American legislative district
New Jersey's 10th legislative district is one of 40 in the state, covering the
Ocean County municipalities of
Bay Head Borough ,
Brick Township ,
Island Heights Borough ,
Lavallette Borough ,
Mantoloking Borough ,
Point Pleasant Beach Borough ,
Point Pleasant Borough ,
Seaside Park Borough ,
Seaside Heights Borough ,
South Toms River Borough , and
Toms River Township ; as well as covering the
Monmouth County municipalities of
Brielle ,
Manasquan Borough ,
Sea Girt ,
Spring Lake , and
Spring Lake Heights .
[1]
Demographic characteristics
As of the
2020 United States census , the district had a population of 228,713, of whom 190,141 (83.1%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 187,759 (82.1%)
White , 8,128 (3.6%)
African American , 929 (0.4%)
Native American , 6,436 (2.8%)
Asian , 36 (0.0%)
Pacific Islander , 8,690 (3.8%) from
some other race , and 16,735 (7.3%) from two or more races.
[2]
[3]
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 25,017 (10.9%) of the population.
[4]
The district had 181,208 registered voters as of December 1, 2021, of whom 69,932 (38.6%) were registered as
unaffiliated , 65,241 (36.0%) were registered as
Republicans , 43,457 (24.0%) were registered as
Democrats , and 2,578 (1.4%) were registered to other parties.
[5]
Political representation
For the
2024-2025 session , the
10th legislative district of the
New Jersey Legislature is represented in the
State Senate by
James W. Holzapfel (
R ,
Toms River ) and in the
General Assembly by
Paul Kanitra (R,
Point Pleasant Beach ) and
Gregory P. McGuckin (R, Toms River).
[6]
The legislative district is entirely within
New Jersey's 4th congressional district .
1965–1973
Following the 1964
Supreme Court decision in
Reynolds v. Sims , legislative districts were required to be made as equal as possible with regards to total population. In the State Senate elections held in 1965, the 10th district consisted of
Morris ,
Sussex , and
Warren counties.
[7] For the remainder of the terms from the 1967 elections until the 1973 elections, it consisted of only Morris County with the district split into two Assembly districts (10A and 10B).
[8]
[9]
Two Senators were elected from this district in each of the regular Senate elections held. Republicans
Thomas J. Hillery and
Milton Woolfenden, Jr. were elected in 1965.
[7]
Harry L. Sears and
Joseph J. Maraziti (both Republican) won the 1967 election for a four-year term.
[10] Republicans Maraziti and
Peter W. Thomas won the 1971 election, though both would not complete their term; Maraziti was elected to
Congress in 1972 and resigned shortly before taking office in January 1973 and Thomas would resign on November 29, 1973 to become a Superior Court judge.
[11]
[12] Democrat
Stephen B. Wiley would win the remainder of Maraziti's term in a 1973 special election.
[13]
For the 1967 and 1969 elections, Assembly District 10A was located in the southern portion of Morris County, stretching from
Chester Township to
Parsippany , and Assembly District 10B making up the remainder of the county.
[8] In the 1971 election, District 10B ran through the east-central portion of the county running from
Morris Township northeast to
Butler with a spur to
Randolph Township and
Dover . District 10A consisted of the "C" that was formed in the county.
[9] In all instances, two members from each district were sent to the Assembly in each election.
The members elected to the Assembly from each district are as follows:
[10]
[14]
[11]
^ Died on August 21, 1971
District composition since 1973
When the 40 equal-population map was created in 1973, the 10th district ran along the beach towns of
Monmouth County from
Monmouth Beach to
Brielle ; it also included the large suburb of
Wall Township and two Ocean County boroughs,
Point Pleasant and Point Pleasant Beach.
[15] In the 1981 redistricting, the 10th was shifted south, only keeping Point Pleasant and Point Pleasant Beach. The 10th included the large suburbs of
Lakewood Township , Brick Township, and Dover Township (now Toms River Township).
[16] As a result of shifting population towards the suburban Ocean County townships, the 1991 redistricting eliminated Lakewood and Point Pleasant from the 10th district.
[17] The 2001 redistricting brought little change to the 10th, only adding
South Toms River ,
Seaside Park , Point Pleasant, and Monmouth County's
Manasquan .
[18]
Election history
^ Died March 1, 1975
^ Resigned June 30, 1994 to become executive director of the
New Jersey Lottery
^ Appointed August 15, 1994, won November 8, 1994 special election to complete term
Election results, 1973–present
Senate
General Assembly
Election results, 1965–1973
Senate
General Assembly
District 10A
District 10B
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Districts are co-terminous for both
Senate and
General Assembly (each district elects
one Senator and
two members of the General Assembly)
Districts Apportionments