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1996 New Jersey U.S. House District 3 Election

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Who won the 1996 New Jersey U.S. House District 3 Election?

H. James Saxton won the 1996 New Jersey U.S. House District 3 Election. H. James Saxton received 157,503 popular votes (64.21%). The main challenger was John Leonardi (33.26%).

See the full head-to-head between Saxton and Leonardi

Saxton +30.9 pts · won by 75,913 votes
H. James SaxtonRepublicanWINNER64.21%
157,503 votes
John LeonardiDemocratic33.26%
81,590 votes
Janice PresserIndependent1.24%
3,037 votes
Agnes A. JamesIndependent0.55%
1,355 votes
Eugene B. AshworthIndependent0.46%
1,134 votes
Ken FeduniewiczIndependent0.27%
659 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.