New Jersey's 2nd congressional district, based in Southern New Jersey, is represented by Republican Jeff Van Drew. He was first elected as a Democrat in 2018, but announced on December 19, 2019, that he would be switching parties. The district, which is New Jersey's largest geographically, is a Republican-leaning seat that has shifted to the right since the late 2010s.

According to the APM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools^[4] (featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey), the district contained about 528,000 potential voters (citizens, age 18+). Of these, 72% are White, 13% Black, and 11% Latino. Immigrants make up 7% of the district's potential voters. Median income among households (with one or more potential voter) in the district is about $68,127, while 9% of households live below the poverty line. As for the educational attainment of potential voters in the district, 10% of those 25 and older have not earned a high school degree, while 27% hold a bachelor's or higher degree.

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of six counties and 93 municipalities.^[5]

Atlantic County (23):

all 23 municipalities

Cape May County (16):

all 16 municipalities

Cumberland County (14):

all 14 municipalities

Gloucester County (11):

Clayton, East Greenwich Township (part; also 1st), Elk Township, Franklin Township, Greenwich Township, Harrison Township, Logan Township, Newfield, South Harrison Township, Swedesboro, Woolwich Township

Ocean County (14):

Barnegat, Barnegat Light, Beach Haven, Berkeley Township (part; also 4th), Eagleswood, Harvey Cedars, Lacey (part; also 4th), Little Egg Harbor Township, Long Beach Township, Ocean Township, Ship Bottom, Stafford Township, Surf City, Tuckerton

Salem County (15):

all 15 municipalities

Results under current lines (since 2023)

Results under old lines

District organized in 1799.

Results 1844–2022^{[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]}

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		Democratic	Votes	Pct		Republican	Votes	Pct		Other candidate	Votes	Pct		Other candidate	Votes	Pct		Other candidate	Votes	Pct		Other candidate	Votes	Pct		Other candidate	Votes	Pct
1844		YGeorge Sykes	7,573	51.9%		William Irick	6,995	48.0%
1844		George Sykes	6,503	48.5%		YSamuel G. Wright	6,919	51.5%
1846		Thomas E. Combes	5,959	43.3%		YWilliam A. Newell	7,531	54.7%		(FNU) Ridson (Know Nothing)	280	2.0%
1848		Stacy G. Potts	8,382	45.9%		YWilliam A. Newell	9,877	54.1%
1852		YCharles Skelton	10,229	52.2%		William Brown	9,238	47.1%		Daniel Busby (Know Nothing)	134	0.7%
1854		Nathaniel S. Rue	7,769	42.4%		YGeorge R. Robbins	10,539	57.6%
1856		James W. Wall	10,692	47.7%		YGeorge R. Robbins	11,723	52.3%
1858		James W. Wall	8,767	43.3%		YJohn L. N. Stratton	11,471	56.7%
1860		Augustus Green	12,154	47.2%		YJohn L. N. Stratton	13,582	52.8%
1862		YGeorge Middleton	12,182	52.9%		William Brown	10,864	47.1%
1864		George Middleton	13,091	48.4%		YWilliam A. Newell	13,953	51.6%
1866		YCharles Haight	13,825	50.6%		William A. Newell	13,476	49.4%
1868		YCharles Haight	16,309	51.3%		James F. Rusling	15,494	48.7%
1870		YSamuel C. Forker	15,899	50.7%		William A. Newell	15,452	49.3%
1872		Samuel C. Forker	11,787	45.4%		YSamuel A. Dobbins	14,192	54.6%
1874		Andrew J. Smith	13,011	48.2%		YSamuel A. Dobbins	13,977	51.8%
1876		Hezekiah B. Smith	15,485	49.2%		YJohn Howard Pugh	16,015	50.8%
1878		YHezekiah B. Smith	14,610	50.6%		John Howard Pugh	18,580	47.4%		Charles E. Baker (National Prohibition)	568	2.0%
1880		Hezekiah B. Smith	16,536	46.6%		YJ. Hart Brewer	18,580	52.4%		Samuel A. Dobbins (Greenback)	342	1.0%
1882		Lewis Parker	14,535	47.8%		YJ. Hart Brewer	15,604	51.3%		Edward T. Howland (Greenback)	270	0.9%
1884		Franklin Gauntt	16,853	45.4%		YJames Buchanan	19,144	51.5%		Henry B. Howell (National Prohibition)	898	2.4%		Samuel A. Dobbins (Greenback)	271	0.7%
1886		Elias S. Reed	15,065	42.6%		YJames Buchanan	17,767	50.2%		Leonard Brown (National Prohibition)	2,547	7.2%
1888		Chauncey H. Beasley	19,104	44.6%		YJames Buchanan	22,407	52.4%		Minot C. Morgan (National Prohibition)	1,292	3.0%
1890		Wilson D. Haven	16,352	46.6%		YJames Buchanan	17,515	50.0%		Leonard Brown (National Prohibition)	1,200	3.4%
1892		George D. Wetherill	20,592	45.9%		YJohn J. Gardner	22,716	50.6%		F. French (National Prohibition)	1,348	3.0%		D. Duroe (People's)	169	0.4
1894		Martin L. Haines	12,900	34.45%		YJohn J. Gardner	22,641	60.5%		Jacob D. Joslin (National Prohibition)	1,278	3.4%		William B. Ellis (People's)	630	1.7
1896		Abraham E. Conrow	13,969	29.3%		YJohn J. Gardner	31,418	66.0%		R. Lowber Temple (National Democratic)	1,076	2.3%		J. Bailie Adams (National Prohibition)	1,036	2.2%		George Yardley (Socialist Labor)	115	0.2
1898		John F. Hall	17,367	40.5%		YJohn J. Gardner	24,035	56.1%		Joseph J. Currie (National Prohibition)	1,294	3.0%		John P. Weigel (Socialist Labor)	153	0.4
1900		Thomas J. Prickett	17,351	34.3%		YJohn J. Gardner	31,359	61.9%		Harry S. Powell (National Prohibition)	1,419	2.8%		J. Louis Pancoast (Social Democratic)	418	0.8%		Emil F. Wegener (Socialist Labor)	75	0.1%
1902		Thomas A. Gash	9,465	29.6%		YJohn J. Gardner	19,966	62.5%		Marion R. Owen (National Prohibition)	2,323	7.3%		Daniel W. Davis (Socialist Labor)	199	0.6%
1904		Samuel E. Perry	13,035	34.2%		YJohn J. Gardner	26,296	59.7%		Thomas H. Landon (National Prohibition)	1,406	4.0%		Robert W. Buckley (Socialist)	254	2.1%		Marion R. Owen (People's Dem.)	209	2.1%
1906		Samuel E. Perry	8,921	28.6%		YJohn J. Gardner	19,637	63.0%		William Riddle (Labor & Lincoln)	1,249	4.0%		W. F. Tower (National Prohibition)	900	2.9%		Morris Korshet (Socialist)	380	1.2%		Marion R. Owen (Home Rule)	105	0.3%
1908		Edward Burd Grubb	20,506	44.8%		YJohn J. Gardner	23,906	52.2%		James E. Steelman (National Prohibition)	1,012	2.2%		John B. Leeds (Socialist)	347	0.8%
1910		George Hampton	16,915	38.2%		YJohn J. Gardner	22,861	51.6%		William Riddle (Independent Labor)	3,508	7.9%		John W. Hughes (National Prohibition)	738	1.7%		George S. Rawcliffe (Socialist)	295	0.7%
1912		Y J. Thompson Baker	16,130	45.0%		John J. Gardner	12,330	34.4%		Francis D. Potter (Progressive)	7,384	20.6%
1914		J. Thompson Baker	14,352	35.2%		YIsaac Bacharach	21,448	52.6%		William H. Bright (Progressive Roosevelt)	3,508	8.6%		James Chapman (National Prohibition)	775	1.9%		G. A. McKeon (Socialist)	673	1.7%
1916		William Myers	14,220	34.2%		YIsaac Bacharach	24,865	59.7%		J. Ward Gamble (National Prohibition)	1,654	4.0%		Abraham Warren (Socialist)	880	2.1%
1918		John T. French	8,610	28.2%		YIsaac Bacharach	20,744	67.9%		Levi B. Sharp (National Prohibition)	1,206	3.9%
1920		William E. Jonah	21,511	29.5%		YIsaac Bacharach	51,006	70.0%		George E. Strother (Socialist)	331	0.5%
1922		Charles S. Stevens	22,001	30.2%		YIsaac Bacharach	50,925	69.8%
1924		Charles S. Stevens	21,185	23.8%		YIsaac Bacharach	67,668	76.2%
1926		Frank Melville	12,775	19.4%		YIsaac Bacharach	53,174	80.6%
1928		George R. Greis	30,856	23.7%		YIsaac Bacharach	99,109	76.3%
1930		Hans Froelicher Jr.	17,125	20.1%		YIsaac Bacharach	67,729	79.7%		Florian Ambroseh (Communist)	155	0.2%
1932		Harry R. Coulomb	35,257	36.4%		YIsaac Bacharach	60,963	62.9%		Albert H. Schreiber (Socialist-Labor)	413	0.4%		Walter L. Yerkes (Prohibition)	292	0.3%
1934		Charles W. Ackley	48,743	49.3%		YIsaac Bacharach	49,824	50.4%		Franklin L. Watkins (Socialist-Labor)	226	0.2%
1936		YElmer H. Wene	55,580	50.0%		Isaac Bacharach	50,958	45.8%		Ted Lenore (Townsend Nonpartisan)	3,241	2.9%		U. G. Robinson (Prop. Home Protection)	1,206	1.1%		Franklin L. Watkins (Socialist)	97	0.1%		Frank A. Yacovelli (Townsend Social Justice)	86	0.1%		Thomas F. Ogilvie (End Poverty Const)	18	<0.1%
1938		Elmer H. Wene	55,344	49.1%		YWalter S. Jeffries	57,090	50.1%		Isaac Stalberg (Roosevelt Liberal Independent)	222	0.2%		Margaret V. Moody (National Prohibition)	91	0.1%		Anthon B. Ferretti (Independent Peoples)	47	<0.1%		Frank B. Hubin (Roosevelt Independent)	23	<0.1%
1940		YElmer H. Wene	60,392	52.4%		Walter S. Jeffries	54,897	47.6%		Joseph B. Sharp (Prohibition)	35	<0.1%
1942		YElmer H. Wene	40,478	53.0%		Benjamin D. Foulois	35,930	47.0%
1944		Edison Hedges	42,862	45.6%		YT. Millet Hand	51,194	54.4%
1946		Edward T. Keeley	26,740	32.9%		YT. Millet Hand	54,511	67.1%
1948		William E. Stringer	38,194	37.5%		YT. Millet Hand	62,804	61.7%		Thomas F. Ogilvie (Progressive)	764	0.8%
1952		Charles Edward Rupp	46,174	36.6%		YT. Millet Hand	79,955	63.4%
1954		Clayton E. Burdick	37,541	36.4%		YT. Millet Hand	65,551	63.6%		Morris Karp (Socialist-Labor)	56	0.1%
1956		Thomas C. Stewart	39,383	32.0%		YT. Millet Hand	83,433	67.8%		Morris Karp (Socialist-Labor)	151	0.1%
1958		Joseph G. Hancock	50,558	46.1%		YMilton W. Glenn	58,621	53.4%		Morris Karp (Socialist-Labor)	547	0.5%
1960		John A. Miller	59,520	43.2%		YMilton W. Glenn	77,894	56.5%		Morris Karp (Socialist-Labor)	338	0.2%
1962		Paul R. Porreca	54,317	46.7%		YMilton W. Glenn	61,285	52.7%		Elwin Baker (Socialist Labor)	625	0.5%
1964		Y Thomas C. McGrath Jr.	73,264	50.8%		Milton W. Glenn	70,997	49.2%
1966		Thomas C. McGrath Jr.	65,494	46.9%		Y Charles W. Sandman Jr.	72,014	51.5%		Albert Ronis (Socialist Labor)	1,259	0.9%		Lindwood W. Erickson Jr. (Conservative)	991	0.7%
1968		David Dichter	73,361	44.4%		Y Charles W. Sandman Jr.	91,218	55.3%		Albert Ronis (Socialist Labor)	505	0.3%
1970		William J. Hughes	64,882	48.3%		Y Charles W. Sandman Jr.	69,392	51.7%
1972	John D. Rose	69,374	34.3%	Y Charles W. Sandman Jr.	133,096	65.7%
1974	YWilliam J. Hughes	109,763	57.3%	Charles W. Sandman Jr.	79,064	41.3%	Andrew Wenger (Independent)	2,693	1.4%
1976	YWilliam J. Hughes	141,753	61.7%	James R. Hurley	87,915	38.3%
1978	YWilliam J. Hughes	112,768	66.4%	James H. Biggs	56,997	33.6%
1980	YWilliam J. Hughes	135,437	57.5%	Beech N. Fox	97,072	41.2%	Robert C. Rothhouse (Libertarian)	2,262	1.0%	Adele Frisch (Socialist Labor)	939	0.4%
1982	YWilliam J. Hughes	102,826	68.0%	John J. Mahoney	47,069	31.1%	Bruce Powers (Libertarian)	1,233	0.8%
1984	YWilliam J. Hughes	132,841	63.2%	Raymond G. Massie	77,231	36.8%
1986	YWilliam J. Hughes	83,821	68.3%	Alfred J. Bennington Jr.	35,167	28.6%	Len Smith (Pro Life, Anti-Abortion)	3,812	3.1%
1988	YWilliam J. Hughes	134,505	65.7%	Kirk W. Conover	67,759	33.1%	Richard A. Schindewolf Jr. (Pro-Life Conservative)	2,372	1.2%
1990	YWilliam J. Hughes	97,698	88.2%	(no candidate)			William A. Kanengiser (Populist)	13,120	11.8%
1992	Y William J. Hughes	132,465	55.9%	Frank A. LoBiondo	98,315	41.5%	Roger W. Bacon (Libertarian)	2,575	1.1%	Joseph Ponczek (Anti-Tax)	2,067	0.9%	Andrea Lippi (Freedom, Equality, Prosperity)	1,605	0.7%
1994	Louis N. Magazzu	56,151	35.4%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	102,566	64.6%
1996	Ruth Katz	83,890	38.0%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	133,131	60.3%	David Rodger Headrick (Independent)	1,439	0.7%	Judith Lee Azaren (Independent)	1,174	0.5%	Andrea Lippi (Independent)	1,084	0.5%
1998	Derek Hunsberger	43,563	30.8%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	93,248	65.9%	Glenn Campbell (Independent)	2,955	2.1%	Mary A. Whittam (Independent)	1,748	1.2%
2000	Edward G. Janosik	74,632	31.9%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	155,187	66.4%	Robert Gabrielsky (Independent)	3,252	1.4%	Constantino Rozzo (Independent)	788	0.3%
2002	Steven A. Farkas	47,735	28.3%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	116,834	69.2%	Roger Merle (Green)	1,739	1.0%	Michael J. Matthews Jr. (Libertarian)	1,720	1.0%	Costantino Rozzo (Socialist Party USA)	771	0.5%
2004	Timothy J. Robb	86,792	32.7%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	172,779	65.1%	Willie Norwood (Jobs Equality Business)	1,993	0.8%	Michael J. Matthews Jr. (Libertarian)	1,767	0.7%	Jose David Alcantara (Green)	1,516	0.6%	Costantino Rozzo (Socialist Party USA)	595	0.2%
2006	Viola Thomas-Hughes	64,277	35.6%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	111,245	61.6%	Robert E. Mullock (Preserve Green Space)	3,071	1.7%	Lynn Merle (A New Direction)	992	0.5%	Thomas Fanslau (We The People)	603	0.3%	Willie Norwood (Socialist)	385	0.2%
2008	David C. Kurkowski	110,990	39.1%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	167,701	59.1%	Jason M. Grover (Green)	1,763	0.6%	Peter Frank Boyce (Constitution)	1,551	0.5%	Gary Stein (Rock the Boat)	1,312	0.5%	Costantino Rozzo (Socialist Party USA)	648	0.2%
2010	Gary Stein	51,690	30.9%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	109,460	65.5%	Peter Frank Boyce (Constitution)	4,120	2.5%	Mark Lovett (marklovett.us)	1,123	0.7%	Vitov Valdes-Munoz (American Labor)	727	0.4%
2012	Cassandra Shober	116,463	40.3%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	166,679	57.7%	John Ordille (Libertarian)	2,699	0.9%	Charles Lukens (Constitutional Conservative)	1,329	0.5%	David W. Bowen Sr. (The People's Agenda)	1,010	0.3%	Frank Faralli Jr. (Conservative, Compassionate, Creative)	892	0.3%
2014	Bill Hughes Jr.	62,986	37.0%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	104,958	61.7%	Alexander H. Spano (Democratic-Republican (New))	637	0.4%	Gary Stein (Various slogans)	575	0.3%	Costantino Rozzo (American Labor (New))	473	0.3%	Bayode Olabisi (Making Us Better)	447	0.3%
2016	David Cole	110,838	37.2%	Y Frank A. LoBiondo	176,338	59.2%	John Ordille (Libertarian)	3,773	1.3%	James Keenan (Make Government Work)	2,653	0.9%	Steven Fenichel (Representing the 99%)	1,574	0.5%	Eric Beechwood (People's Independent Progressive)	1,387	0.5%	Gabriel Brian Franco (For Political Revolution)	1,232	0.4%
2018	YJeff Van Drew	125,755	52.3%	Seth Grossman	110,491	45.9	John Ordille (Libertarian)	1,631	0.6%	Steven Fenichel (Time for Truth)	1,046	0.4%	Anthony Parisi Sanchez (Cannot Be Bought)	964	0.4%	William R. Benfer (Independent)	816	0.4%
2020	Amy Kennedy	173,849	46.2%	YJeff Van Drew	195,526	51.9%	Jenna Harvey (Independent)	4,136	1.1%	Jesse Ehrnstrom (Libertarian)	3,036	0.8%
2022	Tim Alexander	94,522	40.0%	YJeff Van Drew	139,217	58.9%	Michael Gallo (Independent)	1,825	0.8%	Anthony Parisi Sanchez (Independent)	920	0.4%

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