American legislative district
New Jersey's 11th legislative district is one of 40 in the
New Jersey Legislature , covering the
Monmouth County municipalities of
Allenhurst Borough ,
Asbury Park City ,
Bradley Beach ,
Colts Neck Township ,
Deal Borough ,
Eatontown Borough ,
Fair Haven ,
Freehold Borough ,
Freehold Township ,
Interlaken Borough ,
Loch Arbour Village ,
Long Branch City ,
Neptune City Borough ,
Neptune Township ,
Ocean Township ,
Red Bank Borough ,
Shrewsbury Borough ,
Shrewsbury Township , and
Tinton Falls Borough .
[1]
Demographic characteristics
As of the
2020 United States census , the district had a population of 227,063, of whom 182,117 (80.2%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 139,463 (61.4%)
White , 29,418 (13.0%)
African American , 1,574 (0.7%)
Native American , 9,695 (4.3%)
Asian , 71 (0.0%)
Pacific Islander , 24,487 (10.8%) from
some other race , and 22,355 (9.8%) from two or more races.
[2]
[3]
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 42,924 (18.9%) of the population.
[4]
The district had 160,507 registered voters as of December 1, 2021, of whom 63,269 (39.4%) were registered as
unaffiliated , 55,316 (34.5%) were registered as
Democrats , 39,736 (24.8%) were registered as
Republicans , and 2,186 (1.4%) were registered to other parties.
[5]
Political representation
For the
2024-2025 session , the
11th legislative district of the
New Jersey Legislature is represented in the
New Jersey Senate by
Vin Gopal (
D ,
Long Branch ) and in the
General Assembly by
Margie Donlon (D,
Ocean Township ) and
Luanne Peterpaul (D,
Long Branch ).
[6]
The legislative district overlaps with
New Jersey's 3rd ,
New Jersey's 4th , and
6th congressional districts.
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 11th district consisted of all of
Essex County .
[7]
[8] Because of its large population, the 11th Senate district elected multiple people to the State Senate
at-large . It was further divided into six Assembly districts in 1967 and 1969, and five in 1971; in all cases, each district elected two people to serve in the General Assembly.
[7]
[8]
The members elected to the Senate from this district are as follows:
[9]
[10]
[11]
^ Resigned on November 16, 1970, to become counsel for the
New Jersey Turnpike Authority
^ Elected in November 1971 special election to complete term of David W. Dowd
The members elected to the General Assembly from the 11th Senate district are as follows:
[10]
[12]
[11]
^ Resigned on October 4, 1971
District composition since 1973
When the 40-district state legislature apportionment was created in 1973, the 11th district consisted of central Monmouth County suburban townships including Freehold (and the borough of the same name),
Howell , Colts Neck,
Manalapan ,
Marlboro ,
Holmdel , and
Hazlet with a spur from Tinton Falls (then called New Shrewsbury) to
Sea Bright , and continuing up the
Atlantic coastline to
Highlands and
Atlantic Highlands .
[13] In the 1981 redistricting, the district hugged the Monmouth County municipalities along the coastline from
Manasquan to Atlantic Highlands inclusive of other inland townships and boroughs including
Wall Township , Neptune Township, Ocean Township, and
Oceanport .
[14] The 1990s iteration of the district remained largely the same with the exception of coastline municipalities south of
South Belmar shifting to the
10th and the addition of
Eatontown ,
Fair Haven ,
Rumson , and
West Long Branch .
[15] Following the 2001 redistricting, most of the boroughs shifted to the 10th in the 1991 redistricting returned to the 11th (with the exception of Manasquan) while Fair Haven and Oceanport were shifted to the
12th .
[16]
Described by
NJ.com as "perhaps the biggest upset of the night", Republican
Jennifer Beck lost her bid for re-election to the Senate in 2017 to Democratic challenger
Vin Gopal , in what was the third-most expensive of the 120 legislative races statewide, with total spending in excess of $4 million.
[17] The district had been represented only by Republicans since 1992. With the addition of heavily Democratic communities like
Asbury Park in the
2011 apportionment , Democrats gained a 32%-23% margin over Republicans in numbers of registered voters. Democrats
Joann Downey and
Eric Houghtaling won the two Assembly seats in 2015 and Gopal's 2017 win over Beck, combined with holds by Assembly incumbents Downey and Houghtaling, put all three 11th district seats in the hands of Democrats.
[18]
Election history
^ Died November 25, 1979
^ Resigned on November 8, 1988, after his election to
Congress
^
a
b Elected to the Senate in November 1989 special election, sworn into the Senate on November 20, 1989
^ Resigned on July 11, 1988, to join
Department of Community Affairs
^ Elected in September 15, 1988 special election, sworn in September 28, 1988
^ Appointed to the Senate on December 20, 1988, defeated in November 1989 special election
^ Appointed on November 27, 1989 to fill unexpired term of Palaia
^ Died September 26, 2002
^ Appointed to the Assembly on October 28, 2002
Election results, 1973–present
Senate
General Assembly
Election results, 1965–1973
Senate
General Assembly
District 11A
District 11B
District 11C
District 11D
District 11E
District 11F
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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)
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