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2012 New Jersey U.S. House District 3 Election

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Who won the 2012 New Jersey U.S. House District 3 Election?

Jon Runyan won the 2012 New Jersey U.S. House District 3 Election. Jon Runyan received 174,253 popular votes (53.72%). The main challenger was Shelley Adler (44.85%).

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Runyan +8.9 pts · won by 28,747 votes
Jon RunyanRepublicanWINNER53.72%
174,253 votes
Shelley AdlerDemocratic44.85%
145,506 votes
Robert Edward Forchionlegalize marijuana0.6%
1,956 votes
Robert Shapirobob?s for jobs0.34%
1,104 votes
Frederick John Lavergneno slogan0.24%
770 votes
Robert Witterscheinnone of them0.16%
530 votes
Christopher G. Dennick Jr.no slogan0.09%
280 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.