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2000 New Jersey U.S. House District 5 Election

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Who won the 2000 New Jersey U.S. House District 5 Election?

Marge Roukema won the 2000 New Jersey U.S. House District 5 Election. Marge Roukema received 175,546 popular votes (65.37%). The main challenger was Linda A. Mercurio (30.43%).

See the full head-to-head between Roukema and Mercurio

Roukema +34.9 pts · won by 93,831 votes
Marge RoukemaRepublicanWINNER65.37%
175,546 votes
Linda A. MercurioDemocratic30.43%
81,715 votes
Michael MJ KingIndependent1.98%
5,329 votes
Robert J. McCaffertyIndependent1.53%
4,095 votes
Ira W. GoodmanIndependent0.51%
1,358 votes
Helen HamiltonIndependent0.18%
481 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.