Pallone Wins In NJ 6th District Congressional Election, AP Says

CENTRAL JERSEY -With 260 of 533 precincts reporting in the 6th District, or nearly 49 percent, The Associated Press has declared Congressman Frank Pallone the winner over Republican challenger Christian Onuoha.

Here are the latest vote totals, according to The Associated Press (incumbent*):

• Democrat Frank Pallone*: 115,505 votes
• Republican Christian Onuoha: 56,839 votes

Pallone, 68, has served as the U.S. Representative for New Jersey’s 6th congressional district since 1993. Previously, he served as the representative for the 3rd district from 1988 to 1993.

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Onuoha, 28, was the latest Republican challenger who tried to unseat the Democrat. He was born in Newark to Nigerian-American immigrants and works for a tech company that provides software to the pharmaceutical industry.

Pallone is an advocate for the Affordable Care Act and an updated coronavirus relief package. He also helped draft the Moving Forward Act, a $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan to support American manufacturing. The act would see the rebuilding of roads, bridges, transit systems, schools and housing, as well as update hospitals, fund the U.S. postal service and “all while putting our country on a path toward zero carbon emissions, making communities and roads safer, and addressing long-standing disparities,” according to the White House fact sheet.

He is also a proponent of the Clean Futures Act, a New Green Deal alternative favored by some Democrats.

The district includes the following municipalities:

• Middlesex: Carteret, Edison Township, Highland Park, Metuchen, New Brunswick, Old Bridge Township (part), Perth Amboy, Piscataway Township, Sayreville, South Amboy, South Plainfield and Woodbridge Township.

• Monmouth: Aberdeen Township, Allenhurst, Asbury Park, Atlantic Highlands, Deal, Hazlet Township, Highlands, Interlaken, Keansburg, Keyport, Loch Arbour, Long Branch, Marlboro Township, Matawan, Middletown Township (part), Monmouth Beach, Oceanport, Sea Bright, Union Beach and West Long Branch.

Since the change to this year's election was announced by Gov. Phil Murphy because of the coronavirus, there have been many questions about how the process will work.

Every the ballot sent through the mail had to be postmarked by Nov. 3. It must be received by your county's election boards by 8 p.m. on Nov. 10.

"Every vote should be safe. Every vote should be secure. Every vote should be counted," Murphy said of the process.

For full coverage of the 2020 election in New Jersey, go here: New Jersey Elections 2020