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1998 New Jersey U.S. House District 5 Election

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Who won the 1998 New Jersey U.S. House District 5 Election?

Marge Roukema won the 1998 New Jersey U.S. House District 5 Election. Marge Roukema received 106,304 popular votes (63.72%). The main challenger was Mike Scheider (33.26%).

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Roukema +30.5 pts · won by 50,817 votes
Marge RoukemaRepublicanWINNER63.72%
106,304 votes
Mike ScheiderDemocratic33.26%
55,487 votes
Thomas W. WrightIndependent1.44%
2,395 votes
William WeightmanIndependent0.98%
1,628 votes
Helen HamiltonIndependent0.6%
1,004 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.