The 2020 general election results will help guide both parties in redrawing New Jersey’s congressional districts
The 2020 general election held some good news for both parties, though more for Democrats than Republicans, and the results offer plenty of evidence each party will likely use as they look to redraw New Jersey’s dozen congressional district boundaries in time for the 2022 midterms.
Republicans lost the state but the nearly 18% increase in the number of votes won by Donald Trump is also shaping next year’s gubernatorial race. Moderate Republican Jon Bramnick, the minority leader in the state Assembly who represents parts of Union, Morris and Somerset counties, on Wednesday took himself out of consideration and went on to tell nj.com that he thought it might be tough to win a GOP primary as a moderate. He was a vocal critic of Trump. That leaves three pro-Trump Republicans in the likely field so far.