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State Senate District 35·New Jersey

New Jersey 35th State Senate District delivered R+1 in 2024 — close enough to flip again next time.

20082024·5 elections
NJ
Latest
R+1
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
238,160
2024 ACS

New Jersey 35th State Senate District, New Jersey: Tossup district. In 2024, voted R+1%. Democratic peak: D+24 in 2012.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+1MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
TossupAkashic typology
Population
238,1602024 5-year
Median household income
$96,0052024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
44.4%2024 5-year
Black
9.2%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
39.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+24 in 2012MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+1 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2 counties · 1 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−1.2%
46,69547,86997,439
D
+16.5%
61,68243,996107,214
D
+20.0%
54,24635,62193,057
D
+24.0%
52,91432,29886,070
D
+18.5%
52,68036,09389,694

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Italian
11.5%
Irish
6.9%
German
5.2%
Polish
4.2%
American
2.6%
English
2.4%
French
0.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
50.7%
speak English only
Spanish32.8%
Other Indo-European8.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander4.5%
Other languages3.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
37.0%
Non-Christian
12.5%
Other Christian
4.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.8%
Mainline Protestant
1.8%
Baptist
1.3%
Methodist
1.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

New Jersey 35th State Senate District in the Mid-Atlantic delivered a near-tie in 2024, with the Republican candidate carrying the district by one points — well within the historical noise of how the district votes.

The district's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached twenty-four points in 2012; the Republican margin reached one points in 2024. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Its demographics — a population of 238,160, a 44% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $96,005 — situate the district close to national averages on several dimensions.

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State Senate District 35, New Jersey — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/sld-upper/34035/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 35, New Jersey vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 35, New Jersey voted Republican by 1.2 points (R+1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 97,439 votes cast, 46,695 went Democratic and 47,869 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 35, New Jersey's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 35, New Jersey as a "Tossup" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 5 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 4 times, Republican 1 times, and other 0 times.
When did State Senate District 35, New Jersey last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 35, New Jersey voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in State Senate District 35, New Jersey?
State Senate District 35, New Jersey has a population of 238,160 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 35, New Jersey?
Median household income in State Senate District 35, New Jersey is $96,005 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of State Senate District 35, New Jersey?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in State Senate District 35, New Jersey from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 1 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.