legislature apportionment was created in 1973, the 11th district consisted of central Monmouth County suburban townships including Freehold (and the borough of the same name), Howell , Colts Neck, Manalapan , Marlboro , Holmdel , and Hazlet with a spur from Tinton Falls (then called New Shrewsbury) to Sea Bright , and continuing up the Atlantic coastline to Highlands and Atlantic Highlands .[ 13] Manasquan to Atlantic Highlands inclusive of other inland townships and boroughs including Wall Township , Neptune Township, Ocean Township, and Oceanport .[ 14] South Belmar shifting to the 10th and the addition of Eatontown , Fair Haven , Rumson , and West Long Branch .[ 15] 12th .[ 16]
Described by NJ.com as "perhaps the biggest upset of the night", Republican Jennifer Beck lost her bid for re-election to the Senate in 2017 to Democratic challenger Vin Gopal , in what was the third-most expensive of the 120 legislative races statewide, with total spending in excess of $4 million.[ 17] Asbury Park in the 2011 apportionment , Democrats gained a 32%-23% margin over Republicans in numbers of registered voters. Democrats Joann Downey and Eric Houghtaling won the two Assembly seats in 2015 and Gopal's 2017 win over Beck, combined with holds by Assembly incumbents Downey and Houghtaling, put all three 11th district seats in the hands of Democrats.[ 18]
↑ Died November 25, 1979 ↑ Resigned on November 8, 1988, after his election to Congress 1 2 Elected to the Senate in November 1989 special election, sworn into the Senate on November 20, 1989 ↑ Resigned on July 11, 1988, to join Department of Community Affairs ↑ Elected in September 15, 1988 special election, sworn in September 28, 1988 ↑ Appointed to the Senate on December 20, 1988, defeated in November 1989 special election ↑ Appointed on November 27, 1989 to fill unexpired term of Palaia ↑ Died September 26, 2002 ↑ Appointed to the Assembly on October 28, 2002 [ edit ] [ edit ]
1965 New Jersey general election [ 9]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic Nicholas T. Fernicola 145,589 13.7
Democratic Maclyn S. Goldman 143,795 13.5
Democratic John J. Giblin 143,040 13.4
Democratic Hutchins F. Inge 135,959 12.8
Republican C. Robert Sarcone 128,815
12.1
Republican Irwin I. Kimmelman 116,205
10.9
Republican James E. Churchman, Jr.
112,995
10.6
Republican William F. Tompkins 112,128
10.5
United Political Freedom
George C. Richardson
10,409
1.0
United Political Freedom
Kenrick O. Stephenson
5,970
0.6
United Political Freedom
David Blumgart
5,305
0.5
United Political Freedom
Fredrick Waring
4,476
0.4
Total votes
1,064,686 100.0
1967 New Jersey general election [ 10]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican Michael A. Giuliano 122,354 9.6
Republican Gerardo L. Del Tufo 119,956 9.4
Republican Alexander J. Matturri 119,152 9.3
Republican James H. Wallwork 118,834 9.3
Republican Milton A. Waldor 117,280 9.2
Republican David W. Dowd 115,568 9.0
Democratic Nicholas T. Fernicola 91,812
7.2
Democratic John J. Giblin 89,297
7.0
Democratic Maclyn S. Goldman 88,796
6.9
Democratic David Mandelbaum 85,131
6.7
Democratic Victor F. Addonizio
83,587
6.5
Democratic Hutchins F. Inge 83,543
6.5
Essex Conservative
John P. Keelan
5,196
0.4
Essex Conservative
Marion Carluccio
5,140
0.4
Essex Conservative
William Murray
4,906
0.4
Essex Conservative
Joseph R. Garrity
4,657
0.4
Essex Conservative
Edmund O. Matzal
4,337
0.3
Essex Conservative
James W. Lomker
4,096
0.3
Conservative
Harrison P. Smith, Jr.
2,484
0.2
Public Employee Candidate
James Larry Giordano
2,427
0.2
Conservative
William Barbetta
2,412
0.2
Conservative
Gladis P. Smith
2,086
0.2
Conservative
James H. Flynn
1,987
0.2
Conservative
Frank De George
1,804
0.1
Socialist Workers Joseph Carroll
1,507
0.1
Total votes
1,278,349 100.0
Special election, November 2, 1971[ 11]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic Charles DeMarco 83,525 46.9
Republican Nicholas LaSpina
76,352
42.9
Essex Bi-Partisan
Frank J. Messina
18,095
10.2
Total votes
177,972 100.0
1971 New Jersey general election [ 11]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Republican Michael A. Giuliano 92,166 9.8
Democratic Ralph C. DeRose 91,380 9.7
Republican James H. Wallwork 88,632 9.5
Democratic Frank J. Dodd 86,041 9.18
Democratic Wynona M. Lipman 85,644 9.14
Republican Milton A. Waldor 84,736
9.04
Democratic Martin L. Greenberg 82,291
8.8
Republican Matthew G. Carter 77,418
8.3
Democratic Henry W. Smolen
76,190
8.1
Republican Frederic Remington 73,663
7.9
Essex Bi-Partisan
John J. Giblin 21,688
2.3
Essex Bi-Partisan
John F. Monica
21,072
2.2
Essex Bi-Partisan
Sylvester L. Casta
19,015
2.0
Essex Bi-Partisan
Joseph J. Bradley
16,348
1.7
Essex Bi-Partisan
Richard P. Weitzman
15,733
1.7
Unity-Victory-Progress
Joseph A. Santiago
5,483
0.6
Total votes
937,500 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1967[ 10]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic George Richardson 13,329 33.1
Democratic Walter J. Vohdin 11,506 28.6
Republican Joseph J. Bradley
8,009
19.9
Republican Jesse W. Mapson
7,383
18.4
Total votes
40,227 100.0
New Jersey general election, 1971[ 11]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic George C. Richardson 14,135 36.1
Democratic Ronald Owens 13,724 35.1
Republican Donald J. Scott
3,994
10.2
Republican Albert Mikuli
2,699
6.9
Essex Bi-Partisan
Albert Cernadas
2,668
6.8
Essex Bi-Partisan
John L. Pelt
1,888
4.8
Total votes
39,108 100.0
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Districts are co-terminous for both
Senate and
General Assembly (each district elects
one Senator and
two members of the General Assembly)
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