NJ Democrats beat expectations, swipe 2 House seats from the GOP

New Jersey Democrats flipped two of the state’s three GOP-held House seats in what is largely seen as a rebuke of President Trump.

By: Nikita Biryukov

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: November 4, 2026

Words: 789

Last Updated: 5 days, 18 hours ago

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New Jersey Democrats swept federal races Tuesday night, returning Republicans to a single-seat minority in the state’s 12-person congressional delegation for the second time under a Trump presidency.

Though Democrats were expected to perform well Tuesday, their vote totals — buoyed by an outsized lead in preelection ballots even before polls opened Tuesday — swelled beyond that expectation to flip GOP-held seats in the 2nd and 7th Congressional Districts while guarding all nine …

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