United States congressional elections in New Jersey

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United States congressional elections in New Jersey are the regularly held contests in which voters in the state choose their representatives to the U.S. Congress, primarily the House of Representatives.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional election ⓘ
election ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction State of New Jersey ⓘ
ballotType secret ballot ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
determines partisan composition of New Jersey delegation to the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
partisan composition of New Jersey seats in the United States Senate ⓘ
electorate registered voters in New Jersey ⓘ
elects members of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
members of the United States Senate ⓘ
follows New Jersey election law ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
federal election law of the United States ⓘ
governingBody United States Congress ⓘ
hasComponent general elections in New Jersey ⓘ
primary elections in New Jersey ⓘ
hasEligibilityRequirement voters must be United States citizens ⓘ
voters must be at least 18 years old ⓘ
voters must be registered to vote in New Jersey ⓘ
voters must be residents of New Jersey ⓘ
hasPart United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey ⓘ
United States Senate elections in New Jersey ⓘ
houseTermLength 2 years ⓘ
includesPoliticalParty Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party

Green Party of the United States ⓘ
Libertarian Party (United States) ⓘ
Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
language English ⓘ
locatedIn New Jersey ⓘ
numberOfHouseSeatsContested 12 ⓘ
occursEvery 2 years ⓘ
officeContested United States Representative ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Representative

United States Senator ⓘ
partOf United States congressional elections ⓘ
biennial United States federal elections ⓘ
regulatingAuthority Federal Election Commission ⓘ
New Jersey Division of Elections ⓘ
relatedTo politics of New Jersey ⓘ
redistricting in New Jersey ⓘ
senateTermLength 6 years ⓘ
startTime 1789 ⓘ
subjectTo United States Voting Rights Act ⓘ
campaign finance regulations of the Federal Election Campaign Act ⓘ
uses single-member districts for House elections ⓘ
usesDistrictingAuthority New Jersey Redistricting Commission ⓘ
usesVoterRegistration statewide voter registration system of New Jersey ⓘ
usesVotingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States House of Representatives districts in New Jersey → appliesTo → United States congressional elections in New Jersey ⓘ
New Jersey's 11th congressional district → officeContestedIn → United States House elections in New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: United States congressional elections in New Jersey
2004 United States House of Representatives elections → hasPart → United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 2004 ⓘ
linked to: United States congressional elections in New Jersey
New Jersey Republican Party → operatesIn → United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: United States congressional elections in New Jersey
New Jersey congressional districts → usedInElection → 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: United States congressional elections in New Jersey