13th Legislative District (New Jersey)


New Jersey's 13th Legislative District is one of 40 in the state, covering the Monmouth County municipalities of Aberdeen Township, Atlantic Highlands Borough, Fair Haven Borough, Hazlet Township, Highlands Borough, Holmdel Township, Keansburg Borough, Keyport Borough, Little Silver Borough, Marlboro Township, Middletown Township, Monmouth Beach Borough, Oceanport Borough, Rumson Borough, Sea Bright Borough and Union Beach Borough as of the 2011 apportionment.

Demographic characteristics

As of the 2010 United States Census, the district had a population of 219,626, of whom 168,050 were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 183,658 White, 9,440 African American, 326 Native American, 17,201 Asian, 42 Pacific Islander, 4,630 from some other race, and 4,329 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 19,205 of the population. The district had 171,831 registered voters as of February 1, 2020, of whom 74,821 were registered as unaffiliated, 49,324 were registered as Republicans, 45,734 were registered as Democrats, and 1,952 were registered to other parties.

Political representation

The district is represented for the 2020–2021 Legislative Session in the State Senate by Declan O'Scanlon and in the General Assembly by Serena DiMaso and Gerard Scharfenberger.

1965–1973

In the interim period between the 1964 Supreme Court decision Reynolds v. Sims which required the creation of state legislature districts to be made as equal in population as possible and the 1973 creation of the 40-district map, the 13th District consisted of all of Bergen County. Senators were elected at-large from the entire county while the district was split into five Assembly districts that each elected two members.
The members elected to the Senate from this district are as follows:
SessionSenators
elected
1966–19674Ned Parsekian Matthew Feldman Jeremiah F. O'Connor Alfred Kiefer -
1968–19695Fairleigh Dickinson Jr. Joseph C. Woodcock Alfred D. Schiaffo Garrett W. Hagedorn Willard B. Knowlton
1970–19715Fairleigh Dickinson Jr. Joseph C. Woodcock Alfred D. Schiaffo Garrett W. Hagedorn Willard B. Knowlton
1972–19735Harold C. Hollenbeck Joseph C. Woodcock Garrett W. Hagedorn Alfred D. Schiaffo Frederick E. Wendel

The members elected to the Assembly from each district are as follows:
SessionDistrict 13ADistrict 13BDistrict 13CDistrict 13DDistrict 13E
1968–1969Harold C. Hollenbeck Thomas Costa William M. Crane Peter Moraites Richard Vander Plaat
1968–1969Peter J. Russo Austin Volk Michael J. Ferrara Harry Randall Jr. Richard W. DeKorte
1970–1971Harold C. Hollenbeck Thomas Costa Richard Vander Plaat Peter Moraites Austin Volk
1970–1971Peter J. Russo William J. Dorgan William M. Crane Richard W. DeKorte Edward A. Connell
1972–1973Peter J. Russo Byron Baer C. Gus Rys Charles E. Reid Robert C. Veit
1972–1973Harold A. Pareti Albert Burstein John A. Spizziri Richard W. DeKorte Edward H. Hynes

District composition since 1973

When the 40-district legislative map was created in 1973, the 13th district was located in the capital region of the state, only including Trenton and Hamilton Township in Mercer County. In the 1981 redistricting, the 13th was moved to encompass the northern Monmouth County shoreline and Old Bridge Township in Middlesex County. Following the 1991 redistricting, Matawan was removed but Spotswood in Middlesex County was added to the 13th. The district reverted to its 1981 configuration in 2001 with the exception of the addition of Holmdel. In the 2011 redistricting, the 13th District was located entirely in Monmouth County by removing Old Bridge and adding some of boroughs in the northeast corner of the county including Atlantic Highlands, Highlands, Monmouth Beach, and Oceanport.

Election history

Election results, 1973–present

Senate

Assembly

Election results, 1965–1973

Senate

Assembly

District 13A

District 13B

District 13C

District 13D

District 13E