New Jersey's 8th congressional district

New Jersey's 8th congressional district
New Jersey's 8th congressional district
	District map as of 2013
Representative	Albio Sires; D–West New York
Distribution	100.00% urban; 0.00% rural;
Population (2000)	647,258
Median household; income	51,954
Ethnicity	56.4% White; 54.4% Hispanic; 9.8% Black; 7.8% Asian; 3.9% other; 0.3% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+27

New Jersey's Eighth Congressional District is a United States congressional district currently represented by Democrat Albio Sires.

The Paterson-based district from 2003 to 2013

Counties and municipalities in the district

For the 108th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2010 Census), the congressional district contains portions of four counties and 15 municipalities.^[2]^[3]

Bergen County:

Fairview

Essex County:

Belleville and Newark (part)

Hudson County:

Bayonne (part), East Newark, Guttenberg, Harrison, Hoboken, Jersey City (part), Kearny (part), North Bergen, Union City, Weehawken and West New York

Union County:

Elizabeth

2016 Election

The following candidates will be running for U.S. Representative:^[4]

Candidate	Party
Albio Sires (Incumbent)	Democratic
Agha Khan	Republican
Dan Delaney	Libertarian
Pablo Olivera	Independent

Recent election results in presidential races

Year	Results
2016	Clinton 76 - 21.5%
2012	Obama 78 - 21%
2008	Obama 63 - 36%
2004	Kerry 59 - 41%
2000	Gore 60 - 37%

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District Home	Electoral history	Counties/Towns
District created March 4, 1893
John T. Dunn	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	[data missing]	[data missing]	Union and parts of Essex (East Orange, Irvington, Maplewood, Millburn, South Orange, and parts of Newark) and Hudson (Bayonne)
Charles N. Fowler	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	[data missing]	Redistricted to the 5th district	Union, Essex (except East Orange and parts of Newark), and parts of Hudson (Bayonne)
William H. Wiley	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	[data missing]	[data missing]	parts of Essex (East Orange, Irvington, Maplewood, Millburn, Newark and South Orange)
Le Gage Pratt	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909	[data missing]	[data missing]
William H. Wiley	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911	[data missing]	[data missing]
Walter I. McCoy	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	[data missing]	Redistricted to the 9th district
Eugene F. Kinkead	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – February 4, 1915	[data missing]	Redistricted from the 9th district Resigned to become Sheriff of Hudson County	parts of Essex and Hudson (Bayonne, East Newark, Harrison, Kearney)
Vacant (February 4, 1915 – March 3, 1915)
Edward W. Gray	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	[data missing]	[data missing]
Cornelius A. McGlennon	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	[data missing]	[data missing]
Herbert W. Taylor	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	[data missing]	[data missing]
Frank J. McNulty	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	[data missing]	[data missing]
Herbert W. Taylor	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927	[data missing]	[data missing]
Paul J. Moore	Democratic	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929	[data missing]\| [data missing]
Fred A. Hartley, Jr.	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933	[data missing]	Redistricted to the 10th district
George N. Seger	Republican	March 4, 1933 – August 26, 1940	[data missing]	Redistricted from the 7th district Died	Passaic (except Ringwood and West Milford)
Vacant (August 26, 1940 – January 3, 1941)
Gordon Canfield	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1961	Paterson	[data missing]
Charles S. Joelson	Democratic	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1967	Paterson	Resigned to become judge of Superior Court of New Jersey
Charles S. Joelson	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – September 4, 1969	Paterson		Passaic
Vacant (September 4, 1969 – November 4, 1969)
Robert A. Roe	Democratic	November 4, 1969 – January 3, 1973	Wayne	[data missing]
		January 3, 1973 — January 3, 1983			Passaic (except Little Falls and West Paterson)
		January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985			parts of Bergen, Morris, and Passaic
		January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1993			southern Passaic and parts of Bergen, Essex, and Morris
Herb Klein	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	Clifton	[data missing]	southern Passaic and parts of Essex
William J. Martini	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997	Clifton	[data missing]
William J. Pascrell, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	Paterson	Redistricted to the 9th district
William J. Pascrell, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	Paterson	Redistricted to the 9th district	southern Passaic and parts of Essex
Albio Sires	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – Present	West New York	Redistricted from the 13th district	parts of Bergen (Fairview), Essex (Belleville and part of Newark), Hudson, and Union (Elizabeth)

References

^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ Our District, Albio Sires. Accessed November 6, 2016.
^ Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed January 6, 2013.
^ "2016 New Jersey Elections, Primary, Candidates, Races and Voting". www.uselections.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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[Cook-1] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[2] Our District, Albio Sires. Accessed November 6, 2016.

[3] Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed January 6, 2013.

[4] "2016 New Jersey Elections, Primary, Candidates, Races and Voting". www.uselections.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.

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