New Jersey's 8th congressional district is currently represented by Democrat Rob Menendez, who has served in Congress since January 2023. The district is majority Hispanic, and includes some of the most urban areas of New Jersey, including most of Hudson County, and its county seat, Jersey City, as well as parts of Newark and Elizabeth.
Counties and municipalities in the district
For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of three counties and 13 municipalities.
Essex County (1):
:Newark (part; also 10th)
Hudson County (11):
:Bayonne, East Newark, Guttenberg, Harrison, Hoboken, Jersey City (part; also 10th), Kearny (part; also 9th), North Bergen, Union City, Weehawken, West New York
Union County (1):
:Elizabeth
Recent election results Planes from statewide races
{| class=wikitable
! Year
! Office
! Results
|-
||2008
| President
| align="right" |Obama 73% - 26%
|-
||2012
| President
| align="right" |Obama 79% - 21%
|-
||2016
| President
| align="right" |Clinton 76% - 21%
|-
||2017
| Governor
| align="right" |Murphy 81% - 17%
|-
||2018
| Senate
| align="right" |Menendez 77% - 20%
|-
|rowspan=2|2020
| President
| align="right" |Biden 72% - 27%
|-
| Senate
| align="right" |Booker 74% - 24%
|-
||2021
| Governor
| align="right" |Murphy 74% - 25%
|-
|rowspan=2|2024
| President
| align="right" |Harris 61% - 37%
|-
| Senate
| align="right" |Kim 64% - 33%
|-
||2025
| Governor
| align="right" |Sherrill 75% - 24%
|}
List of members representing the district
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- valign=bottom
! Member<br/>
! Party
! Years
! Cong<br/>ress
! Electoral history
! Counties/Towns
|- style="height:3em"
| colspan=6 | District established March 4, 1893
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br/>John T. Dunn<br/>
| | Democratic
| nowrap | March 4, 1893 –<br/>March 3, 1895
|
| Elected in 1892.<br/>Lost re-election.
| 1893–1895<br/>Union and parts of Essex (East Orange, Irvington, Maplewood, Millburn, South Orange, and parts of Newark) and Hudson (Bayonne)
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br/>Charles N. Fowler<br/>
| | Republican
| nowrap | March 4, 1895 –<br/>March 3, 1903
|
| Elected in 1894.<br/>Re-elected in 1896.<br/>Re-elected in 1898.<br/>Re-elected in 1900.<br/>Redistricted to the .
| 1895–1903<br/>Union, Essex (except East Orange and parts of Newark), and parts of Hudson (Bayonne)
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br/>William H. Wiley<br/>
| | Republican
| nowrap | March 4, 1903 –<br/>March 3, 1907
|
| Elected in 1902.<br/>Re-elected in 1904.<br/>Lost re-election.
| rowspan=4 | 1903–1913<br/>Parts of Essex (East Orange, Irvington, Maplewood, Millburn, Newark and South Orange)
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br/>Le Gage Pratt<br/>
| | Democratic
| nowrap | March 4, 1907 –<br/>March 3, 1909
|
| Elected in 1906.<br/>Lost re-election.
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br/>William H. Wiley<br/>
| | Republican
| nowrap | March 4, 1909 –<br/>March 3, 1911
|
| Elected in 1908.<br/>Lost re-election.
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br/>Walter I. McCoy<br/>
| | Democratic
| nowrap | March 4, 1911 –<br/>March 3, 1913
|
| Elected in 1910.<br/>Redistricted to the .
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br/>Eugene F. Kinkead<br/>
| | Democratic
| nowrap | March 4, 1913 –<br/>February 4, 1915
| rowspan=2 |
| Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1912.<br/>Retired and resigned to become Sheriff of Hudson County
| rowspan=9 | 1903–1933<br/>Parts of Essex and Hudson (Bayonne, East Newark, Harrison, Kearney)
|- style="height:3em"
| colspan=2 | Vacant
| nowrap | February 4, 1915 –<br/>March 3, 1915
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br/>Edward W. Gray<br/>
| | Republican
| nowrap | March 4, 1915 –<br/>March 3, 1919
|
| Elected in 1914.<br/>Re-elected in 1916.<br/>Lost re-election.
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br/>Cornelius A. McGlennon<br/>
| | Democratic
| nowrap | March 4, 1919 –<br/>March 3, 1921
|
| Elected in 1918.<br/>Lost re-election.
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br/>Herbert W. Taylor<br/>
| | Republican
| nowrap | March 4, 1921 –<br/>March 3, 1923
|
| Elected in 1920.<br/>Lost renomination.
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br/>Frank J. McNulty<br/>
| | Democratic
| nowrap | March 4, 1923 –<br/>March 3, 1925
|
| Elected in 1922.<br/>Lost re-election.
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br/>Herbert W. Taylor<br/>
| | Republican
| nowrap | March 4, 1925 –<br/>March 3, 1927
|
| Elected in 1924.<br/>Lost re-election.
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br/>Paul J. Moore<br/>
| | Democratic
| nowrap | March 4, 1927 –<br/>March 3, 1929
|
| Elected in 1926.<br/>Lost re-election.
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br/>Fred A. Hartley Jr.<br/>
| | Republican
| nowrap | March 4, 1929 –<br/>March 3, 1933
|
| Elected in 1928.<br/>Re-elected in 1930.<br/>Redistricted to the .
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br/>George N. Seger<br/>
| | Republican
| nowrap | March 4, 1933 –<br/>August 26, 1940
|
| Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1932.<br/>Re-elected in 1934.<br/>Re-elected in 1936.<br/>Re-elected in 1938.<br/>Died.
| rowspan=4 | 1933–1963<br/>Passaic (except Ringwood and West Milford)
|- style="height:3em"
| colspan=2 | Vacant
| nowrap | August 26, 1940 –<br/>January 3, 1941
|
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br/>Gordon Canfield<br/>
| | Republican
| nowrap | January 3, 1941 –<br/>January 3, 1961
|
| Elected in 1940.<br/>Re-elected in 1942.<br/>Re-elected in 1944.<br/>Re-elected in 1946.<br/>Re-elected in 1948.<br/>Re-elected in 1950.<br/>Re-elected in 1952.<br/>Re-elected in 1954.<br/>Re-elected in 1956.<br/>Re-elected in 1958.<br/>Retired.
|- style="height:3em"
| rowspan=2 align=left | 100px<br/>Charles S. Joelson<br/>
| rowspan=2 | Democratic
| rowspan=2 nowrap | January 3, 1961 –<br/>September 4, 1969
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 | Elected in 1960.<br/>Re-elected in 1962.<br/>Re-elected in 1964.<br/>Re-elected in 1966.<br/>Re-elected in 1968.<br/>Resigned to become judge of Superior Court of New Jersey.
|- style="height:3em"
| rowspan=3 | 1963–1973<br/>Passaic
|- style="height:3em"
| colspan=2 | Vacant
| nowrap | September 4, 1969 –<br/>November 4, 1969
|
|- style="height:3em"
| rowspan=4 align=left | 100px<br/>Robert A. Roe<br/>
| rowspan=4 | Democratic
| rowspan=4 nowrap | November 4, 1969 –<br/>January 3, 1993
| rowspan=4 |
| rowspan=4 | Elected to finish Joelson's term.<br/>Re-elected in 1970.<br/>Re-elected in 1972.<br/>Re-elected in 1974.<br/>Re-elected in 1976.<br/>Re-elected in 1978.<br/>Re-elected in 1980.<br/>Re-elected in 1982.<br/>Re-elected in 1984.<br/>Re-elected in 1986.<br/>Re-elected in 1988.<br/>Re-elected in 1990.<br/>Retired.
|- style="height:3em"
| 1973–1983<br/>Passaic (except Little Falls and West Paterson)
|- style="height:3em"
| 1973–1985<br/>parts of Bergen, Morris, and Passaic
|- style="height:3em"
| 1985–1993<br/>southern Passaic and parts of Bergen, Essex, and Morris
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br/>Herb Klein<br/>
| | Democratic
| nowrap | January 3, 1993 –<br/>January 3, 1995
|
| Elected in 1992.<br/>Lost re-election.
| rowspan=3 | 1993–2003<br/>southern Passaic and parts of Essex
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br/>Bill Martini<br/>
| | Republican
| nowrap | January 3, 1995 –<br/>January 3, 1997
|
| Elected in 1994.<br/>Lost re-election.
|- style="height:3em"
| rowspan=2 align=left | 100px<br/>Bill Pascrell<br/>
| rowspan=2 | Democratic
| rowspan=2 nowrap | January 3, 1997 –<br/>January 3, 2013
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 | Elected in 1996.<br/>Re-elected in 1998.<br/>Re-elected in 2000.<br/>Re-elected in 2002.<br/>Re-elected in 2004.<br/>Re-elected in 2006.<br/>Re-elected in 2008.<br/>Re-elected in 2010.<br/>Redistricted to the .
|- style="height:3em"
| 2003–2013<br/>southern Passaic and parts of Essex<br/>300px
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br/>Albio Sires<br/>
| | Democratic
| nowrap | January 3, 2013 –<br/>January 3, 2023
|
| Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2012.<br/>Re-elected in 2014.<br/>Re-elected in 2016.<br/>Re-elected in 2018.<br/>Re-elected in 2020.<br/>Retired.
| 2013–2023<br/>parts of Bergen (Fairview), Essex (Belleville and part of Newark), Hudson, and Union (Elizabeth)<br/>150px
|-
| align=left | 100px<br />Rob Menendez<br />
| | Democratic
| January 3, 2023 –<br/>present
|
| Elected in 2022.<br/>Re-elected in 2024.
| 2023–present<br/>parts of Essex (part of Newark), Hudson, and Union (Elizabeth)<br/>300px
|}
Recent election results
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
References
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present